The Golden Globes Are Back – And Awash With Odds-on Shots!
Author:
Roy Brindley
The 80th Golden Globe Awards will take place next Tuesday. Last year’s event was embroiled in controversy. But the prizegiving went ahead – without a live audience, nominees, or broadcaster NBC’s cameras rolling – and, for the most part, the betting favorites fared well.
Preparations for the 2023 awards have gone relatively smoothly. NBC will televise the event live from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Major stars and nominees have confirmed they will be in attendance.
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh all have Golden Globe nominations for their parts in The Banshees of Inisherin. ?GettyImages
Bookmakers may not be so content. A dozen of the major film categories – there are 14 in total – contain an odds-on favorite. Numerically, The Banshees of Inisherin, co-starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, has received the most Golden Globe nominations. The betting suggests this relatively low-budget film can collect at least two awards.
Farrell 1/10 Best for Banshees Role
The movie is a dark comedy – set in 1920s Ireland – about two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship. And, if the latest odds are correct, Martin McDonagh (4/6) has a great chance of collecting the ‘Best Screenplay’ award for his script.
Bookmaker William Hill makes Colin Farrell a prohibitive 1/10 to win the ‘Best Actor’ award in the musical/comedy section. It is a prize he collected in 2008 for his role in In Bruges. Opinions vary among the best online betting sites, but Unibet rates Kerry Condon the odds-on favorite to collect the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ Globe for her role in the film.
At odds of 9/4, The Banshees of Inisherin apparently has a live chance in one of the showpiece categories, ‘Best Picture’ (musical or comedy). But, Everything Everywhere All at Once – filmed in just 38 days and costing $14.3 million – heads the betting here at 4/9.
This is another movie predicted to claim more than one award – it could easily take four. The film’s most likely winner is Michelle Yeoh. She is 1/6 to win ‘Best Actress’ (musical or comedy category). 51-year-old Ke Huy Quan is also short – at 4/9 – to add the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ award to its haul.
Furthermore, Jamie Lee Curtis is 4/7 to collect the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ prize and further add to Everything Everywhere All at Once’s already impressive list of awards and accolades.
Critics Love Spielberg’s Fablemans and Cate in Tar
In a sequence starting in 1975 with Jaws, Steven Spielberg’s films have received 70 Golden Globe nominations to date. They have collected 14 awards. But 1999 – courtesy of Saving Private Ryan – was the last time the filmmaker personally received the ‘Best Director’ gong.
On Tuesday, Unibet sportsbook believes the director can bridge a 24-year gap by taking the accolade for a third time. His latest movie, The Fabelmans, is 4/6 with the betting firm to claim the ‘Best Picture’ (drama) award. And Spielberg is 1/4 to win a Globe for his direction.
This film has been a loser at the box office – so far taking $27 million less than its $40 million production cost – but critics love The Fabelmans. Its leading actress, Michelle Williams is only 7/2 to net the ‘Best Actress’ (drama) Globe. 9/2 is available about The Fablemans gaining the ‘Best Screenplay’ award and it is also 9/2 in the ‘Best Original Score’ betting.
Williams has to contend with Cate Blanchett in the ‘Best Actress’ category where the Australian is 4/9 to take the award for her lead role in the psychological drama, Tár. This movie – which charts the downfall of a fictional composer and conductor named Lydia Tár – cost just $5 million to make.
However, it has been universally praised, took four top awards at the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, and has gained a nomination in the Globes’ ‘Best Motion Picture’ (drama) category. Its rivals here include the $170 million budget Top Gun: Maverick and the three-hour extravaganza, Avatar: The Way of Water, a film that reportedly cost $450 million to produce.
