Oscar Film Awards 2016: Place your bets

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Today in Los Angeles the names of the best of the best in world cinema will become known. Live broadcast of the long-awaited ceremony "Oscar" according to tradition, it will start from the red carpet, on which the stars and nominees for the award will pass. The start of the broadcast is scheduled for 19: 00 EST on the TV channel ABC. The awards ceremony itself will begin in an hour and a half, at 20:30 pm ET, also on ABC.

The ceremony will be a comedian Крис Рокwhich, after the recent scandal with the absence of black actors in the nominations, promised a few jokes on the subject.

It is already known that director Spike Lee and actor Will Smith will not come to the Dolby cinema as a sign of protest against the “white” Oscar. But US Vice President Joe Biden, according to American agencies, is going to announce the performance of Lady Gaga, who will perform the award-nominated song “Til It Happens to You.”

Interestingly, a few months before the ceremony itself, bookmakers are starting to bet. You can listen to their opinion, but of course there is no exact confidence in the bookmakers' forecast.

ForumDaily found out what bets are offered by two of the world's leading bookmakers - Ladbroke и William Hill.

Best movie

"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Brooklyn"
"In the spotlight"
"Survivor"
"Short Game"
"Room"
"Martian"
"Bridge of Spies"

High odds, according to bookmakers, in three paintings. First of all, it is, of course, "Survivor"where the history of the USA, struggle against the wild nature and revenge mixed up. Bookmakers estimate the chances of winning two more contenders just below: a film about a journalistic investigation of pedophilia cases in the church of Boston "In the spotlight" and the story of the 2008 crisis of the year "Short Game".

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston - "Trumbo"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender - "Steve Jobs"
Matt Damon - "The Martian"
Eddie Redmayne - "The Danish Girl"

This year the prize for the best male role should finally go to Leonardo DiCaprio, who brilliantly played in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s historical western “The Revenant.” Let us remind you that this is the fifth Oscar nomination for the actor. The main opponent, according to bookmakers, will be Eddie Redmayne, who played in the film “The Danish Girl”. There are also chances Michael Fassbender, who played in the film "Steve Jobs".

Best Actress

Brie Larson - "Room"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Joy"
Cate Blanchett - "Carol"
Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn"
Charlotte Rampling - "45 Years"

Among the actresses, according to bookmakers, will win in this nomination Bree Larson, who played in “The Room,” a story about a young girl who spent many years in captivity. Little chance Sirshi Ronan from Brooklyn and Cate Blanchett in the movie Carol.

Best Director

Adam McKay - "The Short Game"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - "The Revenant"
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Leonard Abrahamson - "Room"
Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"

For the second year in a row, the owner of the statuette can be the one who shot the Survivor Iniarritu, and his main competitor is considered to be the author of four parts of Mad Max George Miller. Other directors, according to bookmakers, have negligible chances of winning this nomination.

Information on the remaining nominations can be found at the official website Oscar film awards.

Ceremony in numbers

In 2015, representatives of 288 media units were accredited for the award, including 1013 camera operators, sound engineers and other members of film crews. On the red carpet alone at the entrance to the Dolby cinema, 63 photographers and 36 journalists worked.

The longest award ceremony in history was the 74th awards ceremony in 2002. It lasted 4 hours 23 minutes. The 31st in 1959 is recognized as the most laconic - 1 hour 40 minutes. The show's broadcast popularity rating last year was 20,9%. And this figure was highest in 1998 - 34,9% of TV viewers watched the Oscars.

The amount that Hollywood spends annually on promoting films in the run-up to the Oscars ranges from $100 million to $500 million.

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Unfortunately, in Russia, for the third year in a row, TV viewers will not be able to watch live shows. Only in the evening of February 29, Channel One promises to show a selection of the best moments of the ceremony.

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