William Shatner and Carol Channing are among the stars who have paid tribute to Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney who died yesterday (06.04.14).
The veteran actor, whose career spanned over nine decades, passed away aged 93 due to natural causes following a lengthy period of ill health, according to TMZ.
Mickey's former co-star Carol said in a statement: "I loved working with Mickey on 'Sugar Babies'. He was very professional, his stories were priceless and I love them all ... each and every one. We laughed all the time (sic)."
Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin took to Twitter after the news broke and wrote: "A lovely man, talented actor & friend, Mickey Rooney has passed at 93. He is with his dear friend Judy Garland putting on shows in heaven (sic)."
Star Trek actor William remembered him by tweeting: "My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Mickey Rooney. One of the greats!"
Anna Marie 'Patty' Duke also wrote: "Rip Mickey Rooney. Having spent time in Mickey presence, I am grateful. He led a long and wild ride, bring joy to millions. He will b missed (sic)."
Mickey was still working when he died and had been filming a new movie with former child star Margaret O'Brien.
She said: "Mickey was the only one at the studio that was ever allowed to call me Maggie. He was undoubtedly the most talented actor that ever lived. There was nothing he couldn't do. Singing, dancing, performing ... all with great expertise. Mickey made it look so easy. I was currently doing a film with him, 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' - I simply can't believe it. He seemed fine through the filming and was as great as ever."

Madonna is "so proud" of her daughter.
The 'Hung Up' hitmaker shared a photograph of 17-year-old Lourdes - her child with former boyfriend Carlos Leon - on the final night of her school production 'A Flea in her Ear' and said she had enjoyed watching the show at Manhattan's LaGuardia Performing Arts school.
She tweeted: "Lola as a French Maid in "A Flea in her Ear"! Last show tonight at La Guardia! I'm so proud! (sic)"
The production comes weeks after the teenager played Betty Rizzo in another school play, 'Grease!'.
Her mother had sat proudly in the audience with her younger children, David and Mercy, both eight, and reports said Lourdes was very impressive.
One source said: "[She was] really good. She is a great singer, dancer and actress and seemed completely comfortable on the stage.
"She also seemed like she was having a lot of fun with the part."
And Lourdes is already looking into what to do next as she and her mother were spotted visiting the singer's former college, the University of Michigan, a few months ago.
Madonna has previously declared a wish for her daughter to study there, saying: "I want my daughter to go there. I keep telling her, Ann Arbor is an awesome place."

Lindsay Lohan has admitted to drinking again.
The 'Mean Girls' actress - who has been to rehab six times - was confronted by her life coach AJ Johnson on last night's (06.04.14) episode of 'Lindsay' after her mother Dina's claimed they had shared wine, and she then found a bottle in the troubled star's apartment.
However, Lindsay, 27, was furious to be confronted on camera and initially denied relapsing before later admitting to "screwing up".
The 'Machete' star - who fled to Los Angeles for a week and failed to contact AJ as planned - said: "I rushed into a relationship .. and I jumped right into a relationship where we weren't on the same page.
"I wasn't considering the fact that the person I was seeing does drink and yeah. ... I had some wine.
"It's OK to admit it. ... It's really scary. ... It took me a bit to realise, but then I thought, why am I holding this in?
"Yeah, f**k it, I screwed up and that's OK."
After missing a meeting with Columbia films' Devon Franklin which AJ had set up, the life coach was livid.
She said: "I was expecting her to call, I didn't hear from her all week. I'm calling Lindsay a friend right now but I feel like there is no consideration."
And when the actress refused to speak to AJ when she turned up to her apartment the next day, she decided it was time to "leave before things got ugly" as she "cannot help" Lindsay unless she is "open to receiving".
Speaking after her departure, Lindsay said she felt "disrespected" over the confrontation.
She said:"I felt like she disrespected me by asking things on camera that were a bit personal. When we had the moments alone to discuss it."

A member of disgraced drag queen act the Kit Kat Dolls has auditioned for 'Britain's Got Talent'.
Chris Dennis will face the judging panel alone under the name La Voix, seven years after the popular drag group were pulled from the talent competition when lead singer Vanilla Lush was allegedly caught offering sex for sale, while bandmates Alekssandra and Toni were also found to be advertising themselves for hire.
In a bid to disassociate himself with the scandal, Chris will audition under a new name when the show returns this month.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "There is nothing to stop La Voix entering the competition with a new act."
The Kit Kat Dolls won over the British public with their over-the-top performance of Pussycat Dolls hit 'Don't Cha' in 2007, and their efforts landed them a place in the live semi-finals.
However, head judge Simon Cowell was reportedly furious when the family show was brought into disrepute in light of the prostitution scandal and the nine-piece were booted off the show.
La Voix will look to impress Simon and fellow judges David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon when the talent competition returns on ITV on Saturday (12.04.14).

'24: Live Another Day' will simulcast on Sky 1 at the same time as it airs in America.
The award-winning drama, which stars Kiefer Sutherland as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer, will return to screens next month and viewers in the UK can watch Jack's TV comeback - four years after the last season concluded - at exactly the same time as fans in the US.
The first two episodes will air on Sky 1 in the early hours of Tuesday, May 6, at 1am, following in the footsteps of Sky Atlantic's simulcast of the 'Game of Thrones' season four premiere.
'24' will then settle into its regular time slot of Wednesdays at 9pm, with the double-bill premiere airing once again on Wednesday, May 7.
Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald said: "I'm delighted that Jack and the team at '24' are returning exclusively to Sky 1 HD. The scale, ambition and fast-paced energy of the series epitomize everything we look for in a drama for the channel. I can't wait to bring it back to our customers."
'24' originally aired for eight seasons between 2001 and 2010 and was revived by US channel FOX last year for a brand new season consisting of 12 episodes.
Filming took place largely in London with Jack once again being joined by his trusty sidekick Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub).
The new season will also star Benjamin Bratt, 'Dexter' actress Yvonne Strahovski and Stephen Fry as the British Prime Minister.

Jamie Lomas has been accused of attacking ex-wife Kym Marsh's latest boyfriend.
The 'EastEnders' actor faces police questioning over claims he punched personal trainer Matt Baker - who recently ended his relationship with 'Coronation Street' star Kym - in Manchester nightclub Panacea on Saturday night (05.04.14).
According to eyewitnesses, Matt, 24, was taken "completely by surprise" as Jamie, 33, confronted him and hit him. Matt then retreated upstairs in a bid to diffuse the situation, but the former 'Hollyoaks' star is accused of following him and tried to start another fight with Matt before security and staff intervened.
An onlooker told The Sun newspaper: "Jamie seemingly came from nowhere and managed to blindside Matt and hit him straight in the eye.
"Matt's a tough guy but it caught him completely by surprise. When he went to retaliate a group of guys stopped it.
"Matt decided to remove himself from the situation, but Jamie quickly followed and tried to punch him again. However staff stepped in and prevented it, reminding Jamie they had CCTV. Jamie seemed to disappear after that. Matt is still embarrassed and shaken and it's clear Jamie is not over Kym."
Jamie divorced Kym, with whom he has two-year-old daughter Polly, earlier this year.
'Corrie' star Kym, 37, called off her brief romance with Matt last week, insisting she wasn't ready for a serious relationship.

The Voice winner Jermain Jackman says "anything is possible now".
The singer - who was raised in Hackney, east London - landed a £100,000 record deal with Universal Music after winning the BBC singing contest on Saturday (05.04.12) and he believes music gives people who live in "sink estates" an escape to something more "positive".
He told The Sun newspaper: "We live in a materialistic world - we want the big house, the big cars, loads of women. But people don't want to work hard for it. What's an easy way of getting money? Crime.
"For many kids, music can be their only hope of getting off the sink estates.
"Music is like a universal language and, in rough neighbourhoods, music is that way out to something more positive.
"There aren't many opportunities for kids in Hackney but I feel like anything is possible now."
Jermain - who beat Christina Marie, Sally Barker and Jamie Johnson to win 'The Voice' - wants to create a "new trend" and doesn't think music should be used to "glorify violence".
He added: "It's sad to see the way the music industry is going when you see Miley Cyrus and look at the type of music people are doing, and what the lyrics have to be to be sellable... let's create a new trend.
"I'll never glorify guns, violence or demean anyone."

Ray Winstone will star in the remake of 'Point Break'. The 'Noah' actor will play Luke Bracey's partner, Agent Angelo Pappas, which Gary Busey famously played in the 1991 original, according to Variety.com. Bracey will take on the role of FBI agent J...

'Star Wars: Episode VII' has already begun filming.
J.J. Abrams' sci-fi film was rumoured start shooting in the UK in May, but Alan Horn, Disney's chairman, has now revealed that work has just started on the movie.
He told Variety.com: "We're actually shooting some of it now."
With Abrams trying to keep details of his cast under wraps, Horn declined to reveal any names but he did however admit that while most of the cast has been chosen, it has been the most difficult part of orchestrating the film and there are still decisions yet to be made.
Horn coyly said: "We have a lot of them, it's not completely done yet."
The eagerly-awaited movie is said to be starring 'Girls' actor Adam Driver as the villain, with up-and-coming stars Ed Speleers, John Boyega, Jesse Plemons, Matthew James Thomas and Ray Fisher all being considered for the lead role.
Lupita Nyong'o has also met with Abrams to discuss taking on a female lead in the upcoming sequel after taking Hollywood by storm last year with her impressive performance in Steve McQueen's Oscar-winning '12 Years A Slave'.
The Disney chairman channelled Grand Master of the Jedi Council Yoda while trying to deflect questions about the plot.
He joked: "Patience, you must have."
The script has been co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams following a draft by 'Toy Story 3' writer Michael Arndt.

All Saints are planning a big chart comeback.
The 1990s girl group - who had hit songs such as 'Never Ever' and 'Pure Shores' - recently reunited to support Backstreet Boys on the UK leg of their 'A World Like This' tour, but they are now set to release new music in a bid to rule the charts again.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "The girls have loved being back together again and this time around, being that much older and wiser, aren't taking any nonsense.
"They've had a few meetings with songwriters and management, and the feeling is there is still a gap in the market for a group like them.
"The plan is to get back in the studio in the summer and produce a handful of new tracks so long as they are all happy with the results, a single will be released at the end of 2014."
Billed as an edgier rival to the Spice Girls, All Saints - consisting of sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis - topped the UK singles charts on five occasions but split up in 2001.
The band initially made a comeback in 2006, but despite the success of their lead single 'Rock Steady' - which reached number three in the UK singles chart - their album 'Studio 1' was less successful, charting outside of the Top 40.

Ed Sheeran has written a song about an ex-girlfriend.
The 'Lego House' hitmaker, who has announced his new album 'x' will be released on June 23, admits one track on the record is a "true story" about a former lover.
He told The Sun newspaper: "If you date a songwriter, prepare to have songs written about you."
Ed, who is close friends with Taylor Swift, who has written a number of songs about her ex-boyfriends, added that he "could have gotten nastier" and claims the song is a "100 per cent true story".
The 23-year-old singer, whose latest track 'Sing' will be debuted on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show tonight (07.04.14), has posted details of his new album on Twitter, the follow-up to 2011's '+', which sold 102,000 copies in its first week on sale.
Ed wrote: "My 2nd album is called 'x' or 'multiply' and will released on the 23rd of June worldwide. Can't wait for you guys to hear it."
It was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin, who advised him to record the record acoustically first and add instrumentation afterwards.

A ranting man who tried to enter Buckingham Palace thought he would be "welcomed" by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
Nigerian-born Tosin Odunaiya - a self-confessed illegal immigrant - was confronted by armed guards on Friday (04.04.14) evening as he sought a "private audience" with the monarch on his fifth attempt to get into the palace but admits he was shocked by the response his attempt to force entry received.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I wanted to speak with the queen and presumed the royal family would have welcomed me as their lost son."
The incident saw a Coldstream Guards soldier sprint 50 yards to confront the 23 year old and point a rifle and bayonet at him, but Odunaiya insists he wasn't scared, claiming the altercation began because he "told off" armed officers.
He said: "I was shouting louder and louder when the Guard came over and started shaking his gun at me. He didn't scare me.
"I said, 'You're a big boy now, are you?' and the Guard said, 'Yeah, I am a big boy' and shoved me away."
And the would-be intruder - who lives in London but says he hates Britain - later sent out a sinister tweet.
He wrote: "Why did you have to pull that Toy on me!?
"If I die! I will come back at you with no mercy. Last warning."
A royal spokesperson has declined to comment on the incident.