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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins recap their experience at the Directors Guild of America Awards, reflecting on the intimacy and filmmaker-focused energy of the untelevised ceremony. Later, Sean interviews Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans, co-directors of the animated hit *K-pop Demon Hunte
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