Anthony Hopkins Reacts to Oscar Win, Was Sleeping When He Won - Read the Statement

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.

Anthony Hopkins may have missed picking up his second Oscar in person, but he's still celebrating his win in style! The 83-year-old actor had fun with his pal, Salma Hayek, on Tuesday at his home in Wales. «Celebrating with the king @anthonyhopkins 

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.

The 93rd Academy Awards were held on April 25, 2021, and saw several celebrities turning up looking their best for the ceremony. Among the night's biggest honours celebrating the best of talent in cinema, the Best Actor award was bagged by actor Anthony Hopkins for his role in The Father.

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.

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.

Many film fans were left disappointed on Sunday night as the late Chadwick Boseman was snubbed for the Best Actor gong at The Oscars despite being the hot favourite to pick up the award posthumously. Chadwick, who tragically passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with colon cancer in August 2020, was nominated for the award for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

The 93rd Academy Awards were held on April 25, 2021, and as always, it was a star-studded evening. Despite going through several changes this year owing to the pandemic, the prestigious ceremony was held with equal fervour as they celebrated the best of cinema.

Anthony Hopkins has won the best actor Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Hopkins, 83, won for his performance as an elderly man with dementia in The Father, directed by French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller, who also wrote the acclaimed stage play on which the film is based.