ROONEY - ROONEY SINGER USED TO COPPOLA ASSUMPTIONS

ROONEY rocker ROBERT SCHWARTZMAN remains unfazed when people assume the band has only got as far as it has because of his family connections. Schwartzman's mother is actress Talia Shire; his brother is actor Jason Schwartzman; his uncle is director Francis Ford Coppola; his cousins include Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola; and his late grandfather was movie composer Carmine Coppola. The 24-year-old insists he is used to strangers attributing the band's success to the power his relatives wield in the entertainment industry. He says, "Some people do it (judge the band because of his connections). There are a lot of people who think like that. It's foolish to judge it for those reasons. If you like it you like it, and if you don't that's OK. "I'm lucky to come from a family of great artists. I do what I like. My grandparents were Italian composers so I'm excited to make this my career."