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Siegfried, Roy Have 5 New Additions To Exotic Habitat

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 14, 2008

Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while.

The famed illusionists welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was seriously injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003.

"That gives him a reason to get up in the morning," Fischbacher said.

The 15-pound, 6-week old cubs were to be taken to a nursery for public display at the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage hotel-casino.

Clinton Pays Tribute To Beatty

Bill Clinton was among those saluting Warren Beatty as the Oscar-winning actor-director received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.

"Over all these decades, you have shared with us, as moviegoers, this insatiable hunger for life," the former president said during Thursday night's ceremony at the Kodak Theatre. "That's what I think about when I think of you."

Stars such as Jane Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Quentin Tarantino and Halle Berry were on hand for the celebration marking Beatty's 47-year career.

"The 36th Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty" is scheduled to air June 25 on the USA Network.

Waters Ready To Kiss 'Hon' Goodbye

John Waters is done with "Hon."

Honfest, an annual celebration of beehive hairdos, cat's-eye glasses and other kitschy fashions, is getting bigger and bigger. Participants are known as "Hons" in honor of the ubiquitous Baltimore term of endearment.

But Waters and some residents of the city's quirky Hampden neighborhood say Hon has lost its charm.

"To me, it's used up," Waters said of Hon style. "It's condescending now. The people that celebrate it are not from it. I feel that in some weird way they're looking slightly down on it. I only celebrate something I can look up to."

Spacey's Newest Role: Teacher At Oxford

Kevin Spacey already has two Academy Awards and heads London's Old Vic theater. Now he can add a new title - Oxford University professor.

The Hollywood star has been named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford's St. Catherine's College, officials there announced Friday.

Spacey will succeed Shakespearean actor and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" star Patrick Stewart in October. Previous holders of the post include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn and actress Diana Rigg.

In a statement, Spacey said he was delighted to be appointed to the one-year post, which requires him to give lectures, workshops and seminars at the 800-year-old university.

"It really is an honor for me to have been invited to follow such illustrious names and take up this role at Oxford," Spacey said. "The university is steeped in tradition and has a great heritage in the arts, and I look forward to working with the students and staff."

Today's Birthdays

Actor Gene Barry is 89. Actress Marla Gibbs is 77. Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump is 62. Singer Boy George is 47. Tennis player Steffi Graf is 39. Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno") is 30.

Source: The Associated Press

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