Council names Horn 'Citizen of the Month'

Council names Horn 'Citizen of the Month'
LAS VEGAS -- Illusionist Roy Horn remained at home, recovering from a near-fatal tiger mauling, while the Las Vegas City Council honored him Wednesday as "Citizen of the Month."
Mayor Oscar Goodman presented the proclamation to "Siegfried & amp; Roy" show manager Bernie Yuman, calling Horn "a great entertainer and a great community partner."
Yuman said the 59-year-old entertainer was improving daily. "Roy's cognitive skills are perfect, and he's as handsome and dynamic as ever," Yuman said during a brief ceremony inside council chambers.
Co-star Siegfried Fischbacher was unable to attend the ceremony. The long-running show was shut down after Horn was attacked by a white tiger during an Oct. 3 performance.
Arrest warrant issuedfor Eminem's ex-wife
LANSING, Mich. -- An arrest warrant was issued for rapper Eminem's former wife Wednesday, a day after she failed to return to a court-ordered drug treatment program, officials said.
Kimberly Mathers didn't return to a Macomb County treatment facility on Tuesday, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said. After being taken to a doctor's appointment that day, she was supposed to attend a nearby Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meeting and then return to the facility.
Tuesday marked at least the second time Mathers dropped out of a court-ordered drug treatment program.
PETA ad you won't see:send-up of Boss' album
NEW YORK -- Those attack dogs at PETA have pulled in their fangs in deference to Bruce Springsteen, reports MSNBC.com.
The activist animal-rights group -- which specializes in harassing celebrities who are unkind to critters -- killed an ad because The Boss' people said it might upset the star.
The ad is a send-up of the 1984 album "Born in the USA" with the famous cover image of Springsteen's denimed behind, but PETA's version shows a big bottom with what is unaffectionately known as repairman cleavage and the tag line: "Obese in the USA."
"The ad was intended to parody the sad shape a meat-addicted America has taken since this classic album came out two decades ago," PETA execs wrote in a memo. "But Mr. Springsteen's management felt that people might think we are spoofing Bruce himself, which was never the case."
Out of deference to the Boss, who has a pro-animal history, PETA is yanking the ads.
Notable death
Niki Sullivan, who played guitar as a member of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, died in his sleep Tuesday, family members said. He was 66. Sullivan played on 27 of 32 songs Holly recorded before his death and toured with the band during their climb to stardom in 1957, family members said.
Today's birthdays
Former first lady Betty Ford is 86. Comedian Shecky Greene is 78. Lyricist Fred Ebb is 68. Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh is 67. Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek is 64. Singer J.J. Jackson is 63. Singer Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 63. Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is 62. Actor Hywel Bennett is 60. Actor Stuart Pankin is 58. Rock musician Steve Howe (Yes) is 57. Rock musician Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) is 53. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Gary Carter is 50. Actor John Schneider is 44. Rock musician Izzy Stradlin is 42. Singer Julian Lennon is 41. Rapper Biz Markie is 40. Actress Robin Wright Penn is 38. Actress Patricia Arquette is 36. Rock singer Craig Honeycutt (Everything) is 34. Rock musician Darren Jessee is 33. Actor Taran Noah Smith is 20. Actress Kirsten Storms is 20.