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Home > Movies > After Golden Globe success, bookies tip The Artist for ‘Best Picture’ award at The Oscars January 16th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Paddy Power have today shortened the odds on Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘The Artist’ claiming this years Oscar for Best Picture to 4/11 following last nights Golden Globe Awards. The silent French romance film is now the firm favourite for the gong with comedy-drama ‘The Descendants’ and Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ its closest rivals at 4/1 and 9/1 respectively. ‘The Artist’ is also favoured to come out on top in the Best Director category with Michael Hazanavicius available at 8/11. Martin Scorsese (Hugo) leads the chasing pack at 5/2 with Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Steven Spielberg (War Horse) available at 11/2 and 7/1. Elsewhere, George Clooney is the 8/15 favourite in the Best Actor category for his role as Matt King in ‘The Descendants’, while Meryl Streep is the 4/9 favourite to claim the Best Actress prize for ...

At the Television Critics Association awards last night, the first-ever award for outstanding achievement in reality programming went to CBS’ The Amazing Race, adding to its collection of trophies, which include seven consecutive Emmys. In addition, the TCA recognized the must-watch documentary Restrepo with its award for outstanding achievement in news and information. Host Phil Keoghan was among those who came to the ceremony to accept the award. The other reality TV show nominees were Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations , Survivor, Top Chef All Stars, and The Voice . I presented the award to executive producer Bertram van Munster; Phil, executive producer Jonathan Littman, and executive producer Elise Doganieri (who created the idea for the series) were also in attendance. In his acceptance speech, van Munster praised the show’s camera operators, editors, and crew, and mentioned that he has now traveled around the world 55 times. While presenters don’t choose the winners, of cours...