Though, the award presentation to start the sketch was solid... so that's something, right?
For 2013, though, the award could well go to a guy who isn't among the NFL leaders in anything but the most subjective statistic possible, total tackles.
"For longer-term staff though, awards are often a little higher.
Though awards don't matter in the long run, this movie deserves some; it would be high on my list.
I find something hand-wringing and coercive in the film's emotionalism; it may well win - though awards for its leading performers would be more just.
Mr. Weinstein has yet to release "Django Unchained," a Christmas Day film from Quentin Tarantino (a past Oscar winner, for writing "Pulp Fiction"), though awards screenings are promised shortly.
Though awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, just like the prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine, it was a latecomer to the ceremonies, established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank rather than in 1896 by Mr Nobel's will.
Though awards shows have a tendency to recognize some important artists posthumously, the nominations seemed, even more than usual, to be filled with recordings by artists who had recently died.
It would have been disingenuous to declare anyone a real winner this year, though awards were handed out for best designers in several categories during what felt, at times, more like a pep rally than a glamorous event.
Even though awards are a grotesque parody of the actual appreciation and merit of the movies, their cheerful vulgarity — contained as well in their desperate reach for dignity and prestige — suggests an underlying truth about the art's connection to the business, and an underlying conundrum about modern art over all: does it matter whether anyone's watching?
