Plant receives royal honor

Plant receives royal honor

LONDON — Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page.

But, Plant joked he and Page would not be fighting over rank, even though Plant’s new Commander of the British Empire is a higher honor than Page’s Order of the British Empire.

“If we can remember each other’s phone number at this time in life, it’s a miracle,” he joked. “We’re still good friends; we both enjoy a rather dark sense of humor that comes, I think, from being from rather the wrong side of the tracks for all those wild years.”

Plant opted not to take part in a Led Zeppelin reunion tour last year, choosing instead to concentrate on his collaboration with American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.

Also receiving the CBE on Friday was English actress Liz Smith, 87, who appeared on the British TV series “The Royle Family.”

Carrey’s daughter to make the comedian a grandpa

NEW YORK — Jim Carrey is going to be a grandfather.

Carrey’s spokeswoman, Marleah Leslie, says his 21-year-old daughter, Jane Carrey, is expecting her first child.

The father is her fianc , rock musician Alex Santana. Leslie had no details on when the Los Angeles-based singer — who fronts the Jane Carrey Band — is expected to give birth.

In a statement issued by Leslie, Jim Carrey says he’s “very excited” and “Jane is going to be a great mom.”

She is the 47-year-old actor’s daughter with his first wife, Melissa.

Carrey’s longtime partner is Jenny McCarthy, who has a son, Evan, from a previous marriage.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Tab Hunter is 78. Singer Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 59. Reggae singer Michael Rose of Black Uhuru is 52. Child star Mark Lester (“Oliver”) is 51. Guitarist Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi is 50. Singer Suzanne Vega is 50. Actress Lisa Rinna (“Dancing with the Stars,” “Days of Our Lives”) is 46. Actress Debbe Dunning (“Home Improvement”) is 43. Actor Greg Grunberg (“Heroes,” “Alias,” “Felicity”) is 43. Actor Justin Chambers (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 39. Actor Michael Rosenbaum (“Smallville”) is 37. Rapper Lil Kim is 34. Singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie is 33