 The Super Bowl is just about here and we have some time between now and the big game to have some fun. Super Bowl betting isnt the only big deal in the month of February. Betting on the Academy Awards is also an opportunity for novice and professional handicappers to make some extra loot to close out the NFL betting season. The oddsmakers over at BetCRIS.com have posted the odds on the 2008 Academy Awards .The 2008 Academy Awards, are scheduled to air February 24th,the academy awards are already causing quite the buzz with its selections and, more importantly, its rejections. In previous years, it seems as though the Oscars have used the Golden Globes as there guide, but the 80th ceremony of the Academy Awards is something of the contrary. Hollywood Hotshots such as Keira Knightley was snubbed for Atonement, Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Sean Penn for Into the Wild. With opinions at a high for the Academy’s right and wrong nominee admissions, the question of who is walking away with the little, gold statue remains. oddsmakers have posted the following odds on the 2008 Academy Awards . BEST PICTURE - WINNER ATONEMENT – 3/1 JUNO - 14/1 MICHAEL CLAYTON – 17/1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – 4/6 THERE WILL BE BLOOD – 9/4 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - WINNER GEORGE CLOONEY (MICHAEL CLAYTON) – 15/2 DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (THERE WILL BE BLOOD) – 1/8 JOHNNY DEPP (SWEENEY TODD) – 7/1 TOMMY LEE JONES (IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH) - 24/1 VIGGO MORTENSEN (EASTERN PROMISES) – 18/1 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - WINNER CASEY AFFLECK (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES) – 8/1 JAVIER BARDEM (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) - 1/10 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR) - 18/1 HAL HOLBROOK (INTO THE WILD) - 9/1 TOM WILKINSON (MICHAEL CLAYTON) – 8/1 ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - WINNER CATE BLANCHETT (ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE) – 20/1 JULIE CHRISTIE (AWAY FROM HER) – 1/3 MARION COTILLARD (LA VIE EN ROSE) – 3/1 LAURA LINNEY (THE SAVAGES) – 17/1 ELLEN PAGE (JUNO) – 6/1 ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - WINNER CATE BLANCHETT (I’M NOT THERE) – 4/5 RUBY DEE (AMERICAN GANGSTER) – 7/1 SAOIRSE RONAN (ATONEMENT) - 24/1 AMY RYAN GONE (BABY GONE) – 7/10 TILDA SWINTON (MICHAEL CLAYTON) – 16/1 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING - WINNER J. SCHNABEL- THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – 9/2 JASON REITMAN - JUNO - 22/1 TONY GILROY - MICHAEL CLAYTON – 12.5/1 JOEL COEN/ETHAN COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 8/15 PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON- THERE WILL BE BLOOD – 19/10 “There has been heavy talk and opinions tossed around since the nominees were announced,” stated Spokesperson for BetCRIS.com, Esteban Siles. “Well, it’s not about who is, and who isn’t there. It’s about who wins.” So this week while you wait for the Super Bowl do your research and get in on the Academy Awards betting action. You can also find more political and sports odds at BetCRIS.com
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