You only have a few days left to bet on the Primetime Emmys on Sunday and get some early fall cocktail cash! Our handy Betting Guide has all the odds you need for the showdowns and standouts in all the major categories.

America Ferrera could take it home as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Ugly Betty-- she snagged the Golden Globe, so it could be her year.

The Sopranos bowed this year to a mixed finale. Does it mean that James Gandolfini's taking home more Emmy gold?

Get the guide and get your bets in now before Sunday!

Labels: America Ferrera, awards, Emmys, James Gandolfini

posted by Kari at 1:41 PM

Have you gotten over the post-Globes hangover yet? Did you win any money? If you'd bet before Monday's awards, here's what you may have won if you picked the winners:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Forest Whitaker, The Last King Of Scotland (Bodog: 7/3) (betED: -300) (BetUS: -400): You know, because Leo was nominated for 2 different roles in this category, a lot of people thought he had it in the bag, but really, the critics love Forest and what he's been doing with this film.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (Bodog: 11/9) (BetUS: -950): We called this one, and depending on where you went to bet, you could've made a nice amount of cash here.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat (Bodog: 2/9) (betED: -420) (BetUS: -550): He didn't have the best odds for winning a lot of money, but he was still a surprise. And his speech was classic.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:Helen Mirren, The Queen (Bodog: 1/1) (betED: -900) (BetUS: -2500): This was her year this year, no doubt of that. She was the favorite at all the books, so it was almost a given that she was going to win.

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:Dreamgirls (Bodog: 1/1) (betED: -600) (BetUS: -950): Like we didn't see this one coming. Seriously. Did you really think that Borat had a chance?

Best Motion Picture - Drama:Babel (Bodog: 13/7) (betED: +600) (BetUS: +500): Now this was a bit of a surprise, to be honest. The books were point toward The Departed, and since Scorsese won for Best Director, we were all pretty sure he was going to get it. But the Mexican directors have come to represent this year. And I'll say it again: big fan of Innaritu. Good on him. And good money on you if you had bet on him.

Labels: awards, betED, BetUS, Bodog, Golden Globes

posted by Kari at 4:17 PM

Happy New Year, everybody! We hope your holidays were just as fabulous as ours were.

Start the New Year off right with the award show season kicking off later this month! This month we have the Golden Globes on the 15th, and we have your guide to the Globes here. Then on January 26th, the nominations for the Oscars will finally be announced, and we'll have all the nominees in our yearly betting guide.

And don't forget the Grammys on February 11th! We have all the odds on the nominees here, too!

It's a busy month, so cure the holiday hangover and make some money for that personal trainer today!

Labels: awards, Golden Globes, Grammys, Oscars

posted by Kari at 11:15 AM

High Times Stony Awards!

Some of your favorite pop culture movies, celebs, and TV shows are up for Stony Awards, put out by the pot lovers over at High Times magazine.

Who's going to win? Take a shot today over at Bodog and make a little cash!

•Flavor of Love is favored to win "Best Reality TV Series." Click to see the odds and bet today!
•Late Night With Conan O'Brien looks to be the "Best Late-Night Talk Show." Click to see who else is nominated!
•And comedian/Fear Factor host Joe Rogan is the frontrunner for "Stoner of the Year." Click and check it out.

Labels: awards, HollyWagers Weekly, Stony Awards

posted by Kari at 12:21 PM

Betting on Stupidity Really Can Pay Off

For once, being a brainless buffoon could actually pay dividends.

In a truly unique betting opportunity, online wagering giant betED.com is offering a chance to place wagers on the world’s most idiotic acts, as odds are now available for the 2006 World Stupidity Awards (www.stupidityawards.com).

Bettors can put money down on who they think will win such categories as Stupidest Man of the Year, an award in which one nominee is Oklahoma district court judge Donald Thompson, who operated a powerful penis pump beneath his robes during three trials while they were in session.

Perhaps surprisingly, Thompson is not the favorite (+300).

Other nominees for Stupidest Man of the year are: Dick Cheney - Vice President of the U.S. (+125); Michael Brown, Former Director of FEMA (+200); Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran (+220); Kim Jong IL, North Korean Dictator (+230).

The annual World Stupidity Awards, now in its 4th year, salute achievement in stupidity and ignorance. The awards are organized by ARSE - The Academy Recognizing Stupidity Everywhere – in conjunction with New York publisher Disinformation.

“The Romans had coliseums; the Egyptians had pyramids, we have stupidity,” said official World Stupidity Awards Spokes Moron, Robert Spence. “With all that we know today, the fact that we can rush into wars, destroy our planet, and act like complete idiots, and then, be proud of it, shows we’re in an era of superstupidity.”

Another category is Stupidest Trend of the Year. The nominees, with their odds, are: Ass Cleavage (+150); Killing People for God (+150); Killing People (+180); WW III (+350); Post Reality TV Reality TV (+400).

There’s also the Dumbest Moment of the Year award, which features these deserving nominees: Vice President Dick Cheney shoots friend (-120); Zinedine Zidane head butts Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final and is ejected (+180); Protesters violently demonstrate against the Danish Mohammed cartoons (+250); Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes the controversial Mohammed cartoons (+300); Britney Spears speeds with her baby's head close to steering wheel (+400).

Other categories include: Stupidest Movie of the Year; Media Outlet which has Best Furthered Ignorance; Being Most Out of Touch with Reality; and Reckless Endangerment of the Planet.

To place a bet on stupidity, go to www.betED.com and click on Entertainment Props under Hot Props. The awards will be announced Sept. 20.

Labels: awards, Stupidity Awards

posted by Kari at 2:20 PM

We're keeping with the stupidity today, while we wait for ProjRun on Wednesday, and Survivor on Thursday. You know we'll have those covered ASAP.

Meanwhile, Bodog asks: Who will win the 2006 World Stupidity Award for "Stupidest Movie of the Year?"

Basic Instinct 2 (7/3): Um. Nice try Sharon Stone. I'm sure you're a nice girl and all, but you've beat that horse way past the pale, sweetie.
The Da Vinci Code (4/1): Just based on the fact that the book was so horrible, I refused to see any visual interpretation of it.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (4/1): Wow. Bow Wow really needed a job and a trip to Japan, didn't he?
Hostel (9/5): Hold on, though. This one wasn't that stupid. It was just gross. Totally different.
Little Man (11/10): Even though the ability to make money on this is slim, it gets my vote. Seriously. Like, how did the Wayan Brothers ever get anyone to work on this?

Make it work, people! A couple of bucks are always helpful.

Labels: awards, Stupidity Awards

posted by Kari at 11:46 AM

Over at Bodog today, we saw some new odds on the Stupidity Awards. There are a few categories up, but today we'll just look at this burning question: What will win the 2006 World Stupidity Award for "Stupidest Trend of the Year?"

WW III 3/1: I'd have to go with this one, only because everyone and their mother throws this out there. For everything.
Post Reality TV Reality TV 4/1: Hey really, what's wrong with being meta in the aughts, right? Former reality show stars with reality shows about their reality? Yes, more please!
Killing People for God 3/2: Yeah, it's pretty dumb, but it won't ever end. I wouldn't really put anything down on this one.
Killing People 9/5: It's been going on since the dawn of humans. It still sucks. But as long as there are crazy people out there, unfortunately there are people that are going to get killed by those crazy people.
Ass Cleavage 7/3: Okay, I was over this in, like, '98. Let the plumber's crack DIE, people.

Labels: awards, Stupidity Awards

posted by Kari at 1:47 PM

The MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by our favorite pudgy bad boy Jack Black, hit MTV tonight. Will this year be another Kelly Clarkson fest, or will Panic! At the Disco take home all the big awards? See all the official odds (and place your bet if you're feeling confident in your band taking home a moon man) with the HollyWagers VMA Betting Guide.

Labels: awards, VMAs

posted by pregamejocelyn at 10:13 AM

If you had bet as soon as the nominations were out, here would've been your results from the betting guide with just a measly $10 a bet:

Outstanding Drama Series: 24 (7/2): Really, you didn't have to spend a whole lot of money for a pretty much sure thing.
Outstanding Comedy Series: The Office (1/1): They had even odds from the start, so you were almost guaranteed your money back.
Outstanding Reality-Competition Series: The Amazing Race (1/1): As much as I wanted Project Runway to win, this was a given.
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, Monk (3/1): Let's face it: everyone loves Tony Shaloub. I would've voted for him, too.
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series: Kiefer Sutherland, 24 (2/3): You could've made a tad on this. But you should've jumped on this early.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine (18/1): Now, seriously. This would have made you some real money early on. $180? Yikes.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (13/7): This would've gotten a little bit as well. It wasn't the sure thing, though, which made it worth it.

Labels: awards, Emmys

posted by Kari at 2:15 PM

Hey! The Emmy's are this weekend - but you knew that! Get your bets in people - Awards shows are the number one way people make money betting on entertainment because there aren't a lot of variables involved (you know, like on reality shows when Terry fell off the balance beam in the last challenge instead of winning the entire Survivor prize like he should of.

Kari wrote you a betting guide to the Emmy's. Check it out!

Labels: awards, Emmys

posted by pregamejocelyn at 1:41 PM

August 27th is one of the biggest award shows of the year, the Emmys! And, of course, we've got your guide to all the major categories this year. The biggest surprise so far has been the shutting out of major powerhouse shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives. What other surprises will this year's ceremony bring? Get the info and get yourself some cash for the fall!

Labels: awards, Emmys

posted by Kari at 2:41 PM

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

posted by Kari at 1:22 PM

For real. If you had put down money on Crash at any point on Friday, you probably cleaned up. The rumor going around all day Saturday was that it was going to win because the votes were going to be divided up between Brokeback and Munich. Jocelyn raked in a cool $1000 on that puppy!

Stay tuned, because on Wednesday, we'll give you the complete breakdown of the evening-- from the winners and losers, to the fashion, to Jon Stewart's hosting job. Keep it locked!

Labels: awards, Oscars

posted by Kari at 3:02 PM

Join us this Sunday, March 5th for a fabulous Oscar party at the Free Zone! We'll be giving away cash prizes during the show, and giving away a New York New York gift package for two including tickets to Zumanity! Join us for food, cake, gift bags, and a champagne toast!

4pm
Free Zone
610 E. Naples (between Swenson & Paradise)
702-794-2300
freezonelv.com

Labels: awards, Oscars

posted by Kari at 1:56 PM

Sure the Oscars are on Sunday, and sure you can check our handy little betting guide before Sunday to get your bets in. But what about the Razzies, the worst of the worst of Hollywood? You probably didn't even know you could bet on them, did ya? The best part is, you can bet on them at two different places:

Bodog has listed them right before the Oscar noms.

Sportbet has their own page for them: just scroll down to "2006 Razzie Awards" at the bottom of the page.

Worst actor? Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds. Not to mention acting straight, acting in love with Katie, and acting like he's going to have a child after being married to 2 women who are perfectly capable of having children. I'll be jumping on my own couch after winning that one.

Labels: awards, Razzies

posted by Kari at 1:42 PM

So, firstly, Oscar odds will be announced in the next day, and that means all kinds of ways to bet on who's going home with Oscar on the big night. It's the biggest entertainment betting event of the year, and we'll be posting a complete Oscar betting guide just as fast as we can. In the meantime, you may want to start handicapping the big race for the Academies by taking a loot at the winners of last night's unfortunately named SAG (Screen Actors' Guild) awards.

Let's run the winners:
Best Male in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture: Philip Seymour Hoffman wins for Capote. Okay. I give up. I'll be shocked if he doesn't run the table this awards season. A lot of people think that Heath Ledger has a shot in this category, but so far at the Golden Globes and SAGs, it's been all PSH. I'd be surprised if the odds aren't ridiculously loaded for him to win after nominations are announced.

Best Female in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture: Reese Witherspoon wins for Walk the Line. So, this is interesting. At the Golden Globes, there are separate categories for dramatic film and musical/comedy films. Therefore, both Reese and Felicity Huffman (Transamerica) got to be honored. American loves Reese, but Felicty was powerful in an unusual role. This could go either way for Oscar. How does he like his women, this Oscar? Perky like Reese or serious like Felicity?

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Paul Giamatti wins for Cinderella Man. This makes sense. People LOVE-loved him in Sideways last year. Nobody wants a Ron Howard film to end a night with zero awards. But let us look for a moment at who he beat:

Don Cheadle, Crash
George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain

Looking at who's in the mix, there's reason to think that everybody in this category has a shot at being Oscar's good buddy on the big night. Brokeback Mountain is a heavy favorite to make an impact at the awards, and if Heath doesn't have much of a shot against PSH, then Jake is a great way to snake an award in to Ang Lee's masterpiece. Crash has been under-rated all year, and George Clooney gained weight for his role in Syriana, which we all know can translate to an award all on its own. It's a wild category that could go any way.

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Rachel Wiesz wins for The Constant Gardner. This was a bit of an upset, with Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain having been the favorite with Catherin Keener for Capote and Frances McDormand for North Country right behind her. Even though we know Oscar loves Frances McDormand, he's unlikely to throw any awards towards North Country after the criticism it received for being a fabricated Oscar movie (as in it only got made to get nominations for its overblown drama). But if the field looks the same on Oscar night, I'd still look for Oscar to go home on Michelle Williams' arm despite the SAG upset.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: This is a category Oscar doesn't even have, but it rewards a cast that acted as an ensemble. At the SAGs, Crash won this category, beating out Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck and Hustle & Flow. The reason we're bringing it up? This award for Crash may be an indicator that Academy voters could think more of it than we guessed and some awards could float its way.

So there you have it. Take it and use it wisely when those possible Oscar bets start to happen.

In other news, you may want to know what the worst of Hollywood is this year. Fear not! The Razzie nominations came out today. We'll just run them down for you.

Worst Screenplay: Bewitched, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, Son of the Mask

Worst Actress: Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four and Into the Blue), Hilary Duff (Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and The Perfect Man), Jennifer Lopez (Monster in Law), Jenny McCarthy (Dirty Love), Tara Reid (Alone in the Dark)

Worst Actor: Tom Cruise (War of the Worlds), Will Ferrell (Bewitched and Kicking and Screaming), Jamie Kennedy (Son of the Mask), The Rock (Doom), Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo).

Worst Picture: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax, Son of the Mask

Call us crazy, but we think Dirty Love may make a sweep.

Labels: awards, Oscars, Razzies

posted by pregamejocelyn at 8:03 PM

The shiny little grammophones will be handed out on February 8th, and we've got your betting guide to the biggest music award show of the year!

Think you know who'll win? Wanna make a little cash to get your sweetie a nice little Valentine's Day gift? Get the numbers and put your money where your mouth is!

Labels: awards, Grammys

posted by Kari at 2:03 PM

It's over. The precursor to the Oscars are over, the champangne is drunk, and the hangovers are being nursed today. How did you do last night? Here's how you would have done betting Bodog's numbers last night:

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Walk the Line (2/1). With one dollar, you would have doubled up, plus $2 more.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line" (1/1). Even numbers means you would have doubled up.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line" (1/1). Same with Joaquin. Does this mean he's going to keep acting now?

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama" Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" (10/11). Betting $11 would have gotten you $22, plus $10 more.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" (11/10). For every $10, you would've won that $10, plus $11, which is a bit of an improvement.

Best Television Series - Drama: Lost, ABC (2/3). As the sure-fire winner, for every $3, you won $5 on top of it.

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Desperate Housewives, ABC (11/10). As with Phillip Seymour Hoffman above, every $10 won $21.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Geena Davis, "Commander in Chief" (6/5). Similar to 11/10 odds, for every $5 you won $6.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Hugh Laurie, "House" (11/10). Nobody was sure if he was going to win, but he did, and got you $21 if you bet $10 on him.

Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Mary-Louis Parker, "Weeds" (5/1). If you bet on this shocker of a winner, you would've gotten five times the money! If the max bet was $50, that's a cool $250 right there!

Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Steve Carell, "The Office" (6/1). Another surprise, you would've gotten six times your money. Crazy.

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by Kari at 1:26 PM

Whew. It took us a while, but we finally finished the complete Golden Globes betting odds. Whether you're betting for money or in an office pool, just click here to get all the Golden Globes odds before it's too late!

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by pregamejocelyn at 10:51 AM

So, the question burns: Who will win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Drama? Okay, maybe I'm the only one that question burns for. But work with me.

It's always a a weird category because, inevitably, some movie that's actually very dramatic but that includes music will make the cut, putting everybody else at a disadvantage. Bodog lays the current odds out like this:

Mrs. Henderson Presents at 6 to 1 (Click to bet Mrs. Henderson Presents now)
Pride & Prejudice at 7 to 2 (Click to bet for the chick flick of the year now)
The Producers at 9 to 2 (Click to bet for more musicals on film now. Yeah!)
The Squid and the Whale at 6 to 1 (Click to bet for The Squid and the Whale now)
Walk the Line at 2 to 5 (Click to bet on Walk the Line now)

So, basically what we're saying is that Bodog is, like the rest of us, pretty sure that Walk the Line is going to win the award for Best Musical or Comedy film. You can still make money. For every $5 you bet, you'll win an extra $2. So bt $25 and end up making $35 back. That's not bad.

It always seems unfair to me. Reese Witherspoon is favored for an Oscar for this movie, and her role is neither comical nor musical. The whole film, it's a drama. But it's in this category, which basically means it'll win. Something seems wrong with this picture. Perhaps if the only musical element to a movie are staged performance re-enactments, we should wonder if it needs to be locked down in this category.

Click here to bet on these and other Golden Globes winners.

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by pregamejocelyn at 3:45 PM

And today, we will discuss the joy of betting on the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Drama. Is it wrong that each of the nominated series in this category have at one point or another left me huddled on the floor giggling, and not because they told a joke? Anyway, Bodog lays the odds out like this:

Commander in Chief (ABC) at 3 to 1 (Click to bet on Commander in Chief for 3x your money)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC) at 7 to 1 (Click to bet on Grey's Anatomy)
Lost (ABC) at 2 to 3 (Click to bet on Lost, mysterious as it is)
Prison Break (Fox) at 7 to 2 (Click to bet on Fox winning for best drama. Ha ha ha.)
Rome (HBO) at 13 to one (Click to bet on Rome for $13 back on every dollar you bet)

Too bad you can't bet on whether ABC will get the Globe in this category.

So, Lost is the favorite and I'm not sure anybody can imagine that show not winning, and even with crappy odds I put some money down on it. But I also hedged (see below). Here's the thing: I think we can all feel pretty good about Lost winning even if it's harder to make a killing betting on it. It's good TV. Now, let's talk about your other options.

Commander in Chief? Really? At 3 to 1, which means oddsmakers think there's a better chance of that show winning than of Rome winning? Have we watched this show? I'm a female who would like to see a female President, and I can barely stay awake through it. I dunno. But there it is.

Grey's Anatomy? Grey's Anatomy? REALLY? Also with better odds than Rome? This is a show that actually had a joke about "taking a bite out of crime" when some woman dismembered a penis. Golden Globe Award? Please.

Prison Break. Yes, this is a good show. But it's on Fox. Will the voting members of the Golden Globes be willing to reward the network who gives us Nanny 911 and Wife Swap? And if they were going to nominate a Fox show, shouldn't it have been House?

But here's where I'm confused. Rome is at 13 to 1 odds. That's $13 back on every dollar you bet. I have to think that's wrong. It's a show that took years and years to produce, airing on a network that is a favorite for high quality tv shows among critics, and not dealing with penis jokes in any way. Oh, and with actors who have to use accents at times! Look, I'm just saying that I think Lost has this wrapped up, but I'm putting some money on Rome because industry folks LOVE HBO and overly dramatic stuff like this. 13 to 1? Really? That show could totally win.

Click here to bet on these and other Golden Globe winners.

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by pregamejocelyn at 1:36 PM

Today, we discuss the odds and betting options for the Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an actor in a Motion Picture- Drama. Or, as I like to call it, men who cry on camera.

Bodog lays the odds out like this:

Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man at 2 to 1 ( Click to Bet Russell the Muscle now and double your money)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote at 7 to 5 (Click to bet Philip Seymour Hoffman now)
Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow at 10 to 1 (Click to bet Terrance Howard now and make 10x back on your money)
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain at 2 to 1 (Click to bet Heath now and forgive him for A Knight's Tale)
David Strathairn, Good Night and Good Luck at 5 to 1 (Click to bet David Strathairn now)

Let's assume that Terrence Howard and David Strathairn are unlikely to win as the other three favorites are SO favorite. A person could see the longshot, Terrence Howard, as a possibility, but I'm telling you it won't happen. Here's why.

It's going to be Heath Ledger or Russell the Muscle Crowe. Philip Seymour Hoffman? Awards shows have gotten so much smack lately about giving awards to performances that were imitations of real life people. They'd have to LOVE Philip Seymour Hoffman to give him the Golden Globe considering that. They don't love him that way, though I LOVED him in Along Came Polly. But that's beside the point. I don't think he can win up against Heath the Beef or Russell the Muscle. The odds have him as the favorite. You could bet him. You'd be safe. He is, after all, the favorite. But I think he will not win.

Heath and Russell though? Laying the exact same odds as favorites, and really, it could go either way. Did people love Russell rising to victory for the love of his family in Cinderella Man more or less than they loved Heath getting shirtless and showing man love in Brokeback Mountain?

And how will I handle this? I will bet both Heath the Beef and Russell the Muscle and hedge my chances. Then I am only screwed if the favorite actually wins. And I don't think he will.

Click to bet on these and other Golden Globes winners at Bodog!

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by pregamejocelyn at 12:28 PM

At HollyWagers, we hope you had a lovely holiday. We ate a lot, opened presents, ate a lot, sang holiday songs, ate a lot, and then realized that before we'd even blinked, it was 2006.

And you know what a new year means, right? It means that most evil vice of celebrity-obsessed people like ourselves - awards shows.

You can bet on just about any awards show out there, and over the next week we'll run down the odds on just about every Golden Globe and Grammy bet you can make. And if you're on the email list, we'll even give you some special tips we're not posting directly on the blog, so get on over there and sign up.

We'll start off with the Bodog odds on the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Bodog lays it out like this:

Maria Bello, "A History of Violence" - 5 to 1 (Bet Maria now for $5 back on every dollar bet)
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" - 10 to 11 (Bet Felicity now)
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Proof" - 3 to 1 (Bet Gwyneth now for $3 back on every dollar bet)
Charlize Theron, "North Country" - 9 to 1 (Bet Charlize now for $9 back on every dollar bet)
Ziyi Zhang, "Memoirs of a Geisha" - 3 to 2 (Bet Ziyi now)

If you're playing along at home, this makes Felicity Huffman, in a movie almost nobody has seen, a big time favorite -- Followed by Ziyi Zhang in a movie EVERYBODY has seen, but with a name voting members can't pronounce. And Charlize Theron, in a movie designed to win her a second Oscar, is suddenly the very long shot.

Here's what I'm saying: Everybody loves Felicity Huffman. She's been around a long time and played a lot of interesting roles that got under-appreciated. Plus she's married to a Hollywood award favorite AND she just won an Emmy for Desperate Housewives. These odds look about right to me unless every voting member of whomever votes on the Golden Globes suddenly forgets about Charlize stripping herself of all credibility in Aeon Flux. If it were up to me, I think Maria Bello gave the actual best performance of any of them, but Felicity's definitely a good safe bet.

If you HAVE to bet an underdog, consider Maria Bello, though. All the critics are talking about her in their end-of-year wrap ups.

Click here to bet on this and other Golden Globe awards now.

Labels: awards, Golden Globes

posted by pregamejocelyn at 1:45 PM