Thalians Honor Mickey Rooney

By Wrap Staff The 54th annual Thalians Ball will honor film, stage and TV star Mickey Rooney and the USO Shows for America's Armed Forces around the world. Thalians founders, actresses Debbie Reynolds and Ruta Lee, will perform. They will be joined by a "contemporary version" of Uncle Sam, according to a statement by the organization. Co-stars from Rooney's decades of work at MGM and other studios also will perform, including Shirley Jones, Nancy Sinatra, Connie Stevens, Mitzi Gaynor, Ann Blyth and comedian-ventriloquist Terry Fator, winner of "America's Got Talent 2007.&qu..;. (link)