Oh man. What a night. So before I get into the winners that were in our betting guide, let me just say that Three 6 Mafia winning for "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" was just classic. And their performance was the best highlight of the night.

Now, these odds are the numbers that were up on Bodog when the nominations were announced. So if you put any money down with these odds, you may have made a little money. If you waited for odds to change, like Jocelyn did, you could've cashed out pretty big.


Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" (1/9): His numbers were a little inflated early on, because so many people were certain it was going to be a Brokeback sweep.

Best SupportingActor
George Clooney, "Syriana" (1/1): George was even pretty much all the way up to the awards ceremony. There was too slim a chance for him to win for Best Director, and the Academy wasn't going to let him go home empty handed.

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line" (2/13): Felicity Huffman had the better numbers early on, but the sooner the show was approaching the more it was becoming obvious that Reese was going to win. But with those early numbers, that's a nice chunk of change.

Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener" (1/4): Like I said before, it was a backlash against Brokeback right before the ceremony, and the Academy likes her.

Best Director
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" (1/17): This award actually made sense, if you think about the other categories the movie was shut out of. And it wasn't really given for the movie, it was given because Ang Lee is just a good director, period.

Best Picture
"Crash" (1/1): Even if you had this as a hedge bet, you made a little bit. Its numbers were getting inflated toward the end because it seemed that Munich actually had a shot.


The dresses? Loved Kiera and Salma. What the hell was on Charlie's shoulder? And what was Lauren Bacall thinking with the hand-beaded fanny purse? You would think people would get it by now.

And Jon Stewart. I love him on The Daily Show, don't get me wrong. But he was hit and miss during the show. The joke about "Martin Scorsese, 0 - Three 6 Mafia, 1" was great.

Labels: awards, Oscars

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