Anthony Hopkins Dances With Salma Hayek to Celebrate His Surprise Oscar Win

Anthony Hopkins recently won the Best Actor Award at the 93rd Academy Awards. The veteran actor carved his name in history for being the oldest actor to win an acting Oscar at the age of 83.

Salma Hayek has paid tribute to the "king" Anthony Hopkins with a brilliant new video.Rocking her natural curly hair, the Mexican actress took to Instagram to share a fun video of the pair dancing together after his Oscars win."Celebrating with the king @anthonyhopkins his 2nd Oscar for his extraordinary performance in The Father," she captioned the video, which showed Anthony performing a hula dance before Salma joined him and the pair began hugging.MORE: Salma Hayek is unrecognisable after

Anthony Hopkins is celebrating his Academy Award win for Best Actor by dancing with Salma Hayek.

including at the grave of his father. He's also rumoured to have popped into Llantwit Major Greggs for a steak bake according to The Sun.

Anthony Hopkins has the perfect person to celebrate his second Oscar for Best Actor. On Tuesday, April 27th the one and only Salma Hayek posted a video on Instagram dancing with Hopkins.

Oscar win via Zoom, but the Academy refused.The actor won the award for Best Actor at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25), and was singled out as one of the only winners who was not present in Los Angeles or at one of the Oscars hubs around the world.Hopkins’ absence was particularly notable as the award for Best Actor was presented last (where usually it would be the award for Best Picture) and many said the night ended on an “anti-climactic” note.A new report in the New York Times

Chadwick Boseman's family have defended Sir Anthony Hopkins' Oscar win, according to US media, following a backlash from fans who thought the award should have gone to the late Black Panther star. Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, it was widely expected that Boseman would receive the prize for best leading actor posthumously for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the last film he made before he died.

Anthony Hopkins shared his gratitude to his fans and remembered Chadwick Boseman in a video message released Monday after he won Male Lead Actor at the recent Oscar Awards. The "Hannibal Lecter" star was not around to personally receive his award during Sunday night's ceremony.

The Academy Award producers weren’t joking around when they said Zooming into the ceremony wouldn’t be allowed.

Anthony Hopkins woke up on Monday a double Oscar winner, a surprise to many, including the Welsh actor himself. In a brief video posted to his Instagram, The Father star, who is currently in his native Wales, acknowledged his win and gave the acceptance speech he wasn't able to on Sunday evening and he made a point of paying tribute to fellow best actor nominee, the late Chadwick Boseman.

Chadwick Boseman in his acceptance speech for Best Actor. The two stars were up against each other in the same category – Hopkins for The Father and Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – but it was the legendary Welsh actor who (surprisingly) came out on top to secure the second Oscar of his career.

An award season like no other has finally come to a close with the 93rd Academy Awards rolling up the virtual red carpet on a year of movie-watching at home. Today, a new crop of winners — Daniel Kaluuya, Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Yuh-jung Youn — are basking in Oscar’s glow, getting ready to tackle their first post-win projects.

posted a video from Wales early on Monday to accept his Best Actor Oscar after not being there to do so during the Academy Awards' jaw-dropping conclusion. Hopkins become the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar.

Anthony Hopkins shared a video message thanking The Academy for his Oscar win on Sunday in which he paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman.  Many who viewed the 93rd Academy Awards were upset that the show broke from its usual format of announcing the best picture winner last, replacing it with the award for best actor. It led some to believe it was a signal that a posthumous award would be given to the late "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" star, who died in August at age 43.

In a surprise win, Anthony Hopkins took home the best actor statue at the Oscars on Sunday for his work in The Father. Going into the ceremony, the late Chadwick Boseman was the heavy favorite to win for his final film role asLevee inMa Rainey's Black Bottom.

Silence of the Lambs star, who normally resides in Malibu, returned to Wales before the Bafta awards ceremony earlier this month and won the best actor award at that ceremony too. Since then he has been posting his travels around his homeland, and how much he has been loving his time.

was in South Wales instead of the awards show, held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, California, when the trophy was presented by last year's winner Joaquin Phoenix.  Just before his win he tweeted a video of himself in a South Wales graveyard visiting his baker father's tombstone.

Do not go gentle into that good night' at the grave of his own father Richard Hopkins in Wales. The Silence of the Lambs star, who normally resides in Malibu, returned to Wales before the Bafta awards ceremony earlier this month and won the best actor award at that ceremony too.

Anthony Hopkins‘ win for Best Actor at the 2021 Oscars was definitely one of the most surprising moments of the night, but he wasn’t even awake to see it happen!