WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO (December 14, 2006)”Less than an hour after the official nominations were announced earlier this morning, PinnacleSports.com became the first bookmaker in the world to release odds on the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards. As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was unveiling the nominees, odds makers at PinnacleSports.com were busy calculating odds for the most popular Golden Globe categories.

The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports.com has created odds on seven major Golden Globe categories acknowledging excellence in motion pictures, which are widely considered a preview to the Oscars. The Departed opened as the favorite to capture the Best Drama award at 1/1 odds and director Martin Scorsese is a 5/9 favorite to win Best Director honors. The highly touted Dreamgirls is a huge 1/7 favorite to be named the Best Comedy or Musical. In the Best Actor in a Drama category, Forest Whitaker is favored to win for his role in The Last King of Scotland at 5/7, while Helen Mirren is an overwhelming favorite to take the Best Actress in a Drama at 1/5 odds.
PinnacleSports.com has named Sascha Baron Cohen (11/10) and Meryl Streep
(4/7) as the odds-on favorites to capture the Best Actor and Actress in a Comedy or Musical honors.

PinnacleSports.com will accept wagers on the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards until only hours before the awards ceremony on Monday, January 15, 2007. Below are the current odds offered by PinnacleSports.com with nominees appearing in descending order from favorites to long shots under each category heading.

Current Odds: *All odds are subject to change*

Best Motion Picture “ Drama
The Departed 1/1
The Queen 7/4
Little Children 7/1
Babel 7/1
Bobby 32/1

Best Actor “ Drama
Forest Whitaker 5/6
Peter OToole 2/1
Will Smith 7/1
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed 10/1
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond 24/1

Best Actress “ Drama
Helen Mirren 1/5
Penelope Cruz 8/1
Kate Winslet 9/1
Judi Dench 13/1
Maggie Gyllenhaal 32/1
Best Motion Picture “ Musical or Comedy
Dreamgirls 1/7
Little Miss Sunshine 6/1
Borat 24/1
Thank You For Smoking 24/1
The Devil Wears Prada 24/1

Best Actor “ Musical or Comedy
Sascha Baron Cohen 11/10
Johnny Depp 5/2
Aaron Eckhart 6/1
Will Farrell 6/1
Chiwetel Ejiofor 9/1

Best Actress “ Musical or Comedy
Meryl Streep 4/7
Annette Bening 2/1
Beyonce Knowles 7/1
Renee Zellweger 16/1
Toni Collette 16/1

Best Director “ Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese 5/9
Stephen Frears 3/1
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima 6/1
Clint Eastwood, Flags of our Fathers 19/1
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 19/1

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