Thanks to the awesome @MagazineShelf for letting us know that Rooney will be featured in the October issue of W magazine, which will have Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams of “Blue Valentine” on the cover. The issue will go on sale on September 21, 2010. Be sure to pick up a copy for yourself and check back for scans! So exciting, can’t wait to see this and more of Rooney as press for “The Social Network” starts picking up!!

“The Social Network” takes the cover of the September/October issue of FilmComment magazine, and I already see a couple of new pictures of Rooney as Erica on the small preview of the cover below. Hopefully there are more inside. Stay tuned for HQ scans when I get my hands on a copy!

001 x Scans – September/October 2010: FilmComment

Tomorrow night, at the stroke of midnight (PST), the official full length theatrical trailer for Rooney’s movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street” will debut online. We will of course bring you the video and caps as soon as it becomes available, so check back soon!!

Rooney is featured in the October issue of Teen Vogue magazine! It’s their annual Young Hollywood issue, and Rooney is photographed among some of her fellow rising stars, including Tom Sturridge, as seen in the outtake and behind the scenes pics and screen captures now in the gallery below. Check back for HQ scans as soon as I get my copy!

001 x Photoshoots – 2009: Teen Vogue

003 x Photoshoots – 2009: Teen Vogue (Behind the Scenes)

011 x Photoshoots – 2009: Teen Vogue (Screen Captures)

Here is an excerpt from the article:

In the next year, Rooney (younger sister of actress Kate) will star in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the comedy Youth in Revolt, but for right now, she’s focused on her humanitarian efforts. After traveling to Africa with a volunteer group, Rooney established the nonprofit Faces of Kibera to benefit kids in a small village in Kenya. “We’ve already been able to do so much,” she says. While most ingénues struggle to balance fame with a career, she seems markedly poised. “It makes you a better actor if you have real-life experiences that you can draw from.”—S.J-D.

The Behind the Scenes video can be viewed by clicking below…
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Rooney is, quite deservedly, featured as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2009. A new photo accompanies the article, which features some great new soundbytes from Rooney, and the magazine itself goes on sale at the end of July, though you can read the whole thing below. Check back for HQ scans when I get my copy.

Rooney Mara

The careers of actors and actresses are possessed of their own internal logic. An actor’s breakout in a critically acclaimed starring role is usually the culmination of a process that’s been witnessed by producers, directors and casting directors for years before. So when we surveyed people in the industry about acting talent for this year’s list, one not-yet-household name kept coming up: Rooney Mara. Said a casting director: “She’s got great presence and wit, and she can do both comedy and drama.” “Women love, guys love her,” one producer said to me. “We cast forever for her character, and she just came in and nailed it.” Audiences will have a chance to discover Mara’s talents because she has supporting roles in three independent or specialty films coming out this year. First she’s opposite Sam Rockwell in the Sundance pickup The Winning Season, she co-stars in Adam Salky’s Sundance Competition pic Dare, and she’s also in Miguel Arteta’s upcoming Youth in Revolt with Michael Cera.

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