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A ballet featuring music from the heavy metal band opens later this year in England. Guitarist Tony Iommi told the BBC he appreciates the art form, even if he's never been to the ballet.
Quinnley was playing with an angel food cake pan, whose middle section was removed, and put her head through the pan and got stuck. Her mom called firefighters who used tin snips to free the toddler.