Here are more photos of Mr. and Mrs. Otterbatch at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday. Considering you guys can’t get enough Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter-Cumberbatch (God, I hope she doesn’t change her name), I thought I would just serve up some odds and ends from the Batchy Oscars. As I said yesterday, I don’t believe that Benedict was upset at all that he lost. Maybe he was upset a month ago, when he saw his chances slipping away, but he seemed to have made his peace with it. He even seemed like he was having a good time after the Oscars – at the VF Oscar party, he looked looser than he’s been in months.
While on the carpet, going into the Vanity Fair party, Benedict stopped and spoke to iTV’s Ross King. King said, “You must be shattered!” referring to Bendy’s Oscar loss. Benedict seemed sort of drunk already and he replied, “No, not at all… Why would I be shattered? Now I get to dance! I’m saving my poison up for now. This is what it’s all about.” When asked what kind of dancing, Benedict said: “I’m not gonna—that’s for me and my fiancée—my wife, I should say.” So, Benedict forgot that he married Sophie?
I think Eddie Redmayne made that mistake a few times during his campaign too – when he and Hannah were engaged, he kept referring to Hannah as his “girlfriend” and then once they were married, he was still calling her the wrong thing. It happens, people!
Inside the VF Oscar party, Benedict apparently enjoyed a pile of french fries whilst deep in conversation with Joan and Jackie Collins. Which is just a spectacular image, right? Variety says he also “gently rubbed the belly of his pregnant wife.” And he spent time with JJ Abrams and refused to speak to one of his groupies. Bendy apparently told JJ that he didn’t know the sex of the baby yet.
And finally, I didn’t write about this over the weekend because I was sort of hoping we might get some of these photos, but they’re mega-exclusive. A few days before the Oscars, Benedict and Sophie took a roadtrip up the Pacific Coast Highway and they posed for lovey-dovey paparazzi photos the entire trip – go here to see. This is pretty much a straight-up photoshoot. Sponsored by Jaguar. Remember, Bendy does have a Jaguar contract. And now Sophie is being used to shill for that as well!! Last thing: who makes out with your partner while you’re pumping gas?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
They look alike so much.
same chin as well from the side view, but they seem happy. I guess you need to stop for petrol a lot driving that thing and no wonder he was so red at the Oscars or reddish. Oh well goodie for them. He can have his couple of months off now I suppose.
Are you kidding? She has less chin than him, and that’s really saying something
Nothing quite as romantic as gasoline fumes.
“Did Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Do A Pap Friendly Ad for Jaguar?”
Does a bear s*** in the woods?
Product placement in a staged pap shot two days before the Oscars. to paraphrase tumblr, it’s the turducken of famew**ring.
Oh and first.
Ha! turducken. Its a funny word.
Help me East Coasters!. Texas is frozen over and I might be stuck indoors for three days! East coasters what do I do? I’m so bored!
Watch Breaking Bad! Or Game of Thrones!
Lord of the Rings.
Oo oo Hollow Crown marathon! My sister is doing a Jeeves and Wooster marathon.
Fargo (although it might make you feel colder) where in Texas? It better be warm next month when I come at Easter OR I will be over it. House of Cards all seasons new one starts Friday
Re-watch House of Cards. The third season is coming on the 27th.
Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It will probably be warm next month lol this is only supposed to last a few days. Honestly 3 days of ice is a long time.
I can’t argue against The Hollow Crown series but I’d be inclined to watch the ENTIRE Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Friday Night Lights series on Netflix.
The first four seasons of Justified. I didn’t like season five as much, mainly because I disliked the villains.
Turducken is a real thing.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken
@claire–fame, you’re better served by people or E! or whatnot. any of those would have loved a wedding spread. this is 100% covering ass here, tabs are a go to for that
@invadertak: the first two seasons of the killing (same case) were surprisingly interesting, similar to broadchurch but more gritty
You’re right about tabs for damage control, J, but it is strange they’ve not run anything through at least one friendly outlet, like People. Profile rise+damage control at the same time, in a cleaner fashion with a better product.
Playing nice with just one tab usually signals you have to.
I watched the Broadchurch season finale this morning. Do you know if there will be a third season?
The Killing is soooo good. So is The Fall with Gillian Anderson. Broadchurch isn’t as suspenceful, but Tennant is wonderful in anything.
yes i really liked the killing, Mtnrunner!
broadchurch was just renewed, maria 😉
@KT You are making so much sense right now.
@MteRunner
2nd part to Nullified Qand A up on Tom thread.
One interesting bit was how he usually finds something in all the characters he plays that are within him but he found it hard to identify with Hank’s alcoholism because he loves his life too much to do that to himself,He also talked staying in character to play during filming but he also likes to be able to discuss the performance with the director.Staying in character as would have been difficult because Hank’s would not have had the communication skills discuss it in depth,.That is me paraphrasing my daughter
But, but, but..*the blog that shall not be named* says he’s a massive alcoholic/coke head!!
Oh boy, I didn’t realize we had part deux! Heading over there right now to read and comment. Thank you again, icerose.
Where’s the part deux?
Claire, it’s on his last thread:
http://www.celebitchy.com/412182/tom_hiddleston_picked_up_a_whatsonstage_award_for_coriolanus_cute/
Thanks for the updates! Finally something to talk about for real.
Thanks sorry I thought you meant BC
That was so staged!
*cringe*
It was oh so very romantic how he kept one hand on the gas pump and one hand in his pocket while she was kissing him at the gas station.
Reminds me of that Alanis Morissette song…
‘I have one hand in my pocket and the other is… pumping the gasoline!’ LOL
A hahahaha. Omg. I’m rolling.
Bahaha. The shot of him holding the hose while pumping gas and kissing Sophie – so, so subtle there, Otter.
The worst one for me is the one where those two hug each other while contemplating the ocean.
Now tell me that THAT is not staged!
@paola I know, right!
The REFLECSHUN photo is just…. ugh.
that one is particularly funny. i don’t like BC much (never have actually, I think he’s overrated), but I never thought he would turn out to be so desperate to be in the spotlight. it’s quite ridiculous.
I didnt think it was that staged until I saw him looking right at the camera when each of them was on either side of the car. (See daily mail link posted above)
I’ll never get over that photo. If you’re gonna play the game and sell out, then do it properly (or get out while you can!)
Oh god. I can’t look. Ew.
I’ve never seen a picture of him actually pumping gas. He’s just holding the handle without pressing the lever. Was he so overcome by passion he forgot what he was doing? I thought he was an actor who really researched his roles and tried to be accurate. Fail on the gas pumping.
If he was over come with passion, why did he keep his hand in his pocket instead of holding her.
Perhaps he prefers to hold himself in a passionate manner.
Eww.
He pumped all the gas 7 months ago.
*im going to crawl back in my hole now. Sorry!*
You ladies! 😀 keep serving it because it’s a very boring Tuesday!
Could a Cumberbatch fan please explain something to me? No, not why you like him – I accept that some women do, that’s fine – it’s his new Mrs. who I can’t figure out. She is EVERYWHERE with him, as though she is a celebrity herself. I thought she was a theater manager back in England – am I wrong about that? I haven’t seen a photo of Cumberbatch in months that didn’t include Sophie glued to his side. Do any of you true Cumberbatch fans feel like he’s being manipulated by this woman? To those who like her, I mean no offense – she just seems to have come out of nowhere, and now she’s everywhere!
She doesn’t appear to have a job to go back to. I know jobs in the industry are sometimes short term, seasonal or sporadic… but she’s not a busy woman and has plenty of time to attend events with him.
As to her manipulating him? Not really, although some here believe she did manipulate him, but he walked right into it and got married.
I agree and if she did he’s a grown up he can do what he likes. But she isn’t busy and def. won’t be busy working for the next year with a baby maybe even longer.
I think part of the problem is that, whoever is pulling the PR strings was pushing her out there. She is now suddenly featured on best dressed lists (the only pics they have of her are with him which is hilarious in itself when compared to others on the list who are pictures alone) and hanging out with Wintour and also the complete inflating of her work history. Ben himself is guilty of it, saying they are both so busy. From what I can see she hasn’t had anything since 2012. Nothing wrong with that, if she can afford to work like that then good luck to her.
Ive said it before, there is nothing wrong with her career as it truthfully stands, it’s not everyone’s taste but it’s hers. No need at all to make her seem like some super accomplished pinnacle of female perfection, I wish someone would tell Ben or his team that though. It whacks a little of, she has to be a certain way in order to seem a match for him or something…
Eh, you might do it that way if you felt people were having a hard time accepting them as a real couple as opposed to fling with baby. Make her seem similar, workaholic. That’s what I think those shots were for too, not for Jaq (he probably gets the car rentals free lol) or fame but damage control.
I should clarify I don’t think for one second he is some poor innocent sap and she is some evil woman who trapped him. My comments were more on the need by someone in PR to sell her as a superwoman which I think is more about his vanity and need to play with the big boys than anything else.
Sophie is not a mere mortal, after all. She is something REALLY big and all-encompassing. None of us can really truly understand her nor can we wrap our heads around just how important she is. She is our Alpha and our Omega!
All hail, Comet Sophie!
I was on the fence about who put out lies about Sophie, her work history/CV and broke their necks to turn her into a highly educated, hard working, successful superwoman. Now I see how hard BC has been spinning this whole mess since September and realize that it was him and his people.
Between the magazine interviews where he tries to correct this mistake, the trips to Scotland to pose for photos in church, everything points to him being paranoid and there is something seriously wrong. Can l come to the conclusion that Ben does not give a rat’s rear about Sophie; the wedding and everything that was manipulated before and after it is just being used to cover his ass and save his reputation, dignity and in his mind his career? Once he tires of playing this game their circumstances will change.
She is his wife. Why is her being around interpreted as being manipulative? Because he’s just a sad dumb man who can’t make choices? It’s the evil woman’s doing?
It’s not even worth trying Jenny.
yea, don’t bother
+1
She’s his wife. Get used to them together.
Sophie looks pretty in the Jaguar pics.
Hi Marylou
She is His tool. His asset. Having a gf/wife/partner helps attract more attention. Do you honestly think he’d be featured on fashion police just by himself? Of course not. He was boring and before never really garnered much publicity unless he was spotted with some woman. It also helps that people don’t think he’s gay if he wants the big man roles. She thrived on this kinda socialite lifestyle back in NY and London, lots of pics of her on those events, but since hooking up with him she had some major upgrade and finally able to attend the Big events she never got in to before him. And she is loving it.
nailed it, amy.
He has been featured on Fashion Police by himself. At the Met Ball, in the glorious days before we knew she existed.
I do think she has developed Pataky’s Syndrome thoughout this.
she’s his wife and mother of his unborn child, why is that weird in any way, shape or form? you see eddie redmayne’s wife glued to him as well, yet I don’t see the complaints?
@ell
redmaynes wife works back in london, she didn’t actually attend all the awards shows. you also don’t see her feature on best or worst dressed lists. she has a much lower profile even though her husband is actually the one who is winning all the awards. i don’t think its similar.
FWIW, I think he is being manipulated, but not just by her. The manipulation goes far and wide: his PR, Weinstein, Anna Wintour, his “stylist”, and even his so called friends, but it is up to him to stand up for himself and say NO!
He is in for a world of hurt tsmiv. He’s got a bad wife, bad friends, bad people all around. He didn’t listen to reason but once this blows up (and it will) he will be free of them and after piecing his life/career back together I think he’ll emerge a humbler, wiser person. He will know how to pick his company a lot better, that’s for sure.
it’s surprisingly easy to do, at least in the terms of PR other than his own. only karon is going to care about the long-term, everyone else has undisclosed side agendas
actors often figure these people are paid to do media so their reasons for doing something are solid, plus they wave their ‘results’ in their faces.
its rather like going to a crappy doctor for a while but you may not realize they suck right away because you trust them to know about medical stuff
Gah! My innocence is gone! Is the whole world a lie?!
*dramatically casts self on the chaise lounge*
Pap friendly something, anyway. Might not be for Jaguar, but totally staged.
A lot of cheek kisses for these two, lol.
Maybe he gets to drive Jaguar cars for free, anywhere? Seeing how he is Brand Ambassador.
But completely staged – wanted to show the “world” their “private” love by setting these photos up and selling them to The Sun. Classy.
Yeah, I’d be surprised if he had to pay to rent a Jaguar in any country. That’s a sweet deal, they’re really nice cars!
Whenever I rent a car, I have to get the economy one, like a little ford fiesta or something (nothing wrong with them, btw). I’d love to be able to cruise the Pacific Coast Highway in a $77,000 jag. Maybe one day, lol.
Remember when Tom Cruise used to be cool and respected? BC may be one couch jumping incident away from the same fate.
I can’t wait for their Dreft sponsored baby!
No, their child will be sponsored by Fortnum & Mason, and will come in a hamper with Her Majesty’s seal of approval.
Noooooo…….
I’ll say something nice: I love the car.
*snigger*
So engagement announcement in The Times.
Confirmed pregnancy with The Daily Mail.
Wedding and honeymoon pictures go to The Sun.
So baby pics in The Exchange And Mart, or maybe the weekly Lidl leaflet?
“or maybe the weekly Lidl leaflet”
HAHAHAHAHA
Can somebody translate into American what the Lidl Leaflet is?
Its a free booklet you get in newspapers or in store for a German supermarket (Lidl or Aldi) with all the weekly specials on it. Its food and drink but also they do random stuff like ski gear and hoovers to name a few.
was Goop in the ALdi or Lidl commercials?
The Times announcements, The Daily Mail, The Sun.
Only 3 things she can read.
This is very Katie Price territory…why has he entered her field of work? he must have something larger to hide at this point.
Like the little free leaflet you get from Trader Joe or Ralphs.
LOL. I am picturing the birth announcements I’ve seen in small town newspapers, where the pictures are all grainy. If you’re one of the fancy people, you can pay extra for a larger picture.
Wait a minute, you are going to break the hearts of his fans on tumblr. They SWORE that no one, I mean not one person alive was going to be able to see any pics from the wedding!!! Private!! ha! Waiting now for someone who has a subscription to do a printscreen so we can see what Sun subscribers got to see. Oh…wait…its private. Only for private subscriptions! That’s it!!!
i thought the post will contain some of those beauties… couples must learn from them!
at the beginning i felt sorry for them… but now… i feel sorry for jaguar.
I am going to jealously guard my privacy over the next few months, but before I do I shall just do a deal with Sun/Daily Mail for Jaguar and get a few pap pics in before I disappear. #cough. Two weeks later, another round of pap pictures showing Sophie moving in sponsored by removal company ‘Moves’. Cinema tickets for Hamlet goes on sale and we get another round of sneaky pap pictures, by Mamas and Papas as they buy a baby rug and stroller. Oh, then the DVD of Imitation Game… and so more.
That’s a… tight schedule.
will have or need the TiG dvd such a campaign just like during the awards season?
Notertari, not as bad, but yes, he’s obligated until the day the DVD comes out. DVD sales/rentals are a such a honeypot now.
What’s a baby rug? Like the alphabet on a carpet on the floor? Or a wig for a baby?
LOL there baby’s hair has to come out screaming curly and dark. But, if Bend’ys blonde roots show, yes they will be buying a matching baby-wig so the hair looks like a chip of the dark hair ol’block, as they say.
I have a question: why the pictures aren’t THE pictures? I so want to look at kissing while pumping gas, hugging/embracing while looking at ocean for a laugh on this gloomy afternoon.
This pace better pick up- won’t make 400+ comments at this rate! Thought his sweater was a nice touch to the not posed shot looking out to sea.
And again, the first 20 are about the weather…
If they were set up (laughs) then sweet baby jebus lads, try to dress a bit better and not like two hobos who hotwired a car and then got horny by petrol fumes . You’re driving a Jaguar for fecks sake.
agree!
about that maxi: DM linked a site which says that costs: £125.00 !! excuse me??
Except that they have zero fashion sense between the two of them and their “stylist”. So that’s nice thinking but unlikely.
Lindy79 gave me my laugh for the week.
Perfect comment Lindy.
My first thought when I saw the pics was that there is no way a women would be caught dressed like that in staged pap pics. At least wear a strapless bra. I could not help but stare at the boobs… she is one of very few ladies I know that did not get bigger tatas while pregnant. The once again metallic flats ? Why, no sandals to go with the summer dress???
Getting papped at Malibu Mart??? How super private. They even have a section where they don’t allow cameras. So super secretive.
His wanna-be California style with the backwards flat cap- Serious Superdouche Status.
They really would fit much better in that Seat that she made the commercial for.
I didn’t get any boobs while pregnant. It made me really mad. That was the one thing I was looking forward to. Then after I gave birth I went up almost 2 cup sizes, got a lot of gross stares from lecherous guys, and was happy to go back down to my normal, small chest.
And then there’s people like Zoe Saldana where pregnancy was the best thing that happened to their bodies. She looked SLAMMIN’ at the Oscars.
#looking forward to Friday *wink* at Kaiser
I see what you did there Gracie. I avow.
Bring on our Friday Morning Man!
I too look forward to Friday morning man *wink*.
What with the silver shoes? Sophie’s wearing silver flats in the dress and then silver high top converse looking shoes in the other pics.
silver shoes match to the car. blue clothes match to each other, so to the sea as well. “sunday blues”
You may not know this but Comet Sophie needs those silver shoes. In fact those are actually her spaceship in disguise.
This photos awful. She not pg. Why this circus, they do not even played the love and he not kissed her on the lips.
Huh?
Yes he kissed her on the lips. Then opened his eyes & was looking at the paps or something. Plummit.
I signed a cheque with the wrong name a full ten years after I got married.
I’m still my own name on most things 2 and a half years later.
I always have to check when signing things what name I’m supposed to be signing.
Do you automatically take your husband’s name?
In my country women retain their surname, regardless of marriage. The only time women use their husband’s is at school, so that teachers can identify parent with child much easily.
Not automatically no, but it’s still the traditional thing to do for a lot of folks. All of my married friends changed everything which is fine if that’s what they wanted.
Mr Lindy doesn’t seem bothered and I suppose when it came down to it, I kind of felt a bit odd at changing my name on everything. Our names wouldn’t hyphen well so I just stuck with my own.
Our kids would have our married name though, if that ever happens.
Oh ye of little faith. Why, when I was pregnant and we stopped for gas, I always got out of the car and hung on my hubby’s neck line a limpet out of sheer passion and true love as he stood there with a hand in his pocket and the other one absent-mi deadly holding the pump…
And we frequently stopped on highways, car doors wide open, leaning romantically into each other, as opposed to me telling him to just drive already so I could get to a bathroom or a snack:-)
He is lucky he got onto a Marvel franchise. That will save him, bc after all this wtf-ery, I think he lost a lot of fans. Oh he will still have his comet (the only fan he needs) and the cake baking nannies, but he would have had a lot more privacy than he would enjoy otherwise. Fortunately for both of them, the marvel machine will keep him busy and popular, and her on red carpets in designer dresses and her trademark smirk, away from her intense and serious career.
the whole story is like an avant garde road movie… “we are free, wild! & in love so much” so hardcore.
There are a million pictures of them kissing each other on the cheeks. I don’t think I’ve seen one were they are actually kissing.
god, I hope not! put me off food for life.
There was ONE close call at the Oscars, with Keira looking at them like so: ¬_¬. Don’t think they went through with it though, ’cause you KNOW it would be ALL over the place. Also someone got into an argument with one of the presenters, it may have been Balderdash and said person called him a ‘cheat/cheater’. The Kstew thickens…
That must be the header on SoGo. Who does that crap in public at the Oscars or related events? Teenagers don’t do that at McDonalds. They are selling it hard, so hard it obviously isn’t real. The look on Kiera’s face confirms that it’s utter bs.
I cannot tell you how much I would have loved if the pap got a picture of someone running up, jumping into that car with the door wide open and drove off.
god, just X)
i don’t get it after the “pap” got those shots why didn’t do that?? you know, before they noticed he’s there…
I just think he has sold out in every way lately.
The fact that The Sun also had quotes from his mum and dad just proved that these were all staged. You don’t sneak around in the bushes taking pictures of someone one minute, and the next jump out for a cuppa and a chat with his folks?!
Someone on SoGo says exclusive wedding pics coming in the Sun on March 2. Can anybody corroborate? Man whatever they have on him and/or Sophie must be reeeeaaaalllly bad.
Oh yeah, put all the pieces together and that BI on DM HAS to be true. Don’t get too attached to SH, she is a tricky one…and apparently she’s got help. Can’t wait until this moron’s media immunity runs out (March 23) and the tabs spill. It’s coming hence OTT damage control…what a trainwreck. Also there were rumors of the folks over at Marvel not being all too pleased with his PR shenanigans. Then there is his increasingly crappy attitude towards fans which is a Marvel no-no. I almost hope he gets replaced at this point, John Wells would rock as Dr. Strange…
Which BI?
So if we entertain that person for a moment, what would the awful reason be for her to be with cumberbatch? I kind-of am hoping something juicy comes out of all of this..
Moolah, Andrea.
But I thought she has barely worked her entire life and been living on her parents dough. I grew up fairly affluent too and my dad gives me checks on the regular even though I steadily work. I can’t imagine marrying for money. But I guess I am not her.
I think that blind is suspect… Ultrasounds now can pretty much tell you down to the day how developed your fetus is. So unless your kid is over or under developed, you’re going to have maybe a week span of “conception”. She couldn’t have gotten preg, found out, then decided, “hey, I’ll sleep with this other guy and tell him it’s his.” This isn’t the 1950’s, so unless you’re atrociously bad at basic math, this is almost impossible.
Now, could she have actively been hooking up with 2 guys at the same time and say it’s one’s when it’s the other? Yes.
I’m not saying this happened, I’m just dissecting theories.
Wait, how do you know it’s March 23rd? The TIG US release date for DVD is March 31st.
Because the inside sources are more like disembodied voices speaking to you, I’ll stay in the dark eating eclairs (if possible, thank you very much).
There are snacks, courtesy of Sonni Pacheco, over on the Jeremy Renner thread.
Hehehe…we can wait til BCSH get there. Its gonna be epic and I hope it happens when we’re all still watching. I feel his Towers is about to topple over, soon.
I follow the food.
edit: I was replying to Lilacflowers.
Ooh, eclairs…I love eclairs…
I like the speculation, for a while at least, and I will not skip. There’s various degrees of gossip and/or self-incurred delusion, and some I find enjoyable and cathartic, and others bizarro. I will remind you that the name of the site is celebitchy not celebnasty.
somehow these pap photos have a quite cool quality, what other celebs’ havent really much in ferial situations like these (airport, go/leave events photos other tbl). and how far were the guy who taken these?
Are you kidding? Those were some of the most nakedly staged shots I’ve ever seen. The one at the gas pump with it coming out of his groin goes beyond nakedly staged to hilarious backfire. Yeah, we all hang on the boy’s neck staring over his shoulder at the pap while the mate gases up. Give me a break: paging Hiddles goin’ commando! They’ve clearly sold their souls to the SUN – the question is, for what? Money? Or silence? Why do I have this feeling that Mr. Private has turned into a tabloid fawner to buy their silence over stuff they’re sitting on. I’d say Bendy WAS robbed of an Oscar, but not for his performance as Turing – for the one he’s doing as Benedict Cumberbatch.
I have a feeling Mister Cumberbatch felt that he was out of choice: he seems to be just immature enough to think he had to go through all these motions due to the circumstances. But never mind. The Hiddles goin’ commando! made me laugh so hard. Does it stand for anything? Like at least that’s real?
You got it Gracie re the goin’ commando bit – at least that’s real! Mind, I do think Hiddles should wear underwear more often, flaunting it on the way to a church wedding was a bit MUCH! I always think it’s a bit suspect for a growed up straight guy to keep pointing to what’s between his legs, no matter how good. . .
I think they have something on him/her/them. What, I have no idea, but something. I’m pretty much out of speculation at this point. I’m going with he’s an alien underling, she is the Overlord, and they’re going to take over world, and the Sun and it’s employees get to move to another planet before the day of reckoning.
It is definitely something. I love Katie Price a lot but this is her territory, where she thrives as a b celebrity (does she even qualify as that?) and for him to be in the SUN along with peter Andre and Katie Price is telling on so many levels!
I believe it’s her but so much is out there it’s hard to pin down. It could be as simple as the lies about her so-called successful career.
@moodgirl. That was the biggest red flag of this whole thing for me. Why were they selling her within the first 48 hours of the announcement? It’s like no ordinary woman would be good enough for him.
Speaking of the PuddleTom, there’s a nice write up of his Nuffield talk on his last post.
Yep. You are all going to break the hearts of his tumblr fans. They Swear by their own graves that no one alive is going to get to see his wedding pics! See! private! (lol)
I feel like its supposed to be casual (staged yet casual) and these two just made it awkward.
He never kissed her on the lips. Interesting why? he can be faithful to his real love girlfriend / boyfriend. With her he looks awkward and reminds homosexual who does not know how to treat a woman.
You do not want to see him kissing lips. His kissing scenes in films are awful and very awkward!
He seemed very loved up with Olivia, did any photos with him kissing her look awkward?
I hate to say it, but psychics on here, any ideas on what this great secret may be (for laughs or insight?)
Not a psychic here, but how about an immature manchild going through early mid-life crisis?
But would a mid-life crisis want to be hidden? This is something far juicier than simply that.
with in immature mum to be trying to keep her man under control.
@Andrea: I too would be interested in hearing what anyone with the “gift of second sight” has to say about this whole Cumberbatch debacle.
not wanting to offend anyone but…..
actually, no. i best just keep quiet on this one.
: x
I’ve met him and I’m darker than her. (I jest but true story)
I’ve heard from other “gift of sight people” on here that there is someone else he is meant to be with whom he has already met and it will be awhile until they get together. I really wonder if this will come to fruition.
I think of his friend Vicki tbh. I was at the James Rhodes album launch and he seemed really happy to see her.
ashara,
i know its nonsense.
I have the gift of second sight and am a channeling medium. However, and for the life of me, I CANNOT FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. It is the most bamboozling bunch of lies and strangeness and innuendo ever. I do believe there is something wrong in CumberLand.
Does BC love SH? I asked the question, thinking the answer would be no, but it was yes.
Does SH love BC? I asked the question, thinking the answer would be yes, but it was no.
Is SH carrying the baby of BC? The answer I got was yes.
Is that red sheath SH is wearing at the Oscar’s the best maternity dress I have ever seen? Yes. So, okay, for whatever that means.
“I have the gift of second sight and am a channeling medium. However, and for the life of me, I CANNOT FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. ”
Hmmm not much of a gift then huh?
Exactly what I’m saying! I was going to say the best clairvoyant could not see through this mess.
But I think you are trolling me so – not nice. 🙂
2 March at The Sun exclusive photos from the wedding. Wondering what The Sun has on him, all exclusives exclusively in The Sun
Does someone know what the demographic is and readership numbers for The Sun?
I can say this—it is Katie Price/ Peter Andre territory (google them if you have no clue who they are). Peter Andre is basically a one hit wonder from the 90’s who rode on Katie Price for more fame (they had a reality tv show together documenting their lives) and even moreso after their divorce. katie Price has had a 20 year career that started with getting her boobs out(she shills everything from perfume, books, clothing, kids clothing, eye lash extensions now). So just bear in mind, this is the type of readership for ole Cumberbatch in the SUN. Both of the above b-c list celebs have exclusives in the SUN a lot. The aristos of England are not reading the SUN exclusives; it mostly caters to average working class people who are into reality tv celebs. The American comparison would maybe be Us weekly(or even people; haven’t lived in US in three years so a bit lost with comparison)?
And for anyone who does not know, the Sun is the tabloid with the Page Three girls: topless models on the third page. Every day, for over 40 years. I think that may be where Katie Price got her start?
And Lary what is your source for the wedding pix info? Did you see it in the paper?
Yes, the SUN is where Katie Price I believe got her start. They have had exclusives of all her 3 weddings. LOL
The sun is a horrible sexist rag, fit only for lining cat litter trays, which unfortunately has a large circulation.
Well, then. Wedding Photos next to naked women. Well done. I know who Katie Price is because she dated some wannabe celeb (Leando Pena) and they were everywhere. She seemed tacky.
WTH is he doing? Is he trying to reach the working classes (whatever that means, sorry I have no idea)? Is the working class larger than other classes? Will they spend more money on his products/films than other classes?
I’m trying to understand this from a Communication, Press and Marketing POV.
EDIT: @anne tommy – if this paper’s circulation is the largest in the country, then I get it.
I think it does have the largest circulation Cee, around two million copies a day.
Maybe if he puts it in The Sun his contemporaries in the upper classes won’t buy it and see how tacky he is?
@Anne tommy – and that’s only Print, right? 2 million plus the millions of clicks they must get every day, from everywhere, not just the UK.
I know someone debunked this rumour, but it does make a little bit of sense in a twisted way. I’m sure there are better outlets. But how much would Hello! or People pay in order to publish the photos? I don’t think his celebrity currency is very high.
I don’t mean to be a nag or anything, but does anyone have any smidgeon of a source/link/anything for this Sun wedding pics thing?
Because I haven’t seen any, just almost troll-like matter-of-fact statements going around CB and truther blogs.
Is this a lesson about how rumours are spread or what?
I asked the same thing in the previous thread, @Leo. It’s not in the Sun’s twitter feed, so I wonder where this is coming from…
the possible extra sun pics are really inconsequential. there are a slew of painfully staged shots for paps. thats more than enough, thanks.
Oh, never mind, I found it myself – started by that looney Wikianon. People, it just a fantasy.
First she claimed the Sun is running the photos on March 2. Then people started wondering where she got it from. Apparently from the Sun Twitter feed. But there is nothing there. In the end she backtracked and said it was the People magazine, but she just got mixed up about which publication it was.
But People already have the article from March 2 on-line and there are NO exclusive photos being mentined and the article is just a reharsh from DM, local press and Twitter.
SoGo has posted about the WikiAnon connection. Guess we’ll see next Monday one way or the other LOL Besides, the Sun already had exclusive wedding photos like the one of Wanda and Timothy. Why wouldn’t they have run them all then?
This whole thing has also been an exercise in spreading rumors and grasping at anything to make them true. Is it just me, or is Tumblr making gossip no fun anymore? I get gossip but these nutjobs now have a platform and huge audiences. Its tiresome sometimes. I’m pretty sure that’s where the PH and Emma W thing originated.
@InvaderTak – That rumor made me happy.
I love Harry for the same reason I adore Shakey’s Prince Hal. I’m a sucker for scamps. I wish that rumor were true — Emma seems uptight to me, Harry would do her good, in more ways than one.
photo from the wedding will be in People
That makes much more sense than The Sun. After all, he is trying to launch in the US.
but will Americans care? Also they had those helicopter photos that someone claimed was for their “personal album” but if they are in People…
No. Most Americans and Canadians that I know when I mention his name, they don’t know who he is or what he has been in(and they are active movie goers).
March 2 People already available online, no new photos there and the story was just cut and paste from other sources. They even said that he HAD bought that tacky faux-Tuscan house in LA
People say they will actually be in The Sun. Next to the Girl on Page 3
Didn’t he say in an interview once that he used to ridicule Olivia for reading those kind of mags? If they gave the Sun an exclusive, then it really shows just shows how much he’s sold out.
no one gave sun a 3/2 exclusive. some gossip blog got confused about the rehashed twitter info people mag spread that’s already circulated
basically all of the sun’s “exclusive” photos (and info, some of which was wrong) ended up in another mags, so they didn’t even pony up for the sole print fee and are just buying from paps and paying a bit more to run first lol
the tl dr is that tabloid exclusives often don’t mean the same thing as regular media exclusives
regular media exclusive=celeb gave photo rights or interview to just one paper
tabloid exclusive=tab paid pap or some unnamed source more for the right to run photos/info first. with photos, could mean they paid for sole printing rights
Ironic thing about that interview was he was talking about the Khan beach photos which were also definitely staged because he was a high C/B lister at the time (War Horse and Tinker Tailer).
There it is. The needle that will break the haystack that are his faithful standby fans. Those fans swore on their own graves that no one alive would EVER get to see any pics of his wedding. If that doesn’t prove something is amiss, idk what would.
I love that Jag!
How can anyone forget they’re engaged or married?
A tipsy or drunk person.
Somebody who had to practice really hard for a few months to say ”my fiancée” when speaking to the press. Hasn’t had enough time to practice saying “my wife”, what with the Oscars and the Jag photoshoots and all.
Oh come on, I called my husband “my fiance” on and off for at least three months after we got married. You get used to one label, and suddenly you have to move on to the next, and sometimes you slip up. Their relationship is bizarre, but the fact that he called her his fiance just ten days after their wedding isn’t proof of anything.
Slightly OT. Wonder if Benny will be present at the birth? Will his surgical cap be too small for his head? Will he cut the cord with one hand while the other is in his pocket? What is it with these two and pockets anyway?(Sudden craving for a Hot Pocket)
Gazing into my crystal ball, I see an Easter baby for the Cumberbatches 🐣
OMG, PunkyMomma, there is a famew***e wannabe celeb in my country (she only dates football/soccer players) and she recently married her 2nd husband (she is 27 years old and has 3 children) while expecting a new child. She told our press (she lives in Italy) that her husband would be present during her C-section and would stich her up.
If BC reaches that level, I’m out.
Did I read that right? A sports star is going to suture his wife’s C-section? In Italy? 👀
This is so scary on so many levels.
She loooooves to bait the press and people. Anyway, the birth of ther 4th kid got burried under political news in my country, so it didn’t really work to the point where I have no idea if he did it or not (nor do I care, obviously lol)
Blimey, life sometimes is stranger than fiction…
WHAT IS THIS?!?! WHERE DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH OF A YEAR AGO GO???
I’m over it. So over it. So over him. I’m not convinced they are kissing in any of those photos. I have an icky, odorous intuition about her and him and the whole thing and I can’t ignore it anymore. *shudders*
Thank God for the forever unfaltering Matt Damon. Too bad you never got that beer with him, Benedict. Maybe he could have advised you how not to act like a Hollywood Tryhard.
Adios, shell of my former crush. It was real while you were real.
King said, You must be shattered! referring to Bendy’s Oscar loss
This is a really dick thing to say. Honestly, I’m thrilled for Eddies win, and Benedict will get his shot eventually, but that interviewer… ugh
I dont think he meant it like that, shattered can mean tired, in Ireland anyway, and in the full intro he was nothing but gushing about him.
Plus he said something like “you’ve been back and forth so much”
I must say, I am over my celeb crush on him. He is too oversaturated. I only come here for the conjecture/speculation now because I am sure all this oversaturation isn’t just pre-oscar stuff, it is something larger and I am dying to know what! I also must say I’d be surprised if they make it until their 5 year anniversary (no ill will towards them, just never seen a couple who got together so quickly and had a kid and it worked (I know your brother’s cousin’s sister did it so it must work for them too; anomalies are just that, they are not the norm). I have gone back to crushing on Fassbender.
Yes, BC IS oversaturated, ad nauseum, and it’s telling. His PR people must be amateurs who only think that the more they can get him into publications, the better. That hasn’t ever been the case, though. In Hollywood, it’s all about getting into SELECTED media, and carefully treading the line between “beloved and I want to see more of him” and “UGH — him AGAIN??”
For example, Chris Pratt — who really IS a big star — is treading that line very lightly – and he’s been in (and is going to be in) far more huge blockbuster movies than Cumberbatch. Yet you don’t see Pratt everywhere, making you sick of him – he does selected red carpets, but you don’t read endless drivel about him and his family. He appears when he has a picture out, and then disappears. The real pros know how to do this. Cumberbatch and his people, apparently, don’t.
I am so bored with these two that all 5 ( now 6 ) of my comments on this thread reference either Hiddles or Tennant. Apparently, I’ve said all I have to say on the Otter. Y’all carry on….
Come here sit with me as we look forward to Friday…
Haven’t had a chance to read all the comments yet, but obviously you have good taste.
Thank you alice, see you on the next Hiddles post (or the last one that’s miraculously still open!), since we don’t get Tennant here unfortunately.
So ladies, who is the internet’s new BF? Put your nominations here:
I’ll start with Oscar Isaac
Michael Fassbender
Eddie Ready!
I think Luke Evans is going to have a good internet year.
Honk for Eddie!
Can we call him Reddie?
Tom Hardy. All. The. Way.
Looking forward to seeing him as Max, even though I could do without Charlize.
now now he is MY boyfriend!
@Maria – LOL I bet he is everyone’s boyfriend. He is just so likeable.
McAvoy.
Any Scot will do — The Mac, Mcgregor, Tennant, McKidd. Hell To The Yes!
I didn’t watch Grey’s Anatomy so I should probably investigate McKidd some more. But yes Scots!
Toss Capaldi into that mix. Love those accents.
Always Robert Downey Jr.
someone who needs a career boost but im drawing a blank rn
it does nothing positive once you’re established
Ben Whishaw please. He’s in 4 movies this 2015 according to IMDB, including Spectre/James Bond. I would love for his career to just explode, he’s a really good actor.
I would seriously ride Joaquin Phoenix to hell and back.
I like weird but not weird weird. I think it’s JP’s ability to not give a rat’s about the industry.
I like sense of humor the best. Usually when I see a guy who is average looking but is brilliantly funny, he becomes so hot to me. That’s why I also find Simon Pegg really attractive. This is also what drew me to BC in the first place.
James Norton!
And he’s ALL mine!
Nope, sorry. Called dibs on him weeks ago. 😉
SH in Oscar was vulgar like Katie Price.
Lanvin is OK. But, red “lookatme” dress with creepy smile was not Classy.
It was Oscar for BC. A list of thanks Graham Moore read did not have her name.
And BC seem to can’t stand her arm around his shoulder.
She erases his brightness with her darkness. brrrrrrr…
I like Katie Price, but it was rather Katie Price-esque, especially the earrings and dress combo!
The fact that the nannies on tumblr are still buying this…
And on imdb. Full of excuses for his behavior. Any slight doubt gets shouted down.
I don’t know if there is any genuine dirt on her that will eventually be released but if it’s something that will hurt BC, they will turn on her so quickly it will be hilarious.
um, are you actually telling me there are people who exist who actually believe that those photos aren’t as staged as all hell? surely no?
with captions that say “showing the haters on the way out”
whut? i literally don’t even know what they mean by that?
They think people who don’t see their relationship as true love are haters.
lol
wow these kids are scary. and im guessing that some of them also arent kids, which makes it even scarier..
Yes Jojar and they think everybody who is expressing any doubt about it must be a 14 yr old. Frankly, I think that’s insulting to 14 yr olds.
Well, that’s on them 🙂
Well they did swear on their very graves no one alive would ever get to see any of his wedding pics because he is soooo private!!! I wonder what would happen if I found one, & posted it on sogo. …lol
“Benedict Cumberbatch Asks His Wife The Same Cute Question On Every Red Carpet”
@buzzfeed. Link currently at bottom of the page. Oy. Lot of comments about it being patronizing.
It is patronizing.
In other news. Lainey has pics of Reddie and HB getting out of Dodge and back to London. Hannah looks like she’s hiding behind Eddie at one point. Yet, she still manages a smile at him.
its overdone and for show like everything else he’s done the last few weeks. depressing.
Good spot Aiolos! Bring your peeps on over here too.
Newfound respect of SH for not smacking him.
BC is so repetitive. Like a broken record.
I can’t click on the link now, but is this ‘cute’ question him asking her if ‘she’s okay?’ That would drive me.Up.The.Wall! It might be petty or unfair, but I couldn’t stand it if my bf/fiancé/husband whatever constantly asked me at events, especially on the carpet in front of the press and cameras, if I was okay. I’d want to yell, ‘yes, i’m fricken okay! I’m here, dressed up, on the red carpet and (mostly) smiling, aren’t I?’
He probably thinks it’s charming and shows how concerned he is over his pregnant, delicate, wife, and she may like it. But i would feel like he’s treating me like a child. Kind of condescending, like this is all too much for me and i canthandled it. I am a grown woman, if I’m not alright, I’ll let you know! For real. Lol. If you are concerned about my wellbeing, At least don’t ask in front of all the cameras and press.
He may be truly concerned for her, but The way he always asks on the red carpet, in front of cameras, shows me he wants people to ‘see’ that he is the doting husband. Like, look I really do care about her!
It strikes me as insincere. He’s only asking b/c he thinks it’ll make him look good. Doesn’t work.
Maybe it’s sincere. Maybe he doesn’t want her to storm off again suddenly. :p
Doesn’t it look odd that she never answers his “Are you ok?” question. She just looks at him, but there is no nod or answer to achnowledge the question he asked. So my guess is that Aiolos is right, it’s cue for some form of PDA.
If a relationship is REAL, there is no need to show to the world how much you love someone. If you and your partner know, that’s all that really matters. Their behavior is beyond ridiculous at this point. The whole “appealing to Middle America”….sorry, M.A. is not that dumb. Most people have absolutely no interest in him in the States. If he wanted to make a name for himself through his private life he should have hooked up with an American celeb. Or someone that really stands out, so that people would want to know more about her.
To bad he thinks he can’t make it just based on his talent and his (former) personality. Why so insecure BC???
At this point is there anything these two WON’T pap out? Good lord. I was convinced this was a straightforward shotgun that they’re trying to distance themselves from to make it look it really was all about love all along (odd those sparks weren’t struck when they both acted in “Burlesque Fantasies” in 2009) but with this slew of tabloid stuff coming out, you can’t help wondering wtf he’s trying to do? Do celebrity races b/c he lost the Oscar? Fulfill some bargain with her so that after the baby comes she’s a celeb too and can finally get some gigs that she couldn’t over the last few years as plain ole’ Sophie Hunter? Maybe the crazies were right all along and the rags are sitting on stuff about that sweet English rose and this access is their price for silence? Hamlet already sold out – he doesn’t need to sell tickets. Or is this what he thinks is a step to turning himself into Pitt or Clooney? It’s like watching someone have a nervous breakdown in the town square.
We’re going to have pap shots of her vag in the delivery room just to prove she’s preggos.
Can’t get enough Cumberbatch? Really? I’ve had it up to here with him – the most over-exposed (for what reason, i can’t tell) person of the past year, in my opinion. Not sure what in the world anyone sees in him. He’s wrecked Sherlock Holmes with that smarmy, self-reflective, navel-gazing BBC series, which has about as much to do with Sherlock Holmes as my Aunt Fanny. And then the extreme over-exposure leading up to Oscar. He’s Tumblr-famous, not famous-famous. No one in the real world knows who he is. NO ONE. Get over him.
@ Gwendolyno: “No one in the real world knows who he is. NO ONE.” Second that, people in my office out here in the southwestern US wouldn’t know him if they fell over him. But maybe THAT’S exactly what all this tabloid papping is about – maybe that’s exactly what he’s trying to change.
I had a feeling that’s exactly what his PR is trying to do. To transition from being internet famous, to tabloid wh*re and if there is a big enough scandal major media outlets might even cover him. And I feel like PR is even trying to sheepherd his fans leaking to gossip sites which tabloid he’ll be featured in, to get them to follow. It’s a very risky strategy. Especially since his implementation of it is awful. Alienating fans and b*tching to reporters and being a diva is not the way to go.
My friend sent me a picture of him and SH at the gas station on the cover of Closer magazine. Nice title: ( WHAT-HO, RUMPY PUMPY and “Benedict can’t stop snogging his wife”). Wow! He really need to go nesting and fast. Once those nasty magazines get a hold of you, it is like finding rough diamonds in an African mine. They will not them out of their sight. Mucho Moolahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Someone Tweeted/asked Amanda Abbington:
“Hey Amanda. Stupid question but I was wondering if you and Martin were invited to Ben’s Wedding? Please answer??”
(Amanda Abbington): “we were but we couldn’t go. X”
The actual answer is “We didn’t want to go.” They stayed at home with their family since Martin is leaving for filming soon.
Took the words out of my mouth!
These nannies are so easy to manipulate. In other news, Santa isn’t real. The US has drones over Pakistan. TomKat was a product of Scientology.
he was in the US for sure on 2/16, Freeman. took a photo in a deli
aa tweeted she was sad at on the sunday. i guess thats when he left for filming. tho’ anyone who cant see the shade shes thrown needs to pull their head out of their butts, as she couldnt be more obvious there.
to be fair i can’t see going either if he flew out the day after. IoW is like 3 hours+ away from london.
That’s why they took the chopper as gaudy as it was.
j,
no i see that too, but it’s everything else thats come from amanda that says shade. i mean, no congrats etc.. i think something is up between those three. ive thought so for a while.
and why no loo brealey? i got the impression she was a pretty good buddy of his.
Loo does a march every year for violence against women. She may have just advertised it but she has gone every year.
thats great of her, but surely a good pals wedding would come before it?
I am behind on news feed so I have to ask who went. Did any of his colleague go?
Just Andrew Scott from what we’ve seen of the Sherlock regulars.
HIddles, Andrew Scott and Adam Ackland did. Some UK reality TV judge was best man. (american, don’t remember the name)
Erm, that kind of speaks for itself, doesn’t it? I mean, considering that she even visited the set for all about 15 minutes.
Why would she even interact with a fan about something so personal? Does she not have anything else going on in her life? How does she even find the time?
It’s just Amanda being Amanda.
I think Amanda is doing damage control. Her original tweet about VDay was pure wedding bait, and she’s probably regretting it now.
Amanda actually tweeted something like “so many things going on tomorrow – Sat- but I’m staying at home. etc”. She could have chosen to say nothing. The wording of her tweets before the event was very telling.
Some of the nannies are confirming that BC confirmed he is out of Sherlock 4. Time will tell if that’s why. To leave a series & coworkers up in the air is not cool.
Okay, I’m young and naive, and I don’t know squat about the celeb business, but can someone point out how do you tell when one pap shot is staged and another isn’t?
I mean all pap shots of celebrities walking down the street pretty much look the same to me, just like these shots do.
Are ALL celeb pap shots staged then??
I’m just curious here really.
More or less, most of b-list or d-list celebrities do staged pics.
With A-list it’s staged when the pics are too “perfect”.
Here cuddling at a gas station then cuddling in front of the pacific. They pose for the paps.
Legit paps pics are blurred, here everything is too “clean”.
firstly – the dude hardly EVER gets papped out in his spare time, like ..pretty much always manages to avoid it. i think people would be surprised to learn how easy it is to avoid the paps.
suddenly after all the wedding before the oscars news, he gets papped suddenly like LOADS of times all day. his day was pretty much documented from the getting out of the car specifically to awkwardly kiss while looking at the paps at the airport. then she presumably just…got back in the car? the petrol pumps… who hugs like that while filling their car? and she AGAIN was looking at the paps.
then they conveniently they decide to leave their car doors wiiiiidde open and get out on the side of the road to form a car ad circa 1996. it just doesn’t happen that way when it’s spontaneous or unwanted. and surprise – these pics come out on oscar day and the day after the oscar loss even more are released, which were held back.
im chewing my fist with second hand cringe just writing this tbh.
Short answer:
Many, many, many, many of the pap-shots are staged,
Some call the paps before they are going out and tell them where they will be.
There are some places that are well-known pap-holes, and if you avoid them you will also avoid the paps, so why go to that restaurant or whatever when there are thousands others you could go to and thus avoiding the paps. People show up there to get there picture in a magazine/on a website. Some even change clothes a couple of times a day, then they can get more pictures out (remember Daniel Radcliff who wore the same jacket for several months when he was going home from the theatre so that it looked like all the pictures were from the same night = impossible to sell).
Some celebrities are truly sick of the paps, but I think that at first they played the game and then it got out of hand.
ANd then there are those who live a truly quiet life, and avoid being papped.
Some celebrities ask companies for free stuff that they then parade in front of paps. That is what people are accusing Jaguar of here.
I look at those JGL and Daniel Radcliffe pap shots where they were clearly minding their own business and then they look up and gives the photographer a look.
Damn….
Sad all around really.
Whenever I hear pap shots, I always remember princess Diana and how she died while supposedly trying to outrun them. Things have changed really.
You think it’s maybe because celebs want to control the paps they collaborate with them? Otherwise maybe they’d become too invasive and out of hand? Or is it really all just for publicity? I mean, when it comes to the big shots, do they really need this kind of publicity? Can’t they get a better version of it, say an interview or photo-spread in a well known magazine/newspaper?
ah, diana died because her driver was reckless and she didnt wear her belt.
but yep, staged pap shots usually arranged for publicity. it fares better than a spread in OK or wherever. The pap route, they can still pretend they are private and not sellouts and get the press attention “against their wishes”. but that contingency relies on people being gullible and sadly most of the general public are.
SH is obsessed with huge celebrity fantasy. And she took advantage of him.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
you know I’m just curious as to why they couldn’t be papped in London?? It’s very weird. Even in the supposed edinburgh trip. Get papped in LA but publish in london. Its obviously staged but for who? And why?
I have a feeling they took a pap or a few with them, or they called them in the morning, letting them know where they will be.
It looks like they drove down to the beach, snapped a few pics, then gas station, also at the beach, then coffee place in Malibu and back to the Hotel. This could all be done in the matter of 2-3 hours. Why no pics of Big Sur??? Isn’t that where the honeymoon took place?
Good question Amy, why did they never get a pic of SH in London or anywhere else between the red carpet appearances??? Or a pic of them together???
Maybe they didn’t hire or call the pap, but one recognized them and followed them, they realized this and started posing? Were they in a pap/celeb heavy part of Malibu?
I wouldn’t expect the paps to go all the way up to big Sur to get pix, but if they saw BC and sh in Malibu, sure, they’d tail them.
It’s entirely possible the paps were alerted where they’d be, but it could also be that they were in the right place at the right time to get pictures and BCSH tried to sell the ‘we’re so in love we have to hug all the time look at the inside of our fabulous jaguar’ angle
I def. think the pics were staged and not spontaneous, just not so sure they called e paps on themselves.
oh, this was organised down to the last. you can bet on that.
and not only pictures of them: in a petrol station, drinking coffee, driving, asking for directions and conveniently getting out to admire a view but random photos after arriving in la where he eyeballed a pap and grabbed her head for the latest installment of ‘could I be anymore of a dick? Why yes…yes, i can’
Eyewitness? Insider? Source? “the two “kissed, hugged and held hands even when they were pumping gas.” They are really trying to sell their Marriage. lol
(From E! Online:)
“drove up the California coast to kick off their first days as husband and wife, cruising along the picturesque PCH highway in a silver convertible Jaguar.”
“were seen packing on the PDA as they regularly stopped to enjoy the ocean views, and according to an eyewitness, “they could not keep their hands off of one another.”
“Benedict looked completely in love, he only had eyes for Sophie,” the source reveals, noting that the two “kissed, hugged and held hands even when they were pumping gas.”
“The insider adds that the lovebirds “mainly kept to themselves” and had little interaction with others, but were always “polite and friendly.”
LOL! I have to say, it took me a while to get used to ‘fiancé after my fiancé and I became engaged. I would introduce him as my boyfriend, and he would ask if he’d been demoted lol. Now, it’s less than six weeks until the wedding, so I have to start practicing saying ‘husband.’ So … I’m not a cumberbitch, but I definitely empathize with the slip!
Oh, I remember the days… so long, long ago… when there would be a headline about this funny looking guy with the weird name – Cumberbatch… and the headline would usually say ‘Would You Hit It?’. (I hated that). The whole love affair seems so far away now. *sigh*
I couldn’t agree more. It is like we crashed and burned with him in 6 months. I am so over him.
I feel bad for him. He seemed like such a nice boy. Probably he got caught up in the “hubris” of the moment (see foreboding tarot reading above).
You know, I didn’t know what to think of tarots or prophecies but considering Lady Gaga’s comeback at the Oscars has too many parallels from her Paparazzi video, I may have to reconsider.
Nice of her to leave the car door open on the Jag. They gotta get that beautiful interior in the pic as well!!
And he didn’t even help her out of the car but she couldn’t get off the couch without help at the GGs
Well, you know, She wasn’t as use to being pregnant back then! Comets are funny that way, non?
Oui, sais vrais.
LOL nothing feels better than watching an overrated douchebag fall off his high horse.
wrong place
I really don’t care what Ben and Sophie do or how they dress BUT what’s really getting on my tits is the fawning media comments about how lovely she looks and how stylish she is. Some of her clothes are ghastly but you’d think she’d out done Kate Moss in the fashion stakes. Then there is the narrative of what a super intelligent theatre, opera director, French-speaking, playwright, actress, songwriter and singer she is. If she’s so fahbulous then why had I not heard of her before she hooked up with Benedict?
Calm it down, media folks or start selling barf bags with your papers.
Yup.
I never paid attention to Benedict until he got engaged.I witnessed the epic meltdown.I thought it was funny.It reminded me of when the Twilight couple broke up.Now I realize why his fans are so upset.They thought they knew him.They thought they knew who his friends were.They thought they knew who he was attracted to.They thought they knew what he values .Now they realize they were wrong about everything.He hasn’t changed .He wasn’t trapped.He is in control of everything he is doing .
Go back to IMdB, darling.
You fool no one.
Assuming you’re talking to Kim1 she doesn’t sound like a imdb nanny at all, just thinks it”s all BC’s doing, which may or may not be true
Oh pls, just look at them, wife + husband + mother-in-law:
http://41.media.tumblr.com/f0c15a22fb3edb8a5a2bd12022253fc9/tumblr_nkarce2K3u1unu5mno1_540.png
Nice triangle : )
and why is that SH always put her arms on Ben like that?
She’s literally a hanger-on in his life. I also think it’s their way to exude dominance over each other. Sometimes BC does it too, but not as much as her. I think it shows who’s in control of this relationship. Sorry BC but you will never be a leading man that way.
Its a possessive gesture, like “he’s mine”. She does this when she leads him and lifts her neck/nose too.
1. She should smile more! She looks more approachable and lovelier than when she is tight lipped.
2. Mama Batch is not amused.
3. BC does not look at her once (I’ll be fair, these are only 2 photos, but still). Does he only look at her then he knows the cameras are on them?
4. She is into him, big time.
Into his wallet…
Lol, wanda looks confused. Someone said before she doesn’t smile often because she may be self conscious about her teeth (I’m not fond of my smile either so I dont blame her)
I really think his parents can’t be pleased. I am an only child and my dad is very protective of me. If I showed up wanting to marry someone after 6-8 months, my dad would be very much against it.
She’s not into him, she’s into the performance. And this one was atrociously unconvincing. And Yep the arm permanently hooked around his neck is very weird, but strangely appropriate.
What I don’t get is how a supposedly intelligent guy and an accomplished actor can be so oblivious to how ridiculous he looks. Other true couples are real, consistent and natural. This sudden change just confirms to anyone with a brain that his behaviour is more affected than ever. Cheek and hand kisses on a red carpet.. Just astonishing really. And embarrassing.
I never thought he’d be desperate enough to stage some pap shots to deflect from an Oscar loss. Releases on Oscar day and the day after, they’ve filled the tabloid press and drowned out the Oscar loser headlines. Grabbing cheap press whichever way he can.
Also, why weren’t his parents actually walking with him on the red carpet instead of trailing behind like hired help? I’m surprised one of them wasn’t carrying Hunter’s bag.
@Toodles45 – I know, I am one of those who thought that,. But in this photo her teeth and smile look great. She looks much better. The tight lip smiles do nothing for her.
IDK, her teeth look normal to me (?)
@Kat – I missed them on the RC. Perhaps his parents walked the other RC, the one with no photographers and press. Nothing wrong with that. You never see other actor’s families unless they’re their “date” like Laura Dern and Lady Gaga did.
In this ONE photo, she does look into him. Problem is, he couldn’t care less.
@Cee: just found now that these are captions from a Rita Ora performance video (weinstein pre-oscar party) & sometimes the audience were captioned how they enjoy the music. https://screen.yahoo.com/play-215836844.html
Cee,
Nah I wouldn’t say she looks particularly into him. She’s just glancing and smiling at him. Just another public performance as far as I can see to add to to the rest of the excruciating nonsense. I only think it looks remarkable because she spends her life being so po – faced. And she’s clearly had her teeth whitened. There’s some hollywood glare going on.
And yes, his parents walked the same carpet as him but trailed about 12 feet behind. Weird. But then it’s also fairly weird to take a ‘family selfie’ and not bother to go to the effort of making sure your mother is included in it. Although as long as sophie is beaming centre stage, that’s all that matters.
This is the biggest reason why she looks vulgarity.
No other celebrity couples don’t do this.
but honestly: is that hand able to do anything else than just hang into the void? i mean: a neck or cheek fondling, or just a caress shoulder touching to show some support or gently care…? or i’m just too romantic on the subject… *okay*
Her arm suffers from hangers on syndrome. Not her fault. She has her tongue in her cheek while BC is rocking out to Rita. Her snub is under control. Or…is it?
Uh oh. Things have started getting wonky in the c.o.m.m.e.n.t.s section.
I’m just a bit flabbergasted. Well.. A LOT flabbergasted. He’s no Mr perfect, but I never saw him indulging in this horror flicker-book of staged shittery. There’s enough desperadoes out there filling the pages of heat magazine every week and most of them are in TOWIE.
What happened to the guy who was anti all that? The pressing out his personal life, a wedding for the Oscars , now some staged pap pics. It’s toxic stuff and that shows on him. He doesn’t physically look that well to me of late.
Kat, I said on another forum on the interwebs back in October that I thought something was wrong with him, and then 2 wks later came the engagement announcement. For this reason, I’m not kicking him to the curb yet. Not that it matters what I think, but I still believe something shady is going on. The PR and media (and him, too) have tried SO HARD to sell her and this relationship to his fans and there’s still no real explanation for that.
Bill Murray said that there is a time that once you become very famous, you are an a**hole for about a year. You just have to acknowledge it and decide if you want to stay like that. If you don’t acknowledge it, it’s permanent. Hopefully he acknowledges that he has been that this year.
It’s two years, Felice. Great quote.
I believe tsmiv2 is correct. Stress can have a lot of effects, but he appears almost physically ill at times and has been increasingly struggling to make sense when he talks. I noticed that starting before the engagement and it’s gotten progressively worse.
It’s interesting that the prevailing theory here is he wanted fame or the Oscar or both so bad, he was willing to do whatever it took when his stress and negative emotions are what tanked the entire thing. 2+2=5?
I have never quite understood the fascination with this man…Anyway, I saw that photoshoot, and we can say that Sophie sure loves her silver shoes!! She has silver flats and then some kind of silver boot-sneacker
One final thought on the staged PDA photos before I duck out of here again for a bit–total Vomit Comet!!! Lol. I think that can describe the whole situation, really 🙂
Her arms are SO thin! And now I cannot but see them in every pic.
Her collarbone in the jaguar pics looks thin too—I have never seen that on a pregnant woman before, especially one so far along!
No LAX or Heathrow pics yet? I’m expecting full on humping near the luggage carousel as the next level pda.
They must still be in LA. And apparently papping them is not that easy! Who would’ve known.