The 2024 Oscars show is just a month and a half away, as the 96th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony will be held in early March. The Oscar nominations for this year have finally been announced, and Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon were the stars of the show.
AMPAS announced the 2024 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 23. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 10. Oppenheimer was nominated for 13 awards, which is the most by any movie this year. Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the show for the fourth time in his career. The Oscars’ nominees for the best actor in a leading role are: Cillian Murphy, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Cooper, Jeffrey Wright, and Colman Domingo.
Here are the odds for which leading actor will win the 96th Academy Award:
The best Oscar bookies are backing Cillian Murphy to win the award this year. He was outstanding in Oppenheimer and personified the American physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, perfectly. This is the second Oscar nomination for Paul Giamatti, as he lost the first one for his role in Cinderella Man in 2006. He will have good winning chances this time, as he has won the 2024 Golden Globe Award for the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture for his same role here.
Bradley Cooper has three Oscar nominations this year, which pushes his total tally to 12 in his career. He has never won the award before, but he might do it this time. Jeffrey Wright and Colman Domingo have done great in their movies this year, but they are up against some heavy competition in Murphy and Giamatti.
