Friday, May 26, 2006 | 7:18 a.m.
I think it is written somewhere in the city annals that we cannot have a fully realized Las Vegas Walk of Stars without the names Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn stamped in granite.
Details are still to be hammered out (so to speak), but the legendary illusionists will be honored this year on the Walk of Stars, possibly by the summer and no later than this fall.
Also to be determined is a specific site for the duo's induction ceremony and where the star would be displayed (in all likelihood at the Mirage, where they helped change the face of Las Vegas entertainment). A $15,000 endowment to the Walk of Stars, which is required of all inductees, has been arranged on the duo's behalf.
For show business figures, the Walk of Stars' criteria requires "persons who have greatly contributed to the worldwide prominence of Las Vegas." Siegfried and Roy, who performed about 5,800 shows together (mostly at the Mirage), rolling up $45 million per year in ticket sales at their peak, would seem to meet that requirement.
The pair's popular Mirage production was canceled following injuries suffered onstage by Horn after the white tiger Montecore bit into his neck during a performance on Oct. 3, 2003. Since then he has made steady progress through grueling rehabilitation and has been seen more frequently in public.
Horn was in strong voice and moved fairly easily with the aid of a cane (and assistance from Fischbacher) during an appearance at Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas in March, where it was reported that his rehab regimen has included horseback riding. The two already have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and were honored this month with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for their commitment to entertainment and conservation.
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Talent to the Max: Renowned pop artist Peter Max and his fans can meet face to face this weekend when he visits The Art of Peter Max Gallery at the Forum Shops at Caesars. He will be available for chitchat from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For decades Max has been regarded as one of America's top pop artists; his work is featured on a Continental Boeing 777 jet and has graced the stage of the Woodstock Music Festival, among many other images that have featured his trademark vibrant color schemes.
But as he said during a recent interview, "Painting is a very lonely world, actually. You do stuff by yourself at night, you bring it around to show others, but it's not as if you put it out on radio and then go on tour."
He never tires of interacting with his fans. "The people in the gallery are quirky to begin with they got touched by the art, and half of what comes out of my mouth is, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.' I love all and serve all; it is in my heart. I love the audience, I am humbled and grateful because if it weren't for the public I would not be here."
All you need is Rove: Presidential adviser and campaign architect Karl Rove was in Henderson on Monday, hosting a Republican roundtable discussion at the home of Las Vegas TV personality and author Wayne Allyn Root. The session drew some of the state's top GOP contributors to Root's Anthem Country Club home.
Root is the author of "Millionaire Republican" and executive producer and host of the modestly titled Spike reality series "King of Vegas." Rove referred to Root's wife, Debra, and 14-year-old daughter, Dakota, as "the queen and princess of Las Vegas."
It's official: The Cirque du Soleil touring production show "Delirium" will visit the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 8-9. Tickets are $135, $99 and $69.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 10 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office
What part of "Cirque du Soleil founder" do you not understand? Before the "Love" media performance and news conference on Wednesday morning, everyone entering the Love Theatre at the Mirage was required to surrender recording devices and submit to a wand check. But when members of the security staff attempted to stop Guy Laliberte, he simply blew right past
Hitting the road: As of Thursday afternoon, tickets in all price ranges - $88, $77 and $55 - remained available for Sunday's final performances of "Avenue Q" at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Wynn Las Vegas
A little skin: Carey Hart, motocross star, husband of Pink and proprietor of the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Co. at the Palms, tells People magazine that adult film star Tabitha Stevens once asked to have Howard Stern's initials tattooed on her ankle. "She did it topless," Hart tells the magazine. "Just took her shirt off."
The second season of the (censored) A&E reality show "Inked," which chronicles the zany haps at Hart's haunt, premieres Wednesday
Rigorous honesty: A reader checks not with a plate, but a bumper sticker: "My Other Car Went Up My Nose"
Now? While you're driving? A Honda Odyssey SUV with the plate SOTELME.
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