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 Ellen
Page Oscar Odds at
+530 as Canada
Prepares to Take
Home Award
Canada's own, Ellen
Page, has been
nominated for an
Oscar this year for
her role in Juno.
At +530 odds (a
$1.00 bet pays out
$5.30), the "Best
Actress" category is
much tighter than
some of the other
Academy Awards
inclusions such as
"Best Actor" where
Daniel Day-Lewis is
such a huge favorite.
The Canadian Press
has heralded its
representatives at
this year's Oscars:
There will be a
strong Canuck
contingent at the
show.
Halifax actress
Ellen Page has a
best actress
nomination for
"Juno" while the
film's director,
Montreal-born Jason
Reitman, is also up
for a trophy.
Toronto's Sarah
Polley, meanwhile,
could take home a
screenwriting Oscar
for her directorial
debut "Away From
Her."
The Canadian
nominees in the
sound mixing
category - B.C.
native Craig Berkey,
David Giammarco of
Welland, Ont., and
one-time Torontonian
Paul Massey - were
among those feted
Thursday night at a
soiree for the sound
nominees in Burbank.
Berkey is nominated
for his work on best
picture frontrunner
"No Country for Old
Men" while Massey
and Giammarco are
squaring off against
him for their work
on the Russell Crowe
movie "3:10 to
Yuma."
It's Massey's sixth
Oscar nomination.
"It never gets old,
obviously," Massey
said as he enjoyed a
beer on an
uncharacteristically
rainy night in L.A.
"It's truly a great
honour because
you're nominated by
your peers, by
people who know
sound."
Berkey said he was
still pinching
himself, not just
about the nomination
but about working
with two of
Hollywood's most
respected and
innovative
filmmakers.
"Working with the
Coen brothers was
fantastic," he said.
"They know what
they're doing,
that's for sure, and
they know all about
sound and they gave
opportunities to us
to do really
interesting things."
The sound nominees
were to join other
Canucks nominated
for Oscars at a
luncheon Friday
afternoon at the
Canadian consulate.
Other nominees in
the "Best Actress"
category included:
CATE BLANCHETT
(ELIZABETH: THE
GOLDEN AGE) +2000 -
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JULIE CHRISTIE (AWAY
FROM HER) -310 - -
MARION COTILLARD (LA
VIE EN ROSE) +225 -
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LAURA LINNEY (THE
SAVAGES) +2000 - -
ELLEN PAGE (JUNO)
+525
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Jordan Bach,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
February 22, 2008
3:31 pm EST
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