I had a religious experience when Benedict Cumberbatch was on the red carpet last night. I was so happy that he’s a big enough name to stop by the E! red carpet and do a quick interview. His voice was like honey dipped in butter, drowned in Scotch. His suit was beautiful. He was debonair. He was like one of the old-school British actors from long ago, like David Niven. His curls were contained. Then… during the Oscar ceremony, he sat beside Angelina Jolie. I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. I want to relive it for days, weeks, months. All in all, I think this was a great “first Oscar experience” for Benedict – he wasn’t nominated so there was no tension, he got to present (HIS VOICE), he was part of a film that won Best Picture and he got to sit beside a huge movie star. Benedict has arrived. Big time.
So, do we even need to talk about anyone else? NO. But I’ll be generous and give you some extra, non-Cumberbatch dong from the Oscars and the after-parties. I’m also including photos of Michael B. Jordan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor (his hair… NO), Jeremy Renner, Bill Murray, Christoph Waltz, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Joshua Jackson Joseph Gordon Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jared Leto, Adrien Brody, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke (I’m sorry but I would hit that), Spike Jonze (he’s adorable, like a pocket boyfriend). Also: Harrison Ford, who I think looks really good.
Who would I rather? Benedict is #1, #2 and #3. After that… I’ll take a sampler of Renner, Pitt, Hawke and Jonze. I know, I have weird tastes today.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I have found that the description used above to describe his voice: very fitting. He can read me anything anytime. Even the bible. Dat voice.
Last night I told my friends he could read 50 Shades and make it sound good. I was trying to think of something worse than the Bible/Koran/Bhagavad Gita, an Algebra book or the Phone Book – 50 Shades would be worse.
Jared Leto, if he’d cut his hair a bit. I can’t get all hot and bothered over a guy who’s hair is longer than mine, lol. Other than him…Daniel Day Lewis, though I don’t see his pic here, hmph.
Michael B Jordan
Spike Jonze
Brad
Ewan and Much to my enduring shame Ethan Hawke
#noCountryForLizardPeople
That last sentence? Lmfao. I. Just. Can’t!
girl get original if you wanna throw a shade…..lizard jokes are old now *yawn
Ha! I like your list but I think mines better:
JGL
Michael B Jordan
Hemsworth
Spike Jonze
Ethan Hawke too (damn him for being Troy Dyer, I think it makes him a forever)
and Christoph Waltz (can’t help it)
OOHH Yes Blue Marie let us have Hotties Trading cards
I’m hijacking yall post to say out of the men featured it would be
Hemsworth
Leto
Jordon
Pitt
…..maybe Chiwetel, even though I don’t find him hot I’m sort of turned on by his eloquent demeanor
Lol- I’m with you there, and on the Ethan shame.
Christoph for the win!!! And you are right, QQ, #noCountryForLizardPeople indeed.
Daaaaaaamn Spike Jonze got old he was my first crush back in the club homeboy days. I’m so stoked he won. Ps still totally would.
Michael B Jordan and Jared Leto were the hotties of the night.
Micheal B Jordan is the new IT boy. He is a star in the making.
I find him adorable. He’s like a breath of fresh air at these events.
I was scared that Cumby won’t get much camera attention at the Oscars but he was shown quite a lot apart from presenting. Perks of siting next to Angie and Pitt.
Also darling sat in second row gahhh bay you have arrived big time. Also I found him and Garner so cute while presenting. He was heard telling her backstage “Damn I missed the pizza” as they were gonna be next to present.
Also he cried at Lupita’s speech awwww such a softie…..btw a question when Lupita mentioned someone named Ben in her speech was it directed towards Cumby…..I believe not but some people said on internet it was towards him.
Poor Benedict missed the pizza!
No, she didn’t mean BC, she meant Ben Khan. She has already mentioned him several times as her best friend.
ahhh thanks Leo….people on internet make so many assumptions. Glad you cleared it up.
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And then I would choose Benedict Cumberbatch.
Hot damn.
Twinzies!
Oh, DEAR. I still have the hots for Fassy. Something is very wrong. Anyone have the number of a good aversion therapist? I could at least have fun banishing this worrying development.
@Sixer, did you read Lainey Gossip’s post on him from today. Interesting.
That was Maureen.
info/link please? (pretty please!)
Link:
http://www.laineygossip.com/Michael-Fassbender-takes-mom-2014-Oscars/29585
I’m not clicking. Unless it is, as requested, aversion therapy. The sooner this goes the heck away the better, fankyewverymuch.
It must be the weather.
It paints a less than ideal picture of Michael so it could be part of your therapy.
I don’t get it. Fassy likes babies. Lainey doesn’t like Fassy. Nothing to see here?
She hates him, always has done so not surprising she was unmoved.
It’s fair enough, you don’t have to like everyone but sometimes she’s so biased against certain people it’s annoying.
I just can’t get into Fassy, so he is all yours Sixer.
Me, I would be in Toronto holding Tom’s hand, patting his curls and telling him I’m sure the other kids will play with him next year and he will get invited to the party. Hopefully Ben or Hemsworth were nice enough to pick him up a party bag.
In the meantime I would completely party with Ben, Ewan and Egiofor.
Can I hold Tom’s other hand? I am willing to share.
I think Tom is a few years off being invited to the Oscars, unless he puts in a stellar performance in a horror and brit flick or goes as a date.
Love Benny’s look at the Oscars, he looked like he was enjoying it for all it’s worth.
These photos remind me that Adrian Brody has an Oscar and McGregor and Egiofor does not. That’s alright though, they still have kick ass careers.
Adrian Brody HAD a good career with very good performances until he received his oscar. it seems once he received it, he decided he was just going to have fun, paychecks and be a famewhore. it’s hard for people to see him now as anything else. Ditto Nicholas Cage.
I agree. Brody has plenty of talent. He just hasn’t done a lot with it since winning his Oscar. Unless we’re talking about Lifetime Achievement Awards that are handed out to very elderly people whose careers peeked long ago, there will always be some award winners who go on to not do much with their talent.
Could it be the Oscar curse too?
Benedict–that voice!!! I wish he had done one of those Jaquar commercials…he needs to be a Bond villain, stat!
Michael–ginger THUNDER..me like
Leo–oh, he’s my #1 shamef-ck….well, he’s the only one on said list…
Christoph Waltz–he’s SUCH a gentleman…I love him
I wish Chiwetel had kept his hair ‘long’…I like it better when he’s got a little afro…and I am still jealous of his girlfriend’s skin–she is gorgeous
Your wish is my command 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5kCfXIPcfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdWMTMjzaik
Thanks! I didn’t know that he had done any commercials….
He’s done voice work on some BBC nature docs too.
I happened to have one on around Christmas, about the ocean, and he was doing the commentary.
Someone should have told him that she wasn’t going anywhere, so he needn’t have held on so tight. LOL
Benny has done a jaguar commercial where he either plays himself or a business man /
Eh, it’s no surprise who’d I pick 😉
Fassy all the way ♡
Tho, I wouldn’t mind a Brangelina sandwich (provided their love for one another and undeniable chemistry didn’t kill me, lol ).
Where Wallace at? He looks SO GOOD. Tailored to perfection.
Do not get Cumberbatch. He has zero sex appeal and has a chip on his shoulder about being ginger.
Agree about Cumberbatch and he was texting or tweeting on his phone a lot,I mean put it away.
Maybe his $25,000 escort didn’t show up and he was trying to find out how to get a refund…
LOL, Squirrel, epic.
I don’t think Benny takes award shows (show being the key word) very seriously, and that’s actually bloody fabulous. Because you really should not take it seriously, at all.
@ Kelly
Saying he dosen’t take award shows seriouslyIs a cop out, the texting or tweeting is rude.
I think it’s rude when people do it at the movies, plays and so on.
@ Squirrel
LOL
He was texting during the ceremony??
There is a picture of him in a car leaving one of the after parties and he looked druuuuunk and a bit unhappy….but…..texting away…..and i thought, booty call! Haha!
I still don’t know if I believe the escort rumours though. That item came at the time he was seen with the Russian and some of his kray kray fangirls suggested she was an escort due to her being a model who flaunts her social life and being amuse of a millionaire.
I’ve seen a good few pics of him from the various stages of the night and none of which he’s texting/ tweeting (he doesn’t have twitter btw)
The only one I saw on him was on Lupita’s brothers instagram from the end of the night where he was on the phone apparently calling the driver.
If he was during the awards..come on they’re nearly 4 hours long, are you telling me you wouldn’t be excitedly texting friends at some point?!
Amy Adams was caught and she was in the front row.
@SecretSquirrel: Ha! You’re probably right! Good thing there were many a “model” at the after parties who were in need of “acting lessons”.
(BTW, he wasn’t the only one on their phone – Amy Adams was caught as well – and I don’t think she has a chip on her shoulder!)
1 Michael B Jordan
2 Joshua Jackson
3 Benedict
4 Spike Jonze
5 Jared
6 Chris
Weird mix!!!!
I loved almost all the guys last night. I think Harrison Ford is looking hawt for an old dude. I’m even going to give his earring a pass. Side note, Calista Flockhart looks terrible in the face! I guess she’s the only person not getting “sprinkles” of Botox.
You know, she came into the business as a young woman with an extremely noticeable nose job already, and I honestly don’t think she’s ever stopped getting stuff done since then. I think she’s one of those people with body/face issues and can’t stop messing with her face, and gaining/losing drastic amounts of weight. It’s sad, really. Really sad. I’m not gloating.
Calista had very noticeable duck lips last night. her upper lip was joker-esque!!!
Do they think we don’t notice? This is the burning question I have for people with crazy faces. Do they think no one notices? Or is everyone around them telling them they look gorgeous and so that’s what they believe?
I think they don’t want to notice and they only listen to their yes-sayers.
I remember that once Roberto Cavalli’s wife had to fly to USA because he nearly got killed whilst under surgery (plastic surgery) and we were laughing madly… He was never beautiful but after the upteempth surgery he is now the male version of Donatella Versace.. *pukes*
I think it’s pure denial. On everyone’s part.
Think how bad we feel when we get a crappy haircut or gain weight (or lose if you’re too thin). Those things can change: we can grow our hair out or get more chopped off to gaining/losing weight. Those things we can control to some degree or another.
I can only imagine the horror when you’ve seen the mess your little ‘touch ups’ caused to your face. And only another surgery is the option to fix it — assuming it CAN be fixed. *shudder*
Cumby ,he was adorable last nite , felt like stretching my fingers across the screen ,pinching his cheeks ,scruffing his hair,i almost forget he was part of 12yas ,even at the best piccture award he stoodway in the back ,is he that shy ? ooh does anyone know how he photobombed U2 ,did he jump ,was he airlifted , or did he see Katia eliazrova and jump in fright?/
oh yeah and Fassy my “rock””
Glad I am not the only one who wants to pinch his cheeks…he looks like an adorable, overgrown choir boy…and I mean that in a good way! I hope he had fun last night, he’s been a busy boy!
Chris Hemsworth
Spike Jonze
Ewan McGregor
and Jared, Jared, Jared.
I was disappointed with Leo last night. From his revamped image he been selling lately that he just a “regular fun guy” I expected more from him.
Take the damn pizza even if you don’t want it have fun, I mean really Meryl and even Julia was took the pizza and Brad passing out plates come on. He look so serious the most of the night and when he didn’t when the look on his face.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/matthew-mcconaughey-at-his-high-school-promo
There’s A LOT of talk today about Leo’s behavior last night. It’s all schadenfreude to me. I’ve always known he’s a grade-A asshole.
Matthew’s prom date was wearing exactly the same shade of blue I wore to my prom! God, it’s so dated, isn’t it? Matthew’s just a little older than me but that color was still going strong when I got to prom. Mine was a strapless mermaid dress with pumps dyed to match. I felt like a million bucks.
Ditto! Leo has always been a major a-hole, I don’t understand where all the fuss comes from. Changed? Pfft… Not even if he climbed Mount Everest I would believe in Leo changing lol
I am going to give Leo a break, since winning these awards meant everything to him. I bet he was too nervous to eat pizza. And Leto had already one his.
Holy S! A kind of new face or two in the crowd. Hawke and the guy at the bottom. Why is it always a handful to pick from? And for the love of God what is with everyone drooling over Cumber? He is incredibly NOT ATTRACTIVE in any way shape or form. He may be one hell of an actor, yes….but for “who would I rather?” Good grief. Hey, my science professor may be the most brilliant funny and charismatic man but it doesn’t mean I think hes automatically hot and I want him to bone me.! Ladies please. With that…I do understand, to each their own……here comes the punches….owch!
Sheep mentality. One says he’s the hottest, everyone follows even though he is so NOT attractive.
So not true for me. Sorry.
Agreed!
frankly i think the tired ‘ew he’s so ugly’ comments are much more indicative of sheep mentality. like people who think it’s so original to say he looks like an otter/lizard/whatever. some of us think he’s genuinely beautiful and fascinating.
People who go against the grain, or an in an minority, really can’t be considered sheep. But I think that probably just sounds like “Baa” to some people.
Ben is hot! Hotter than most of the Hollywood pretty boys. Give me a guy with substance over “traditional” beauty any day.
Baaa-aaaa-aaa
Can’t it just be as simple as we each individually find him (or whoever) attractive and because we know this site features him a lot we come here?
Not one of my friends find him attractive and likewise they like guys that I think “eh??” but that’s fair enough.
I think it’s more Cumberbatch’s personality more so than anything. When I first heard of him, I thought, “not the most attractive guy in the bunch,” and didn’t see his appeal. At that point, I hadn’t seen any of his work or interviews. Nothing. Then I watched a few of his projects, and he is an amazing actor. Watched a few interviews, and this guy just seems like a genuine down-to-Earth guy with a good sense of humor, and is obviously very smart.
I don’t know. I find award shows boring, and if I’m at a friend’s house, and they’re watching it, I usually fiddle my thumbs and play on my phone during them.
Michael B MINE Jordan *swoon*
OMG THE HOTNESS. Here’s my list:
1. Fassy
2. Leo
3. Bradley Cooper
4. Brad Pitt
5. Christoph Waltz
All! And i’m no Cumby fan, but he looks good here.
In my sluttiest moment I wouldn’t say no if any of them wanted a romp in the coat check room. I feel my cut off is when you can collect SS checks.
HEMSWORTH!!!!!! Seriously, let’s turn that frown upside down!
The boy has a lot of pressure on him right now. 66% increase in the number of children to support, wife’s ex-boyfriend at the same party and at least 3 more drinks at the “Thor” fountain to go.
Hope he had fun at the party and didn’t toddle off home early to rub his wife’s feet and build her a future Oscar statuette shelf…
Sorry, my math is appalling. That’s a 200% increase in the number of supportable children!
I blame it on my math teacher being a hippy and talking about organic farming more than percentages!
Can I pick Oscar? Honestly, he would serve me the best in this lot.
Are you trying to throw me off? Cause it’s working.
Think Adrien Brody and CHemboy avoided each other like the plague at the after party?
Why? Is there something going on?
Ladyslippers
It is Remora’s fault….
LadyS – Chris’ wife was once engaged to Adrien.
I’m STILL wondering how Chris Hemsworth, who was pretty much a nobody up until a few years ago, managed to find the biggest fameho there is. That takes talent and dedication.
@VC- You have to remember they got together after he had filmed Thor and The Avengers franchise had been anounced. And I do think there is genuine love there, but yeah he probably should have waited a bit longer to get married.
I could explain, but I’ll just leave you with this.
http://www.laineygossip.com/Adrien-Brody-and-Elsa-Pataky-show-off-their-castle-in-Hello-Canada/11273
I forgot about that! DUH
Now did Elsa leave Adrien for Chris??
No, she left Adrien Brody for Oliver Martinez and after he dumped her, she hooked up with Chris a few months later.
Soooo is it Adrien having a problem with Chris or Adrien just trying to avoid his ‘one true love’ altogether?
I think he is trying to avoid Elsa…. He might be tempted to ask for his castle back given she is married to a millionaire now lol
Elsa didn’t go to the after party. So I think it would have been awkward more then anything.
so what happened? why did Elsa and Brody brake up?
Michael B Jordan looked amazing, even if his shoes were odd. Hope to see him nominated someday.
Ethan’s haircut did wonders, but I don’t want to find him attractive. No one else is doing much for me here.
Chiwetel’s wife? Is gorgeous and I loved her gown.
Christoph Waltz all the way!
My, oh, my was Benedict doing it for my last night! He looked hot and was so adorable. I really kind of dug the tie. I know it was a bit of a minor controversy that he didn’t wear a bow tie, but I thought he looked really dapper. Plus, he seemed really relaxed and like he was just having a lot of fun. If only he’d been on stage a while longer.
Ewan McGregor didn’t look good great in the photo above, but I thought he looked (and sounded) amazing while presenting.
Really? There was controversy over his tie?? Way to suck individuality out of life Hollywood! I prefer ties over bow ties anyway, so Ben must have been purposely trying to please me!
He is such a pocket rebel!!
Unfortunately, my feels for Benedict have cooled considerably since I caught sight of that .gif where he was sitting next to that dreadful woman, Anna Wintour, and using a piece of paper as a fan. What an incredible turn-off. Both the cozying up to Wintour AND the hoity-toity fan-waving piece of paper, even as he globe-trots to high society events from one coast to another with lines like “I’m at the wrong party” and aw shucks, “I can’t believe I’m here”.
The desperation to be liked and accepted by the phoniest group of humans on the planet. The disingenuous “who, little ol’ me?” comments. The name-dropping. The fashion shows. It’s all just such a Huge. F*cking. Turn. Off.
well great one less person to share him with,
Btw I was wondering are you gonna hate every celeb who hangs out with famous people you don’t like??
agreed abby.
I’m being very serious here – how is fanning yourself with a piece a paper being “hoity-toity”? If you have a piece of paper, and you are very hot, why can’t you fan yourself with it?
Have you seen the .gif I’m speaking of? If not, take a look. Specifically take a look at the people AROUND him while he’s waving his fan-paper.
@Maureen: I just did. You might have been onto something if his face wasn’t so shiny. He clearly looks like he’s hot and likely sweating. Plus, he looks uncomfortable. So I’m not seeing what you do.
Not that I put too much stock in a gif since they are really small snapshots of time.
Well, I’ve seen this…
http://midnytemercury.tumblr.com/post/76465422956
I guess I don’t consider this hoity-toity.
I agree with LadySlippers…he looked uncomfortable to me. The whole fanning thing made him seem kind of nervous/agitated more than anything.
I am guessing that where someone sits during a fashion show is usually not up to them (unless they are Anna Wintour, I’m thinking). Why hold that against him? He strikes me as being a polite guy who can read a room. He knows it will be good for him in the long run to chat with Anna and get in her good graces.
Thanks for the link. Boy his body language and energy seems (in that tiny glimpse) to be very anti-Anna too. Or was that just my imagination?
Others managed to get through the show without fanning themselves with papers. He looks awkward moreso than uncomfortable. The awkwardness of a person who’s trying to fit where they don’t think they belong. We’ll have to agree to disagree.
@LadySlippers: Hard to say for sure, because it is just a millisecond of time, but I REALLY don’t think they are great pals. She doesn’t look that comfortable either.
How is fanning yourself–irregardless of it anyone else around you is doing so–hoity toity???? That doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s not like he snatched the paper from a two year old and made the toddler cry….he’s not getting in anyone’s way/bothering anyone while fanning himself.
Wow. There is criticism, and there’s this.
Gee, don’t you know fashionable people don’t sweat. Ever.
I’ll bet they were hot as freak in those coats but couldn’t fan themselves and risk being seen to be uncool (figuratively AND literally!).
Yay to Ben for actually having emotions. Yay to Ben for actually doing what makes him comfortable. Yay to Ben for being so gorgeously hot that even he can’t take it! He is Smaug goddammit and if he wants to fan himself, he will!!
On that same day at the Standard interview he was also very hot and asked for the a/c to be turned on, then seen looking damp at the airport, maybe he was not feeling well.
To me, it looks like he’s deliberately trying to waft his scent over to someone he has his eye on. *coughWATSONcough*
Using paper as fan is horrible?
Someone need to check her priorities here.
He’s fanning himself because he’s hot whereas people around him are cold.
What a horrible man he is, I send my cumbercard back immediately.
@Maureen: I get that you don’t like Anna. I really do. But as someone mentioned, BC probably didn’t choose to sit next to AW, so it doesn’t seem fair to hold that fact against him. AND no matter how pleasant (or in her case unpleasant) a person is — a** kissing is part-n-parcel for most jobs — acting included. BC wants to be in business for a very long time so it behooves him to be friendly to all media types, regardless of their personality (he’s polite to that journalist that makes him uncomfortable). To top it off, there are plenty of yucky people just in Hollywood so he’s got to ‘work the crowd’ in order to keep getting jobs. I see that as a fact of life.
His ‘aw shucks’ attitude might be real or you might be correct that it’s an act. Although, he genuinely seems to get all fanboyish when he encounters other stars. Again we just don’t know.
I can honestly say I’m not nuts about him attending the Hugo Boss show if it was only for money or PR. Hopefully he was there for other reasons but even if he wasn’t, I get *why* he feels compelled to do it.
He’s an ACTOR. He’s got no reason whatsoever to *need* (the operative word here is need) to be in the good graces of the fashion set. He’s either doing it for the money or he’s doing it because it makes him feel good to belong to that set, or it’s both. I personally find the thirst for it terribly unattractive coming from an actor who I thought was one of the handful who was more serious about his work. We can agree to disagree, and I don’t get why it’s so important to some commenters here that I feel this way. The end.
Maureen,
They are simply expressing their opinions and why they hold them, just the same way you are. And it’s all good! 🙂
@Maureen: Anna Wintour is way more than just part of ‘the fashion set’. She is a well connected media mogul and is not a person I would want as an enemy. She is a person to cultivate in order to widen your network — even if it’s not fun. Hollywood needs the media just like the media needs Hollywood.
As for Hugo Boss, he *might* have been there for other reasons other than money or PR. You’re honestly making some huge assumptions here with very little to base it on. If he was hopping from one fashion show to another like other people — yeah I might see what you’re saying. However, he has a previous connection to that fashion line and went only to that one show. It doesn’t really paint the picture you’re thinking of.
I understand if you’re experiencing some Benedict fatigue. But why create ‘reasons’ for that? Especially ones that seem like a pretty big leap to make.
@Maureen
Question, Just how does Cumberbatch sitting at a fashion show, fanning himself with a piece of paper affect your life?
@ Maureen
Probably because your viewpoint doesn’t really jive with the business? The bigger goal here isn’t money or a social set. It’s about his career.
Numerous more serious celebs have sat next to her during shows because they need access to designer clothes for events, press (Wintour is not just fashion, she directs Vanity Fair, etc.) and are networking; the woman has ties all over the entertainment industry. Or Wintour invited them and they didn’t want to cross her for the reasons I just listed.
The mystery is why the man wore a wool suit. It gets hot at those things.
Big celebrities get paid $50,000-$100,000 to sit in the front row of fashion shows. Of course he did it for the money, as he hasn’t exactly made a fortune from acting yet. BBC doesn’t pay that well, doubt he made much with Star Trek or The Hobbit.
It’s just business. It ain’t that serious. Sheesh.
I would probably sell several family members for Fassbender.
shamefaced: Jared and Hawke.
I’ll never forget Ethan Hawke saying, in an interview, ‘my current wife’…omg. If that had been me–I’d be his soon to be ex wife after I read that interview.
Cumby, FTW! He looked great last night.
And his photobombs were hysterically epic.
I almost bought a book today just because Cumberbatch was on the cover. “English Rooms” or something was the title – he was posing in a chair with a book. The hand porn of him posing as if he was turning a page almost made me faint right there in Harrods. It would have been too heavy for the suitcase, though. Alas.
Don’t be sad, he’s only on the cover.
So I should’ve torn the cover off and made a run for it. Darn 🙂
1. Benedict
2. Chris
3. Ewan (I don’t care what his hair looks like, I’ve been in love with him since I was a teenager)
4. Christoph
That works for me too, lunchcoma!
Spike Jonze is yummy.
I can’t believe I know this (actually yes i can), this wasn’t Cumby’s first trip to the Oscars. This is the 3rd, as he went when War Horse/Tinker Tailor were both nominated in 2012 and has been every year since. First time presenting though. I’m a Oscar nerd and proud of it.
And the answer is Ewan. Always Ewan. 🙂
I thought he went to Elton John’s party those years? Or at least last yea, and skipped the Oscars.
War Horse/Tinker Tailor year he went to the VF party.
UK breakfast tv interviewed him on the way in (UK time)
No, it was his first – either that or he was lying to Piers Morgan when Piers interviewed him on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday night for CNN. He said it was his first time there and he also said he had just phoned his mum (God love Wanda) and said ‘can you believe your son is going to the oscars).
@MissMary You are right. He went to Elton John’s after party last year, not the oscars.
I actually don’t think he’s attended the actual Oscars in previous years, just gone to the parties.
You see so many celebs on the party red carpets who wouldn’t have gotten near the actual ceremony.
(anyone notice Alice Eve was at the VF party in a hideous see through purple dress and granny pants?)
I dislike Alice Eve immensely.
Not important enough for the Oscars so skips along to the after party in a see through dress.
In no particular order:
– Michael B. Jordan (he knows how to add small accessories or pattern without looking cheap)
– JGL
– Jeremy Ranner (looks very sharp!)
– Ethan Hawke
– Chris Hemsworth (especially since his suit is burgundy – a nice distinction!)
I thought Benedict brought the charm last night. The photobomb with U2! The selfie he took with Ellen (is it still a selfie, then?) and Chiwetal, presenting with Jennifer Garner, SITTING WITH THE BRANGE, being part of an Oscar-winning movie – dude won big time last night.
A cynical part of me is thinking he wants to lay the foundation for more work, but I can’t exactly fault him on that.
Oh I absolutely think this was more a business trip than pleasure one. I mean, who knows what he’s up to off camera, lol, but it looked like some serious networking and groundwork-laying going on, esp as his publicist was his plus-one and she’s got some serious chops and does a great job with his PR.
Exactly! I mean, I’m sure just about everyone else there last night was trying to network, too, but I think he made himself stand out (in a good way!).
Who is BC’s publicist?
His publicist is Karon Maskill, she was sitting on the other side of him in an extremely revealing dress. Honestly she’s my new hero for wearing it.
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She’s with him at pretty much every single event and ceremony; whenever he gives an interview, you can almost guarantee she’ll be about six inches behind him to the right, giving the interviewer her best sternface and preparing to smack Benedict in the back of his head if he starts talking about how difficult it is being rich.
LOL YES I love the stern face. BC is definitely wanting a stellar career and not just small parts forever and his PR is really pushing that these past few years–Karon has been very present in his media appearances and his foot-in-mouth has gone down considerably. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, just that it is definitely business and he’s not trying to cultivate a “tra la la this acting gig is such a lark” image.
Holy crap, that dress! The woman has some serious cojones! She does seem to be doing her job well, though. I bet BC’s mouth can be a challenge to control.
I still vomit in my mouth a little when I catch a glimpse of her and her boobies all out in that dress. GROSS. That’s not a look that works on her. It doesn’t help that she always looks disheveled and intoxicated but then she’s got her boobs out too. And it’s weird that he took someone who works for him rather than a family member or a close friend. Did other actors take their flack with them?
He probably wanted to be free to meet and mingle with others instead of making sure his date was getting drinks, food, etc. The Oscars are a BIG night for networking, and who better to take than your PR person?
While I am personally not a fan of uber-revealing clothing, I applaud her for wearing what she wanted and having the confidence to pull it off.
And yes, other actors did have their publicists with them. Emma Watson was there with hers. Perhaps they genuinely like once another and enjoy being in their company. I’m not going to pass judgment on anyone in attendance for who they chose to accompany them.
My guess is that when someone is nominated for an Oscar, they consider attendance a more personal event, and bring family or friends for support.
When someone is there like BC was, in support of a project or to present, it’s considered more of a work event, and bringing a work associate is appropriate.
I don’t know who else he’d have brought. He doesn’t have a girlfriend and he couldn’t bring both parents. He could have taken his niece or someone like Adam Ackland, but it made a lot of sense for him to bring his publicist given the situation.
Karon used to do PR for Cliff Richard! and hilariously was once linked romantically to the eternal bachelor. Sh also worked for Eddie Izzard. She’s 48.
Whelp, I guess I’m going to get him to myself because my Crush of Shame is Jonah Hill and nobody else wants him!
I like chubby guys sometimes (PSH, does anyone else hear me!!!)–but God, there is absolutely nothing attractive about Jonah at all. Nothing. His innate douchiness just comes through…..he seems like one of those douches that thinks he’s the SHIT because he’s famous, and knows Leo…barf.
Plus he seems like he’d be totally selfish in bed–like he gets off and then that’s it.
I agree Virgilia. I don’t judge people’s worth on body shape/size, but I don’t get Jonah’s sense of humor and I find most of his movies (that I have seen/heard of) cringe-worthy.
Knowing Leo does NOT improve my opinion of him!! 😛
Phillip’s talent didn’t hurt, too. 😉 I thought he was attractive in The Master, that scene where he’s dancing and singing… Even though his character was so manipulative!
@Lisa
I loved the ‘pig f-ck’ scene, and that singing and dancing scene (where all the women are naked right??)–I just recently saw Charlie Wilson’s War, and oh my God–I laughed every time he came on screen–‘don’t be stupid, I bugged the scotch bottle’…hahahaha….
@Squirrel–he just seems so GROSS.
Thank you, I’ve always found Spike Jonze (and David Fincher, don’t judge me, I know I’m weird but I swear I’m a nice girl) hot, now I know that I’m not the only one !
I’ve never really seen Cumberbatch in motion before, so I was surprised that he looked… good? I didn’t faint dead away at the sight of him, but he looks very different in still photos. Not my type though.
1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
That is all…
Benedict Cumberbatch, JGL, and Christoph Waltz.
Michael B Jordan and Chiwetel are also on my list.
I didn’t see enough of Daniel Day-Lewis.
Benny for me always! Especially how his name became a verb on Twitter last night – “Cumberbomb” which has been defined as “the act of being photobombed by the incredible Benedict Cumberbatch”. I like how he wasn’t afraid to have fun at the Oscars and how that U2 photobomb really made me laugh out loud! 😀
Great to catch you again Windy!! We don’t get to chat enough anymore… 🙁
Cumberbombs sound like such fun, but it could get old very quickly…
Hi Squirrel, I have been very busy these days with work…. So haven’t had much time to log on to comment. I loved your comments above by the way. Always so witty! Me thinks it may be time for a holiday…all work and no play …. Hmmm… Maybe I should consider Toronto as a destination? Been really quiet at the Tommy arena.
Not that I’ll ever think Cumber is cute. But distinguished is good. He mentioned his next project with Plan B – Brad Pitt team is coming this Summer with Lost City of Z and Robert Pattinson and him in a new movie will be an all time high. A+++ Great adventure film. He’s a character actor and against Robbie flexing his adventurous muscles – you’ll love them both. Imagine Promos.
100% Channing! Always!
But can’t see a pic… :'(
The men looked great last night!
My choices:
Benedict. He’s fast becoming an obsession. So dapper, so handsome in his unique quirky way.
Then I’d choose maybe Ewan and/or Fassy for dessert.
Harrison Ford looked great with that beard. And even if he’s not my type at all, Chris Hemsworth is just so gorgeous. The screen almost melted from the beauty when he and Charlize presented.
Loved Brads Hair. He looked better than he has in a long time. And happy too. In general, the Brange were beaming. Good for them.
Hello Spike Jonze!
There were some lovely men there last night.
1. Benedict looked great. It seemed like he was there for business, but he still enjoyed himself.
2. JGL. I just think he is so adorable.
3. Spike Jonze. Totally a shock. Hadn’t even considered him before.
4. Chris H. Wife must really be a fame whore if she wanted to come that pregnant.
I’ll take Chris Hemsworth , Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Did Harrison Ford’s voice sound shaky when he was presenting too anyone else?
Fassy after I scrubbed him down and gave him all kinds of veneral disease preventing/curing shots. Chiwetel, but he would have to grow back that facial hair. Should bring his gf though, nom nom nom. And Harrison always and forever of course.
Ewan
Jared
Brad
I didn’t see Idris but I wish I had
Not gonna say which one I want. I’m just gonna say: yummmmmmmmmmm!
It was a great first Oscars for Cumberbatch. He looked amazing and gave a variety of interviews on the red carpet. He pitched them perfectly – some were fun and lightweight and others more indepth when he wanted to touch on 12 Years a Slave.
The photobombs were hilarious and the U2 one was done for a friend who wanted him to get a selfie with Bono. It was good to see him have fun.
I loved seeing him sat next to Jolie (Pitt’s Plan B are producing his film Lost City of Z) , and it was touching to see him so moved at Lupita’s speech.
Did you see Lupita’s brother’s selfie of him and Benedict at 6am after Madonna’s party. Benedict was calling them a cab.
It was sweet to see him take a moment on stage to look around as if he couldn’t believe he was up there. I’m happy for him.
I’m just so happy to see Michael B. Jordan start to get the recognition he deserves. I am a huge fan of The Wire and his portrayal of Wallace was just heartbreaking. Love this kid!
I’m choosing Orli Bloom with a pity pick because he’s been shut out so far. Something tells me he might need extra TLC after running into his ex on the red carpet.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ewan, Fassbender, Daniel Day Lewis and the guy beside Ewan wearing glasses. Do not know who he is but love his look.
It’s the talent that’s sexy and a lot of the greats were not there. Fassbender went right up my estimation after seeing him in 12Years.His performance had intensity, complexity and depth and for the first time I thought what a great actor.