If you’re a new millennial movie enthusiast (who isn’t in today’s times?) that is excited about the quickly approaching 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony and the opportunity to cash in with some winning movie wagers, then you’re in luck! Thanks to this fun-filled, yet informative Academy Awards betting breakdown, you’re going to have a great chance to cash in four times on the odds for best picture, best director, best actor and best actress. With Oscar Sunday set for this coming weekend at 8:30 PM ET, let’s get started.
The bad news: For the second straight year the Oscars will be an all-white affair that misrepresents Hollywood and the nation and has spurred drastic change. Fantastic actor Idris Elba did not land an expected supporting nomination for Netflix pickup “Beasts of No Nation,” which was shut out. Universal Studios’ mega-hit “Straight Outta Compton” scored only a Screenplay nod (for its white writers), but no Best Picture slot or any nominations for the actors that portrayed the now legendary rap groupGlobal blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which scored five technical nominations including VFX and Score was also shut out of any actors nominations.
2016 Oscar Academy Awards Information and Odds
Day: Oscar SundayDate: February 28, 2016Red Carpet Start Time: 7pm Eastern Time|4pm Pacific TimeCeremony Start Time: 8:30pm Eastern Time|5:30pm Pacific TimeNetwork: ABCTV Stream: ABC LiveBest Picture
- “The Revenant” -163
- “Spotlight,” +188
- “The Big Short” +450
- “The Martian,” +10000
- “Mad Max: Fury Road” +10000
- “Bridge of Spies,” +25000
- “Room” +15000
- “Brooklyn” +20000
Best Director
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“The Revenant”) -600
- Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”) +1600
- Adam McKay (“The Big Short”) +1000
- George Miller (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) +550
- Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) +10000
Best Actor
- Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Revenant”) -5000
- Michael Fassbender (“Steve Jobs”) +2000
- Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”) +1600
- Matt Damon (“The Martian”) +8000
- Bryan Cranston (“Trumbo”) +6600
Best Actress
- Brie Larson (“Room”) -2000
- Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) +1000
- Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) +2800
- Jennifer Lawrence (“Joy”) +2800
- Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years”) +5000
