Illusionist returns home to continue his recovery

Illusionist returns hometo continue his recovery
LAS VEGAS -- Illusionist Roy Horn of "Siegfried & amp; Roy" returned to his home Monday to continue his rehabilitation under the care of a team of doctors and therapists.
Horn spokesman Dave Kirvin said the magician arrived Monday afternoon from UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was treated after being mauled by a 300-pound white tiger Oct. 3.
Kirvin declined to discuss the 59-year-old Horn's condition. Horn had been moved to UCLA Medical Center on Oct. 28 after initially being hospitalized in Las Vegas.
Doctors have released few details since the tiger attacked Horn during a sold-out performance at The Mirage hotel-casino.
Horn suffered a stroke after the attack and lost a lot of blood but has shown signs of improvement, family spokesmen have said.
His partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, has downplayed Horn's injuries from the attack, describing the illusionist's wound as "a little punch hole" on the left side of his neck. Fischbacher has said a stroke Horn suffered afterward resulted from blood pressure medication that sometimes made him feel faint.
MGM Mirage officials say Horn has a long recovery ahead of him, and the long-running show has been closed.
'Dad-iator?' Crowe, wifewelcome their new son
SYDNEY, Australia -- Russell Crowe, star of "A Beautiful Mind," is the father of a beautiful child.
His wife, Danielle Spencer, gave birth to Charles Spencer Crowe on Sunday night. The baby weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces, Crowe's Australian publicist, Wendy Day, told Australian Associated Press.
Crowe married Spencer, a 32-year-old singer, April 7 at his sprawling rural property of Nana Glen near the east Australian beach resort town of Coffs Harbour.
The 39-year-old actor, who won an Oscar for "Gladiator," was nominated for a Golden Globe Award last week for "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
If Crowe is nominated for an Academy Award, he'll skip the Oscars ceremony to stay at home and change his son's diapers, said his father-in-law, Don Spencer. "That's what he says, I think he'll be a fantastic dad ... he's over the moon."
"It was very hard to get the baby from him actually," Spencer told Australia's Nine Network. "We kept saying, 'Has anyone else got a chance of holding this baby, Russell?' He said, 'I'm bonding, I'm bonding."'
White Stripes singer facesaggravated-assault charge
DETROIT -- White Stripes lead singer Jack White was charged Monday with aggravated assault after a fight with the lead singer of another band.
White went to a police precinct early Sunday and gave a statement saying he struck Von Bondies lead singer Jason Stollsteimer in self-defense.
The Dec. 13 fight between White and Stollsteimer began shortly before midnight at the Majestic Theatre Center, where both men were in the audience for another concert.
White, 28, faces anywhere from no jail time to a maximum of one year in prison if convicted.
Notable death
Les Tremayne, an English-born actor considered to have one of the best-known voices of radio's golden age, died Friday, his family said. He was 90. Tremayne, who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995, died at St. John's Health Center, his wife, Joan, said Monday. Tremayne played the lead in radio series including "The Falcon," "The Adventures of the Thin Man" (as Nick Charles) and "One Man's Family." He starred in "First Nighter Program" from 1936-43.
Today's Birthdays
Songwriter-bandleader Dave Bartholomew is 83. Federal health administrator Anthony S. Fauci is 63. Rock singer-musician Lemmy (Motorhead) is 58. Actor Grand L. Bush is 48. Actor Clarence Gilyard is 48. Actress Stephanie Hodge is 47. Designer Kate Spade is 41. Rock singer Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) is 40. Actor Die-drich Bader ("The Drew Carey Show") is 37. Singer Ricky Martin is 32. "American Idol" host Ryan Sea-crest is 29.