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The holy grail of the film industry – the Academy award for Best Picture – looks to be a foregone conclusion this year.<\/p>\n
Oppenheimer<\/em> is the shortest odds favourite in recent memory according to price-setters, and given its rapturous reception amongst the Hollywood press, there should be no surprises in this category.<\/p>\n
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Having picked up seven awards at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), as well as Best Movie Cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards – typically a strong indicator for the Oscars – it is no wonder Oppenheimer<\/em> is 1\/25 to scoop Best Picture.<\/p>\nA love-letter to an era of cinema gone-by captured the hearts of many, and <\/span>The Holdovers<\/span><\/i> can count itself unlucky to be grouped alongside <\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/i> this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSo too Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019 typically self-aware oddity that is <\/span>Poor Things<\/span><\/i>, which is second-favourite, albeit at 25\/1.<\/span><\/p>\nOscars Best Actor Odds<\/b><\/h4>\n\n- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer <\/b>1\/7<\/span><\/li>\n
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers <\/b>5\/1<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro <\/b>16\/1<\/span><\/li>\n
- Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction<\/b> 66\/1<\/span><\/li>\n
- Colman Domingo – Rustin <\/b>80\/1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Again, there appears to be little hope for the rest of the nominees as <\/span>Oppenheimer<\/span><\/i>\u2019s titular character looks to have earned Cillian Murphy his first Academy Award.<\/span><\/p>\nHis performance as J. Robert Oppenhimer – the fragile and weary \u2018Father of the Atomic Bomb\u2019 – manages to capture the weight of nuclear repercussions in harrowing detail.<\/span><\/p>\nMurphy\u2019s physical transformation to match Oppenhiemer\u2019s slight and slender build resulted in an eerie likeness, and at 1\/7 in the latest odds, it should prove to be the role of a lifetime for the Irishman.<\/span><\/p>\nPaul Giamatti is perhaps the only other nominee who has a chance of upsetting the applecart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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His portrayal of a curmudgeonly teacher forced to care for a stranded pupil over the holidays puts an 18-year wait for a second nomination to an end, with many film fanatics eager to see him win.<\/span><\/p>\nAlthough it appears unlikely, the latest Oscars odds give Giamatti a fighting chance.<\/span><\/p>\nOscars Best Actress Odds\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n\n- Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon <\/b>4\/5<\/span><\/li>\n
- Emma Stone – Poor Things <\/b>11\/10<\/span><\/li>\n
- Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall <\/b>28\/1<\/span><\/li>\n
- Annette Benning – NYAD <\/b>33\/1<\/span><\/li>\n
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro<\/b> 40\/1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Previous Oscar winner Emma Stone has been lauded for her role as Bella Baxter in <\/span>Poor Things<\/span><\/i>, and has already picked up honours at the Critics Choice Awards and BAFTAs.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Best Actress category is one of the few awards on the night that could swing either way, but our odds favour Lily Gladstone at 4\/5 for her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorcese\u2019s <\/span>Killers of the Flower Moon.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n