The Daniels collect top directors' guild prize for 'Everything Everywhere'

THE Directors Guild of America (DGA) handed its top prize for theatrical feature filmmaking to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," putting them on course to win at the Academy Awards next month.

The 75th annual DGA Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday night, denied Steven Spielberg a record-extending four wins for the guild's top honor. The celebrated filmmaker had once been expected to cruise through awards season with his autobiographical "The Fabelmans," but the strong affection for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" — the Oscar favorite with a leading 11 nominations — has come to dominate Hollywood's Oscar runup.