Watch Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ for Stephen Hawking (Video)

The “Theory of Everything” stars had candles, cake and a crowd – everything but the man himself at a party in his honor at the British Consulate

Stephen Hawking turned 73 years old on Thursday, Jan. 8.

At the exact moment that Oscar nomination voting closed (5:00 p.m. PT on Thursday) the British Consul General, Chris O’Connor, threw a party in honor of “The Theory of Everything” stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones at his residence in Hancock Park.

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Redmayne, who rose to fame singing in “Les Miserables,” and Jones led a round of “Happy Birthday” and did the honors. They blew out the candles in Hawking’s absence.

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