NC’s Ariana DeBose is the odds-on favorite to win an Oscar. Who else is favored Sunday?
North Carolina native Ariana DeBose has already taken home Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics Choice awards for her role as Anita in the new “West Side Story,” making her a favorite to win the Oscar on Sunday.
But how much of a favorite is she?
According to US-Bookies.com, an online betting site, DeBose is the “odds-on favorite” to win in her Best Supporting Actress category, “improving from 1/5 (83.3% implied probability) to 1/14 (93.3%) since nominations were released.”
Here are the odds in the Best Supporting Actress category:
- Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”): 1/14
- Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”): 6/1
- Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”): 18/1
- Judi Dench (“Belfast”): 25/1
- Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”): 33/1
This is a good time to remind everyone that betting on events such as the Oscars is not legal in North Carolina (or in any state in the U.S.).
US-Bookies.com is a betting aggregator web portal “with the goal of providing betting intelligence to gamblers,” offering information, data and odds for gamers.
Who else is favored to win acting Oscars?
Here’s more info from US-Bookies.com on the odds for Oscar winners in acting categories.
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) is the odds-on favorite to win here, with odds currently at 8/11 (57.9% implied probability), improving from 11/2 (15.4%) when nominations were announced. Nicole Kidman’s (“Being the Ricardos”) odds worsened from 11/8 (42.1%) to 7/2 (22.2%); Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) worsened from 2/1 (33.3%) to 5/1 (16.7%); and Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”) worsened from 9/2 (18.2%) to 5/1 (16.7%).
Best Actor: Says a spokesperson for US-Bookies: “Will Smith (“King Richard”) has held the top spot even before nominations were announced, and he’s improved to 1/8 to win his first Oscar.”
Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur (“CODA”) improved from 9/4 (30.8%) to 4/11 (73.3%) to become the favorite here. Kodi Smit-McPhee’s odds worsened from 1/2 (66.7%) to 15/8 (34.8%).
Who are the favorites for directing, song and film Oscars?
Best Director: Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”) is the odds-on favorite to win Best Director, with 1/25 odds (96.2% implied probability). These odds are the strongest of any category in this year’s Oscars, according to US-Bookies.
Best Picture: As with the director’s award, “The Power of the Dog” is also the odds-on favorite to win Best Picture, with 2/5 odds (71.4%).
What about ‘Dune’? The Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi film had the most nominations (10) after “Power of the Dog” (12) and is a favorite to win in several technical categories: “... currently the odds-on favorite to win Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design, which could make it the big winner of the evening,” says US-Bookies.
Best Original Song: The song “No Time To Die“ by Billie Eilish, from the James Bond film “No Time to Die,” is the favorite with 1/2 odds.
Best Documentary Feature: The documentary “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)“ is the favorite with 2/5 odds. It’s directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
Best Animated Feature: The Disney film “Encanto” is the favorite here with 1/4 odds.
Best International Feature: The favorite here is “Drive My Car” with 1/12 odds.
Best Costume Design: UNC School of the Arts grad Paul Tazewell is nominated here for his work on “West Side Story,” but the favorite here is “Cruella,” with 2/7 odds (“West Side Story” has 10/1 odds). Tazewell is the first Black man to be nominated in this category.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The odds-on favorite to win here goes to “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” a biopic about evangelist-entrepreneurs Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker. The movie, which was filmed (and mostly set) in and around Charlotte, has 2/5 odds in this category.
This story was originally published March 24, 2022 at 4:38 PM.
