Anthony Hopkins was not allowed to video into Oscars to give acceptance speech due to strict rule: report

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.

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.

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

Anthony Hopkins has paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman in a belated Oscars speech, following the star-studded ceremony, the Hollywood icon took to Instagram to post a sweet message in memory of the talented actor.The 83-year-old star of The Father accepted the Academy Award for Best Actor, admitting that although he feels extremely grateful for the award, he did not expect to win, and wanted to take a moment to honor “Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early.”He also went on to show

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Anthony Hopkins has released a belated acceptance speech after winning the Oscar for Best Actor. Hopkins was the recipient of the prize last night (25 April), which he won for his performance in The Father.

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.

No matter what you think about last night’s Oscars, one thing is for sure—it ended in a very peculiar way. Typically, the show ends on the Best Picture award, which is the biggest of the night.

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.

Paying tribute. Anthony Hopkins was not at the 2021 Oscars to take home the award for Actor in a Leading Role on Sunday, April 25 — but he’s very grateful that he was honored.

Anthony Hopkins woke up to some surprising news! The 83-year-old actor won the Best Actor award at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday night for his role in, closing out the show in an anti-climatic moment as he did not choose to attend.His win was a shocking upset as many had predicted actor Chadwick Boseman, who died last August after a battle with cancer, would posthumously win.

The Welsh actor was one of the big winners at the 2021 OscarsAnthony Hopkins became the oldest winner of an acting award at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Speaking from his home country the veteran Welsh actor, 83, paid tribute to fellow nominee Chadwick Boseman who had been posthumously nominated for the award.

winning Best Actor at the Oscars — where he honored the late Chadwick Boseman.The 83-year-old actor was noticeably absent from Sunday’s awards show where he won the top honor in a shock decision over the “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star.Hopkins thanked the Academy in a social media post from the Welsh countryside early Monday, while also paying tribute to Boseman, who died from cancer at just 43 in August.“Good morning.

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.

Anthony Hopkins woke up to some surprising news! The 83-year-old actor won the Best Actor Award at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday night for his role in, closing out the show in an anti-climatic moment as he did not choose to attend.His win was a shocking upset as many had predicted actor Chadwick Boseman, who died last August of a cancer battle, would posthumously win.

last night’s Academy Awards (April 25).The actor, who won the gong for his depiction of a man with Alzheimer’s in The Father, gave a short speech in a video message sent from Wales. He expressed his shock at winning and honoured the Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star, who died of cancer last year.

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.

The Oscars 2021 has come to an end and brought with it an exhilarating set of winners. In a stark contrast to the annual award show, this year the scaled-down Oscars 2021 stood out on many levels.