Following today’s Oscar nominations, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power have announced that they are paying out on Heath Ledger to win the award for Best Supporting Actor, thirty-one days before the awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on the 22nd February.
The Australian actor, who died on this very day last year, has been widely tipped to win an Oscar for his outstanding performance in last year’s hugely successful blockbuster ‘The Dark Night’ and with a nomination for Heath confirmed today, bookies Paddy Power wasted no time in rewarding punters who bet on Ledger to win an Oscar from beyond the grave.
At 1/10 in the betting, it’s hard to see anybody stealing Oscar glory from Heath this year.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Once Heath made the nominations list it was hard to see anybody beating him. His portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight was fantastic and it would be a real tragedy if he were not to win an Oscar. He’s been odds-on for many months already and as far as we’re concerned he’s already won.”
In other categories, Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is 11/10 to win the Oscar for Best Actress having been nominated for her role in Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, while Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is the bookies choice at 2/5 to win Best Film.
Meanwhile, the nominations for this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as The Razzies, have been revealed. Unlike the Oscars, which reward the best of the best in Hollywood, The Razzies celebrates the worst of the worst.
Jessica Alba, Paris Hilton, Pierce Brosnan and Big Brother’s Verne Troyer are all tipped to be honoured at this year’s Razzie Awards, which takes place one day before The Oscars.
OSCARS BETTING – Sunday 22nd February
Best Film
2/5 Slumdog Millionaire
4/1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8/1 Milk
10/1 Frost/Nixon
12/1 The Reader
Best Actor
8/11 Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
7/4 Sean Penn - Milk
8/1 Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
10/1 Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
12/1 Richard Jenkins - The Reader
Best Actress
11/10 Kate Winslet – The Reader
13/8 Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
4/1 Meryl Streep - Doubt
10/1 Melissa Leo – Frozen River
12/1 Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Best Supporting Actor
1/10 Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
8/1 Josh Brolin - Milk
12/1 Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
14/1 Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
25/1 Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Best Supporting Actress
6/4 Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
5/2 Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
3/1 Amy Adams - Doubt
6/1 Viola Davis - Doubt
8/1 Taraji P Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Director
2/5 Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
5/1 David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6/1 Gus Van Sant - Milk
10/1 Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
12/1 Stephen Daldry - The Reader
THE RAZZIES - The Golden Raspberry Awards – Saturday 21st February
Worst Picture
6/4 The Love Guru
3/1 The Happening
3/1 The Hottie & the Nottie
5/1 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
6/1 Meet the Spartans
Worst Actor
11/8 Mike Myers (The Love Guru)
3/1 Mark Walberg (The Happening & Max Payne)
4/1 Al Pacino (88 Minutes & Righteous Kill)
5/1 Larry the Cable Guy (Witless Protection)
6/1 Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)
Worst Actress
13/8 Jessica Alba (The Eye & The Love Guru)
7/4 Paris Hilton (The Hottie & the Nottie & Repo! the Genetic Opera!)
4/1 Kate Hudson (My Best Friend's Girl & Fool's Gold)
6/1 The Cast of the Women (The Women)
8/1 Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas)
Worst Supporting Actor
8/11 Ben Kingsley (The Love Guru, War, Inc., & The Wackness)
4/1 Verne Troyer: (The Love Guru & Postal)
5/1 Burt Reynolds (Deal & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale)
6/1 Uwe Boll (Postal)
8/1 Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!)
Worst Supporting Actress
11/10 Paris Hilton (Repo! the Genetic Opera!)
3/1 Carmen Electra (Disaster Movie & Meet the Spartans)
4/1 Leelee Sobieski (88 Minutes & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale)
6/1 Jenny McCarthy (Witless Protection)
8/1 Kim Kardashian (Disaster Movie)
All odds from Paddypower
