Here are some photos of Benedict Cumberbatch, out last night in London for the opening of Bally’s flagship store. I have to say… our Otter King looks really good in these photos. I would even call him “handsome” here, and that’s not a word I’ve been using since he got that haircut. And no, this boy should not be allowed to dress himself. I think he was trying to look like he just effortlessly pulled together an outfit in seconds, but it looks like he spent time putting together this ensemble and he just doesn’t know how to put things together. Ever. I hope he gets a stylist for his Oscar campaign! #AlltheVelvet
Other Benedict stuff… Bendy was filming more Richard III stuff this week and photographers got some shots of him in a black robe, looking like The Otter of Death. The Grim Otter? Go here to see the shots. I’m strangely turned on.
There’s also this newly released video of his Desolation of Smaug mo-cap work. I’m sort of embarrassed for him here, although I’m sure this is what directors want, right? They want an actor who is not afraid to look foolish or weird or whatever.
And finally, Bendy has a new interview with The National Student – go here to read. We’ve heard variations on most of those quotes before.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Oh BendyDick, stop.
wow.
This is an unfortunate camera angle, he looks like a popsicle or a toy.
I absolutely adore Benny…but lord almighty, he looks like a posh bobblehead doll. Like something dreamt up as a door prize for a “Sherlock” fan festival or something. I just want to give him a gentle shove and watch him wobble.
Plus, I hate that faded black/grey denim. Ugh. That trend should’ve died out in the mid-90s along with clunky-heeled granny boots and the cultural relevance of Courtney Love.
He went to the opening of a SHOE SHOP?
With Lupita. It’s Oscar season.
Luke Evans was there as well. Come and get it boys get your Bally B list shoes for a year and free nibbles., Whoever can get the sheep skin slipper on the Cinderella display wins an Oscar and the runner up gets to play in Henry Higgins My Fair lady.
•Sixer•
*Clearly* the actions of a man who is media/press shy. Clearly.
he opened an envelope the other day.
Ok, now I might try opening my fridge to see if he shows up. I will report back.
*opens tupperware dish hopefully*
*repeatedly opens and closes doors, hoping*
Ha!
Thanks for the giggles!
It’s a new low, right?! Freakin’ Ada.
Excuse me while I rush back into the arms of Cillian Murphy, who Does Not Go To The Opening Of Shoe Shops.
I must be in a truly ratty mood today if shoe shops are sending me to Capital Case!
You’re just hoping he’ll hand you over to his Peaky Blinders co-star.
I’d be happy with either. BOTH! It’s on tonight, dontchaknow. I’m ready.
I’m in that queue!
-Sixer: Nope, he’s done some of these before and goes to a lot of Bally stuff. At least he got dinner and yet another Bally bag to add to the collection.
I’m not bothered, hustle and do something to earn the free stuff you get. I ain’t no saint 😀
I’ve got VERY sharp elbows, ‘P’enny. Jus’ sayin’. 😉
The Peaky Blinders match between Sixer and P’enny might be worth watching in its own right.
LOL Murphy is one of my partner’s “sign of quality” actors. If he’s in something, he’ll be good but there’s a 50/50 chance the movie/show itself is crap.
Oh I hate you guys–Peaky Blinders Season 2 isn’t on Netflix yet. It has the Hardy!
And is it just me, or is Hardy using some pull to get Charlotte Riley in on all of his jobs? I swear this is like the 4th project they’ve done together since 2009. Which, I don’t mind, because I think Charlotte is a really good actress….but she just doesn’t seem to do much beyond what she does with Hardy.
Hardy plays a bearded Jewish gangster from Camden Taaaaann who swears a lot. I think Americans may need subtitles though the accents are pretty thick.
I just watched a Cillian in something called Red Lights-he was great but the film was so so even with Robert dE Niro and Sigourney Weaver. Cillian was pretty good,.
@Virgilia Coriolanus I thought it is now coming to Netflix
And yes subtitle may be necessary in America although Americans did manage to Welsh accents in Torchwood
30 mins…. elbow wars.. 😀 just call me Aunt Polly 2nd
so we’re ‘murphy-mugging’ the Cumby threads now and no one is complaining yet???
aw, Cillian Murphy is great! He should show up in more threads 😀
SEX SCENE! SEX SCENE! Plus the Bloke doing other sorts of dirty.
Penny – I’ve sharpened my elbows.
@Sixer, that SEX SCENE! announcement definitely brightened up my windy, rainy night.
I have to say that the sex scene last night was pretty hot and he walked away with a bit of a skip in his walk, This season is building up quite nicely and I am completely taken with both Cillian and Polly. Damien Lewis you are one lucky man and Cillian I know you avoid behaviour which might trigger a media episode but could you just do one naughty thing just to get yourself on celebitch. You do not have to dance, or open baby shops or promise to die for your cause. You do have two children so it’s understandable but perhaps you could callMaggie Thatcher a mean old witch or suggest that the royalty are redundant to modern life or if you are really desperate say that Peaky Blinders “real”drama not like that silly Sherlock show which is fodder for the masses. That should do it.
So I literally just started watching Peaky Blinders last night and I love love love it. I suppose in a couple of days I’ll be lamenting season 2 not being out yet. Stupid America. Why can’t we all get shows at the same time!
But he’s not campaigning..ok?..he’s too busy..ok? He’s not…OKAY!?!
No, not campaigning at all. He’s showing Melissa Leo levels of restraint. I expect to see “For your consideration” ads popping up in my oil bill any day now.
Wonder why it’s mostly UK? Not very effective if you want an Oscar…he needs to hit the East coast.
I only wish my electric bill was that interesting. You ladies are cracking me up today.
Well he’s restricted at this stage because of filming Hollow Crown, he can’t go far.
Watch, when HC finishes and he has a gap he’ll go to US and open a Footlocker.
I’m trying to think of something more awkward than Cumby in a Footlocker.
I’m not coming up with anything.
-Lindy79-does he have a significant gap, do you know?
Right now, nothing he’s doing is really going to reach Academy voters beyond the film fests or is even new to him. I’m a bit disappointed.
@sigh(s), Cumby @ the opening of a new Bed, Bath & Beyond? Or at a Michael’s craft store?
Lilac- no, he’s no alpha-male, he’s said so himself. I can totally see him at BBaB, lying in the display beds, wine glass in hand (with decorative beads so he can remember which one is his), cumberbabe on hand, using a wooden hand massager on his back whilst quoting Shakespeare to an adoring crowd.
I’m willing to bet he’ll do a round of talkies in the States before the year is out… but he’s so not campaigning! He swears!
Lol sigh((s))- that’s an alpha male? I must be out of the loop…
MissMary- No doubt about it.
No, you misunderstand, he’s in no way alpha male, which is why Bed Bath and Beyond seems a natural habitat.
Oh no, I got it. I was being facetious. 😉 When I think of Alpha male, he’s definitely not who I picture. (Kind of funny he thinks he is one, though. Or was he joking as well?)
No, he said he wasn’t alpha.
Wow. We’re getting our wires crossed today.
🙂
ahaha, yeah. I misread it, I thought you wrote he said he was an alpha male. Him saying he’s not makes me side eye him a lot less. Lol.
@Sigh((s)), Home Depot! In the power tools section.
the Baftas precede the Oscars and can help cement a a film or artists position position and I am sure he would probably like both. So its all part and parcel of the campaign
additionally many of his pictures/interviews and grandiose statements get carried to the USA VIA THE INTERNET.
He could do a Walmart across America tour.
lots of different departments for him to frolic in while NOT campaigning. Nope. No campaigning to see here…none…zip….nada.
Luke Evans was there as well. Come and get it boys get your Bally B list shoes for a year and free nibbles., Whoever can get the sheep skin slipper on the Cinderella display wins an Oscar and the runner up gets to play in Henry Higgins My Fair lady.
NOW he is a beauty… rides a diff bus but H O T (Luke Evans)
He definitely suffers from the “Look at me!! Don’t look at me!!”doesn’t he?
@Sixer, LMAO.
Hey now, Bally is not JUST a shoe shop. I’m pretty sure they do handbags and possibly belts, as well. 🙂
Opened a shoe store on a week night, hosted a magazine party on a weekend, and still keeping his day job shooting Richard III. Makes me think that the shooting of Richard III isn’t all that demanding.
Why is the Mo Cap embarrassing? I thought it was super cool to get to see.
I thought it was awesome to see as well. The fact that he is unafraid to look weird or silly makes him a great actor.
A few days ago I saw his performance as the creature in Frankenstein and the first twenty minutes are one of the most beautiful and nuanced performances I have ever seen. HIs body control was so expressive and impressive that I would have been hapy to watch his character experience the world for two hours without dialogue.
It’s incredible what he’s doing, esp. since he doesn’t have a co-star or other things to work off of during the performance.
I thought he was practicing for his next snorkelling holiday
Wow! There is a lot of mean spiritedness on here today.
I love the mo-cap video and you can tell he loves getting into character for Smaug. It is true drama school stuff and as he has said, the movements inform the voice. I have seen videos where the Weta guys talk about how they used his facial expressions and movements to assist them in the animation and CGI,so it wasn’t for nothing. He loves mixing it up and obviously Andy Serkis was impressed as he gave him a juicy role in his Jungle Book film. I love the physicality and could watch much, much more of him “losing his shit on a piece of grey carpet”.
Of course he is campaigning. He will be contractually obliged to do a certain amount and he doesn’t do things by halves. He is proud of the film and wants to promote it and Turing. Most of the actors who are in possible award films are campaigning like mad. The Interstellar team are everywhere, as are the Into The Woods cast and Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, for example. It is what people do.
I agree that his outfit is not the best, to put it mildly, but we know he is not wonderful at dressing himself and I am sure he just grabbed the nearest and cleanest, after filming all day. He has been to the Bally openings or promotions before and Karon accompanied him so it was obviously something he had agreed to do and a chance to meet up with Lupita and Luke. Why not attend?
That is spectacular.
I like the jacket. That is the only positive I have with this ensemble.
LMAO. Me, too.
How is the mocap footage embarrasing? It’s amazing to see him perform like that and fascinating to see how it’s done. Not to mention how hot it is to see his body move like that.
THis this this lol. Not everyone is comfortable doing mocap and seeing him just go for it is awesome.
Where are Lupita pics?
The Mo Cap is funny because the Directors told him it wasn’t necessary and he INSISTED.
Cumby looks like he could use a break from TIG promotion blitz. I recommend that he sleep in, stay in his pajamas all day, break open some clams on his tummy, watch a Good Wife marathon, and then go back to bed.
•Hello Kitty•
You forgot ‘And snuggle with LadySlippers’.
*pouting*
(Hello my dear!)
Hi darling!
Yes, we can certainly add in snuggles with LadySlippers. You can break your clams on his tummy.
You’re so lucky I’ve moved on to the guy from Outlander!!
Jamie?
*drools*
Yes! Sam Heughan is my new celebrity obsession. Do you think we should hijack every Cumby and Hiddles post to discuss Sam Heughan until Kaiser gives in and dedictates a post to Sam Heughan?
It’s worth a try!
Wait, there have been Hiddles posts to hi-jack? WHERE?!!!
Seriously, this is making me snicker. (And I’ll attempt to refrain from noting the difference in treatment re envelope-opening. Although Sixer and a few others can always be counted on to keep some perspective.)
@TotallyBiased, no, there have been none. Yes, some of us have noticed the difference you mention. Now, back to admiring how he is not campaigning. He just needed some new shoes.
@Totally Biased He is sequested in New Orleans with his secret cigarette yodelling and singing his heart out.i have been using the Bugatti to smuggle in cigarettes .
I do think he has handed the title of Publicity queen to his one true friend who understands how difficult it is to maintain the level of commitment with out the incentive of an Oscar,
@Lilac flowers Be fair perhaps he is considering a break from acting with a view to going into designing shoes once he has consulted with Daniel Day Lewis on the best way forward
The man can’t put together an outfit, how’s he going to design shoes? Will the shoes wear tiny little hats and be made of blue chambray, with maroon courduroy inlay?
Ben designing shoes or clothes would be have the same result as Homer Simpson designing a car
@sigh As far as I know there is not a high street shop which specialises in men’s matching hats and shoes so it could work, He e could have a ghost designer and call it Benedict’s Hats ,caps and budget shoes. Something to fall back on if the Oscar does not work out.
sigh((s))- don’t forget the velvet and sequins. He’d definitely throw them on some of the fancy dress shoes. Casual shoes would be the blue and maroon.
I forgot about the sequins! Probably subconsciously trying to purge that image from my brain.
yes, he cannot for the life of himself dress properly, those black drain pipe jeans which should be on young twenty-something, not late thirties and that jacket!! good grief.
And, the shadows on those jeans look like he’s split a drink in an unfortunate place.
worst Benedict oufit no.1
enough of the papz
I know it’s been said he wears the same stuff to to devalue pictures as it’s harder to attribute them to a date/event (seriously who has the energy to think that much about stuff like that??) What concerns me is that he seemed to be wearing those jeans and that shirt in the restaurant pictures on Saturday night. While I’m sure he uses a laundry service to clean his clothes but still….
He also appears to never take those shoes off.
At least there are no thumbhead caps or teeny sunglasses.
When did he say that about wearing the same clothes because of paps?
And how would that devalue photos?
Ugh, I hate myself for thinking of the laundry, but I’m right there with you. Maybe he has a whole closet filled with identical jeans and sweaters?
I also hate that he’s gone back to appearing at the opening of an envelope.
But he is attending “an event”, which is locked in time and place.
@Lilacflowers. I know and as much as I love Cumby, this is one of those instances where he thinks he’s cleverer than he is. Like the napkin on the face, he thought he was being funny and stopping them but he gave them a better picture.
I have no clue, it could be a case of chinese whispers but it’s something I’ve heard a few times about him and a few others so it’s probably more of an assumption…which is worse because it means he’s doing it because he thinks he looks good.
I know Daniel Radcliffe did it, wore same jeans and jacket for months. The idea being they all look the same even if taken a week apart. If he was wearing the same outfit as the night before when he left the theater, the paparazzi would just groan and not bother taking pictures, because they’d look like they were from yesterday and couldn’t be sold.
I honestly think he dresses the way he does for two reasons… 1) he likes wearing clothes that are familiar and comfortable and 2) b/c he has NO FASHION SENSE. I can’t tell you how many people in this world think that their fashion sense is pretty good, when in reality, it’s not.
Oh well. Not a fan of the skinny jeans, but when I was in London last month, that’s all I saw the men over there wearing.
PS – And he’ll stop going to every event he’s invited to… when he finally finds a gf! He’s single… he could meet someone when he’s out… why not go?
PPS – Plus… Lupita was there. I would have gone too! She’s pretty awesome.
@geemoney, he’s attending events because he is Oscar campaigning, not because of any relationship status.
@LilacFlowers
Just b/c you are campaigning for an Oscar doesn’t mean you can’t scope out a potential gf in the process.
I think the “Wear the same outfit” thing is a popular tactic–several celebs have mentioned doing it, or always wearing the same color, or the same hairstyle, etc, to de-value pap shot. With BC… I think it may be that or he just flat wears the same outfit often. He seems to find an item he loves then wear that shit till it falls apart.
Nah, he was wearing a light blue shirt on Saturday night (or maybe the flash was just making it look light blue?) This is the shirt he seemed to have bought in Paris – at least, the first time I saw it was in the photo with the fan that was taken in Paris – and he has worn it a LOT since, including the photo call at LFF. He wore the same sweater two days in a row though – last Friday (fan photo on Instagram, in Hampstead) and again Saturday for the “date” with SH. Yes, I know way too much about the man and his wardrobe……
@lilac flowers he mistakenly thinks that wearing the same clothes might get him another best dressed award,
@lilacflower: “But he is attending “an event”, which is locked in time and place. ” whatever does that mean?
@Josa, anyone taking a photograph of him can include something related to the event (like the Bally sign) in the shot so it is identifiable.
-Lindy79, think he’s just lazy and wears clothes to death, particularly when his weight changes. Typical male ‘Let me change one thing and it’ll look different’ style.
This is the second ill-fitting jacket. I’m wondering if he shows up without a jacket and someone tells him he needs to wear one, so he grabs whatever’s in his car at the time.
-GeeMoney: YES. I’d be everywhere if people were going to give me free stuff. Plus I hope he’s not so unintelligent that he thinks he’s big enough to win against Harvey without consequences. Although this isn’t usually Harvey’s style, too ‘small’.
Well, he definitely wore these pants TO DEATH as there is a tear near his knee (you can see it in a photo taken with Lupito). I mean, come on. Wearing a holey pair of pants to a “fashion” party?
@An,
That’s my thinking as well. He says that he told Harvey, ‘no’. But we all know that’s not going to work on Harvey. Filming or not, wanting to or not, he’s going to go wherever Harvey sends him. He was photographed with a newly minted Oscar winner. Doesn’t get more Harvey than that.
-delorb: To be fair, he never actually said he wasn’t campaigning, just not doing the full Harvey tilt-a-whirl. I believe it, he should have been doing the US circuit already. Academy members want to be wined, dined, acknowledged and catered to. Store openings across the pond and isolated web chatter isn’t going to cut it.
Honestly, I’ve no problem with self-promotion from a talented person. Even with talent, you need any edge you can get in a pool this large if you’re driven. Even Day-Lewis campaigned for Lincoln.
–Green Eyes: Yeah, they’re old. I’m fairly certain he’s got a old pile of smaller clothes that he uses when he’s down a few pounds for Sherlock instead of buying new things.
If there is anything I hate more than skinny jeans on men it is skinny jeans on men over age of 20 and if there is anything I hate more than that it is men wearing trousers that are several inches too long and crumple up over their shoes, especially in a dress suit so the crease doesn’t hang straight.
But that might just be down to my age.
NO and clearly Bally didn’t loan him anything to wear, jacket too tight/short and the shirt really doesn’t work surprising as most English guys I know are pretty with it clothes wise. He isn’t bothered so why should I? Maybe it’s just the first photo that looks off but still not with the look.
The ill-fitting jacket caught my attention immediately. Somewhere, a British tailor is grumbling.
exactly…. he needs to stop at a tailor for all jackets casual or not.
I do like the jacket, but yes, it is in desperate need of tailoring.
@AG-Uk, the jacket looks like something he just grabbed. It’s a suit jacket and not for casual wear.
•Lilacflowers•
I suspect the shirt is much thicker than what the jacket was/is tailored for. That mught cause the jacket to appear like it doesn’t fit…
@LadySlippers, anything other than a dress shirt or t-shirt would have that problem since it is a suit jacket.
I didn’t know the wax statue was animatronic. Huh. The wonders of modern science.
Ugh. Skinny jeans. Stop it.
For once the skinny jeans are not drawing my attention. It’s the gramps shirt with a business suit jacket. The whole thing is WTF-ish including the mangled curl. Maybe it got peed on.
Oh lord. C’mon people, they’re just clothes.
You are taking the comments a little too seriously, me thinks. :-O
Nope, I’m really not. I realise that they are largely lighthearted and jokey, but there’s clearly a lot of people who are obsessed with what he’s wearing. I just don’t think it matters,
Obsessed? You really aren’t familiar with our commenting history. And yes, it doesn’t matter.
Firstly this is one time I do believe he threw on some clothes as he was filming most of the day in Wells which is nowhere near London.
Secondly I think the footage of him as the dragon (there are a few other videos with more footage) are amazing and a great showcase of how fearless he is. If only people could see how fearless he was as the Creature in Frankenstein. THEN people would be blown away
Not his best outfit, but at least he left the maroon pants at home.
Love him anyway.
I like the maroon cords :-p
I’m wearing a pair too.
Ugh… those pants are the bane of my existence, lol.
I’d probably have less beef with them if he paired them with something black (like a black sweater, or shirt… black ANYTHING). He never does! It drives me nuts.
That’s not his Blue Steel–it’s Magnum. He’s breaking it out special for us.
On the bright side he wasn’t wearing one of his hats…..I’m sorry, there are hat people in this world and benedict isn’t one of them.
But, those pants have seen better days, and I never understood why guys want to wear skinny jeans. They just don’t seem like they would be comfortable….in certain places.
Everything about them is wrong, the material looks like wet patches. They also shouldn’t be worn with those kinds of shoes.
I can’t not see the wet patches now.
Hehehe, you’re right. That’s hilarious.
Oh, lord, it looks like he peed himself.
I am hoping it’s just a matter of weird lighting or whatever, but it does look like it’s wet.
I wonder if he purposely has the armpits of his jackets stitched up tight to make his arms bow like that.
That was really snarky. Sorry, Benny! Loosen up a bit, have a drink before you put on a dinner jacket. That is all.
Lol, I’ve thought the same thing before. His arms are always bent like that. The left one, anyway.
I never noticed that! Is that just the way he stands? Injury? great now it’ll be all I see.
It is definitely a penguin look but penquins look better in tuxes,
Awww…he actually looks really good in a tux. It’s when left to his own devices that he stumbles.
What’s the point of buttoning up 1 button on a jacket if the shirt is hanging down?
Can someone explain this to me?
He went to Tom’s Rent-a-Swag with that outfit
best comment yet-perhaps they had clothes swapping evening with Daniel Radcliffe and Colin Morgan
The motion capture is pretty cool, actually. I couldn’t get over my self consciousness enough to ever do that. Good for him, not afraid to look silly!
The outfit…not great. I like the suit jacket, but not with those pants, shoes, or shirt. And it’s probably time to retire those pants- they have a hole in them. But he must love them.
Lupita looked great at this. She has great style.
I think he doesn’t consider how the fit of his clothing changes when he bulks up/slims down for films, so he ends up with the “barrel of monkeys” look sometimes, the arms being too tight, etc.
He’s done openings for Bally before (hmmm…last year it was around this time too so either it’s coincidence or part of his ‘win the hearts and minds of awards voters through shoe purchases’ campaign) and seems to love turning up at these sorts of things…
I think this event was something he would have done regardless of the Oscar stuff. Especially if he did it last year. But, let’s wait and see what else he turns up at in these next few months 🙂
He seems to hit the “see and be seen” circuit harder in autumn and winter so he’s bound to pop up all over.
@MissMary – even more so than just last spring?!? Because he sure seemed to pop up at every party and store opening!
Ooooooooooooh, true… so he’s either a major social butterfly or is doing some major “remember this face and name” stuff, or both.
Barrel of monkeys….omg I’m rolling.
LOL it was the first think I thought of when I saw that pic.
I’m gutted he isn’t going to the Crime Thriller Awards tomorrow….
Sherlock’s up for five awards too.
The video of him when he won for the first series is *adorable*. If you can find it on youtube, check it out–he’s all ginger and gobsmacked, lol.
Thanks MissMary. I’ll look for it.
Wonder why he isn’t attending?
Should I prepare for SH and BC sightings?
Do we know for sure that he’s NOT going to the Crime Thriller Awards? I hadn’t heard one way or the other.
I believe the awards mentioned he wouldn’t be in attendance. Probably due to filming Richard III or the BBC’s “secret project” thing.
GG
Cumberwatchweb tweeted it.FB page re posted.
Quite surprised he isn’t going
Oh, he’ll turn up somewhere…either at a party, restaurant, store opening, airport yada yada yada 🙂
sidenote- I just saw pap pics of Prince Harry at that restaurant BC went to last Saturday (starts with Q). Guess it really is a pap hot zone. And, expensive lol.
Is Martin Freeman’s play over? Maybe he’ll go to the Crime Awards.
Freeman’s in Lithuania filming a BBC movie about the televised Eichman trial so he won’t be there. Likely the showrunners will though. This isn’t the first time BC’s turned down appearing at a show where he was up for an award–it looks like the filming for Richard III is hitting some intense stretches. Crime Thriller awards are more of the “fun” awards and not “make a career” ones so he’d be more likely to turn that down than the Oscars, for example.
Lol, turn down the Oscars. Even if he was in the middle of the jungle filming LCoZ he’d find a way to make it to LA for that show, day of 😀
Though, he might miss the golden globes and SAGs and all them in January due to Sherlock filming (this is assuming he’s nominated, of course). But he’ll be at the Oscars, with bells on.
He’ll turn up somewhere….but hopefully not with SH!!
Wonder if he’s filming over the weekend and that’s why he isn’t going?
Oh, god, I think he’d rise from the dead to go to the Oscars! Not a bad thing to want to go so bad, though, esp if this is his first nomination! And I doubt he’ll be “out and about” this weekend–RIII is supposed to do filming this weekend (though I did lol at how hard pressed some SH stans are that she “must” have been there at the Bally opening and was too “demure” to be on camera *SNORT*).
SH demure?
Excuse me while I roll about laughing…
Still don’t see them as a couple.Friends yes,but not romantic.
He’s still wearing those jeans with the hole in the knee? It doesn’t show up much in these pics, but those jeans are ripped at the knee. Can’t believe he’s wearing them to an event.
Apparently, Cumby does not like to stay home for even one night. You would think he’d be exhausted.
He reminds me of my man. Can’t sit still, always has to be going somewhere or doing something. They would get along swimmingly.
He’s worn all of those pieces before, but not together. The end result is not good. I get that on laundry day you kinda have to wear what’s clean, but still.
He is not a man who benefits from the camera angle used to lengthen.
And a big NAY, He should really stick to tux as casual and red carpet. IMO he only looks good in a tux.
He looks unbelievably HAWT in the Hollow Crown pictures. Dig the short, dark hair here–i thought he was wearing a gnarly wig for it? Or is that for just part of it. In any case, he should wear hooded capes all the time
The trouble is that he doesn’t look much like Richard III but I am looking forward to watching it, having enjoyed RII and the Henrys so much.
I don’t have a problem with the video or even with what he’s wearing in the photos. I think he is lovely, although I may be just a tad biased in his favour. 😉
i love it when he can’t dress himself. it’s so endearing.
First pictures of GN recording are floating around.He looks marvelous!!
Also someone tweeted they’d seen BC with a ‘mystery woman’ in London earlier today.Dark side posted it
Glad to hear it. Wore a suit, I imagine?
(Is tumbler the darkside? Just to make sure I have it right)
@Tara.
It is.One is now re posting posts from DL.And some of those are WAY out there!!
Oh, gods, the DL rumors are effing out there. According to that site, every male actor is gay and if you don’t believe that, you’re a sad fangirl “frau” who is in denial. I mean, yeah, some actors are gay and open, some are gay/bi and closeted, but the law of averages say that they can’t *all* be gay or bi, no matter what DL wants people to believe.
Oh goodness, what is DL? Lol, I’m so out of the loop. Is that another eB like site full of made up stuff?
MissMary…. These one’s are quite upsetting.
They’re speculating(via a friend of a friend),that BC was diagnosed with a devastating illness last year.
oh gods, the illness ones! Those have been around since he did To The Ends of the Earth, before he became “really famous”. He has cancer due to the scarring on his upper lip being a sign, he’s looking tired so he has thyroid disease, he’s cross so he must have found out he’s sterile, he has big hands and a long jaw so it’s Marfan’s, he must be an alcoholic because he’s out at parties all the time… No one on DL knows him IRL or knows his friends, so it’s all conjecture.
It’s not conjecture, it’s outright deranged lying. It’s one thing to gossip and speculate on who someone may be dating but it’s not remotely ok to make up lies about their health. That’s deranged.
You’re absolutely right–that sort of rumor, if it ever got legs, could actually impact future role offers. All it takes is a producer believing he’s too sick to work…
I actually find it fascinating that Benedict seems to be the only actor currently working that the DL posters believe to be straight! LOL
Go back far enough and there’s he inevitable “theatre insider” who “knows for a fact” BC is bi or gay and “all the women are lies” *smdh*
Mystery woman could be anything, including Karon or Emily. And yes, apparently he wore the gray suit from TIFF 2013
GORGEOUS photos here: http://cumberbum.tumblr.com/post/100780260891/hq-benedict-cumberbatch-during-filming-of-the
Mystery woman could also be: woman he stood near in a queue, woman he walked past in a car park, a wardrobe coordinator for something he’s filming (seriously, during Sherlock filming, both he and Martin would go on outings w/the wardrobe lead and every time, they were “spotted with mystery women”), someone he’s working on a project with (like the Fail or Mirror tried to make happen post-Dakota Johnson, when he was papped walking out of a pub w/a woman and it turned out to be a cropped pic showing several people and they were working on a radio show…) OR the good ol’ someone is stirring shit and wants to make a rumor happen so it’s a figment of their imagination.
Oh that was just someone helping WaxBatch. Word is he lost his way enroute to the GN Show…. (hee, hee…)
Oh, gods, Encumbered! I’m picturing it like an episode of Doctor Who with the Autons, except it’s an army of WaxBatch striding the streets of London, pointing at things.
The woman who Tweeted that she saw BC with a “mystery woman,” deleted and re-posted that Tweet several times. There are screen shots of her Tweet, with the different times she Tweeted it.
So who knows when she saw Benedict? Who knows IF she actually saw Benedict?
These days I take most sightings with a grain of salt.
Where’s the screenshot?
Oy. Sounds like pot-stirring to me.
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MissMary.
Just been told the tweeter confirmed it was SH.
Any idea if it’s real or not?
I so doubt it. Esp because most of these tweets regarding her know what’s up in the fandom right now and are either yanking chains or wanting attention. The multiple deletes make me wonder if they were trolling for the most hits or something. I wouldn’t even give it another thought. ESP from EB. It’s like the “other” site that’s about BC’s friend… so much is made up and people go to great lengths to “prove” a story, feeding on some deranged gossip, stalker levels of obsession, and flat out making things up. Also side-eyeing it b/c he was filming at the time of the alleged siting, I think. Either way, it smells like b.s. to me. and you know the saying–if it looks like it, smells like it, and acts like it, it is.
MissMary it wasn’t on EB,came from a tweet my friend saw.I was told Twitter isn’t as obsessed as Tumblr and other sites.
So it could still be crap then?
Oh lord, for sure! There’s a *Host* of sock puppet accounts that just troll for info on celebs, and BC has a dedicated “base” of them, esp when it comes to his love life. Same sort of accts were reporting he’d been ring shopping w/KB, he’d been spotted kissing AE in London (while he was filming in Boston… the man must’ve borrowed teleporters from Star Trek) and always like to pop out wth “oh it was definitely so and so he was with!” Even non sock accts will do it, just to jump in the “fun”. Maybe he was with her, but I’m taking it with a huge shaker of salt.
Twitter has the fortune/misfortune of being a bit more anonymous-friendly than some other social media sites.
Thanks MissMary.
Seemed strange it went from.mystery woman on Thursday… Took 2 days to say it was SH.Surely BC’s fans know her now?
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Where on earth were the crazy twitter accounts saying he was seen kissing AE and shopping with KB? I completely missed that.
@Nic: Oh they were floating while he was in Boston (the AE posts) and back around Monaco (KB). It was never a glut but more of a few dedicated “omg guess what I saw” or “my friend’s aunt’s neighbor said she saw…” Probably dig back far enough in twitter and they’re still there, lol.
@Kazlock: Probably how long it took for the post to get traction.
I honestly can’t remember the face of the cashier at my local shop so how they would know her face two days later is beyond me lol. Shenanigans.
All this tweet said was that he was in London with a woman? That’s it?
Lol, nothing to see here, move on folks.
At this point, pics of them together or get out, Haha.
Followed by comments “OMG WAS THIS HER?” and pics of SH, no doubt. I really would love to see someone send one of these “sighters” a ton of stock photo pics of brunettes and see how long it takes them to say “yeah, that’s her” to a non-SH pic. (That’s assuming everyone saying they saw him is being truthful and both accts aren’t sockpuppets).
And when even the Fail is pointing out they arrived separately at places, it’s time to pack up and go home, lol.
I noticed that in the Fail too MissMary lol.And they’ve had them engaged twice!!
Wonder if ‘they’ve’ been spotted this weekend ‘together’?….
Are we still in denial by the way?Because they’re so obviously in love!!5ever and ever!!
I think you’re mistaken there, MM. I keep a pretty close eye on twitter and I definitely didn’t see anything about an account claiming to have seen him ‘kissing AE’ or shopping with with kb for that matter.
Mmmm, I remember discussions about the tweets on tumblr back when I was on it… I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a mass hallucination. Though I am fairly sure the shopping with KB was spawned by that Media Mass site and people ran with it, thinking it was real.
Where though? I’ve literally heard nothing about that at all and I’m also on tumblr. It would’ve at least made it across to here and there was nothing on here either?
IDK what to tell you, Nic. I’m sitting here digging through my old tumblr acct and twitter, looking for the mentions from the AE thing back during the STiD promotions so if I find it, I’ll link you. I’m not the type to make that sort of thing up because frankly, why? It’d be like the people posting he’s “spotted” with SH when he was elsewhere. It was something someone posted, some people got flaily, it faded in a few days because there was zero proof. I’m 99.9% sure I didn’t hallucinate the whole thing and it wasn’t a huge Sophie-level deal. It wasn’t even a Katia in Ibiza deal. Tweet that someone saw them kissing at a theatre, people wanted details, none came, but some folks were “omg see they’re dating because someone saw…” then nada. I’ll keep digging back.
I’m not saying you’re consciously lying but I think yourv definitely got it wrong. How isn’t that nobody else has mentioned it? I’m on tumblr and twitter and nothing whatsoever. And like I say, nothing here either. It would’ve at least been mentioned. and I thought you said it was during this summer that was said, it during STID promo?
Yep, during the 2013 promos is when I saw it. I emailed some folks who I used to talk to on tumblr more often to see if they remember and now I’m starting to wonder if it was a fake tweet situation, using one of those “Make a fake status” apps and someone was stirring shit for a reaction some tumblrs. I am honestly doubting myself right now lol but I’d still swear to what I saw b/c the convos that came across my dash were of the “omg seeeeeeee?” variety. I’m not saying let’s let it go but I’m saying I’m digging, lol, because now I want to know wtf I saw and know if it was a real thing or someone trying to start shit in fandom.
*gigglesnort* Looks like my fellow celeb*tches have outdone themselves with snark on this thread 😀 Sorry Ben, but this is much more fun to read than the SG rumour dissections!
“gigglesnort” !!! How old are you?
I wish people would save their so called “snark” for someone who has actually said or done something that deserves a bit of outrage, not for a decent guy who is good at his job and happens to wear some mis-matched clothing once in a while.
Oh well it takes all sorts I suppose but this thread doesn’t make for pleasant reading.
Maggie-why are you here?
So, Maggie, it’s only the teenagers who can gigglesnort online and IRL? And the more respectable Internet perusers have to LOL, ROFL or LMAO? Thanks for enlightening me, ma’am! Pity you didn’t recognise the nuance of me gigglesnorting at the comments instead of outright snorting or ROFLing though. But I guess that you were too busy feeling hard done-by on Ben’s part because evidently, no-one ever snarks on any celebrities on CB!
Oh and a piece of advice: never ask your opponent in an online argument how old they are. Based on my loooooooong experience of online communication, I assure you that it’s a 90% proof of the person being, mmm, quite juvenile.
P.S. Also, GIGGLESNORTING at the fact that you chose to respond to my bystander comment instead of directly challenging those who were actually doing the snarking 😉
Ah ,well, this is all tactics and strategy 😉
Ben doesn’t want to be known as a social butterfly socialite partyhopper … so he dresses badly as if:
– the decision to attend the party was a last-minute spontaneous decision
– he doesn’t care that much for being known as a well-dressed party animal
– he doesn’t want to attract too much female attention as he has a gf
– acting was all that mattered – clothes don’t!
(This is so very obviously a totally abso-fucking-lutely serious posting! – NOT!!!)
Why am I here?
Because I admire Benedict Cumberbatch and enjoy reading about him. Simple! Just like Kaiser admires him and enjoys making posts about him.
I am also quite entitled to post about that admiration and, at times, rail against the “snark”.