The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday and among the familiar faces is Martin Scorsese. His mob movie “The Departed” has scored nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.
Will this be the year the acclaimed filmmaker finally takes home the little gold guy?
Oddsmakers at one of the leading online sportsbooks, Intertops.com, posted odds on the major Oscar categories.
79th Academy Award nominees and their odds:
Best Picture
“The Departed” 3 to 5
“Babel” 3 to 2
“Little Miss Sunshine” 11 to 2
“The Queen” 7 to 1
“Letters from Iwo Jima” 10 to 1
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”) 1 to 4
Peter O’Toole (“Venus”) 13 to 4
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond”) 7 to 2
Will Smith (“Pursuit of Happyness”) 12 to 1
Ryan Gosling (“Half Nelson”) 15 to 1
Best Actress
Helen Mirren (“The Queen”) 1 to 20
Meryl Streep (“The Devil Wears Prada”) 9 to 2
Judi Dench (“Notes on a Scandal”) 8 to 1
Penelope Cruz (“Volver”) 10 to 1
Kate Winslet (“Little Children”) 15 to 1
Best Director
Martin Scorsese (“The Departed”) 3 to 10
Alejandro Gonzales (“Babel”) 9 to 2
Clint Eastwood (“Letters from Iwo Jima”) 9 to 2
Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) 11 to 2
Paul Greengrass (“United 93”) 8 to 1
Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy (“Dreamgirls”) 1 to 2
Djimon Hounsou (“Blood Diamond”) 7 to 2
Mark Walhberg (“The Departed”) 7 to 2
Jackie Earle Haley (“Little Children”) 11 to 2
Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) 15 to 2
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”) 1 to 2
Abigail Breslin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) 7 to 2
Rinko Kikuchi (“Babel”) 7 to 2
Adrianna Barraza (“Babel”) 9 to 2
Cate Blanchett (“Notes on a Scandal”) 8 to 1
