Kirsten Dunst and fiancé Jesse Plemons show off their chemistry on the red carpet at the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards in Beverly Hills
The 74th Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) took place on Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
And while comedian and filmmaker Judd Apatow served as the host, the annual event was not televised but it did mark a return to live audience members after having gone virtual in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the celebrities on hand to serve as presenters: actors Kristen Dunst and fiance Jesse Plemons , who are among two couples to be nominated for Academy Awards this year for their performances in The Power Of The Dog.
Awards season: Kristen Dunst , 39, and fiancé Jess Plemons, 33, attended the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton; the event was not televised
The annual ceremony honors the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials of 2021.
Dunst, 39, hit the red carpet in an off-white dress that fell to just above her pointed black heels.
She covered up with a black velvet blazer that was cinched in at the waist with a black floral belt to help showcase her toned waistline.
The star of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, which began in 2002 starring Tobey Maguire as the crime-fighting Peter Parker/Spider-Man, wore her blonde tresses long and with natural waves and a part on the slight left.
Lovely: Dunst, 39, hit the red carpet in an off-white dress, which fell to just above her pointed black heels, and a black blazer cinched in at the waist
Oscar contenders: Plemons and Dunst are both nominated for their performances in The Power Of The Dog in 2022, in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, respectively
Plemons, 33, struck a number of poses alongside his ladylove decked out in a rustic-brown suit with a matching dress shirt that he wore without a tie.
The former Breaking Bad star rounded out his classy outfit by wearing black dress shoes and by having his golden blonde hair pushed back off his face.
The couple started dating back in 2016 after meeting on the set of Fargo, and they would eventually get engaged the following year but have not yet set a date for their wedding.
Stylin’: The star of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, which began in 2002 starring Tobey Maguire as the crime-fighting Peter Parker/Spider-Man, wore her blonde tresses long and with natural waves and a part on the slight left
Earlier in 2022, Dunst received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for The Power Of The Dog, while her beau Plemons got a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in the Western psychological drama, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the leading man role.
The other couple to get Academy Award nominations in 2022 are Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
By the end of the evening, Jane Campion would score the top DGA Award for The Power Of the Dog.
Apatow, 54, had previous played host for the DGA’s in 2018 and again in 2020,
Tops: Dunst and Plemons sandwiched Jane Campion, who came out on top of the theatrical feature film category over Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branag and Steven Spielberg and Denis Villeneuve
Item: The couple, who began dating in 2016, have been engaged since 2017
74th Annual DGA Awards
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Jane Campion (Power Of The Dog) – WINNER
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
DRAMATIC SERIES
Kevin Bray (Succession, ‘Retired Janitors of Idaho’)
Mark Mylod (Succession, ‘All the Bells Say’) – WINNER
Andrij Parekh (Succession, ‘What It Takes’)
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman (Succession, ‘Lion in the Meadow’)
Lorene Scafaria (Succession, ‘Too Much Birthday’)
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION & LIMITED-SERIES
Barry Jenkins (The Underground Railroad) – WINNER
Barry Levinson (Dopesick, ‘First Bottle’)
Hiro Murai (Station Eleven, ‘Wheel of Fire’)
Danny Strong (Dopesick, ‘The People vs. Purdue Pharma’)
Craig Zobel (Mare of Easttown)
REALITY PROGRAMS
Joseph Guidry (Full Bloom, ‘Final Floral Face Off’)
Patrick McManus (American Ninja Warrior, ‘1304: Qualifiers 4’)
Ramy Romany (Making the Cut, ‘Brand Statement’)
Ben Simms (Running Wild with Bear Grylls, ‘Gina Carano In The Dolomites’)
Adam Vetri (Getaway Driver, ‘Electric Shock’) – WINNER
COMMERCIALS
Steve Ayson (Anthem, Mattress Firm)
Kathryn Bigelow (Hollywood In Your Pocket, iPhone 13)
Ian Pons Jewell (Apple)
Henry‑Alex Rubin (Teenage Dream, Sandy Hook Promise)
Bradford Young (Super. Human., Channel 4 Paralympics) – WINNER
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
Ian Berger (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents, ‘Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Into the Magaverse’)
Bo Burnham (Bo Burnham: Inside)
Paul Dugdale (Adele: One Night Only) – WINNER
Stan Lathan (Dave Chappelle: The Closer)
Glenn Weiss (The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors)
FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter) – WINNER
Rebecca Hall (Passing)
Tatiana Huezo (Prayers For The Stolen)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
Michael Sarnoski (Pig)
Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby)
COMEDY SERIES
Lucia Aniello (Hacks, ‘There Is No Line’) – WINNER
MJ Delaney (Ted Lasso, ‘No Weddings and a Funeral’)
Erica Dunton (Ted Lasso, ‘Rainbow’)
Sam Jones (Ted Lasso, ‘Beard After Hours’)
Mike White (The White Lotus, ‘Mysterious Monkeys’)
DOCUMENTARY
Jessica Kingdon (Ascension)
Stanley Nelson (Attica) – WINNER
Raoul Peck (Exterminate All the Brutes)
Ahir ‘QuestLove’ Thompson (Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised))
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (The Rescue)
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
James Bobin (The Mysterious Benedict Society, ‘A Bunch of Smart Orphans’)
Michael Lembeck (The J Team)
Phill Lewis (Head of the Class, ‘Three More Years’)
Smriti Mundhra (Through Our Eyes, ‘Shelter’) – WINNER
Jeff Wadlow (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, ‘The Tale of the Darkhouse’)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULAR
Paul G. Casey (Real Time with Bill Maher, ‘Episode 1935: Fareed Zakaria, Chris Christie, Eric Adams’)
Jim Hoskinson (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ‘Episode 1105’)
Don Roy King (Saturday Night Live, ‘Keegan-Michael Key; Olivia Rodrigo’ – WINNER
David Paul Meyer (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, ‘Episode 26112’)
Paul Pennolino & Christopher Werner (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, ‘Episode 830 ‑ Season Finale’)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT & SERVICE AWARDS
Spike Lee – Lifetime Achievement Award in Feature Film
Joseph P. Reidy – Frank Capra Achievement Award
Garry W. Hood – Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
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