Here are some photos of our Otter King, Benedict Cumberbatch, arriving at LAX on Friday. This was Benedict’s first public outing since his engagement became the most talked-out story of the week/month. As you can see from these photos, his lover and fiancée Sophie Hunter did not join him on this trip to LA. Or, at the very least, she didn’t fly with him. The blonde behind him is his long-time publicist. You’d think a publicist would know how to get out of the way of cameras, but this woman never does. She constantly in the frame, no matter where they are.
Friday night, Benedict did a Q&A session with BAFTA LA Behind Closed Doors in West Hollywood – you can see some photos from the event here. I thought Benedict might be in LA for the AFI Fest, but I don’t think The Imitation Game is being screened at the film festival, so probably not. I bet he’s attending some Oscar-hopeful screenings and shaking some hands, probably at the behest of Harvey Weinstein. He did attend the Governors Awards last night – we’ll cover the photos from the event tomorrow, but you can see some nice pics of Bendy with Keira Knightley here. Benedict is also scheduled to make at least one appearance in NYC already, next Sunday – he’ll be attending a screening for TIG and answering questions. The Hollywood Film Awards will also be held this Friday, and I suspect that Benedict is going to be there too – he’s being featured in the commercials for the show, which will be televised on CBS.
By the way, you know that Benedict’s lover once had a (minor) singing career, right? Someone sent me the link to this NSFW music video Sophie did for her song “Epitaph”. Beware – the music video is stupid and there is nudity. You get to see Sophie’s boobs, if you’re interested in that kind of thing. I can be as prudish as the next (American) person, but I’m not really bothered by the fact that she showed off her body in a music video. Though I do judge her for A) the stupid song and B) the dumb video. I also had a moment of realization: she has very small boobs. I have very large boobs. It probably wouldn’t have worked out between me and Bendy. He wouldn’t know what to do with a bountiful bust.
Oh, and I finally figured out who Sophie reminds me of: Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
The rose colored glasses will come in handy when people keep questioning his actions….
I don’t understand why he refuses to buy real sunglasses, an other mystery.
Perhaps those are prescription sunglasses…
@Grace
I agree but you can do special sunglasses. I just don’t understand why he doesn’t go to his oculist
I read that as occultist. 🙂
Why do his clothes never fit? That blue shirt is too small.
Maybe he should meet a good occultist too.
Everything’s always too small or too big.
Haha! They do look like Blue Blockers don’t they?
He reminds me of what I’ve once been told by a friend: when it comes to men and clothes, if it fits they’d wear it, if it doesn’t fit, too bad, they’d wear it anyway.
the hat looks terrible on him but they are very trendy amongst young London actors at the moment-I throw back to their working class roots LOL
But he doesn’t have working class roots, does he?
I see I wasn’t the only one who caught the irony of the rose-colored glasses.
Charlotte Gainsbourg?????? Nope.
Yeah I think she is a mash up between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sophie Marcell – those tennis pics made me see the Gainsbourg
I was going to post the same thing 🙂
Except… yeah, both of those women seem more successful…
Charlotte Gainsbourg has actual talent!!
She reminds me of Minnie Driver with her chipmunk cheeks.
“You can’t fake this friendship”
Someone’s getting cheeky at the Mail. Lol.
Nothing wrong with small tatas. or large ones. I’m sure he could handle either. Don’t give up the ship.
I don’t like the Fail but I did laugh a that headline. I don’t know if it’s in reference to their characters’ relationship in the movie or to the rumors about his engagement but I still lol’d.
More like SOPHIE MARCEAU
Real joke here or you didn’t see Sophie Marceau since a long time.
Yes, this also!
SH WISHES she looked like Sophie Marceau!
THIS. I think she tries for the “look” but it ends at the deep bangs.
Benedict’s “lover”, lol Kaiser <3
I see the Charlotte Gainsbourg thing, I see it.
Please explain.
Said this on the last thread, Guess it fits here:
Maybe it’s just me, but I find it strange that SH didn’t make the trip with him. Wouldn’t he want the support and companionship? They just got engaged and might want to spend more time together. Why are Karon and Adam there but not Sophie? i think the whole thing is bizarre. And if he wanted privacy, why even bother with the announcement? Why invite everyone into your private life that way? And if this is all a PR stunt, wouldn’t she be with him to try and sell the engagement as the real deal? I’m really just scratching my head at them. Does she not want to seen with him “in public?” Is that her deal or his?
Keep the rose-colored glasses, BC. You might need them.
Karon is there because it is a work trip and studios usually limit the number of people they will pay for as companions for PR work. Couples don’t need to be attached at the hip at all times, especially not in these times of Skype, text messaging, etc.
I don’t see the big deal she isn’t there. Seems like a quick, working trip.
Since when have these two ever appeared to be attached at the hip?
Lilac, exactly what I thought, it’s a work trip apparently just for the w/e so why would she go with him.
Yeah, it’s a long flight (10-12 hours each way) for a very short trip. Doesn’t strike me as odd that she didn’t come with him.
I agree. It wasn’t strange for her to skip this trip. But if she’s AWOL at the premier, we’ll all have a headache from all the side-eyeing.
Wasn’t he only meant to be there over the weekend?
Maybe she isn’t a “Jennifer Garner” type partner.
And Garner and Affleck didn’t do red carpets together until about two years ago.
I’m guessing she’ll go but dash in again
Not really sure that it matters if she attends or no and I really do not care. The announcement has been enough to insure he gets media attention on the visit
Welcome to the Daily Benedict Post – it’s full of romance, babies, bad fashion and where’s otter puzzles. The weeks agony aunt post is dedicated to fans addicted to CB, IMBD & Tumbler. One fan sought help after reading five threads over 700 posts on the loo. She wasn’t seen by her family all weekend. 😜
HA!
Excellent Penny, excellent:)
Love it @penny.
Would you like some more tea, ‘p’enny? And brownies?
There are brownies today! My absolute favorite.
Yes, two types. Cream cheese brownies with chocolate bits in them and dark chocolate with walnuts. There are also some marvelous pumpkin scones and some orange scones with currants. Colin has been really pushing the baking staff to outdo themselves.
Lilacflowers I am now beyond tea or alcohol and have got the old bubble pipe out and am scavenging the house for suitable prescription medication.Iam now scavenging Tumblr and twitter for anything that does not contain Benny’s op coming nuptial’s or any nuptials at this point.
To add to the repetition the Telegraph reported Tommy up coming role in the Nigh Manager with another snooze worth article on posh Brits in the UK and managed to drop Eton affectations and Tom in the same line,
Please can any of our boys attempt murder, insult their mother, steal a car, make an anti feminist statement or take part in a video orgy. Come on Fassy ,Ewan, McAvoy, Strong Bean you know Tom is genetically incapable of causing a raucous but you can do boys
“Tom is genetically incapable of causing a raucous”
Come on, bring me Tommy and I will give you a sex tape xD
Seriously, I need Hiddlesaction in my life. I miss him 🙁
@Camil when I have had my fix you are welcome to get that sex tape on the go but run it by she who collects husbands Lilacflowers
@icerose, Mark is bringing a selection of pain killers to you.
Today’s Boston Globe has a brief interview with Rodney Crowell’s ex-wife Roseanne Cash about her current reading habits. Roseanne reports that she currently heavily into all things Shakespeare.
During dinner last night before seeing Interstellar, my boyfriend excitedly informed me that his favorite LeCarre novel is being made into a TV mini-series but he didn’t know if they had cast anyone yet.
I assure you all that Tom most certainly CAN cause a ruckus, he DID play rugby, but he is currently relaxing with some tea and a book. All those Cumberb*tches, who previously treated him with disdain, suddenly screaming “we still have Tommy!” did frighten him, as we discussed, but he is feeling better now. For those missing him, he reminds us that he has FOUR films coming out next year, possibly five if he does Richard II in January and they finish production before the end of the year AND Night Manager too. He also will be making his triumphant return to Hall H at SDCC in some form or other.
*Lilacflowers*
You have positively made my day. I need some Hiddles to balm my Ben-der.
@Lilacflowers
Yeah, next year will be amazing, I just woke up a little melancholic, then I watched his snake hips and I felt much better :v
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr07/27/18/anigif_original-grid-image-21870-1385595008-10.gif
@camil, snake hips are always mood lifting. So is dancing with wild abandon and an open shirt, followed by a refreshing dip in the pool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez_EVkMsUaw
@icerose, I only have two husbands, Tom and Chris E and I share them with all my sister wives. Mark is my security guru and Colin is my butler. JLM belongs to AbbyJ, she just leaves him in my care.
According to this sighting, Tom went out to eat with friends over the weekend.
http://whatacatchmorgan.tumblr.com/post/102202323151/i-met-tom-hiddleston-last-night
“So I went out to dinner last night with my family to celebrate me and my sisters birthday and low and behold when we are eating our dessert Tom walks in with a group of people (Elizabeth Olsen included.) “
@Josa and the dear boy adds four fans to the two he already had
Luckily she had a break between the Clooney wedding and this. Had they occurred concurrently there would have been some severe vitamin d deficiency. 😉
Calcium tablets with Vitamin D are also on the sideboard below with the beverages.
Luckily I didn’t give a lick about the Clooneys and live in a sunshiny state. But the calcium is never a bad idea.
I only made it to 400 and gave up and scooted over to Tumblr for some Tom news as minimal as it is.
Sadly the ‘Muse of Fire’ vids had to be deleted.
I bought the Muse of Fire download on iTunes. I love how Tom is presented as “just one of our friends who gave us encouragement.”
@ Lilacflowers
I’ve seen them. He does have a way of explaining things, doesn’t he?
To promote spousal bonding, I’ve brought my huz into the silliness. We have more to talk about now…
*claps*
Perhaps she is working herself next week. Just because they got engaged doesn’t meant they have to be permanently joined at the hip.
Yeah, I don’t see anything strange about her absence at all. So just because she got engaged, her life has stopped and she is now a professional accessory for him? I wonder if people would be questioning this if the genders were reversed. Would a man be expected to accompany his fiancee at work around the world? I doubt it.
If I were in her position and had just announced my engagement I would be there front and center if not to show my love and support but to show my face. He couldn’t pry me off him.
What Moodgirl said. Maybe not attached at the hip but a weekend trip to LA for some lower-key events (honorary Oscars and a smaller awards ceremony he’s just presenting for) and yeah he’s doing some promo but it seems several of the actors attending these things have their SOs in tow. But maybe this is how they roll and she is only snapped at higher profile events and then bails on private ones.
@Etheldreda I agree. Even if she is not working, she doesn’t have to show up wherever Bendy is. I don’t know Benedict’s schedule but his trip probably consists of endless promotion stuff so why should she even come? I know i wouldn’t.
@maybeiamcrazy Yeah, even if she’s not working she might be sick, have family commitments, or simply not feel like taking a transatlantic flight to trail after her boyfriend when he’s at work. There are all sorts of reasons why she’s not there. Like I’ve said, I doubt people would be questioning this if the genders were reversed. There still seems to be an expectation that women should drop everything to fit in with their man’s lifestyle, but the reverse is not required.
NGL I’d still be going “Well, okaaaaaaaaaay” If she were the more famous one and the roles were reversed but I’m like that. I don’t think they need to be joined at the hip but it’s interesting how they’re never “together” for pics or events. and she was apparently at some party this weekend so at least she’s keeping herself busy on her party circuit and not pining in secrecy like tumblr stans seem to like to believe.
If adam can make a weekend trip, I’m not sure why she couldn’t.
@Nic: That’s kind of where I am. As people are so fond of pointing out her life “On paper,” it’s not like she’s setting the world on fire at the moment and can’t be away from London for a weekend, while Adam has Sunny March, his own projects, and a family to help care for… I’ll get bashed for it, I’m sure, but I do wonder, based on her “jet set” tendencies, if there just wasnt’ enough of a party vibe this weekend for her to come over. IRL, who knows, maybe she hates LA. Maybe she had plans with her mom. Maybe BC skimped on airfare.
Maybe she’s working for the first time since months just next week….
Still wouldn’t stop me. He could pay my bills that week.
Working on what?
Sainsburys got a new shipment of kalamari in, I heard…
(Yes, I’m being catty… I don’t enjoy her work and it has nothing to do with BC or their relationship, so I’m poking fun).
Cleaning all the dead seafood off the floor?
Cat away, MissMary. I’m fed up of reading how ‘accomplished’ she is.
Between the hat and the loose jeans, Dear God, where do I begin?
Shirt is too small too. Need more sambucca, punky?
Yes, please. (Readjusting dark glasses and sidestepping potato peels.)
Just stop thinking about the potato peels and they will *poof* themselves away.
I think they are going to show up together next week at the premiere in ny. They probably are waiting for the dust to settle with the engagement news. But, still doesn’t explain why benedict looks like a sour puss. He just been engaged, he should be glowing, not scowling.
That video…..eesh, is all I have to say about that.
ummm.dnt think so
@Lucifer, I’ll be honestly shocked if they don’t do the red carpet together next week.
Koodles, maybe he’s been looking like a sour puss because he had Botox and is now unable to express his utter joy with his face. 😀 (I’m kidding…)
@t.fanty
Alas I don’t think that is gong to happened.
The sheer number and length of comments on Cumby post since the engagement was announced is pretty telling considering Celebitchy commenters were suppose to be the antithesis of the Tumblr ladies.
Like jammypants said in another thread all the guy did was get engaged.
Oh well.
I think it’s because he hasn’t hidden someone before. He has no reason to tbh. No one in the real world cares.
@Felice
I think that’s the biggest reason most fans/people are like, “is this real or not?” That’s where I stand. This whole thing has been weird from the get-go, but hopefully, despite what pictures show and hopefully just off days, they’re both happy. If not, they need to get out before any real damage happens.
@Felice: Word. Yeah, he gets a lot of play in the gossip columns and in his fan sites but outside of that, he’s kind of an “actor’s actor.” A lot of other actors know who he is and laud him professionally, but nine times out of ten he could walk down a main drag in a big city and no one would go OH MY GOD IT’S YOU. At least that’s the impression I get. And I say that as a fan of his work. The whole hiding thing is such a new move for him in his public persona when it comes to the women he’s been with that it’s making a lot of folks go “huh?”
@MissMary and her more questionable films are vanishing off imdb. I thought he wouldn’t care about what work someone does if he really loves her. Also people saying that she is not directly riding him, well her family sure is. I really want this to work for his sake. I would be fine with her making an appearance once in a blue moon but I hate the blind tumblr praise and I hate his change in public persona.
her IMDB dint even hav a photo a few days ago. Now there is picture and “accomplishments” 😀
Wish I could knock up such a guy and bail out of my PhD and still write Dr. before my name
It seems that my remark mysteriously vanished. I’ll show myself out, then.
Escapism *can* be smart. Just not in this case.
Fanty, and there was me thinking you were invisible. My posts regularly disappear into the ether when I post on my phone, when I try again I get a stupid “looks like you’ve already said that” message.
Just noticed the last BC post has 800 comments, is that now the record?
my comments just appear all over the place
I often have this problem. I think that somewhare in the Universe there is a black (or worm) hole full of disappeared quotes from CB, and teaspoons.
@joe spider And Matthew McConaughey. (Saw Interstellar – plot point but not spoiler)
and socks
Eta – that was supposed to be a reply to JoeSpider?
“I think that somewhare in the Universe there is a black (or worm) hole full of disappeared quotes from CB, and teaspoons. ”
@ joespider : and socks. And whatever lipstick I have most recently purchased. Until I replace it, and then the original pops back into this universe, But then a few days later they both disappear together.
“I think that somewhare in the Universe there is a black (or worm) hole full of disappeared quotes from CB, and teaspoons. ”
I recently lost eye drops. Damn thing just won’t show itself.
@tfanty, I completely agree.
@Joe Spider just a shame it cannot take Sophie as well. Then we could start again with a new secret girlfrind
No, no. Don’t POOF on me. Only celebs go POOF.
I’ll give you a game of Benny the Espoused Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
ETA: Trying to reply to Fanty but this won’t go in the right place.
Odd. I haven’t been posting a lot lately, but have been trying to come by and read. Seems a lot of posts are missing or getting posted out of order. I wonder if it’s something wrong with the site, rather than heavy editing.
I would prefer to assume that’s what it is. All I said was that it seems a little mean-spirited towards this poor woman, considering that she is quite obviously not trying to ride his coat tails or generate publicity off the back of her engagement.
@T.Fanty
Regardless of whether she shows up on the red carpets with him or not, she’s still getting publicity, and her name mentioned. She could also be selfish, like so many have mentioned, none of us know either
Cumberbatch or Sophie personally, just what we’ve seen. She’s not camera shy, no one who’s camera shy is going to dance around in front of a camera with the Tatas out.
@ T. Fanty
I don’t think their forums are used to handles this many comments on one thread.
I am all cumberbatched out and need a Benny-free break.
Anne tommy- I was too and stayed away for a week. When I came back, he was engaged! Lol!
If I stay away for another week there’ll be a pregnancy…
One would hope to have a bit of quiet, but since it’s Oscar season…it’s gonna be a few intense months. 🙂
watch for the baby bump watch at their first appearence together. 😀
(for the record I may be in the vast minority who doesn’t think she’s pregnant.)
@ aly
Oh god, if she’s with child and the father-to-be turning up in places looking like the world just screwed him over and he’s ready to punch? Perhaps he’s just tired and stressed. But really. This is strictly an episode out of ‘Far away from Eden’.
@Grace ‘Far Away From Eden’ God…this brings back memories:)
Well, considering Ben is an anxious man, should Sophie be pregnant (and I don’t think she is), I imagine his stress/anxiety level would be sky high. Worse than what we’re seeing. I honestly think Weinstein pushing TIG so hard and therefore all the expectations that are now on the movie are stressing the hell out of Ben. Love is important and bla bla bla, but work is the love of Ben’s life.
does it make sense? Lol, it does in my head — and my mother tongue:)
@ aly
I just realised my comment sounded like I didn’t agree with what you said, which I did. And your reply too. I don’t believe she’s pregnant either. Sometimes life is dramatic; sometimes it simply isn’t. This is one of the moments it isn’t. What I do believe is he’s in a difficult situation, given his work load, award season and pressure, etc. and his tendency to take himself a tad too seriously even on a better day, which is not a bad thing because that could be what drives you to push that extra mile at what you do. But I do think this is just him making the best decision (he think it is) at the time, which, of course, it’s within his right to do so. All that being said, I hope it works out for him, you know? It doesn’t have to be this way, but this is what he’s chosen, I hope it works out.
What ‘Far away from eden’ you are remembering? A film?
She isn’t pregnant. I guarandamntee that’d have been announced by now.
uhu .. I think she is. and a december weddin. my god i v been saying this for so long!!
I think pg and December wedding too…something just isn’t right when what should make you the happiest you’ve ever been makes you utterly miserable. You know what they say, the first baby can come at any time, the second one always takes nine months.
@anne tommy
LOL!
@Anne tommy, just name whomever you would like and if he isn’t assigned for the evening (TH, Cillian, Chemboy, T.Hardy, are taken tonight), we’ll send him right over to you.
May I ask (in a quiet yet respectful tone) just who the heck is this Adam-person that you all speak of? I get that he and Cumby are old friends but beyond that I’m afraid I don’t know who he is (I’ll turn in my temporary fan credentials at the door on my way out, hanging head in shame as I do so).
A follow up question would be why he might make the trip to LA but the Delicate Noble Beauty did not? Is Adam somehow involved with TIG or another project? Perhaps he’s the designated Ugly Hat Handler or Penguin Pronunciation Coach?
Adam Ackland is one of Benedict’s best friends, and his business partner in SunnyMarch, a film production company. (Benedict is godfather to at least one of Adam’s children.) I believe they met on the set of Third Star, which Benedict starred in and Adam was working on the crew. So Adam would in fact have a good reason to be in L.A. and schmooze with the movie people but as other have said, so would Sophie.
@Dara: In addition to gg’s response (and also adding that I think he and Adam have been friends since before Third Star but started Sunny March soon after third star–not sure on that timeline, tbh), Adam is also BC’s frequent plus one on many jaunts. He was there for TIFF, LFF, and many other trips to LA and NYC and various film festivals, events like the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo…basically, THEY appear connected at the hip the way some best friends do.
Hey, Dara. Adam is not just an old friend. He’s like BC’s bestest friend on the face of the planet. And a business partner. He seems to be the lead in their production company SunnyMarch. So, maybe people think the trip is a good business opportunity for him. I don’t know.
Maybe BC is pissed because all of this transatlantic stuff during his crazy busy London schedule sucks. But I don’t know. I think maybe he should have seen if he could push things back when he found out Weinstein bought the rights. Or just said no to a couple of projects.
“He’s like BC’s bestest friend on the face of the planet”
seriously,? LOL. Girls may get a bit sentimental about stuff, but I can see Benedict, except really drunk, on his stag night going, “youre my bestest friend on the face of the planet.” ‘burp’
Very interesting Twitter convo between Simon Pegg and Amanda Abbington this morning. The engagement comes up. No congratulations were said, just “switching to text now.” I get the impression they both wanted to ask the other if they knew WTF was going on
https://twitter.com/CHIMPSINSOCKS/status/531795314181959680
You have to see the whole convo, those two regularly take the piss out of BC (in fun, but still…). Hilarious that Pegg said “Can’t believe he and Martin got engaged you must be furious”, LOL.
*sips tea that I strained and stirred with a spoon*
Well, just read the article he did just before he announced his engagement. Key phrase, “when I get the chance to be impulsive I grab it with both hands, which is why I do stupid things sometimes”. Ahem.
@Dara
LOL – pronunciation coach
@Moodgirl – aww shucks, thanks. That was my personal favorite, glad someone else liked it. @gg, MissMary and me – thanks for the info… now I cross my fingers and hope this posts in the right place…
Lilacflowers, I will wait until hiddles is available, I assume you are taking reservations? If a queue is forming for the slightly more mature gentlemen, make mine a double helping of Cusack…
@T. Fanty So true. If she accompanied him, people would be calling her famewhore and call their engagement as PR bullshit. The woman cannot get it right whatever she does. I guess we found our new Amal Alamuddin. I am actually surprised that Cumberbitches are being so Twihardy about this.
@maybeimcrazy: Not all of his fans are, tbh. And I don’t see any “twihardy” stuff here–I think the sudden, slavish devotion on tumblr is more cringeworthy than people being catty on here.
@Felice: I really think that if her family hadn’t popped up in the media right after the engagement like that, there’d be less eye rolling.
@Missmary and Nic I was talking in general not just in here. And please… if she showed up everywhere he went, people would be calling her a famewhore. Even right now some commenters are implying that it is helping her career. I don’t know sh-t about SP. The only thing i saw is her cringe-worthy video. Maybe it will help her career and it is more than fine.
@MaybeIamcrazy: SH’s CV *is* being polished up though and you can’t deny the effusive “omg she’s awesome” articles that are out about her-after years of nothing/scant mention/people going “Sophie who?” Even this past week, people thought the media meant Sophie Turner because they largely had no idea she was until now. So her career IS getting a boost and her name is getting more notice now. If she’d gotten engaged to Joe Blow the rubbish collector, no one would even notice the announcement and her CV wouldn’t be dragged out. She’d get zero notice outside of some niche art sites or the theatre scene and then it’d be “Oh, SH got married to a working man…” Not “OH SHE IS PERF” level stuff. I don’t think many of us are calling her a famewhore but we are acknowledging she’s certainly benefiting from her association, whether by design or coincidence.
@Missmary and Nic (I cannot directly answer to you guys which frustrates the fuck out of me) Of course SP’s career is getting a boost. She is BC’s fiancee so people are interested in her. Even if it wasn’t Sophie but plain old me, mags would make a big deal. I would not just work as an assistant but curate and review art in media’s eyes. That’s just the way it is and if Sophie is willing for this ‘transformation’ too, good for her. There is not much that can be said. As for CV polish, i don’t understand. Are reviews getting better or are bad projects getting axed? If second is the case, it is hilarious that the video stays.
Someone asked a question about her CV and how is it being polished. In addition to the points MissMary illuminated, let me add others:
1) some short films have disappeared from imdb. These have bdsm or more explicit overtones, although I don’t consider them to be shocking or lurid. Titles are Strangers and In the Meadow I believe. Still on YouTube and Vimeo. No, don’t check them out. It is a waste of time you will never recover. Life too short.
2) statement about Beckett Award misleading. She personally not a recipient of Beckett Award. She was part of a production that received award. Again, not a lie, just misleading. It is like saying BC won an Oscar for 12 Years a Slave when he was just part of the cast of a Best Film award. If it had said something like she was a leading force in the production of X play that went on to receive the Beckett, I would not have batted an eye.
@Miss Mary -of course she is especially on USA sights where they take what is written on her PR stuff at face value
@maybeiamcrazy
Umm, they wouldn’t. I don’t know why people are insisting that it’s bitchy or snarky just to enquire as to whether she’s going to be somewhere with him or not. Also, the association that anyone’s being unduly unpleasant annoys me too. I really haven’t seen anything like that on here. Some snark and ribbing bit mostly just confusion and discussion.
I really hate this hyperbolic ‘oh crazy fans hating’. That’s simply not the case here.
And what’s with the comparisons to George Clooney’s wife I keep seeing?!??
Now THATS crazy.
Be nice and don’t compare the two of them.
Amal>>>>>>>>>>>> Sophie.
@Freebunny: Word. It’s nothing to do with SH being engaged to BC and everything to do with accomplishments and drive imho.
@tfanty: I Agree with you. If she hd gone with him, people would be calling her famehungry.
No publicity? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??
Her resume is huge now. like if she has a bachelors degree she’s being shown as a PhD now a days.
@Lucifer
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Which is kinda par for the course. I remember back in the day when George Clooney was dating that Las Vegas “waitress” (the one after Lisa Snowdon with whom he did the whole Oscar Campaign for Syriana/Good Night and Good Luck, can’t remember the name, sorry.) she went from being a waitress to…basically a princess in disguise in a matter of days. I thought it was a pretty common thing in HW.
Man, why do I remember things like these and not things I actually need for my job? *sigh*
@aly: OH I’d forgotten Clooney’s “princess in disguise” waitress gf. It’s not uncommon in HW to polish up an actor’s SO on paper so it looks like an old school H’wood “love match” situation where they’re perfect together. And I nearly forgot Clooney being master of the awards season romance. Ah, good times…good times…
Seth McFarland also got some random young female to attend the Emmys with him. She said he bought her a gown, had her hair and makeup done. She looked 20 years old.
I also heard that Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford was originally a publicity set up as was Jack Nicholson and some of his women. It makes the man look better or raises the profile of the younger actress.
@moodgirl, I don’t know about Ford/Flockhart. James Marsden tells a hilarious yet cringe-inducing story about Ford perving on Flockhart before she was at all keen on the idea. (She asked Marsden to stay at a party so she wouldn’t be left alone with Ford. Then Ford intimidated Marsden into leaving. /Shudder.)
Exactly – see what I said upthread. Why should she go with him and suffer jet lag when she can stay at home and get so much publicity? She is the one getting the most PR out of this, no question. More than Benedict and MUCH more than the movie
if the amount of times that press releases have gone over her carrer I would say she is doing very well out of it.
The comments in support of this relationship are hard to read. It’s pretty clear that Ben is in a bad relationship. And him being stressed out from working and promoting TIG aren’t doing him any favors.
I really do hope he moves on from her and finds the one. I really do.
@HBIC
If there was a like button on this site, I would be liked you’re comment like 50+ times.
@missWolfe
Thank you! 🙂
Same here. If he had done what he did with his other girlfriends, I would be happy for him. The way this whole thing feels is like some kind of business arrangement and the lie isn’t sitting well with him.
Where is Geemoney when you need her?
@HBIC
“It’s pretty clear that Ben is in a bad relationship.”
How do you know that? o.o
Camil says:
@HBIC
“It’s pretty clear that Ben is in a bad relationship.
How do you know that? o.o ”
How do you not see that?
@ lola
I don’t see it because it’s too early to talk about a bad relationship, I mean, a week ago we didn’t know they were officially a couple, despite the rumors of the secret girlfriend.
@Camil
Oh I don’t know… I like to think when a man gets engaged, that not only does he look ecstatic about it, she’s usually on his arm with him at the next premiere he’s going to, smiling right next to him.
And somehow or another… these things aren’t happening. Hmmm….
To paraphrase a line from a certain play he’s doing….
“Something is rotten in the state of Cumberbatch…”
t.fanty says:
It seems that my remark mysteriously vanished. I’ll show myself out, then.
Escapism *can* be smart. Just not in this case.
It didn’t want to get by without a reason.
I tried replying to someone and it didn’t work. Maybe we broke cb?
In response to kiddo’s “It didn’t want to get by without a reason.”
Well played!
*bows in respect*
🙂
aye!
@allheavens, actually many of the posts on the latest BC threads have nothing whatsoever to do with BC.
@allheavens
What’s the number of posts got to do with anything? Of course people are going to discuss it a lot but that doesn’t mean you can lazily consign this site to the same arena as tumblr. It’s not the same at all.
Dang!! I was just about done thinking Sophie is a bit better than the “other” Oxford woman! Bad music video (just saw that, yikes..)and half nudity already in the bag!!! NO………Bendy!!!! 🙂
Her video is beyond stupid, but I kind of liked the song.
I’ll show myself out…
Hang on there MISSG, there is still another 600/700 comments to go. You ain’t going no where!
You can hang with me in the corner MissG – I don’t mind the song either. I wouldn’t go out and buy it, but it’s pleasantly sultry background music.
And, (IMO, obviously), 99% of music videos are stupid. I’m theoretically part of the MTV generation, but I never really understood the point.
IDK…SH isn’t exactly in the throes of a red hot career. I said it on the other thread bu some folks are seeing it as kind of “well, okaaaaaaaaaaaaay” she didn’t go to LA because it’s not like she’s neck deep in work and it’s a weekend trip. Adam Ackland apparently went, taking time off his work and away from his family, so some folks are wondering what Sophie has going on that is more time consuming than an actual job and family. Though apparently she was snapped at some party this weekend?
I’m not a fan of the Fail but I did snicker at that headline. He and Keira look like they’d be fun to go have drinks with.
I wasn’t suggesting they needed to be joined at the hip. I just found it odd that they didn’t make the trip together. Whatever. Maybe she’ll show up in NY.
She could at least be in the same frame and act like she doesn’t need rubber gloves to touch him.
No, I agree. And I think she’s going to be trotted out for the premiere, and if he gets an Oscar nom. If he doesn’t need her for a public event, no SH. But as has been established, lol, I’m pretty cynical, and the fact whenever there’s pics of her in relation to him, it’s at a major event then she’s not there for associated private ones… well, I draw my own cynical conclusions lol. Are they right? Who knows. But it keeps me out of the pool halls.
No she won’t . gut feeling
@Lucifer: If I’m feeling conspiracy-ish instead of just catty, I’d say she won’t be trotted out unless he DOES go to the Oscars as a nominee because this whole thing still feels PR-infused to me, whether they go through with a wedding or not. I think she’s a willing accessory and will do her thing while he does his.
@Moodgirl @MissMary. I guess I just don’t understand their deal. And I’d feel the same if she was famous and he wasn’t. I worked a ton this week but I would’ve gotten on that plane with him. But that’s how I roll. 😀
@Renee: Word. I feel the same, but then again, I’m not SH or BC…
@Renee and Missmary I totally understand SP. I would not want to wait around for my fiance while he was working at full capacity, let alone taking twelve-hour flight to do that. I guess SP is my kind of gal :).
She is probably greeting together a home performance of Hamlet so Benny does not have to read it to work out what his physical interpretation will be.
Having just see Maxine Peake playing him as a high spirited young boy I cannot wait to see Benny coming on stage with his walking frame and play the noble but much abused Prince waiting in the wings. He can use Charlie for his research.
@renee
If I loved him I would follow anywhere, especially if the circumstances are that important to him. I think the awards are important to him so I would go – even if it were for one hour.
This is why my bf says he really loves me. Loyalty.
Oh Icerose. That’s prob what she’s doing. One woman interpretative dance playing all characters in Hamlet. Maybe the octopus as Polonius and some little baby squids as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
I got it!!!!!! She needed to make an appointment with Amal’s stylist and they didn’t have time to make her over. Wanna bet? She will come out fighting cleaner than a new Buick straight out the car wash.
@Sigh well she definitely channelled suicide by shell fish Ophelia and I assume the octopussy appearances represents Benny’s physical transformation from damp squid to Mad hatter Hamlet.
Having said that he is looking for an age appropriate Ophelia to play opposite his aging Hamlet
@icerose, how was the Maxine Peake version? I know you had been looking forward to seeing it.
@Lilacflowers We both felt it did not come up to our expectations but it was still good.S he played him as a younger man and looked really good. She was very much the sparky rebel full of passion and her the text was put over very well. The production just felt a bit flat in places and need more pacing. Polonius was also played by a women and she was great.
The Donmar’s all women Henry IV was just brilliant. We were led through the back entrance corridors into the prison and it added to the anticipation. It was funny, energetic, innovative ,quirky and passionate and I fell in love with Hall, Falstaff and Hotspur was really good as well. By setting iy in the prison they were able to explain away some of the female/male scenes . But at one point they started a very sexist scene and Hal stopped them saying -hey I thought we agreed to cut this scene-and it got a huge laugh. And coming out of character just seemed to work .So very avant garde but with the same street feel you get at the Globe
BC couldn’t bring SH out yet-not enough time to send her spruced up CV to major magazine outlets and convince the world she is his Amal (I am sorry, the Time writer comparing Sophie to Amal still leaves bad taste in my mouth). Also, they had to go in and remove other NSFW short films from her imdb. That wouldn’t do with her new image, as manufactured by someone’s PR (either Weinstein or BC). But sarcasm and cynicism aside, why fly out for weeken trip? If she isn’t by side at premieres, horse ( or octopus) of different color.
My take: sort of agree with Kaiser that she is Charlotte Gainsborg-esque. She has creative tendencies and has more avant grade approach to try and express them. I am not convinced of talent but hey, she tried.
Do think relationship not manufactured and hope there is genuine true love here because any other options are truly depressing scenarios. But lots of side-eye. Spontaneous announcement in paper and widespread circulation of her CV to news outlets, but you don’t want to talk about your engagement to Variety because it is private. Because not for one minute do I think the articles on Sophie are not being vetted by someone’s PR. Shame really. There was a time BC was noted for his talent only. Can we return to that unicorn inhabited land?
@CoCo: I miss Unicorn Island, lol, and the vast fields of talented BC, and articles where he didn’t try to come off as sexually aggressive or fan shamey.
So much yes, CoCo. Sophie’s not a loser, but it’s a total insult to someone as driven, hardworking and successful as Amal is. And in a field where the funk cannot be faked!
Amal’s definitely spoiled it for all of the Hollywood WAG’s to come. But I remember when Matt Damon married Luciano Barroso. And people mostly didn’t shade her for just being a single mom bartender. But I think that’s partially because MD never went on ad nauseam about needing such a special wife. And the fact that he felt love at first sight with such an everyday girl tugged at everyone’s heart strings. Especially when he just embraced her daughter with no questions asked.
Stuff will definitely die down. But I don’t think they’re going to pass the skepticism test until they pass the 5 year mark.
I believe the whole thing is manufactured if you add in all factors.
Almost spit out my martini laughing. Look, he could marry a truck driver for all that it matters but please, don’t feel the need to pretend she is a succesful, accomplished whatever. In fact a truck driver would probably impress me, it looks like a damn tough job!
His Amal? Not in this universe or any other. I could only shake my head seeing Hello Canada’s attempt to polish her resume: ‘attended courses at”…. British university name follows, then “more courses in France” I think it was. Which essentially means no degree or diploma, she just took classes in one country, then got bored and went to Paris for a bit and took some more classes to round up her Grand Tour. Then she did something involving a pillow and an octopus? And puppetry, since you know, serious old school theatre is just so passé! (Not sure what, some of you in the know ladies posted links I did not check, but it did not scream BBC production to me). She also released one disc, whose only recommendation was that it was produced by someone who worked with a music star (Robbie Williams?) I am sorry, but for a 36 year old…. Colour me not impressed. I will tell you what I am jealous of, though. I follow a David Tennant news blog and ten years ago she did a short ten minute film with him, and got to kiss him at the end. That hurt! NOT my Doctor! Hands off, Soph! The only good things I see are that she is his age, and they have known each other a long time. In her pics she looks stuffy, boring and top lofty but heck, maybe IRL she is a barrel of laughs who buys his hats, pours his Scotch with a seductive smile and likes extreme sports in the Arctic.
No idea whether this is a true love match or what but it looks weird from the outside. No PDA whatever, he has more chemistry with a soup spoon, that brief announcement her mom spoiled months ago… I wish him very well, love his acting but he lost my respect recently with that completely unnecessarily detailed fan fic interview on Sherlock’s imaginary sex life. For someone claiming to be uncomfortable with the extreme segment of his fandom that requires bodyguards, why do that? And his “I am drunk, I need to go to the bathroom” acceptance speech? Yikes. He gets a lot of leeway because of who he is. Imagine that two penny limp noodle Justin Bieber making that comment – the reaction would have been very different.
Rant over. Time to move on. Whoever has Tommy, when you are done with him, please pass him over:-) I need cheering up, he needs toning down, we’ll be just perfect together!
Hey Coco, what are the NSFW films that have been removed from her IMDB? Are the videos up on yt or somewhere else? Please post links!
Oh deary me. My cheeks ache from laughing. Goshdarnit, that video is my favourite thing EVER! It’s going into my (extensive) collection of awful things masquerading as creativity produced by people who have never needed to work for a living. I hope she does some poetry next. That would be a thing of beauty, I am sure. Excuse me while I go to watch it again. And again. And…
Lol
Good morning to you, sixer
It’s deep into ‘so bad it’s good’ territory, isn’t it?
If I had to say one positive thing, I’ll say that that bloke flailing his arms about has a nice upper body.
Other than that…not much.
I think My favorite part was the naked guy in the corner covered in dirt. Once he unravelled his arms he had swaths of chest and back that were dirt less. Guess they didn’t have enough $$ for extra dirt.
Oddly I found myself unable to look away. Yet at the same time felt like I shouldn’t be looking at it…
It’s like a bad attempt at copying David Lynch.
Is that a dead dinosaur head?
I don’t even know why but the video feels so Die Antwoord-y. Maybe she tried to capture her BDSM inclination (if she has it). Either way i won’t be viewing that again.
@Etheldreda – precisely. I love so bad it’s good. Particularly when I get to mock any pretentiousness from silly spoiled people (I know, I know, way to let your own prejudices show, Sixer). I’m going to watch that at least a dozen times before I’m bored.
Is that a naked Gaga?
Also, it’s obviously a homage to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU
I wish someone would write a song and make a video about “the curl”.
I get such a budget Gaga vibe lol
@kiddo, she wishes that was a naked Gaga.
Clearly, her parents never taught her to think of the starving children wherever children are starving at the moment and that food should not be wasted.
There are mimosas and bloody marys, coffee, tea (herbal and English Breakfast), and hot chocolate for everyone on the sideboard. Please help yourself. Doing an inventory, does anyone still have Cillian? There was quite a demand for him. If you are finished with the boy or boys you have, just stop thinking of them and they’ll *poof* away and reappear here. No need to make travel arrangements for them.
I can’t give Cillian up yet. I’ll need a week. Anyone can borrow him in short, 3-minute bursts while I rewatch the BRILLIANT video over and over for snigger purposes, however.
Good not to let Cillian watch the video. We don’t want any of them to get the idea that throwing dead things on the floor is creative.
Lilacflowers I really need Tommy for the day if I am going to recover and give up the prescription drugs, I promise to make sure he does not over use the bubble pipe and agreed to him wearing the Fedora as long as he comes in one of his raggedy tshirts and leather trousers
@icerose, he is really immersed in his book but I’ll send him round for supper. He’s wearing the leather trousers that he apparently “permanently borrowed” from the OLLA costume room and a stretched collar blue t-shirt and the quilty jacket. Not sure where the fedora is as the moment.
Sweet. Normally he is not even remotely my type, but am fancying a bit of Hemsworth today. It should be extremely short term. Poof.
Good! Hemsworth was feeling a bit left out and was badgering Tom to explain how it came to be that he got pummeled into helplessness by Kursed while Loki managed to kill four dark elves AND Kursed when it is Thor’s movie? Tom just wants to recite sonnets to me and practice his lute so it will be nice if Hemsworth gets out for a bit. Have fun with him!
What?! No analgesics? (Don’t go there. I mean it.) Anything on the sideboard for excessive starch intake? Pepto? Mylanta? Anything that will help this Spud Walk of Shame?
Not ashamed. Am embracing my inner spud. Benny has momentarily put me off posh Brit boys. It will pass…
I wonder if marriage to Benny includes buffing his posh Zygoma
@Punky, didn’t Colin get that Mylanta to you? It is on its way. Or would you prefer Tums?
@Icerose, well, Tom didn’t want to go anywhere near those zygoma so good luck to Sophie.
@sigh((s))) I’ve clutched my inner spud so tightly the pearls are clotted with mashed potato(e)s.
@Lilacflowers – The Mylanta has arrived via a very concerned, attentive and ever so soothing Colin. Many thanks, my dear.
I just started watching reruns of The Middle.. and I saw a tweet that hit me..
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes looks like a grown up version of Axl Heck (Charlie McDermott).
If they ever do a flashback of Holmes as a younger man then he is the best to play the part.
*********************
I could be late and others have already seen the resemblance.
**** I never really watched the Sherlock show but I caught a rerun of the pilot movie and really liked it. So I’ll check out some of the episodes.. but I won’t be a CBit#h..
He also taped a part in Actors on Actors. The DailyMail has a post on it.. He did his part with Ed Norton
Any one who reads Sherlock knows that he did not have a childhood. This is what happens when actors refuse to read the text and decide to use him to explore their own Freudian issues.
Your comment doesn’t make sense to me
I just said that this young man looks like Benedict in Sherlock Holmes. And if they did a flashback he could easily play the part. Everyone has a “childhood”.. because they were children at some point in their lives. Good or Bad.
I think she means that ACD didn’t reference childhood issues with Sherlock. At least not that I can remember. I haven’t read the entire canon though.
Thanks..
but since the series is placed in a more modern day context anything is possible.
Sigh Thank you for your translation. Sherlock may be set in a modern setting but it does not necessarily mean they have to rewrite it so much that the overall tone of it’s origins id diminished.
I kinda like the song – she has a better singing voice than BC. Video was a bit strange thou.
Good luck to them thou i get vibes of ‘The Goop’ from her.
I don’t think it’s too weird not to accompany your fiance on a quick business trip. You are going to spend the rest of your lives together anyway. And a lot of stable couples have independent lives. The only weird thing about it to me is that it feels like something more natural for a long term couple to do than a whirlwind romance.
Maybe this is truly bashert. I just wished it looked like it. The NYT Vows section today features two whirlwind couples. One in their 60’s who got engaged after 5 months. The other in their 30s who got engaged after 10 days. Apparently they are products of similar unions which have lasted.
I think Sophie wants people to think of her as a fully British Charlotte Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin type. In my eyes, she comes off more as a wannabe. But in an effort to be fair, most of the stuff you can find about her is on the older side. And I don’t think she wrote the song or came up with the video concept. (I still judge her participating in that Rosemary’s love child of NIN and REM sh!tshow tho….)
Non SH-related, more Karon-related: Is it my imagination or does Karon look like Paul McCartney (or at least his twin sister) in the first photo?
@bcfan Yes! A blond Paul McCartney!
Agreed and a little Angela Lansbury.
Meh, if she did show up with him people would be saying that it’s proof of a PR stunt.
That being said, why is he wearing a poppy? I get what poppies represent and about Remembrance Day and all, but it seems random that he’d be wearing one when he’s out and about (unless he has family/ friends in the military or something).
I think that’s a very common thing for British people in the public eye. Or at least that’s what wikipedia tells me lol!
It’s very common for everyone in th UK to wear a poppy especially this weekend. Be a bit careful what you mock here. Google Flanders Fields & learn something.
I think many veterans organizations still sell them here in the US but fewer people wear them now. I remember my dad always making sure I wore one on Veteran’s Day (but he was English.)
We all wear remembrance poppies around this time of the year.
why I wonder is he wearing a poppy -no doubt it is for all the men in the war who were not saved by Turing.
……really Icerose?
And anyway Turing was in the *SECOND* World War. Second. While it has become a day to remember all those who have been lost in wars since, this is primarily to remember those lost in the Great War (as featured in War Horse)
Nope Cirien, Remembrance Day is about honouring soldiers who died in any war. After WW2, in Britain and Australia (not sure about the other Commonwealth countries) they specifically changed the name from Armistice Day (the end of World War 1) to Remembrance Day in order to recognise soldiers who’d died in WW2.
we even had the ritual one minutes silence as I was shopping for shell fish and squid at the supermarket. It has bee one of those days when food, fandom,celebitch and Benny has come together,
I didn’t understand the significance until I read this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/remembrance-a-sea-of-poppies-a-river-of-people-an-irresistible-urge-to-remember-9847767.html
in the uk and canada (not sure about rest of commonwealth) we wear poppies everywhere at this time of year.
@blended not where I live. It is usually on remembrance day.
In the UK at least, you cannot turn up in public anywhere as a well-known person and NOT be wearing a poppy on Remembrance Day. It would be an utter heresy. Even anti-war politicians and activists wear a white poppy. I wear a white poppy and even that annoys some people. If people in the public eye don’t wear one, they attract a lot of negative comment and have a hard job explaining themselves. Eg: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/oct/10/whyiwontbewearingapoppy.
I have become very pretentious on remembrance day and I wear my dads mess medals because poppies are just so common.
Ha. Funny you should say that: Mr Sixer gets his medals out every year. But you know, with Help for Heroes having got so big and taking most of the veteran charity donations, Remembrance Day really is the big fundraiser for the British Legion, who do fabulous work up and down the country.
We take the poppy very seriously in Canada too. WW1 took a bigger toll in Europe and the Dominions/Commonwealth, whatever you call it…
He seems like enough person and a good actor but I don’t get why any woman finds him “hot” or swoon worthy, but that’s just me.
I still say Sophie reminds me of Kristy McNichol.
And any Cumberbatch fan can recognize his publicist at this point. I still have nightmares about her disgustingly inappropriate “t*tty” dress from last year’s Oscars. *shudder*
I stand by my comment. Anyone who is the publicist of the “talent” should be a little more professional IMO, which includes professional attire. Showing that much skin is not appropriate for her position, regardless of age or sex. The publicist probably shouldn’t garner more attention than the person they work for, but maybe that’s just my opinion, again.
Speaking of nightmares – can you imagine sitting beside Karon on a flight, falling asleep, then waking up to that face.
I read a Oscar comment from someone who was doing an on going commentary that said she was very pushy
Thank you! I can’t believe every time I see her standing behind him she’s photobombing hiim with her boobs. Can she not stand six feet away and dress appropriately? She desperately needs a stylist.
I think it’s interesting that she seems as attached to BC as Luke is to Lord Dragonfly, but people don’t seem to call it out nearly as much in Benedict’s case.
Her music sounds like Tori Amos.
HA, wait til kaiser sees a highlight reel of her “acting”. she’s terrible. her singing voice isn’t even that bad.
I thought the short film “Traffic Warden” she was in with David Tennant was cute.
Mind you, I was mostly watching David Tennant…
She had no dialogue and she still wasn’t convincing.
That actually made me LOL, Nic.
Was she just a background character if she had no dialogue?
Her performance in Torchwood is painful and boring
who did she play in Torchwood
She was in Torchwood:Children of Earth. Episode 4, right in the beginning. She was so dead next to Barrowman. I mean you’re sharing a scene with John Barrowman!
Video – cheap Suzanne Vega rip off.
I crown Amal Queen of Actors wives and Girlfriends she’s an example of how we’d like to see them behave.
However we don’t know how Sophie will be in regards to fans and media. She seems quite quiet which is completely different to how some are (side eye at Hiddles FanWB thing)
Sophie can sing really well but I was disappointed that the song didn’t pick up. Oh and really wish she’d smile more as she has a lovely smile. 🙂
I don’t think anyone should be looking to emulate another person’s behaviour. They are completely different people and situations.
I also don’t get ‘quiet’ or shy from SH. Haughty and a touch of superiority maybe, but not the shrinking violet some people insist on painting her as.
I don’t think SH is in the least shy. Anyone who does that octopus video and writhes on the floor with a fake pregnant belly is not shy. Anyone who poses for pap cameras and does a slow walk up a red carpet is not shy. Shy would be covering her face instead of seeking out cameras at parties, or going in the side entrance at events…
I just saw this again on my feed, and wanted to do a face palm as I saw it, people are saying ” Finally a video reaction!” What the heck kind’ve reaction was that? A mumble and a half assed smile? Again, I can just feel the happiness through my screen.
http://cumberbuddy.tumblr.com/post/102184937684/cumberbum-us-govenors-award-arrivals
Along with that, this as well.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-11-09/benedict-cumberbatch-reveals-he-draws-to-escape-fame/
What do you guys think?
@MissWolfe (in case this shows up elsewhere than under your comment, this is re video comments): I reiterate what’s been said earlier… What else is he gonna do? (Basically I am agreeing with your reaction). It’s not like he could go “SHUT UP NO I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO LA LA LA LA LA LA LA” so a “thanks” and smile are about it. It’s a PR friendly/public friendly reaction. Like I’ve said before, maybe it’s how he rolls but a.) it’s so at odds with his behavior in the past in LTRs and b.) I keep thinking of pretty much *every other actor or public person I’ve ever seen* who’s gotten engaged and made it public–even on the red carpet, it’s grins, smiles when congratulated, etc. BUT…who knows.
@MissMary: The comments are indeed getting a lil funky xD Goodness.
That’s very true, I guess the other people commenting on how happy he’s been looking these past few days agitates me beyond belief. I just have a hard time understanding how people aren’t seeing what we are. I just wonder how this all is going to turn out, I think more people though, are catching onto it being off.
I think the Big Issue let something out that he was going to cut down on work load, but like “when?” cause I thought he was basically booked for the entire year. There was a wee picture of the statement, but it’s too blurry to read. pic.twitter.com/5DqAYqhGzv
@MissWolfe: IDK when he’s going to cut back as he’s pretty firmly committed to two Sherlock filmings, Hamlet, and at least one film, all in the next 12 months, not counting promotions for anything else he’s in, other projects like commercials and voice work and appearances… And I’m kind of annoyed about the “OMG he’s so happy” comments–let’s be real. If the news of the engagement hadn’t come out, we’d still be talking about how sour and grumpy he looks and there’d be no “but look how happy he is!” comments coming through. Or at least a lot fewer. Frankly, he still looks like someone pissed in his Cheerios and he has for a few months now.
@MissMarry
Exactly! I am as well, that’s why I’ve had to stay off of IG, because I believe I said in another post, it’s become “ass-kissing 101”. People have been saying “Oh look! He’s just beaming!” Beaming? Really? Makes me wanna slap people around with newspapers. I’ve been a fan of Ben since..maybe only 2012(I love his short films, like Third Star), and I noticed right away how grouchy or touchy he looks. Like I said, I’m just interested in how this pans out. Wonder what all those “OMG he’s so happy” fans will be saying if they break it off(which I have a feeling they probably will, but that’s just me).
Miss Marry, even Keira smiled more broadly when BC was congratulated in that vid. Weird. He’s pretty defensive. Maybe it’s to “protect the ones he loves.” In that case everybody better watch it when he has kids. Just pretend they don’t even exist if you want to draw another breath.
Miss Wolfe:
I don’t think his stress relievers are working anymore 🙁 He’s in love and loves acting. But I think he HATES fame. It makes me afraid that he’ll either just choose to do London theater after 2016 and a lot of us won’t get to see him much anymore. Or he’ll just be angry all the time, which would suck.
I could totally see him settling down in the country with Sophie and children. Near his parents and friends like Adam. Just doing a show or two in the West End every year or so. I can totally see him painting a big canvas in the sunroom with some babies at his feet. (Just can’t see what Sophie would be doing, but I don’t think the public will ever get a better idea of who she is.)
@Me
I posted this same thing to you on the other post, but if he’s in love, he has a terrible way of showing it. Like, god awful. I show more love to the food I eat than he has to SH. But I just don’t know, something just seems incredibly off to me.
But if he hates fame soooo much then why he is announcing an engagement in a national newspaper 2 weeks before his oscar bait movie opens?
Haha. Word, Miss Wolfe. I love my food too. Yah. He’s different, but I don’t know if it’s because he is feeling forced into this. Or he feels resentful of having to share such a private, happy time with millions of strangers. He always said he couldn’t wait for it to happen. But now it’s here and ?????????
sigh((s)), regarding the newspaper announcement: It’s all a puzzle, isn’t it? Maybe it’s TIG PR. Maybe it’s proactive damage control for something we don’t know yet. Maybe he just wants to feel more control over his personal life period and beating the media to the punch this way felt satisfying?
I’ve said it before, but if I was with a man who was more concerned with effing with the media and fans than having a normal romance with me, I’d throw up some deuces – quickly. Well, ok. If it was BC, it might take me 60 seconds, but still.
@sighs((s))
Exactly! I remember waking up that day and seeing it all and thinking, “Wait what? Now?” Like if you hate fame so much why on earth did announce it in such way?
@Me
Haha, food is glorious. He is different, very, I mean if he didn’t want to share it, he didn’t have to. At all for that matter, though I still think it’s crazy enough that he gets engaged after 5 months. Pffftt. For him to be acting the way he has been is just strange.
It all changed after SDCC, didnt it? He seemed so happy and goofy then (and who knows, maybe it was early days with Sophie and he was in the early stages of love) then he disappeared for a good chunk of August. At TIFF he seemed a *little* off but it has just been getting worse and worse. Canned, boring interviews. Fake-looking smiles, if not looking downright pissed-off.
@gg:
I asked that question up thread:
If BC got together with Sophie in May or about and was acting out in August their little crap didn’t last 90 days. Whatever was going on she could not help him calm down.
Yet someone stated that he put out the “he was taken” statement during TIFF. Although we don’t know why he was distracted why would anyone continue on with a relationship and then announce an engagement 60 days later with someone that he looked like he could kill.
i just cannot buy that he is in love at all. i mentioned in the other thread that he looks like he did when he was going through the break up with olivia. moody, always looking down, half-smiles, barely acknowledging her in public.
he decided on a pragmatic partnership, for whatever reason, and now he has to live with it. it’s not uncommon for celebs to do this. i just never thought he would be into that life.
@blended
That’s how I am as well, that’s why I get so agitated with others claiming about how happy he is, and that he’s so in love. Cause I don’t see it at all. I also agree with you when you say he’s acting he same as he was with the breakup with Olivia.
Agreed, once more. I’m also slightly disappointed in it all. Didn’t think him to be like this at all.
@blended
I think many people do this for fear of ending up alone.
sure i get that many people ‘settle’ for the best option at a time when desperation sets in (although i’ll never understand why he’s even that desperate to begin with). but why now? why in the middle of an exhausting time would he want to complicate matters even more? i would understand if she was a girlfriend who gradually turned into a fiancee when things settled down a bit. it’s definitely a calculated move.
@blended: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I’d forgotten the break up face he had with OP. T hat’s a lot what his dour expressions lately and snappish interviews have resembled! If he *has* gone the pragmatic route, I hope he gets out of it before they’re both miserable for the long term because IDC what someone promises you, if one partner is unhappy they both will be.
@blended
So maybe her strange behavior on the red carpet at the LFF was also a calculated move and not her being a pretentious jerk. She didn’t stay for the after party because her job there was done.
Here’s the thing – if you know him at all and how he acts in public when he’s excited about something half as important as getting engaged, THIS IS NOT NORMAL. Where’s the joy? Where’s the excitement? Where is any photo of them in the same place touching each other or looking at least remotely familiar with each other? It stinks to high heaven and I don’t think it’s a PR stunt, I think it’s a mistake, and weird, and manipulative. Pity, because if there’s anyone who deserves being goofy in love, it’s him. I don’t see ANY of that.
I didn’t think this was a weekend trip, I thought he was going to be here till the NY premiere on the 14th? Maybe she’ll show up then. Maybe she’s getting her teeth fixed first…
Miss Mary, your comment about the calamari upthread made me snort my wine…..
If Sophie shows up for the NY premiere (and I think that’ll be a big if) she still won’t walk the red carpet. She didn’t at the LFF (and supposedly they were madly in love then) so I doubt she’ll be bothered to be seen by her fiancé’s ‘odious’ fans.
Lets keep in mind that while Sophie’s 2004 “odious” comment is still being batted around, I think BCs people know that if she doesn’t show up and walk the red carpet in NY, they will continue to lose credibility as a legit couple, deeply in love.
Does the Fail and other tabs typically pick up the snark on sites like this and start running articles at some point? I could see how BCs people may not care what’s being batted around here, but if it started going mainstream with the tabs, they would. Just curious.
I think that judging by the tenor of some of the responses I’ve seen around here, her comment isn’t entirely off the mark.
I don’t care what anybody says about “oh, the rumors are just limited to a tiny, crazy corner of his Internet fandom.” The UK tabloids were absolutely getting some of the SGF rumors from the EB blog. They look at stuff like that. Whispers that start out online can get bigger and bigger over time.
T.Fanty
*Bowing respectfully to the Queen of the Clique*
I don’t consider any couple being seen together at public events as odious, unless they act in a way that is repulsive. If she had joined him on the red carpet at LFF and they’d been all smiles and lovin’ each other up, I would have been happy for them. I think others here would have felt the same way, since that’s normal behavior for a dating couple. The longer they go acting weirdly, the more they have to do to convince the skeptics that it’s some grand romance they’ve got.
I’m hoping that the proof comes soon so we can get ready for Hiddles to re-enter the CB scene… I can’t handle posts on both daily, lest my huz divorce me for negligence…
@Mountain Runner;
Honestly, I think that it’s precisely the responses I’ve seen here over the past few days that have demanded the secrecy. Personally, I think the video is awful, but Cumberbatch loves his pretentious art, and quite frankly, if I knew that I would take such a public beating for being seen with someone, I wouldn’t want to do it, either. I also think that Cumby’s probably also kept her hidden, because he’s happy to ride the “unexpected sex symbol” train as long as he can.
I just think that for someone who isn’t making public appearances (we aren’t talking Lady Hemsworth here), she’s getting an awful lot of frankly odious criticism that is, at best, unwarranted, and at worst, downright bullying. They don’t have to convince anyone, because they aren’t trying to sell it, à la Clooney. It’s one thing to have a little fun with a public figure, it’s another thing to take a woman apart over a man.
*T.Fanty*
Not sure I agree with paragraph #1, except the last sentence as he does seem to be enjoying his *currency*. I am with you on the second one as I’ve noted that as well. There are those that don’t seem to like SH, so there’s probably no redeeming for her in their eyes.
I haven’t been following the Clooney threads, but assumed Amal got a approval because she was accomplished and had an identity apart from George. She’s beautiful, successful, smart and they look positively beaming. I’m the sucker that shouts hurrah and wishes them well.
I’ve maintained that I don’t care about SH’s family money, what kind of “art” she does or whether she’s a good actress or not. I think she’s pretty and defended her lack of smiling as my bff isn’t overly expressive either. I just think they’ve been weird since LFF and wish we could see him happy with her. Others have said the same thing the past few days and those are the ones I’m referring to in my prior comment.
The ones you’re referring to may not be convinced no matter how they appear publicly. I’m predisposed to give her my stamp of approval ’cause I like the idea of Cumby the Married Man, but I’m a romantic that way. 🙂
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Oh, that video is just AWFUL. Wow.
I wouldn’t deal with a 12-hour flight for my fiance’s short work trip either, though.
ok, I’m stuck at home cuz of illness, so…
I THINK THEY ARE A GREAT MATCH
There, I said it 😀
Yeah, they have handled the publicity aspect of this really horribly, but maybe neither of them have the PR knack, or maybe they were just so into each other that they were afraid to jinx it by letting anybody into their business. I think that is kind of sweet, actually. Stupid, but sweet.
Anyway, only time will tell who is right here, as there are a lot of competing theories, but one thing is certain, and that is that they will look great together on the red carpet. They kind of look similar, but not in a creepy, could be brother and sister way. They look sort of coordinated. However, neither of them has any sense of style, so I hope Harvey Weinstein gets them a good stylist.
I don’t get the ‘they look similar’ thing. And I can’t say I think they’ll look good together. That’s not a certainty, it’s just an opinion. A couple that looks good together have connection and chemistry and it goes far beyond looking coordinated IMO.
I don’t care about what she chooses to wear but as far as he’s concerned, I think he always looks pretty good but the idea of Weinstein completely controlling his life, hiring him a stylist too and turning him into a Hollywood drone. Ugh.
I think it’s very naive to assume that he doesn’t know anything about PR at this point. A rather simplistic theory to assume that they were swept up in emotion and didn’t consider how odd and inconsistent everything seemed. Idealistic but I wouldn’t buy that for a second I’m afraid.
Well, the reality is that if you are in a Weinstein pic and he has decided that the movie is going to get nominated, then yes, you are basically owned by Weinstein for the duration. So I have heard, anyway. Weinstein is kind of a monster, but very, very good at his job.
I think that if you believe you are forming a deep love attachment, then any kind of rules, or being sensible, pretty much go out of the window.
They look similar because they are both tall and lanky, have high cheekbones, and long pointy chins. It can be awkward looking if one partner is really short and the other really tall, or one is really skinny and one really plump, etc… Just my opinion.
But, I do agree with you about connection and chemistry being the most important thing.
Actually, I didn’t realize it at first, but I think that they do look blood related. (Even though we know they’re not.). Funny thing is, I think people who aren’t really his fans noticed this first. Is this normal for their culture? To want to procreate with someone who looks so similar to you?
Another question: Are people (in general) questioning the legitimacy of this engagement? I’m a fan, but I only really come here or to EB to get my Cumby fix. Is it really a question or just click baity articles to attract Cumberdoubters?
I have noticed this before in couples. Not all, obviously, but it’s definitely a thing. I also have an impression that those couples are, on average, more compatible, but of course, you never really know what goes on in a marriage.
Anyway, it’s one of the reasons why I think the relationship is legit, even if the weird PR around it may have something to do with Weinstein pushing for TIG to win an Oscar. For example, now that people here have pointed it out, it is very odd how Sophie Hunter’s bio is suddenly being polished up and spun. It’s some detailed work, which I think is beyond a little PR firm. I think some big machinery is behind this.
A friend at work who doesn’t even know who BC is, looked him up when a couple of us were talking about the engagement . The first thing she said was “Wow – they look exactly alike.”
How can this couple (that hasn’t got a picture together) look good on the red carpet? Where do you people get your ideas? BC either ignores her in the pictures, there is a mile space between them or he behaves like she is contagieus. I mean seriously? Are people that blind. Just because they estetically look good (well SH is not working for me in that department) for a loving couple that is not enough.
If this is not set up, I hope he has people in his life who would wake him up and protect him.
Lola… Well said
Desperately hoping Adam take’s him aside and bitch slaps him back to reality!
Shortly before LFF he commented that he wanted the focus to be on the film and Alan Turing.
Then a few days before a major US press push for this film, they announce an engagement!
How does that make sense?The focus is now on the happy couple(not that you’d tell by his face!)
This actually looks like a night mare. Can you imagine how he feels (I honestly do not care for SH – she hasn’t done anything good and impressive in her life neither for herself let alone for others, despite polished CV) if this is a set up? People literally kissing twitter arse “omg soo haaaaapppy for them”, collecting money for the lovely couple, writing letters for the loving couple … omg, omg, omg.
I actually think that his mother would also be a good wake up as Adam (what parent would like to see their child so miserable). I think she does care for his happiness more then her wish to get another grandchild and she’d tell him to choose more wisely or even not to marry SH if she was preggo. I mean I feel bad for him looking that sad.
Maybe they do see him as miserable which is why NONE of his friends except the star fuckers are actually congratulating him.
Well, IMO, BC is a very reactionary person. Like when something happens that he doesn’t like he always always always takes the bait and acts out against whatever was said or had happened. Problems with fans? Bam! Interviews that fan shame. He just HAS to put his foot in it, making him out as the bad nutter guy who has thin skin.
So, my question with this whole fiasco is, what could he be reacting against? The fan girls? Harvey Weinstein/Hollywood? The whole craziness of this engagement and everything it has entailed makes me wonder if Sophie was a rebound relationship. Like he really did have a SG but she dumped him and he hooked up with Sophie (and to add fuel to the fire, SH potentially got knocked up). (“Take that, Miss SGF!”)
Oh, Green Eyes! I have a feeling the answer is the most simple and boring. But what’s going on with Olivia? Maybe she’s getting married? And he kind of lost it for a second?
Few things to say here:
First, I’m not surprised she didn’t go with him on this trip. It was a quick trip to LA for business reasons, not one for fun. There will be many other opportunities for her to go to award shows and the like in the next few months (and years depending on how it all goes lol). I’m also not surprised that Adam Ackland would go-he’s a business partner of Ben’s, and I’m sure there were a lot of ‘the right people’ around that they got to meet and maybe get something going for SunnyMarch.
I believe she will be with him at the NYC Imitation Game premiere. But if she’s not, hey, that’s okay, too. It doesn’t have to mean anything. Maybe they’ll wait until the next event in London to go together. She’s/they’re kind of in a tough place- damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
She has a pretty decent singing voice. At least, for this song. The video was weird, but not as ridiculous as I had imagined. When was it done?
Not really digging the airport outfit, but that jacket makes him look like he has a decent set of shoulders, so that’s a win 🙂
Well, he doesn’t need his fiancee to make some promo work for TIG, you know.
And Charlotte Gainsbourg is my favourite Jane Eyre *_*
Over 600 comments for the wedding announcement threads. At this rate, CB will melt down completely when he marries.
I’m still trying to figure out the lyrics…
I don’t want to get by without a reason?
I don’t want to get high and something about bleeding?
Oc–to—pus
Ba—by squid
A few thoughts.
1. She’s getting the white wash treatment. When you have time mag doing a blurb, someone with influence wants more than the cumberbitches to know about them.
2. Even if he was in love and it got pushed up, why the passive aggressive or outright hostile behavior? Shouldn’t he be happy his personal life and work life are at an all time high right now. Add that in and his side being radio silent and something stinks.
3. I still can’t get passed how busy he has been and yet he is supposed to be engaged all of a sudden?
4. The announcement was made just before a press-filled weekend which means it was designed to get maximum impact.
5. His interviews were all starting to sound the same, they needed a new angle.
6. He wasn’t going to play Harvey’s game, but he does seem to now.
@Madly
I agree. Why is Time interested when most people don’t even know who BC is. Makes no sense to talk up his gf. Also, I saw a photo of Weinstein for the first time today – he looks slimy. I think this whole mess is a stunt that got out of control.
Time loves him. Named him one of their 100 most influential people and gave him a cover. But the article they wrote about the 5 stages of learning about his engagement was ridiculous. Did not belong there.
Madly- I legitimately said ‘oh my god, what a kiss ass’ when BC named Harvey in the ice bucket challenge. He is playing whatever game Harvey wants. And it very well may pay off for him.
Funny thing I was thinking about: I think Fassbender’s Macbeth is produced by the Weinsten Complany. I wonder how Fassy will deal with the press/promotion of that next year. Will we see him with a brand new fiancée or will he throw up the middle finger to Weinstein and say Noooooope! Haha.
@Tara: Time not only loves him, but I think Weinstein has his fingers in that pie as well, at least when influence comes into play in their entertainment/lifestyle articles.
That song and video is the very definition of art for arts sake. My fav is the guy swinging his arms over the table with the sheep’s head.
Also, that’s not singing, its pretty talking.
His jeans are bordering on ‘Mom jeans’ at the bum and thighs.. and they’re muddy at the end. Unless Heathrow is suddenly in a field he obviously doesn’t wear clean clothes to travel.
Ew
Laughing at the dirty traveling clothes. He also wore the same clothes to an interview I’m assuming was the next morning… Double eww.
I 100% get the bitchy resting face at the airport. Those guys look like autograph touts.
However his non smile in the video when someone shouts congratulations is very odd. Hes not spilling his darkest secrets by beaming while saying “thanks”..instead you get a thin lipped and slightly annoyed looking face and the smile doesnt extend to his eyes.
You announced it in the Times you dick cheese. People are going to comment on it. Get the hell over yourself.
I made this comment the other day about him doing various American talk shows and say a Jimmy Fallon says “so, we hear congratulations are in order” …..can’t wait for his response.
Hopefully he answers with a bit more animation and enthusiasm if they do..I’m praying they ask because if they don’t it could only be because they’re told not to which after a Times announcement would be ridiculous not to expect talk shows to at least touch on it and offer congratulations.
You don’t have to tell people the intricate details nor should you have to but you can handle it with a bit of grace and humour without giving anything away.
Dick cheese! Lindy, you’re my new girl crush.
If he starts acting annoyed by all the attention after that announcement…uh, I just can’t.
Maybe he thought people would breeze over his announcement on page 57? You know, because there are so many Cumberbatches and it was just little local paper….
Maybe he rode his motorcycle to the airport.
Whatever Cumby is doing to rattle everyone’s cage…..It’s worked! Since the day of the announcement, there have been 2,246 comments.
And now—-2,247.
I miss happy Benedict…
Mobile link:
http://instagram.com/p/npGuIcLKbA/
(church lady voice) Well, isn’t this first line just special?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandip-roy/when-lifes-a-cumberbitch_b_6129312.html
Lol, what the heck is that article? He makes it sound like she’s Kate Middleton or something. No, the world at large will not be scrutinizing her. Just BC’s fans. But that’s normal of any fan group.
The fervor will die down in a few months. It was partly the shock engagement announcement that has people talking so much. No one saw this coming, especially so soon. SH wont have to deal with the media like Princess Diana, despite what the author may think.
Seriously, relax. Princess Diana? Fall back, Sandip.
Also – is it lost on everyone that he’s pretty much unwittingly saying a better match could not be arranged?
If this has been a PR stunt, it’s for Sophie Hunter. Harvey Weinstein *wishes* he could get as much attention for his movie as that woman has gotten in the past week.
@gg: But the attention on SH *does* feed back onto BC, and on his projects… So PR by association.
We may not get to see her at public events. Benedict has been quoted saying that he wants a wife that good with taking care of the house and keeping his personal life running smoothly while he goes off to pursue his career. It’s actually kinda scary that he has such chauvanistic outlook toward marriage.
Not related but I think she looks like a bird, and not in a good way. She’s pretty in a very plain sort of way. But with terrible fashion sense.
i don’t think ben ever said that. his sister did.
Here’s his interview:
http://youtu.be/u8ygf8mlZHY
Apologies if this is posted multiple times. Some weird going on with my this site.
Good grief Twinkle, I don’t think you can take that clip literally. At all!
i think you are reaching if you take that joke answer (to a very ridiculous and embarrassing question) as proof that he wants a wife to do all the chores for him while he is off having fun.
Aly- I don’t think she is either…..but, if you would have asked me a week ago if I thought they would be engaged, I would have said no. But, clearly wrong there
@Koodles: oh, yeah, same here; I’ve been wrong before…
Charlotte Gainsbourg??? Think thats right. As far as I know is Sophie the niece of Jane Birkin. And Jane Birkin is the mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg. This is one familiy and they all have the same look.
@Izzy – thanks for this tidbit. I was thinking before that Jane Birkin might be a closer match than Charlotte Gainsbourg. Little did I know I had actual genetics to thank for my impression.
i don’t think that’s been confirmed.
So, uhm, these have just appeared on Benedict’s tag on tumblr:
https://33.media.tumblr.com/821895c3fc3816e3858296cccce23921/tumblr_neslfnQafD1qdghnpo1_1280.jpg
https://38.media.tumblr.com/49d3fbdb5d4181b80368a30b51ea5ccf/tumblr_nesl8rDKrO1qdghnpo1_1280.jpg
Good God…smile, Ben.
close your eyes and think of EnglandI’m digging that avant garde blazer. I think he just must not like the schilling part of his job. But he used to be so much better at handling that it’s part. of. the. freaking. job.
I’m with you @Me. At this point I side-eye any actor that shows any sort of contempt for the shilling portion of the proceedings, especially when said shilling would most likely garner them a freakin’ Oscar nomination as a result.
Suck it up buttercup! Last time I checked, you’ve been working your a$$ off for years trying to accomplish this very thing – and now that world-wide fame and recognition comes your way you decide you are a true ‘artiste’ and simply can’t be bothered. Puh-lease. If you feel that strongly about it and it makes you that miserable, then retire to the countryside, buy a rundown barn and stage cutting-edge, seafood-torturing, avant-garde community theatre to your heart’s content.
p.s. I actually like the blazer, so no shade in that regard.
Ugh! What the hell is he wearing there? I know he isn’t known for his fashion sense, but my god that is one horrible ensemble…
Ummm…his hair is growing back nicely.
Sophie looks like Charlotte Gainsbourg? Think thats right. As far as I know is Sophie the niece of Jane Birkin. And Jane Birkin is the mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg. This is one familiy and they all have the same look.
Ummmh, Sophie HUNTER looks like Sophie MARCEAU, a celeb French actress.
No, David Birkin (old friend of Benedict) is nephew of Jane Birkin. He was married to Eloise Fornieles (an old friend of Sophie’s) but they seem to have broken up and Eloise is now dating Polly Stenhem
You should look up Fornieles. She thinks she’s Matthew Barney. Um, try again, boo.
My whole thought on this article (and I think a few others have said the same thing) – if Adam can make the trip, why cant SH? If she’s not in NY then I’m gonna side eye them even more. I get not wanting to ride the coat tails of fame, but that does not explain the buffing and spin being put on SH’s CV in the media.
Real or not, to me BC doesn’t look happy. Compared to this time last year, even earlier this year, like at SDCC.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe he really is happy. I am just not seeing it. It’s going to be an interesting few weeks until the noms, that’s all I can say. Exhausting but interesting.
@lola Exactly. Someone else pointed out that he looks like he did during his break up with Olivia. I’m a new fan, so I wasn’t aware of him at that stage, but I have seen pics of him during his time with OP and during the break up and the body language now seems very similar to the break up stage.
I’d be happy if I could get this nagging feeling to go away. But to me, something about this just doesn’t seem right. Whether its the suddenness of the announcement, the timing of the announcement, the way the whole SGF thing has been handled or the way that BC looks, my gut is telling me something is off.
@lola Exactly. Someone else pointed out that he looks like he did during his break up with Olivia. I’m a new fan, so I wasn’t aware of him at that stage, but I have seen pics of him during his time with OP and during the break up and the body language now seems very similar to the break up stage.
I’d be happy if I could get this nagging feeling to go away. But to me, something about this just doesn’t seem right. Whether its the suddenness of the announcement, the timing of the announcement, the way the whole SGF thing has been handled or the way that BC, my gut is telling me something is off.
I. I have largely been trying to avoid posting… or even reading posts as I just… scratch my head at the entire situation. But… in order to, I suppose, “move on” from what I would, unfortunately, and somewhat shame-facedly admit is a bit of a bruised crush (I’m too old for this, sigh!) I turned to tumblr.
Perhaps that was my first mistake, because, and I can’t even explain it, I have somehow, SOMEHOW, fallen into Hockey fandom. HOCKEY. I’m not even quite clear on the rules! On the plus side, it is allowing for a rather entertaining diversion, and is just about the POLAR opposite Benedict and Sherlock… tall, rangy, cerebral Brit vs (kinda) burly, sweaty, jocks.
In any case. I still just… scratch my head at this. Good luck to the couple and I’m happy for BC, as I think this has been something (marriage, kids, settling down) he’s wanted for quite some time. Good luck to SH.
@Madly
Sorry… I needed a break from the crazy train that is this… whatever it is.
I just hope this all works out for him. In a good way, of course.
I have to laugh at that congratulations book they only got 30 letters. What happen to everyone being so happy about the engagement.
Did anyone see SH’s Wiki page?
It said she was expecting her first child in March!But was deleted
What the @#£% is going on?
Yeah that user was a troll and their account was suspended
@Kazlock: SOmeone posted their fan fiction in the hopes it’d be taken seriously, They were suspended and are a troll, as gg said. It was meant to stir the pot and cause wank.
You guys wanna check out a truly happy, adorable otter?
http://t.today.com/pets/baby-sea-otter-pup-681-goes-sweet-squeaky-swim-1D80274343
I think what is bugging many of us (or maybe it’s just me) is the slightly obvious shift from “I’m doing this because it’s my passion” to “take me super seriously/I’m not the goofy, snarky guy you thought I was/look how serious I am about my ‘craft’ and life and am eschewing fame like Daniel Day Lewis or something!” For me, it’s a mix of his public persona of late (as in this past year) plus his recent interviews, just a very manufactured “give me serious meaty roles” vibe. For me, if he’d come out this way to start with, back when he first got on film in the UK and before Sherlock made him big, this wouldn’t even be on my (the?)radar–but the shift from “HEY! I’m a fun, sweet, sometimes problematic guy who has weird fans but eff that I’m gonna do me and keep my business mine but still be this guy” to “I am so full of ennui at the idea of fame” (okay that’s hyperbole… but you get my meaning…) is making me (and some other folks it seems) go “Uh, lolwut?”
Yep, Miss Mary. It makes me a bit sad. But, frankly, if he wasn’t charming and all that up front, he wouldn’t be in his position right now. “Serious” actors like DDL were very handsome, mysterious and brooding. Bendy has it going on too. But at first glance, he looks like a slightly amphibious ginger. Auburn Schmauburn. It’s all a shade of red. The ginger man is just starting to have his moment. I mean, I think cryobanks turn redheads away because chicks historically did not find them attractive.
Maybe the charming, sensitive, goof is an extremely minor facet of his personality that was hyped up to make him a Hollywood darling.
@Me (in case this goes elsewhere, this is re your response to my comment about his shift in public persona) I think he went goofy and sweet and snarky when he first started getting media attention because he was not as driven… well, he WAS driven to be successful, but he wasn’t expecting an Oscar, or accolades, or parts like he’s being offered now. Now, he (or someone on his team) is wanting to serious-up his image. They want to make him less Chris Pratt and more DDL. And it’s reading “weird”. I’m not saying I’m rage quitting his work, because I’m definitely not, but I’m finding myself in the camp of people rubbing the wrong way but the not really subtle shift in how he is acting, as if he’s Mr Hyde to the Dr Jekyll BC of last year and before. BUT that’s my perception. I don’t know him IRL or anyone else who knows him IRL, so my perception is just that, mine. I may be hella wrong.
imo, that funny, goofy adorkable guy is still in there. he is going through something in his life that has changed him, and i don’t know whether it’s personal or professional, or both. but he is not a happy boy, whatever it is. i just fear he will make decisions now that will be far reaching, and he will have some major regrets.
my gut feeling is that he is not head over heels in love. and when he meets someone who he truly connects with, it will be a messy situation. then again, adultery is common in both hollywood, and the posh set, so…
Miss Mary & Blended. I kind of wish you were right and that the guy we all became “bishes” for was real and is still in there somewhere. I don’t want that guy to be hurting though either. I would love for you guys to be right.
I hope his parents are alright. It really could just be real love in crazy timing. She comes off dry and pretentious as hell. But maybe she’s just one of those, “You have to get to know her” people.
As it turns out he is not headed back to the UK for filming (as I had thought) but he is here for the next week at least. Maybe SH will join him in NY for the premiere, or maybe she is already there? Or maybe the SGF will turn into the Invisible Fiancee?
He’s looking very much like a sour-puss. Cheer up, Benedict! It looks you’re walking the plank.
I think his private life and engagement has completely overshadowed the movie and Turing, so congratulations for doing exactly what you didn’t want to do, even if a new narrative was needed in order to ‘sell’ him in the US. Therefore, I will continue to stare at Kiera’s amazing fashion game.
And that video… JUST. NO. Hopefully both BC and SH will bring their game faces whenever they decide to grace this Earth with their JOINT presence (if they manage not to look in opposite directions as if the other wasn’t even there)
I love Keira’s look last night. She looked AH-mazing.
And (as another Aussie here) its interesting to me that the ep of Graham Norton that BC was on recently airs here next Sunday – and he is not listed as a guest star. Timothy Spall and Miranda Hart are listed, Maroon 5 is listed but not BC.
I sometimes wonder how truly famous outside of Britain he really is. Would people stop him or acknowledge him in the streets of NYC, Sydney, Paris, etc?
@Elsa: Probably because BC was added as a “last minute” guest so he was not added to the episode listing.
And as for Keira:
Number of times he has been photographed holding her hand: 1 (at least)
Number of times he has been photographed holding his fiancee’s hand: zero
https://31.media.tumblr.com/b9401261a043ab042fd79a545e347e53/tumblr_netg5cxTJZ1qjo4eco1_1280.jpg
Is the tide turning? Have the tabs started to sniff something is not all well in the Cumberworld? First that sly dig ‘cant fake a friendship’ headline, now there’s an article asking whether BC is marrying into a family linked to spies. I know its the Fail, but are the tabs over their gushing and fawning of SH and her ‘accomplishments’?
Not so much interested in the spies link than the comment on the spy “the coldest man I ever encountered”
OMG if he’s marrying into a spy-linked family, get away, right now. Didn’t he make a comment on Putin in the Flaunt interview?
Thanks for the info @gg, MissMary, and me. @Moodgirl – 😍
Heeeheee! Bustle never fails to find the LCD theme to post on–
I guess it was only a matter of time (in fact, what TOOK so long?! 😀 )
http://www.bustle.com/articles/48303-benedict-cumberbatch-is-getting-married-here-are-8-reasons-why-tom-hiddleston-should-be-his
That was weird. Somewhere upthread is my post.
I do believe Benedict care what his fans thinks of all this. It would sting a bit if people didn’t really like my future husband. He must feel the same about SH. And it was his Sherlock fans who made his transition into the big game possible. No wonder we’re confused. I know I am.
Just a thought he’s travelling with his PR lady & friends why has he got his headphones in? Bit rude 😜
you all realize this dude is NOT attractive, right? or is this another brad pitt type attraction, you know, just no rhyme or reason to it
pitt dude is dumb as a box of rocks
where are the posts? weird
I just look at this as if I were him. If I had a bunch of crazy women stalking my house and I could not walk down the street without being bothered, I would take action. If I were at an important film premiere and a crazy woman said she wanted to “taste my yumminess”, I would take action.
He is being worn to the nub. He is working too much. Hopefully, he will cheer up and Sophie will relieve some of the heat from him. She is very pretty and seems a good fit for him.
It is silly to go through all her work and criticize it. Most actresses do not get that much work. As a woman, I am finding it a bit hard to watch people rip her to shreds because she is with a man you are interested in.
I remember watching the Bachelor and the Bachelorette. The guys got together and partied, even though they were competing for the same woman. The women spent most of their time clawing each other’s eyes out. How sad.
I have a bad feeling that he is on the verge of a breakdown. I hope he does not read this site and see all this mean crap against him and his girlfriend. I’m not giving him a pass on the crappy comments he has made lately, but when you are in that stage of adrenal fatigue, you get snippy with people. You almost can’t control it. I had the same thing happen to me when I went into a meltdown due to adrenal fatigue. Everything bothers you and your fuse is very short.
@ukbound: if he is as busy as you say (and yes, he is), he is hardly going to read this site. And I think the silence from everyone in his family may indicate that they aren’t thrilled with his choice either. Hell, even his sister has talked to the tabs before. Now, nothing from his friends (except for James Rhodes) or family to express their congratulations.
@gg Someone mentioned that Wanda isn’t happy, which is why she and Tim left London. Grain, salt, but it’s out there.
where did that rumor start? i don’t believe it until i can judge the source but
if you want real tea, people are saying Sophie actually has a boyfriend in new york and her friends are wondering what’s going on…
Say what? Where is this stuff coming from? It just keeps getting juicier….
I just hope his parents are okay. All these quotes about realizing life beyond himself and figuring out that you can say no to stuff…. Falling in love can help you do that. Or losing someone you love…. From where I sit, far far away, if Olivia couldn’t help him see that you can say no to stuff after 10 years, it’s hard to think Sophie would be able to help him see that in a couple of months. Is he worried about his parents? Remember a while back he said he had gone through a spell where someone very close to him was sick but was doing better at that moment?
Ugh. I have older parents who I adore too. I hope his family is doing well.
@ukbound As an actress, she has to accept that criticism comes with the territory. If she can’t accept that, then she needs to get out of the business. No one is accusing her of eating babies or being the devil incarnate. At the very least, she’s criticised for being a wooden actress with little to no personality on screen. As an actress, a career SHE chose, those criticisms will come. They happen to every actor, male or female. And as the partner of BC, whether they accept it or not, people WILL talk. It’s what they do. I’ve read worse elsewhere.
Frankly, he’s not going to spend time here reading. Nor is she. No one is ripping anyone to shreds. As far as I’m concerned, their cloak and dagger antics over the last few months have only heightened the gossip and speculation. Then the very public announcement for a previously very private person added fuel to the fire. It should have been handled better, it wasn’t, now they have to accept everything that comes along with that.
*UKbound*
Yes to everything. I don’t like the personal attacks on SH either. No one knows her and the things we do know don’t tell us whether or not she’d be a good companion for BC.
I wonder if he’s at risk of adrenal fatigue as well. If so, it would be hormonally and chemically impossible for him to fake being happy as mood is so driven by those factors. I’ve seen the effects of adrenal fatigue with ultramarathoners that train/race too much and it can take a full year or more to recover and resume a normal training schedule. I hope he’s taking care of himself to get through this season of life and doesn’t add any unnecessary stress like a wedding/baby to an already crowded schedule.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2827832/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Benedict-Cumberbatch-s-girl-links-Soviet-spy.html
and the backlash begins
@gg/lucifer certainly didn’t take long!
I’ve said this elsewhere but this is by all evidence the most likely scenario:
His schedule and fame has him freaked and he is a guy who needs to feel in control of things, he’s a perfectionist. The fame and schedule are messing with the control of his life, and this engagement is making him feel he is getting some of that back. It explains his unhappiness and the fact he’s done something so dumb andd out of character as getting engaged after being serious with someone after 3 months.
I’ve also used a mathematical formula to determine if they get married within a year, it will end in divorce between 5 and 10 years, possibly sooner. The only way their relationship is likely to work is if they wait 5-10 years to marry or have kids.
I read the title as arrived in L.A. for some PORNO work.. It’s too damn early for this sh*t LOL
That’s the most ill fitting leather jacket. He needs a stylist!!!
Apparently Benedict said this in the Big Issue
“Whenever I get the rare chance to be impulsive I grab it with both hands, which is why I do stupid things sometimes.”
Ya think?