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@astrologica wrote:

 Why can't the winners just say 'Thank you very much for this award...I will treasure it'.

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They can't though, can they ? They have to drone on endlessly, thanking everyone from the old dear who comes round with the tea trolley, to the bloke operating the clapper board. These Award ceremonies are just an excuse for the  'luvvies' and the like to preen, pose, and postulate.

The great non events of the year.

Re Sam Smith. Don't they all caterwaul nowadays ? You could play three tracks from three different vocalists (male or female) and you'd swear it was the same artiste, singing the same song. No beat, no rhythm, no style, just a dirge-like litany of shrieks and wails. At one point you could tell who a singer was as soon as he or she sang the first note, but not any more. They're all tourists from the clone zone.