HOLLYWOOD, CA — The 91st annual Academy Awards are just days away and that means predictions are running rampant, both at your local watering hole and on your Facebook feed. The Oscars are scheduled to broadcast live Sunday evening, so if you’re looking for an edge in the company’s Oscar’s pool, why not turn to the folks who make a living off predicting these things? We’re not saying head to the $10 psychic who lives up the road. We’re talking, of course, about the bookmakers.
While your co-workers rave about Lady Gaga’s performance in “A Star is Born,” bookies aren’t keen on her chances to walk away with some hardware. According to the odds-aggregator Oddschecker, the best actress award is essentially just a two-horse race — and bookies aren’t exactly goo-goo for Gaga. In fact, the movie would be extremely lucky to win any of the main awards Sunday.
Here are the best — and worst — odds for movies in the four most coveted categories.
Best Picture
Roma
The Favourite
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
A Star is Born
Vice
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Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Actor
Rami Malek
Christian Bale
Bradley Cooper
Willem Dafoe
Viggo Mortensen
Best Actress
Glenn Close
Olivia Colman
Lady Gaga
Yalitza Aparicio
Melissa McCarthy
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