We have our first official Rooney appearance to look forward to since being cast in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”! On January 8th, Rooney will join “The Social Network” co-stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer and Justin Timberlake in Palm Springs to receive the Performance Ensemble Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival! CONGRATS!! In a press release, PSIFF Chairman Harold Matzer said:

“Every so often, a movie comes along with performances that set the standard for a generation of actors. ‘The Social Network’ combines a theme that defines our time with performances that redefine acting for the screen.”

“The Social Network” is headed to DVD/Blu-Ray soon! Check out the special features below and pre-order your copy! *crosses fingers Rooney is part of the cast featured on the commentary*

“The Social Network (DVD | Blu-Ray) out on January 11, 2011

Disc One

* Commentary with David Fincher
* Commentary with Aaron Sorkin and Cast

Disc Two

* How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? Feature-length documentary
* Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score
* In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor’s First Draft
* Swarmatron
* Jeff Cronenweth and David Fincher on the Visuals
* Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown

Rooney joins the boys of “The Social Network” to make up #6 on Entertainment Weekly’s annual Entertainers of the Year list, under the headline “Tomorrow’s A-list movie stars today”. Congrats to the whole gang, well-deserved!! EW asked each actor to send in what their Facebook status might say right this moment.

Rooney Mara
Status Update: “It’s -9 degrees Celsius. 37 takes down, only about 42 more to go. Every time he says, ‘Okay, last one,’ I fall for it. Every. Single. Time. If only I could get this damn shrug right, then maybe I could go inside and my nipple ring would have time to thaw out…” (Sent via e-mail from the set of David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in Stockholm)

Why her? The adage that there are no small parts, only small actors proved especially true for Mara. Playing Zuckerberg’s quick-witted ex, she had just a few short scenes in the movie. But she dazzled in them, making an instant impression on audiences – not to mention director David Fincher, who cast the 25-year-old as the tough computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in his upcoming Dragon Tattoo adaptation.

Don’t count out Rooney when Academy Awards nominations are announced, ccording to well-respected Oscar blogger Scott Feingerg, who makes a strong and in-depth case for why Rooney should be getting more recognition for her role as Erica in “The Social Network” and how she might still have a real shot at getting an Oscar nomination:

With all due respect to the actresses in the running for this year’s best supporting actress Oscar, the 2010 field is far from the deepest field in the history of the category. Nobody is — or, frankly, should be — a sure thing at this point, which inherently means that everybody still has a shot. For this reason, I’d like to discuss a name that’s been on my mind a lot lately: Rooney Mara, the 25-year-old actress who gives a brilliant performance as Erica Albright — a B.U. student whose decision to dump her Harvard boyfriend Mark Zuckerberg indirectly leads him to create Facebook — in the critical and commercial hit/best picture Oscar frontrunner “The Social Network.”

I am totally convinced that Mara would be generating serious awards buzz right about now if she, like all of the other people competing for a nomination, could have been in the United States at the time of her film’s release to promote it and, in so doing, herself. She could not be, though, because she was needed on the Sweden-set of the film that will probably make her a household name less than a year from now, the American version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” (Incidentally, the director David Fincher cast her in that film’s title role — which was more highly-coveted than any other for young actresses in years — because she had so greatly impressed him during the making of “The Social Network.”)

Some will undoubtedly disparage the very notion that Mara is worthy of a nomination for her work in “The Social Network” because she appears in so few scenes and has such little screen time. I would remind them to consider two things: (1) the quality of her work in those scenes, and (2) the numerous precedents of brief appearances being recognized in this category. To that end…

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Here’s Rooney with virtually the entire cast of “The Social Network” having a roundtable discussion about the making of the movie. So good to finally see Rooney with her co-stars! Enjoy!

Congrats to Rooney and the entire cast of “The Social Network” on this great honor!! *crosses fingers we’ll see Rooney attend the ceremony*

Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara to receive the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award” at the Hollywood Awards Gala.

The festival and awards will mark their return on October 20 for a week long series of screenings, competitions and awards. The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.

Congratulations once again to Rooney and the entire cast and crew of “The Social Network”, it is the #1 movie at the box office for a 2nd straight week! Word of mouth is incredibly strong on this film and it only dropped around 30% from opening weekend, which is huge.

$15.9 mil ‘Social’ No. 1 for 2nd straight weekend
‘Life,’ ‘Secretariat’ debut strong, ‘Soul’ starts soft at No. 5

The Facebook drama “The Social Network” continues to add more friends at the box office as the Sony picture took in another $15.9, according to Rentrak, to top the weekend for a second straight week.

Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel’s romantic comedy “Life as We Know It” debuted with a $14.6-million weekend to take the No. 2 spot.

Coming in third place, Disney’s horse-racing drama “Secretariat” made a comfortable debut with $12.6 million.

“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” added another $7 million to its nest egg to take the fourth spot.

Rounding out the top five with a relatively soft debut and $7 million was Wes Craven’s “My Soul to Take.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Congratulations to Rooney and the cast and crew of “The Social Network” on their #1 finish at the box office!

‘Social Network’ tops weekend box office
Sony’s “The Social Network” tops the weekend domestic box office, taking in $23 million.

The David Fincher film about the social networking site Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg is already generating Oscar buzz for its young cast, which includes Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. The film opened with $8 million in its first day of release on Friday.

Warner Bros’ “Legend of the Guardian: Owls of Ga’Hoole” swooped into second place with $10.9 million, followed by 20th Century Fox’s drama “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” with $10.1 million.

Ben Affleck’s “The Town” from Warner Bros. entered its third week in cinemas at No. 4, nabbing another $10 million.

The Sony teen comedy “Easy A” strutted away with $7 million to close out the top five list of the weekend’s most successful films on the domestic front.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Here’s another new clip of one of Rooney’s scenes. If you are planning on seeing this movie I would recommend skipping these clips that contain quite a bit of spoilers. October 1st will be here before you know it and you’ll be glad you waited!

Thanks to Andie for sending us the clip!

041 x Movie Images – The Social Network: Clip #2 Captures

Rooney is featured in some behind-the-scenes B-Roll footage from the filming of the movie, an on-set interview in which she talks about working with Jesse Eisenberg and more. There are HD captures in the gallery. I’ve also added a new still from the movie. Enjoy! One more week!!

001 x Movie Images – The Social Network: Promotional Stills

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