Oscars 2011: The King's Speech set to clean up Visit Betfred Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 23 Feb 2011 Tweet Related Articles See all Oscars news Share it Pin It Geoffrey Rush and Tom Hooper backed to be honoured alongside hotpot Colin FirthColin Firth is a red-hot favourite to pick up the Best Actor award at the 2011 Oscars and punters are also Rush-ing to back one of his co-stars to prevail in the Best Supporting Actor category.Christian Bale heads the betting for the latter market after producing a brilliant berformance in The Fighter, but value seekers have been snapping up decent odds for Geoffrey Rush to come through and pip him at the post.The Australian has already won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of David Helfgott in the 1996 classic Shine and the 59-year-old is now being backed for another gong for playing speech therapist Lionel Logue.Betfred spokesman Jon Wilde said: "One punter with a good record in these kind of markets started placing sizeable wagers on Rush at 5/1 and has still been topping up those bets after we cut him to 9/2."With Tom Hooper also proving popular for the Best Director award against odds-on chance David Fincher of The Social Network fame, if money talks it is starting to look like The King's Speech could walk way with a clean sweep of the major honours."Betfred also report sustained strong support for Rick Baker and Dave Elsey to scoop the Best Makeup title for their work on The Wolfman, with one punter placing £1100 on this duo at 4/11 before the price was trimmed to 1/3. Read our Betfred review Get your £50 free bet at Betfred now Like Like Post to wall 276 Reads All Entertainment News Recent Entertainment Articles Oscars 2013 Betting – The Hunger Games an early runner25 Mar 2012The Hunger Games is an early runner to win the Best Picture award at next year's Oscars, according Oscars 2012 Betting – The Artist fancied for clean sweep25 Feb 2012‘The Artist’ is just 2/1 to pick up more than five Oscars on Sunday night, according to Ladbrokes. Oscars 2012 Betting – Bookies suspend Beckham betting25 Feb 2012Bookmakers William Hill have been forced to suspended the betting on the winner of the Best Actress Oscars 2012 betting - The Artist huge favourite to win Best Picture24 Feb 2012Sky Bet make The Artist just 1/16 to win Best Picture at the Oscars with Jean Dujardin leading the Oscars 2012 odds - The Artist set to sweep the 2012 Oscars23 Feb 2012The bookmakers odds indicate that The Artist will be the big winner at the 2012 Oscars with the fil 2012 Oscars Betting – Meryl Streep odds continue to drift22 Feb 2012Meryl Streep may not have as iron a grip on the Oscar for Best Actress as first thought, bookmakers More Stories Recent Articles Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - Russia25 May 2012Russia are this year's novelty act at the Eurovision Song Contest but the odds suggest that the sin Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - Sweden25 May 2012Loreen is singing for Sweden at Eurovision 2012 and is the red hot favourite to win the much covete Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Guide - UK entry Engelbert Humperdinck25 May 2012Engelbert Humperdinck is singing for the UK and his song Love Will Set You Free is one of the best Argentinos Juniors v Banfield live streaming25 May 2012Argentinos Juniors take on lowly Banfield in Argentina's top flight on Saturday evening. Jeonbuk v Suwon Live Streaming - K-League25 May 2012Suwon Samsung Blue Wings will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the K-League when they BMW PGA Championship scores - Luke Donald 5/2 as James Morrison leads by 425 May 2012James Morrison leads the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth by four shots after two rounds – but is More Stories Tags
