Mark Of Wisdom
We try to be experts on everything here from sport and music awards, to picking talent contest and reality tv winners. The next big awards bash on the calendar is, of course, The Oscars next Sunday. We called it right with Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker winning at the BAFTAs – and also recommending you lay Avatar at odds-on.
At the Oscars we expect a reversal in fortunes in the Best Picture category, and strongly fancy Avatar to triumph. The reasoning behind this has been expounded by far greater authorities on film than us, namely, Mark Kermode, and if it’s good enough for Mark, then it’s good enough for EntertainmentOdds.
You will find it hard to find a bookmaker offering an accumulator on the five winners Mark forecasts in his entertaining preview below, but as value goes, the two that stand out for us have to be Avatar at a best-priced 5-4 with Bet365 and Betfred to win Best Picture – and you can currently get a better price on Betfair – and Sandra Bullock at 4-6 with Boylesports, Betfred and Blue Sq to win Best Actress.
Rob Furber