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This year's Academy Awards features a tight race among the "Best Supporting Actress" nominees with any three potentially being categorized as favorites among the oddsmakers. This is by far the best category for anyone looking for value. The technical favorite we suppose is Cate Blanchett. She's listed with even odds, bordering ever so slightly on -110. This means that in order to win $1, you would have to bet $1.10 and if the bet is a winner, you get that initial $1.10 back along with your $1 profit. For argument sake you are pretty much wagering $1 to win $1 since Blanchard will probably have odds that move back and forth. Her odds were courtesy of BetUS.com David Dylan Thomas of BlogsCritics explains why this category is so tight in 2008:
"On the surface, it
looks like Amy Ryan
should be a
no-brainer. Eighteen
critics circle wins,
including a BFCA.
But wait, who got
the Golden Globe?
Cate Blanchett,
along with 6 other
wins. And she's
playing a dude!
That's Oscar gold!
But wait a minute?
Who won BAFTA? Tilda
Swinton, as a part
of her five wins.
Cate Blanchett - Ms. Blanchett already has an Oscar under her belt for The Aviator. Is she due for another one? Well, her odds of getting an award this year are stronger than most since she's nominated in two categories (she's up for a "Best Actress" award for her role in Elizabeth: the Golden Age). She's got her best shot at winning the "Best Supporting Actress" nod since she's listed with +2500 odds in the "Best Actress" category. Cate Blanchett plays Jude Quinn in I'm Not There. Quinn represents a version of singer Bob Dylan at the height of his fame in the 1960s, when his original fan base was rejecting him as a sell-out. Amy Ryan - She's only a +200 dog in this category. Ms. Ryan plays the drug-addicted mother of an abducted daughter in Gone Baby Gone. Thomas writes of Ryan:
"I believe "Cryin'
Ryan's" momentum
will overpower her
contenders. But just
barely. Blanchett
already has her
supporting gold from
The Aviator, Swinton
is not what people
remember about
Clayton and Dee will
probably end up
being the fourth
time in 11 years the
Academy has gone
another way (but I
consider her the
greatest spoiler,
not Blanchett). HBO's critically acclaimed series "The Wire" may be widely overlooked come Emmys time, but we're happy to see that one of its performers is getting recognized on the big screen. Ryan featured prominently in the second season of HBO's The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell. Ruby Dee - She is right in the thick of things with her odds not even a point off from Ryans at +270 (would pay out $2.70 for every $1.00 bet if she were to win). In baseball, Ruby Dee would be a home run bet since +270 is a mighty hefty money line, and since she has a legitimate shot....this is by far one of the better "value" bets out there for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Dee would be one of Oscar's most remarkable winning stories.
She is nominated for
an Academy Award for
Best Supporting
Actress for her
performance in
“American Gangster,”
where she had two
lines (no, not blue
magic). This is
Dee’s first Oscar
nomination. It’s
also significant
because this is the
shortest performance
(at approximately
five minutes) ever
to be nominated for
an acting Oscar,
according to Robb
Garvey Thompson of
Blackline Thompson explains the significance of Dee's career:
"Dee, a Harlem
native, had her
career kicked off in
the 1950 film “The
Jackie Robinson
Story,” after a
series of Broadway
performances. Her
career in acting has
crossed all major
forms of media over
a span of eight
decades, but her
most notable
performance was in
“A Raisin in the
Sun,” where she was
universally praised
by movie critics.
The longtime
civil-rights
activist and stage
and screen actress'
small role in Ridley
Scott's "American
Gangster," as the
mother of ruthless
Harlem drug kingpin
Frank Lucas, could
have been fairly
insignificant. But
Dee added fire to
the character,
giving Mama Lucas
strength and
poignancy. It earned
Dee her first Oscar
nod. At +1200 odds for a $1200 payout on a $100 bet, Saoirse Ronan, would be more of a reach. The Irish-born actress was nominated for her role in Atonement. Along with The U.S. Presidential elections and American Idol, The Oscars is among the most bet on nonsporting events in history with this year's ceremony expected to rake in several millions of dollars. Academy Awards Betting Odds Can Be Found Here
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Originally published
February 21, 2008
11:55 pm EST
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