In a major upset, Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Oscars for his performance in The Father over Chadwick Boseman.
Boseman was widely expected to win the award for his final movie role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Hopkins had won at the BAFTAs, but at no other awards leading up to the Oscars, so his triumph came as a huge surprise.
It led to a bizarre end to this year's Oscars as Best Picture was announced ahead of the two leading actor awards. Best Actor was the final Oscar given out last night (April 25) and Hopkins wasn't even in attendance at LA's Union Station.
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He also wasn't in attendance at any of the global Oscars hubs either, so this year's ceremony ended on a flat note with no winning speech.
At 83 years old, Hopkins is now the oldest actor to win an Oscar, surpassing Christopher Plummer who won for Beginners when he was 82.
The win for Hopkins was the biggest upset in a ceremony that otherwise largely played out as expected. Nomadland won Best Picture, with Chloé Zhao winning Best Director and Frances McDormand picking up Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The ceremony was more low-key than in previous years and despite talk of it being like a 'three-hour movie', the flashiest bit happened at the start when Regina King kicked things off by walking through Union Station as the opening credits rolled.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Sound of Metal, Soul and The Father all picked up two awards each, with Daniel Kaluuya giving arguably the best speech of the night for his Supporting Actor win.
Kaluuya ended his speech by talking about how his parents "had sex, it's amazing", leading to a brilliant response from his mum.
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