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In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, entertainer Jeneane Marie Cranert uses crutches to get around her Las Vegas home. The Vegas veteran, who has performed with Frank Sinatra and Liberace, has a bone disease in her hip, but doesn't have health insurance and can't afford hip replacement surgery. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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This photo obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, shows Harold Smith, who killed himself just as police converged on him on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Smith was a person of interest in the slaying of prominent Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen. (AP Photo)

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010 file photo, Chaz Bono poses at the premiere of the film "Burlesque" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

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In this product photograph provided by Allergan, Inc., the LAP-BAND System is displayed. An FDA panel will vote whether to recommend expanding the use of a stomach shrinking band currently approved just for the morbidly obese. (AP Photo/Allergan, Inc.) NO SALES

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Famous princesses include Leia, Xena, Diana and Tiana. (Photos: LucasFIlm Ltd., Associated Press and Disney Pictures)

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In this publicity image released by ABC, Nathan Fillion, who portrays Rick Castle, left, and Stana Katic, who portrays NYPD Det. Kate Beckett lock lips in an episode of "Castle," filmed, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 in Los Angeles. The episode titled "Knockdown" will air in January. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Taylor)

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FILE - In this April 27, 2009 file photo, actor Jeremy Irons attends The Film Society of Lincoln Center gala tribute to honor actor Tom Hanks at Alice Tully Hall in New York. Irons is dropping into "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to guest star as a sex therapist. A spokeswoman for the NBC crime drama said Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, that Irons' character runs a sex addiction clinic in the episode to be filmed later this month. It's set to air in early 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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Cabinet member Alex Sink speaks about the pardoning of the late rock star Jim Morrison on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

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IN SUPPORT: Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says that fiscally, "We're at a day of reckoning." (Associated Press)

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US actor Morgan Freeman arrives with the US delegation to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. FIFA will choose the 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cup hosts with 22 executive committee members after the Oceania Football Confederation accepted the loss of its voting rights late Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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U.S. map shows the 18 cities selected as official host cities for the United States’ bid for the 2022 World Cup

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FILE- In this film publicity file image released by Fox Searchlight, Natalie Portman is shown in a scene from "Black Swan." Film critics are abuzz over actress Natalie Portman's work in the new big-screen "Black Swan," but fashionistas are flipping over something else: the film's forward-thinking ballet costumes by Rodarte, sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Niko Tavernise, File) NO SALES

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In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures Classics, Lesley Manville is shown in a scene from, "Another Year." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Simon Mein)

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In this film publicity image released by the Sundance Film Festival, John Goodman is shown in a scene from, "Red State." (AP Photo/Sundance Film Festival)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon are seen at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Actor Mark Ruffalo, right, and Sunrise Ruffalo attend the 20th anniversary of The Gotham Independent Film awards in New York, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Aug. 31, 2008, Italian director Mario Monicelli poses at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice. Oscar-nominated director Monicelli died in Rome Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, after jumping from a fifth-story hospital window. He was 95. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

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US actor Brad Pitt, left, and his wife US actress Angelina Jolie arrive to attend the French premiere of 'Megamind' in Paris, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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In this magazine cover image released by Vanity Fair, actor Johnny Depp is shown on the cover of the January 2011 issue of "Vanity Fair." (AP Photo/Vanity Fair)

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FILE - In this May 1961 file photo, director Irvin Kershner, left, and actors Cindi Wood and Don Murray arrive at the Festival Palace at the Cannes Festival in Cannes, France, as their film "Hoodlum Priest," was presented at the festival. The agent for Kershner says the director of the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" has died at age 87. Agent Derek Maki says in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, that Kershner died during the weekend, but no further details are available. (AP Photo, File) NO SALES