Oscars 2007 Betting

Having worked with Martin Scorsese on a number of excellent projects, former teenage heart-throb and now serious actor, Leonardo DiCaprio believes it is "a practical joke" that the director has not yet won an Academy Award.

Not for the first time, Scorsese is fancied to take the Best Director gong, this time for The Departed, but the film-making legend isn't really arsed about the biggest award in film saying "I learnt a long time ago, you can't make a film to get the golden statue and if you try it doesn't work." Is this finally the year that Scorsese will Depart the Oscars ceremony with the coveted prize in his hands?

Paddypower (which offers a free thirty pound bet for Bettingchoice readers) is betting as follows

Best Film odds Oscars 2007
The Departed  evens  
Little Miss Sunshine  9 - 4  
Babel  10 - 3  
Letters from Iwo Jima  10 - 1  
The Queen  12 - 1 

Best Actor
Forest Whittaker (Last King of Scotland)  1 - 7  
Peter O'Toole (Venus)  7 - 2  
Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)  16 - 1  
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)  33 - 1  
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)  50 - 1 

Best Supporting Actor 
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)  1 - 3  
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)  11 - 4  
Djimon Honsou (Blood Diamond)  12 - 1  
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)  14 - 1  
Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)  22 - 1 

Best Director 
Martin Scorsese (The Departed)  1 - 6  
Alejandro González (Babel)  13 - 2  
Paul Greengrass (United 93)  7 - 1  
Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima)  12 - 1  
Stephen Frears (The Queen)  33 - 1

Best Actress 
Helen Mirren (The Queen)  1 - 33  
Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada)  10 - 1  
Judi Dench (Notes On A Scandal)  16 - 1  
Penelope Cruz (Volver)  18 - 1  
Kate Winslet (Little Children)  20 - 1  

Best Supporting Actress 
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)  1 - 4  
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)  6 - 1  
Cate Blanchett (Notes On A Scandal)  9 - 1  
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)  12 - 1  
Adriana Barraza (Babel)  12 - 1 

Who will design best Actress dress?
Donna Karan  3 - 1  
Chanel  16 - 1  
Marc Jacobs  33 - 1  
Giorgio Armani  3 - 1  
Vera Wang  16 - 1  
Roberto Cavalli  40 - 1  
Dolce & Gabbana  8 - 1  
Randolph Duke  16 - 1  
Jean Yu  40 - 1  
Stella McCartney  9 - 1  
Carolina Herrera  18 - 1  
Thomas Burberry  50 - 1  
Morgane Le Fay  10 - 1  
Alexander McQueen  20 - 1 
Yves St Laurent  50 - 1  
Gucci  12 - 1  
Givenchy  20 - 1
K-Mart  250 - 1  
Valentino  12 - 1  
Bob Mackie  25 - 1  
Per Una (M & S)  500 - 1  
Calvin Klein  12 - 1 
Escada  25 - 1 
George (Asda)  500 - 1  
Christian Dior  12 - 1  
Elie Saab  33 - 1 
Savida (Dunnes Stores)  500 - 1  
Donatella Versace  12 - 1