File this one under rumor for now since I can’t find any other source or confirmation, but Irish Central is reporting Vanity Fair is planning a Rooney cover for an upcoming issue!!! How freakin’ exciting would that be?! Really do hope it turns out to be true. But seeing as how they have a picture of Kate to accompany the article, I’m not convinced they are legit. We shall see…

Rooney Mara the new IT girl as Vanity Fair cover beckons for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

It’s official Rooney Mara is the new IT girl, having nabbed the hottest role in Hollywood as the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Since the announcement Mara has become a household name in Hollywood and Vanity Fair are said to be planning a cover.

Amazingly folks seem to actually like her–rare for Hollywood.

“She was a sweetheart. She’s still new in the Industry, but I can tell she’s going to be in this a long time. She kind of reminded me of a Natalie Portman…her energy and everything.”

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Congrats to Rooney, what a great honor, and so well-deserved!

Go figure: Rooney Mara, who stars in the new remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” is deathly afraid of being chased. But now that she’s won the Wonderwall.com Stargazer Award at the Gen Art Film Festival, she should probably get used to being pursued — at least by casting directors, if not by Freddy Kruger.

Last night, the 25-year-old sister of actress Kate Mara took home the New York festival’s emerging actor award, presented by Wonderwall.com, for her performance in “Tanner Hall,” a funny, poignant story about the bond between four friends at boarding school.

Source: WonderWall

Rooney is named one of Total Film’s 10 Breakout Girls to watch out for in 2010.

#7 Rooney Mara

Breakout: Three reasons Rooney Mara is going to make it big in 2010.

1) She plays the kind-of-sort-of girlfriend of loveable geek-of-the-moment Michael Cera in Youth in Revolt. Like their relationship, the film’s a bit off-on, but Mara is great as a French-loving elusive teen who doesn’t know what she wants.

2) She’s been cast as the lead in slasher remake A Nightmare on Elm Street. Which means that even if the film’s bollocks, she’ll have made all eyes turn in her direction. And if it’s a franchise starter, endless sequels could prove very profitable.

3) She’s co-starring with Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network. Yeah, the Facebook movie. It could be good. It could be bad. Either way, she’s making friends.

Damaged Goods? Her debut role was in the diabolical Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary. Let’s hope Elm Street fares better.

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Source: Total Film