Sorry this is late! Here’s Rooney yesterday attending the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon along with a video of her during the press conference.

069 x Public Appearances – 02.06.12: Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon

Now here’s some of the first images of Rooney inside and on stage talking to the moderator about her award! More to come! Really hope they release video of the event…

014 x Public Appearances – 02.03.12: Santa Barbara Film Festival – Virtuoso Awards (Inside)

Rooney is in Santa Barbara tonight, where the Film Fest is honoring her with the Virtuosos Award. She looks gorgeous in green, so glad to see her wearing color! First pictures are in the gallery, more soon!

007 x Public Appearances – 02.03.12: Santa Barbara Film Festival – Virtuosos Awards – Arrivals

Found a great interview Daniel and Rooney did with an outlet from India. Great questions, insightful answers. Have a watch!

It seems this is just a highlights version, will replace with the full video if it surfaces.

CONGRATS TO ROONEY!! She is on the COVER of the annual Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, alongside fellow rising actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska (some of my FAVORITES!). SO happy for her and what a beautiful shoot! Surely more to come as Vanity Fair continues to add to their coverage so check back!

The issue goes on sale on February 7, so HQ scans then!

Here’s Rooney on Day 2 in Japan, attending the press conference for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” More to come if we find them (and hopefully a video will surface too!).

032 x Public Appearances – 01.31.12: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Tokyo Press Conference

As promised, here’s Rooney looking gorgeous at the Tokyo premiere of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” with director David Fincher. A bunch of pictures are now below in the gallery, more if we find them!

088 x Public Appearances – 01.30.12: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Tokyo Premiere

Looks like Rooney has finally decided on her first role after “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” She will do Terrence Malick’s “Lawless” with Ryan Gosling in September, but before that, she has just signed on to the lead in Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects”, opposite Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Congrats to Rooney!

On an unrelated note, Rooney is currently in Japan promoting “Dragon Tattoo” – pics will be up soon!

Rooney Mara Takes Lead In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’

In her first lead role since her Oscar-nominated turn in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara has just committed to starring in Side Effects, the Steven Soderbergh-directed thriller. Mara will replace Blake Lively in a film that also stars Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Mara plays Emily Hawkins, a sexy but unsettled young woman who is taking serious amounts of prescription drugs to deal with anxiety and depression surrounding the pending release of her husband from prison. Her husband has been in prison for three years and after taking a new medicine she was prescribed, she unknowingly murders her husband and stands trial for murder.

Scott Z. Burns wrote the script, and Open Road will distribute in the U.S. It looked like Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures would be financier, but I have been hearing that is a bit shaky. Greg Jacobs and Lorenzo di Bonaventura are producing. Shooting begins in April.

Since her breakout performance as Lisbeth Salander, Mara has been courted for several major roles, including the female lead in the Kathryn Bigelow film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. That film clashed with her promotional schedule on Dragon Tattoo. Mara is currently in Tokyo promoting the film. She is repped by WME and attorney Neil Meyer.

Source: Deadline

Thanks so much to Willian for the head’s up on these new behind the scenes stills from Rooney’s days working on “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

004 x Movie Images – A Nightmare on Elm Street: BTS Stills