If you’re a movie buff, the Golden Globes is your cue that awards season has started. If you’re also a gambler, Bodog’s been thinking of you, and has released their odds for the 76th Golden Globe Awards.
Vice, a film about former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, leads all nominees with six chances at a Golden Globe. If you’re looking to bet on a favorite though, you may want to take a closer look at A Star is Born. Let’s get into the major categories:
Best Picture, Drama
The huge favorite to win best drama, perhaps the most prestigious category, is A Star is Born. The Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga film has a lot of buzz going into award season, and is favored across multiple categories. It opens at 2/9 odds.
Trailing behind with punters are If Beale Street Could Talk at 11/2 odds, BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther at 11/1 odds, and Bohemian Rhapsody at 16/1 odds.
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy
The front runner here is less clear. Green Book is a slight favorite at 23/20 odds. Confusingly, The Favorite is not the favorite, at 8/5 odds. Vice lags behind at 3/1 odds, and the long shots are Mary Poppins Returns and Crazy Rich Asians at 14/1 and 25/1 odds respectively.
Best Director
The HFPA nominated a foreign-language director here, and he’s the current favorite to win. Alfonso Cuarón, director of Roma, opens at 2/5 odds. The category is stacked though, and you can’t count out Bradley Cooper (11/4 odds), Adam McKay for Vice (10/1 odds) or Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman (14/1 odds). Peter Farrelly, director of Green Book, isn’t far behind either, at 16/1 odds.
Best Actor, Drama
Can Rami Malek win for his captivating performance as Queen front-man Freddy Mercury? Current odds have him at 5/2, just slightly behind juggernaut Bradley Cooper (1/3 odds). Willem Dafoe, who’s never won a Golden Globe despite two nominations previously, is currently at 14/1 odds. John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman) and Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased) round out the group at 18/1 odds.
Best Actress, Drama
Meryl Streep isn’t nominated, and we have a pretty interesting field to pick from. Lady Gaga has come a long way since her start as Girl at Swimming Pool #2 in the Sopranos, and she leads the pack at 2/5 odds for A Star is Born. Veteran film actresses Glenn Close (The Wife) and Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) are no pushovers though, and they come in at 11/4 and 11/1 odds respectively. Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me) and Rosamund Pike (A Private War) round out the group at 12/1 and 14/1 odds.