Hi, Sportznut.

I too had bets (small) on the Oscars. My bets were identical to your selections, but I backed both Murray and Sean Penn in the Best Actor category, and was able to show an acceptable profit. My bets were with Betfair where the odds were vastly superior to the TAB, as is 99% of all betting.

To my recollection, there never has been any major upsets with Best Movie, Best Actor and Best Actress. The Oscar always seems to go to the fav or second-fav in these categories. Maybe because the race has "aready been run" enabling the punter and bookie to reduce the nominees to only two possibilities.