The Academy Award producers weren’t joking around when they said Zooming into the ceremony wouldn’t be allowed.
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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.
Since then he has been posting his travels around his homeland, and how much he has been loving his time. The actor plays an ageing man struggling with memory loss in the film, and it is Sir Anthony's second Oscar,
.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.
After winning the award for best actor for his performance in The Father, Anthony Hopkins recently reacted to his big win. The 83-year-old actor shared a video on Instagram, thanking his fans and the Academy, and also the late Chadwick Boseman who was expected to win posthumously in the ceremony. In his video, the actor began by saying “Good morning, so here I am in my homeland in Wales.
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.
Anthony Hopkins paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman in his first reaction to his triumph at the Academy Awards last night, his second Oscar win and first since his performance in 1992 pic The Silence Of The Lambs.
Oscars 2021: Full list of winners from the 93rd Academy AwardsBest picture: NomadlandBest actor: Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Father)Best supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)Best actress: Frances McDormand (Nomadland)Best supporting actress: Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)Best director: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)Best animated feature film: SoulBest cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)Best film editing: Mikkel EG Nielsen (Sound Of Metal)Best costume design: Ann Roth (Ma Rainey’s
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.
Gallery: And the award goes too… 10 predictions for the 2021 Academy Awards (BANG Showbiz)Victory for the actress - who previously won the prize in 2018 for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' and in 1997 for 'Fargo' - means she now joins a list of five other performers who have won five Oscars for acting, alongside Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Meryl Streep. Only Katherine Hepburn, with four, has won more Best Actress prizes.
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.
The Father. At 83, he becomes the oldest actor to ever win a competitive Oscar.