David O. Russell Articles
DGA Awards 2011: Joel and Ethan Coen, Debra Granik, Danny Boyle Left Out

Ellen Page, Michael Caine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Nolan, Inception Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David Fincher (The Social Network), Christopher Nolan (Inception), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), and David O. Russell (The Fighter) are the 2010 Directors Guild of America Awards’ five nominees. [Full list of DGA Feature-Film Nominations.] Missing from the roster are Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island), Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), Ben Affleck (The [...]
Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher: Directors Guild Nominations

DGA Awards 2011: Joel and Ethan Coen, Debra Granik, Danny Boyle Left Out DARREN ARONOFSKY Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. Aronofsky’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Jennifer Roth First Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen Second Second Assistant Director: Travis Rehwaldt Location Manager: Ronnie Kupferwasser DAVID FINCHER The Social Network (Columbia Pictures) Mr. Fincher’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: JoAnn [...]
YOGI BEAR Has Soft Debut, Mark Wahlberg-Christian Bale’s THE FIGHTER Expands Well: Box Office

Boo Boo (voice by Justin Timberlake), Yogi Bear (voice by Dan Aykroyd) in Yogi Bear Jeff Bridges-Garrett Hedlund’s TRON: LEGACY – Good But Unsensational Opening Eric Brevig’s Yogi Bear, the Warner Bros.-distributed mix of live action and animation and the weekend’s other 3D entry, grossed a modest $16.7m at 3,515 North American sites, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Yogi Bear’s per-theater [...]
TRON: LEGACY Tops Box Office, YOGI BEAR Second, HOW DO YOU KNOW Disappoints

Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Tron: Legacy Starring Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund, Disney’s TRON: Legacy opened at the top of the North American box office on Friday, Dec. 17. According to early, rough, unofficial estimates Nikki Finke posted at Deadline, TRON: Legacy collected $18m at 3,451 theaters. For the weekend, the special-effects-laden 3D flick is expected to gross $47m (apparently including $3.5m earned at midnight [...]