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"The Boss" Bruce Springsteen (1949)

With over 200 hours of holiday programming this premiere event features Mickey Rooney reprising his role as Santa Claus in ABC Family's new original special "A Miser Brothers' Christmas,"

Happy Birthday to Cascada singer Natalie Horler (1981), "Son of the Beach" actress Jaime Bergman (1975), WWE star Matt Hardy (1974), prolific folk singer Ani DiFranco (1970), "All of Us" actress LisaRaye (1966),

Veteran star Mickey Rooney has lavished praise on the British Isles, and admits he's desperate to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. The Oscar-winning actor, whose father was Scottish, insists the U.K. is a "special place" for him, and he loves the reception he gets from fans when he visits.

Veteran actor Mickey Rooney has launched a scathing attack on the current state of Hollywood - claiming today's stars "lack class and dignity". The 86-year-old concedes he is saddened by the attitude of actors and actresses in Tinsel town in recent years, and insists they "don't know what it means to be stars."

Veteran Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney has signed to star in a theater production of Cinderella in England this Christmas. The 86-year-old will play Baron Hardup in the pantomime at the Sunderland Empire, alongside former pop star Michelle Heaton.

A woman has been sentenced to 30 months for stealing prized heirlooms and original Frank Sinatra recordings from the estate of late Hollywood star Ava Gardner. Prosecutors say Renee Sykes took more than $1 million worth of property between 2001 and 2005 when she worked as a nurse caring for Gardner's older sister, Myra Pearce.

Happy Birthday to Cascada singer Natalie Horler (1981), "Son of the Beach" actress Jaime Bergman (1975), WWE star Matt Hardy (1974), prolific folk singer Ani DiFranco (1970), "All of Us" actress LisaRaye (1966), "Transamerica" actress Elizabeth Pena (1959), "Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander (1959), "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen (1949), actress Mary Kay Place (1947), Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias (1943), blues musician Roy Buchanan (1939; d. 1988), "Green Acres" actor Tom Lester (1938), prolific pianist Ray Charles (1930; d. 2004), legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane (1926; d. 1967), "Pete's Dragon" actor Mickey Rooney (1920), Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon (1897; d. 1984), Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (1215; d. 1294), Roman emperor Augustus (63 BC; d. 14 AD), and Greek playwright Euripides (480 BC; d. 406 BC).

Mickey Rooney and 16 other actors will attend the 2006 Twilight Zone Convention, August 12-13, in the Grand Ballroom of New Jersey's Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. This will be his first-ever appearance at an East Coast collectors' show.