Siegfried, Roy to roar again
It’s official: Siegfried and Roy will be back.
Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn plan to make a one-night-only comeback next February, performing their signature show at a fundraiser more than five years after a tiger attack ended their long-running production on the Las Vegas Strip.
Fischbacher, 68, and Horn, 63, will perform at the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute’s “Keep Memory Alive” fundraiser at a location yet to be confirmed.
Horn was critically injured when a white tiger, Montecore, sank its teeth into his neck and dragged him offstage in front of a horrified audience at The Mirage in October 2003, ending one of the most successful casino shows in Las Vegas history.
They believe Montecore sensed Horn was having a ministroke and was dragging him to safety, rather than attacking him.
Publicist Dave Kirvin said Monday the German-born duo are working out plans for the act, adding that he would be “very surprised if animals were not part of the performance.”
“Siegfried and Roy and white lions and other endangered animals go hand in hand,” he said.
Pink or blue velvet?
Kyle MacLachlan and his wife, Desiree Gruber, are expecting their first child.
MacLachlan, 48, who starred in David Lynch‘s “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” is a regular on “Desperate Housewives.”
Gruber is an executive producer on Bravo’s “Project Runway.”
Pretty-penny lane
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills returned to court Monday in an attempt to agree on terms for their divorce.
The fight over the former Beatle’s wealth, estimated at as much as $1.6 billion, could produce Britain’s largest divorce settlement.
The closed-door hearing is scheduled to last five days. The terms of any settlement would not become public record unless it moved to the Court of Appeal, or either of the parties chooses to reveal details.
Seeking her cut
Mediation talks have collapsed between “Sweeney Todd” director Tim Burton and his ex-girlfriend, who claims she was cheated out of her rights to assets that he promised her during their nearly decade-long relationship.
Lisa Marie, a former Calvin Klein model, met Burton at a club in 1991 and went on to appear in several of his movies.
Breaking ‘The Hobbit’?
The estate of “Lord of the Rings” creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films.
The suit seeks more than $150 million in damages and a court order giving the Tolkien estate the right to terminate any rights New Line may have to make films based on other works by the author – including “The Hobbit,” slated by the studio for a two-film treatment.
The birthday bunch
Director Franco Zeffirelli is 85. Sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 82. Actress Maud Adams is 63. Singer Michael McDonald is 56. Actress Joanna Kerns is 55. Talk show host Arsenio Hall is 53. Actor Josh Brolin is 40. Singer Chynna Phillips is 40. Actress Christina Ricci is 28.