Just FYI, Cumber Collective: Chambray shirts are now en vogue. Go buy stock in chambray shirts because Cumberbitches will be buying all of them! These are new photos of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman back on the London set of Sherlock, where they’ve been filming the third season (off and on) for the past few months. I think filming has already moved past “The Empty Hearse” which will be Season 3, Episode 1: “How Sherlock Faked His Death”. They’re filming the other two episodes now. And apparently hundreds of Cumberbitches, Freeman-loonies and Sherlock-philes have been stalking the production too, and there were a lot of people watching the production yesterday.
Things I love about these photos: Sherlock still has the same amazing coat and scarf. Cumby noshes on what looks like a donut in between takes or setups. Martin Freeman and Benedict seem so comfortable and friendly with each other. And of course, CHEEKBONES! Name the case their working on… Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Gorgeous Scarf. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Exquisite Cheekbones. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Watson’s Frumpy Cardi.
Anyway, The Year of The Cumberbatch continues unabated. He was the best part of Star Trek Into Darkness. He’s got a supporting role in a prestigious Oscar-bait film with Meryl Streep (August: Osage County, due out in November). He’s got this third season of Sherlock coming out in fall (in the UK, God knows when the US will get it). He’s got The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug coming out around Christmas.
And then there’s probably the biggest deal for him: the chance to carry a decent-sized drama and hopefully get some critical acclaim and maybe even some awards nominations for playing Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate. Cumby filmed The Fifth Estate very quickly several months ago, and it was due for a November release. But Deadline reported yesterday that DreamWorks pushed up the release for October, which I think is a good move IF the film is good and if DreamWorks is willing to put some money and time into promoting it and pushing Benedict for some possible awards. An October release means more time to campaign, more time to shake hands and more interviews. And more CUMBY.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
You didn’t add the best photo 😀
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKzTMxsCUAID36Q.jpg
LOL! I was just going to bring that up! How can you not post a pic of them with their gangsta signs up? 😛
Jenna, where the f*ck are you? There’s a pack of horny bitches ganging up against me!
I was going to be all Team Eve (bc you gave me a carte blanche on Remora-hate) but I don’t think you need any help. You’re holding your own juuuust fine.
@Eve: I’m right here with my artillery!!! I still have my land mines, motion detectors and sniper riffles from when I had to fend off these SKANKS from my hubby!!!
@ Anna:
Nuh-uh! I need help. They’re getting out of control because of that damn STD (yes, that’s how I’m going to spell that from now on — that’s how I always read it anyway).
@ Jenna:
But not a single Urbanian showed up here (as of yet) so you’ve had plenty of time to help me.
*pouts*
@ Jenna:
Sorry, misread your comment. Still pouting though.
@Eve –
Ok then. I am coming armed with Thor’s hammer. He lets me play with it while his hands are busy tending to Baby India. And he knows if he just leaves it laying around, Loki will bedazzle it and then will be off & up to no good.
@Anna,
I think Miss Eyre and Loki are off in the drawing room bedazzling Thor’s *other* hammer, if you catch my drift.
Awww, I’ll set up the artillery over T.Fanty, EsCon, and J.Eyre, that good? Those are the ones you want taken out, right? 😀
Now just a minute, Jenna Evans-Hardy-Urban-NextHotGuyToSaunterBy – I went to all the trouble of getting your husband into his own room at Thornfield with Poms dutifully staged at the door, instructed not to allow anyone but you in; I have strategically placed each of your exes at various corners of the manor so no jealous-wronged-man flare-ups occur and you threaten to open fire on Thornfield?
Alright – who wants the key to Urban’s room? Hmm, all it will cost you is a lock of Hugh Jackman’s hair.
@J.Eyre: No, YOU hold on there Ms…I don’t really know who you fancy but, you get the point! Also it’s only Jenna Urban, thank you very much. It’s not MY fault Urban stole me away from Hardy! I was the dutiful/loyal wifey and then Karl had to come around with his sexy. Besides, was I INFORMED of this arrangement at Thornfield? No, I was not. Therefore, it’s your fault, not mine. I will take the arrangement and cross you off the list (for now).
And don’t you even DARE try and pimp out my hubby, b/c that Hugh Jackman you love so much will get it in the kneecaps. Not only do we live in the same city but I’m pretty sure I know where his gym is too! -_-
*drags away Karl for an afternoon romp* Don’t judge me; I’m on my lunch break! 😛
Not told of the arrangements? I mentioned it to Eve right before she crushed my trachea with those bear mitts she has for hands – did she not tell you? Hmmmm, you may want to rethink you alliances…
And as for who I fancy, I am quite discerning. It has to have a pulse (Most of the time. I make a few necrotic exceptions)
@Fanty –
Ugh, thanks for telling me. I knew those skanks (Loki included) were up to no good! Time to crack the whip!
Wait – Anna, did you just refer to me as a skank? Darling, I am no skank.
An insatiable tramp, a frolicking trollop, a rampant slut certainly, but a skank? Why I am wounded…
Ladies, please enjoy the buffet. I shall be in my room – ALONE.
NERDFIGHTERIA!!! I am officially in deep like with the Batch! I want to know if somebody told him to do that or what?
GOD he works the hell out of that coat and that hair. My favorite Cumby look hands down. I cannot CANNOT CAAAAANNNNNOOOOOT wait for Sherlock to return!
Also was shopping for a chambray shirt and/or shirtdress yesterday!
That really is a damn fine coat and he is working it.
@EsCon! Load up the hedgehogs! Eve has now seen Sherlock, so we’re going to have to defend *our* territory! (Yeah, I said it, Miss Eve!)
ETA: I hope Kaiser is wrong. The Cumber-bitch-people-collective is out of it’s mind if it actually takes fashion advice from Cumby.
Oh dear, shall I dust off the knitting needles?
Yes! And give the Pomeranians extra snausages! I suspect EsCon is picking hedgehogs off her best warrior cardigan as we speak!
@Miss Eyre,
This seems to be the perfect time to say thank you for knitting my sequinned chain mail with that shank-repellant fabric.
I can see I’m going to need it today, even if it doesn’t quite fit over my bustle.
(And if Eve shanks me in the bubble butt region, I won’t feel a thing.)
@Miss Eyre,
Jane! I thought we had agreed that a fresh BATCH of your scones was to be delivered to the Sherlock set every morning (with the Pomeranians carrying the precious little be-ribboned baskets).
And now I see my lover nibbling on a ~donut~?
I think Tommy must be a very lenient custodian of those Poms. Get the riding crop, dear.
@ EsCon:
“(And if Eve shanks me in the bubble butt region, I won’t feel a thing.)”
Oh, heaves no! I’d NEVER commit such heresy. Your ass is sacred. I’m Brazilian and we pretty much worship the ass around here (I even call Brazilians, myself included, the “ass people”).
@Eve,
Oh, for the sake of all that’s holy,
Eve, you Goddess, you. I have waited my whole life to hear someone say “Your ass is sacred.” I have collapsed into tears of joy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I won’t even complain the next time you stab me. And if the ass is worshipped in Brazil, then that is where I am going to live.
Heyyyyyyyyyy,
Don’t have a moment. No bonding. Step away from my nun, Miss Eve.
@Fanty,
Oh, this is thrilling! No one ever squabbles over a nun!
This is much more exciting than last Thursday night when Father McGarrigle & Mother Superior bickered over who would sit next to me at Bingo.
Oh, Jane and I do that all the time.
(Assuming, of course, that Bingo is a euphemism for Middlemarch themed orgy at Thornfield, right?)
@Fanty,
Absolutely & of course!
I am buying front-row seats to the shanking as we speak
I’ll provide refreshments. We need to do this in a civilized manner. Pimm’s, anyone?
Ooo, Pimms. I’d have a glass, but it’s only going to squirt straight out of all the holes I shall shortly have in my torso.
Pims – thank God. Finally we do this properly!
Pimms! How appropriate… I’ll bring cucumber sandwiches and scones.
It’s about time, drea. We are positively famished. Did you use the lite cream cheese? Oh, what a dear.
Can you hold Fanty’s dagger while I spoon some sustenance into her? Poor thing took a dreadful beating this morning.
*poof*
You bitches BACK. THE. F*CK. OFF! (“your” territory, puh-lease).
You’re getting really good at showing up right when the action starts. lol (Also, your avi of Stefon gets bringing a small tear to my eye; I’m going to miss him!)
You know what? I cared enough to be here first.
Also: I love the one where he’s peeping out of the door. That’s such a “get those f&#*ing kids off my lawn” face.
“You know what? I cared enough to be here first.”
I’m amazed by the fact you’re able to type that, because I’ve been twisting the blade since the first shank thrust.
Now I’m going to have a piece of chocolate cake while I watch you bleed.
Yes, enjoy your chocolate cake. I prepared it in the Thornfield kitchen this morning….
Really? My food taster seems to be doing fine…no, wait, he’s squirming a bit. That’s normal, right?
(“your” territory, puh-lease).
Yes, my territory – who do you think made that gorgeous scarf around his neck? I will not have it snagged in this kerfuffle.
And you are getting crumbs all over Fanty. Let the poor thing bleed it out with dignity, for Heaven’s sake.
May I have my knitting needle protruding from your flank back? It’s the one I use to purl and I have a darling dong sweater to make for The Mac later.
What? I felt nothing — I already told you guys I always come prepared (re: wearing a bullet/shank/knitting needles proof vest).
P.S.: I do regret having taught you about html tags though.
*clutches pearls* Miss Eyre! That was YOUR knitting needle?! Judas!!
That hurt – on many levels. Now I’m going to use my Shakespearean superpowers to whip TommyAnne into such a poetical frenzy of puppyish enthusiasm that you won’t be able to do anything with him. Even if you were able to pry off his doublet and hose, which I sincerely doubt.
Good heavens, Fanty – you’ve lost so much blood your reading comprehension is down. I stabbed Eve, not you. Why do you think I rose at 3:30 this morning to grind the wheat for your chocolate cake if I was going to stab you later? That seems terribly inefficient.
I jump out of bed with CHarms and TommyannE and into the fray to assist you, and you accuse me of treachery? The Poms and I will just pack our things and head back to Thornfield if that is the kind a treatment we will receive here.
And to think I bent my best knitting needle in Eve’s ribcage for you… *sniff*
Miss Jane! I’m sorry. My head is swimming so that all I see are hedgehogs chasing dragonflies.
Dear Friend – I’ll make it up to you by strapping Toby to the back of the Vespa, dangling him in front of remora and scooting North. That should buy you some time in the drawing room.
*wipes tear* This, this right here – this is why I thrust myself into the thick of these wanton bloodbaths – such acts of self-flagellation. I am proud to have you keep a paddle at Thornfield, my dear Fa… Darn it Eve! Stop stabbing me – I am testifying here. Put the blasted handcuffs down, you harpy, Fanty and I are in a real beautiful moment.
Fants, please take video of Remora’s reaction. I just love when she tries to Google all those big, fancy words he uses. Her tuft-hunting eyes start rolling in different directions.
(But don’t wear him out – we have the party tonight)
Oh, the best Mr. Rochester will be fine. I shall use him as bait, but I’m not letting her get her grubby little mitts on him. I’m going to lure her into a forest where I have Dame Maggie waiting to give her a firm scolding (while, perhaps, I allow her son to do the same to me) and send her to bed without supper.
Let’s try not to let TommyAnnE know that I’m bringing the original hot Coriolanus to the party tonight. On second thought, let’s, and be sure to steer them towards the couch. But make sure TommyAnnE knows that if he gets over excited and piddles on the rug, I will swat him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
Is there a theme to this party? I propose Angela Carter.
@Miss Eyre,
A party, you say? I shall assume that the confused old nun who distributes the mail here at Le Couvent dropped my invitation down the crumbling stone well.
I have had to scramble down there so many times to retrieve the mail! No one wants to take Sister Redundant’s one beloved chore away from her, so at the last Nun Board Meeting it was decided that we will give her some nice sleepy lavender tea with a bit of valerian, so she will sleep through mail time.
Miss Eyre was kind enough to concoct a special blend of tea that will knock the old War Horse out for a few hours.
Uh-oh. I heard the Eve Magic *poof*.
(“She will have blood, they say….”)
When it comes to Cumber as Sherlock, I will shank some. Just saying… Eve, get ready! *uh oh, I just back shank’d you*
You may have tried to shank me. But do you really think I come to these battles without wearing a bullet/shank proof vest? Please.
Amateurs…*sigh*
Really Miss M? That’s why you waited for Eve to take out the rest of the field before joining the fight?
@Eve: Your adrenaline levels are high, non? I see some blood dripping. And it’s not mine.
Eve, sweety… There is a thread with a photo of Adrien Brody. Have you seen it? He’s in Cannes with his girlfriend.
@Anna: You gotta do,w hat you gotta do against Eve’s dangerous shanking strategies.
You mean highER.
Yes, I saw it (not worth the trouble — not when I have to shoo these cheeky bitches here).
Yeah! That’s my girl!
Now where is EsCon?
Oh….how tedious are these little hedgehogs?! They hate to be awakened abruptly, even by the call of Cumby (their Master’s voice).
Tiggywinkle, as you know, is very pig-headed & will not budge from his little smoking jacket & pipe until he has had his tea, scones & clotted cream. I have tried every behavior modification method I know & he seems to have superhumanhedgehog determination.
Hey—where is the key to the Vespa? All right, you bitches—who has the Vespa?
I don’t see how I can avoid calling Thor & asking if we can borrow his pink scooter. Jane? Is Thor awake?
Bloody Tiggywinkle. He’s like the Kahn of Hedgehogs. It’s okay, though, because I know, when aroused, she turns into this:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab6e742ed22ebff6379a1fccea0e0739/tumblr_mn3e0dyQWN1r7j5r5o1_500.gif
@Fanty,
Hahahaha! Perfect! I was so hoping there would be a reason to post this today!
Yes, that is exactly what Tig looks like when you wake him up. 😮
Great. Now I’m having inappropriate thoughts about a hedgehog. This is getting weird.
‘GETTING weird’, Fanty?
The mass shanking with knitting needles and serving poisoned cake at Thornfield while Thor and Loki are fighting in bed over bedazzled caps wasnt enough to set off your weirdness radar?
@ Anna:
I thought that was just a regular Wednesday on CB. At least none of us have burst into song yet.
We’ll save that for if CB EVER posts any of the Vampire Hiddles pics.
@Fanty –
OMG did you see the teased scenes? Of Vampire Hiddles making out with SWINTON? I DIED!!! (and was mentally cheating on Thor for the next day)
Honestly, Anna – things won’t get weird until the silk ties and spatulas come out at Thornfield tonight. This is all foreplay.
EsCon, darling, yes, Thor is awake but he is… well… occupied at the moment. Can you just rifle through his Asguardian chainmail for the keys? He’s on such a *gasp* roll right now. And if you are missing your invitation to the soiree tonight, you have no one other than Tiggywinkle to blame. That little miscreant peed all over the lot that was supposed to go out. Honestly, can’t you reign him in?
Fanty, is there a theme to the party? Am I not Jane Eyre? Tonights fete will be “Fifty Shades of Ibsen.” You should see the bonnet I had made.
All of you – I came here to defend Sherlock. If you keep referencing that dreadful film I shall have to return home for some serious couch time to be in the right frame of mind for he party tonight.
@Anna,
That is quite a good point, Anna.
Nope, nothing weird about that….
FIfty Shades of Ibsen? Sold! I’m not bringing the syphilis, though. Just my existential angst.
@Miss Eyre,
I’m *trying* to keep a grip on Tiggy! He is a pain in the ass even for a sweet little hedgehog! I did discuss the peeing on stationery problem with him–I think he continues to do it as a sad cry for help.
There’s always one, you know? Here we have an adorable prickle of hedgehogs (*ahem*, Fanty) who are usually no trouble, & then one who ruins your elegant Thornfield stationery.
And it’s too late for me to address them all over again in that cool medieval font.
All I can say is someone with a little spikey hairdo is going to bed without his cocoa tonight. 🙁
Well, EsCon, let’s not be draconian about this. It was just a few pieces of hand-pressed papyrus with ink gently milked from squids who only appear on the night of the Blue Moon during the Spring months. And the callouses on my writing hand are healing somewhat from being punctured by the poisonous puffer-fish quill. Surely Tiggy could have a thimbleful of cocoa?
@j.eyre,
Jane, how very gracious of you to show compassion for Tiggy, after he ruined that beautiful papyrus scroll. Now we must wait another year to re-stock our supply of Blue Moon squid ink. These hedgehogs are just in their own little world, aren’t they? No concern for the squids or the fact that you could die quite suddenly from the puffer-fish quill puncture.
All right, if you insist, I will let that pesky hedgehog have a little bit of his cocoa nightcap. But he’s grounded for the rest of the week!
I would write more but your comment made me roll down the cobbled-brick driveway laughing, & I must catch my breath.
He looks quite old and wrinkly and he has a serious case of the cat face. I dont get the obsession with this guy, to me he is ewww
Yep.
We love his hair.
He looks like he colors his hair. Like Bradley cooper in yesterdays post, Cant with men who so obviously color their grey hair.
He does. It’s for his Art (darling). It’s actually, a bit famous, you know.
@Kristen: Apparently he’s a natural redhed/auburn color and only goes darker b/c of Sherlock and other projects. I don’t think the dark hair is good on him though. He looks great with his natural color.
Oh, yes, we do love the Sher-locks. Wasn’t there a recent article on him that said he was naturally blonde? Weird.
See, that’s how he needed to wear his hair at the Star Trek premieres. Not that slicked back horror. That was his biggest coming out party. I’m getting tired of having to say ‘well he’s hot on Sherlock. It’s the hair’
I know he hates it but its much much better looking.
something nice.. I like the curl to Cumby’s hair and I really like that blue scarf.
Love him!
cumby looks good in denim 2
Is it the same shirt that he was wearing here? http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/star-trek-into-darkness-benedict-cumberbatch-enjoys-being-villain/#/1
Probably. If we know one thing about Cumby, it’s that he only has three shirts, two t-shirts and one ugly grey cardigan.
That’s because he’s saving room in his closet for all of my clothes. I’ve got my eye on this shirt so that we can step out as one of those matchy-match couples: http://www.twooldhippies.com/2oh-threads/2oh-threads-peace-fox-dolman-sleeve-tee
@ Ncboudicca:
Don’t think for a second that I haven’t seen this comment.
Oh. My. God. They actually sell those? I just assumed his was a gift from Mama Cumby.
And you know he secretly thinks matching outfits are a bit cool.
@Boudicca,
That is hi-larious. He loves his fox T-shirt so much, I just know he would love it if you matched.
I’m looking for one with the “Bridge” design that he wears on the days he isn’t wearing the fox. 😉
@ Eve
Ruh roh. *checks locked doors, makes sure shotgun is loaded*
@ T.Fanty
Yes – you can get that one or a more form fitting short-sleeved version, LOL. I plan to wear mine accessorized with Cumby’s newsboy cap, some high-waisted flood pants, sparkly jazz oxfords with no socks – and i will steal his black sunglasses to complete the ensemble.
@Fanty,
I think Mama Cumberbatch has just been shopping & collecting Cumby’s spring wardrobe, which will be covered with owls. A parliament of owls, & a charm of goldfinches.
Cumby in boots! *Thud* onto hardwood floor. Owww.
@EsCon: Here you are, my friend:
http://wearsherlock.tumblr.com/post/18323496209/brooklyn-industries-bk-bridge-graphic-t-shirt-as
@Boudy,
Oh, please dear god, take the newsboy cap. I’d say bedazzle it so that he doesn’t want it, but if you do it in a pattern that matches his socks, he’ll probably get all excited.
Anyway. Enjoy his clothing, ladies. I’ll drop it out of the bedroom window for you to play with on the lawn while I keep what was inside. I’ll let him keep the socks on – he is an Englishman, after all.
@Boudicca,
oh NO!!! They’re marketing these? Hysterical! Now we can all wear Cumby’s weird taste in t-shirts.
Thank you!!
@Fanty,
When he’s at my place, I tell him “You Can Keep Your Hat On.” Except for that stupid Trilby. He will insist on bringing that silly plastic lamb with him when he wears that hat.
I wonder what Cumby would say to all these women wanting to dress (& UNdress) him like a paper doll….
He should be thankful. He’s clearly not doing the best job of it by himself.
Actually, maybe that’s why he dresses like he does. It’s a cunning plan to lure women…
@Fanty
If you bedazzle it, Hiddles might steal it
@Anna;
I just choked on my tea. Now I’m imagining Tommy in a bedazzled cap, prancing around his living room, bitterly muttering “What are you better at? Everything? Sure. I was Loki, you know…”
The U.S. should get the third season of Sherlock in 2014…which is why I’ll be watching it online, thank you very much!
Also, aren’t they filming both seasons three and four at the moment? 😀
Only season 3. They are filming third episode in august.
I love how it apparently stays cold in AYHN-GLUND (as pronounced by Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis in “Great Balls of Fire”)so the overcoat is both stylish and necessary.
I can confirm there is nothing “apparent” about the cold over here 😉
LOL, is it always that chilly in May, or is this unusual weather? I mean, they look c-o-l-d.
It is an officially cold May, but we only normally get a couple of hot days – enough to sunburn and buy a bbq – before a bank holiday arrives and it’s pissing* it down.
*Am I allowed to say pissing here?
Pretty sure you can say just about anything, as long as it isn’t nasty towards someone else. 🙂
We have a similar problem where I live (American South) – sunny all week (except for afternoon thunderstorms) then pouring rain every weekend. Think I read a theory once that all the smog from daily work commuters kept it from raining during the week when it was supposed to…can’t remember the specifics and have no idea how much (or little)science went into it.
When he in character for Sherlock he looks really good with the dark curly hair. But when he’s blonde, he looks so terrible.
I just saw the new Star Trek. Cumby was awesome in it.
But why can’t these englishmen take care of their teeth already? I kept staring at Cumby’s bottom teeth when he talked.
What’s wrong with his teeth? They look pretty good to me. They’re natural & I hope he doesn’t go all Hollywood Veneer & ruin them.
I guess you haven’t seen the movie.
You mean they’re crooked? I don’t think that’s exclusive to Englishman.
I think they’re just a wee bit crowded—nothing serious. & I think you have to be looking to really notice it.
I still say I hope he doesn’t change them.
I’m so sorry ladies bc I know you all love him but this guy does nothing for me. Good actor though.
Well next to Martin Freeman, Cumby looks crazy hot. Because Martin Freeman looks like the chubby, unattractive dude who sits next to you on the bus. Seriously.
But yeah Cumby’s coat and scarf are awesome.
Aw, I think Martin’s kind of cute. I loved him in The Office.
Oh, I think Martin is as cute as a bug’s ear. Adorable.
We’re matching today, I wore my chambray shirt too.
He should let his hair run riot more often. It, and his cheekbones, are his best features.
does anybody else here think he and that airhead alice eve are secretly dating or just fuckbuddies?? she called him in the middle of an interview while star trek press tour and asked him for a date to the theatre(as a friend of course..)and i think he’s different when he’s with her be it in interviews, pictures or just talking about her. that they aren’t a thing in some way is just an act from both of them i mean they’re actors well he’s a great one at least so pretending isn’t hard work.
*bump* I have thought that for a long, long time — since he took her to the Men In Black 3 premiere early last year. I saw one joint Star Trek interview (she’s wearing a horrid floral jumpsuit) and they did everything to avoid looking at or touching each other. Weird for supposed long-term friends. It made ME uncomfortable. Shades of Brad Pitt and AJ at the Mr. & Mrs. Smith junkets, and quite the contrast to her recent STID interview with Simon Pegg. I feel sorry for BC if he’s in her thrall — she seems cold, hard and calculating. Not surprising given that her dad is a serial philanderer and her mom needed therapy to deal with her jealousy of her daughter. I think the girl has issues.
I’m actually going to chime in here and say that I judge him more for going to the MIB3 premiere than getting dirty with Alice Eve.
AH, but SImon Pegg is happily married and, while famous, nowhere NEAR BC’s fame at the moment… And from what my PR friend in UK says, AE is thirsty for fame as she’s not well known as she’d like to be.
yeah i know the avoiding part was pretty obvious. they definitely have or had something going on. it kind of makes me sad that ben would go for a type like hers. she wants people to think she’s so hot and smart&deep at the same time but all i read online is about her chest area. nothing to be proud of. and what about olivia p. and alice?? do you think they’re ‘friends’?? like most actors/actresses in the uk i mean. cause i’d feel very bad for olivia if ben and alice had an affair even if it was after they broke up. and i agree she seems cold& calculating.
From a friend who works in PR in London and goes to a lot of events, she says they’re not dating, used to be fuckbuddies, but not anymore. Really are ‘just friends’ but Alice really IS pretty cold and snotty to people who can’t do anything for her (friend suspects she’s thirsty for some of BC’s fame but that’s purely supposition from seein AE at parties).
It makes sense that she’d like some of that since, at 31, she’s approaching her expiration date in Hollywood. Sad to say, but even she said she’s worried about getting roles in a few years. (Well, not exactly sad in her case. Of the 5 roles I’ve seen her in, AE has been barely passable to horrible.)
Any other info from your PR friend, MissMary? About BC, not AE.
I’ve always envisioned Cumberbatch with someone attractive not necessarily beautiful, very, very smart and a wicked sense of humor. I think he would get bored quickly with someone who could not keep up.
He is so unattractive.
A whole BATCH of awesomeness in these reviews: Jonathan Romney of The Independent specifically noted Cumberbatch’s voice saying it was “So sepulchrally resonant that it could have been synthesised from the combined timbres of Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman holding an elocution contest down a well”.[102] The New York Times on the other hand praised his screen presence saying “He fuses Byronic charisma with an impatient, imperious intelligence that seems to raise the ambient I.Q. whenever he’s on screen.”[103]
@Anna,
Wow–“sepulchrally resonant”—now that is what I call a beautiful bitchin’ description. I think every review I read about STD made note of his mesmerizing voice. Some people actually insisted it was “electronically enhanced” but how silly. That voice doesn’t need enhancement.
And wait….did someone say “Byronic charisma”? That’s it—I’m taking to my bed. Here come the vapours….
“Byronic charisma?” I’ll bet TommyAnne wrote that.
hahahaha
Actually all of this sounds like it could have been written by the Dragonfly King. Which means…if he’s cheating on Thor, there will be hell to pay! My husbands are not permitted to step out on each other! Even for the Man with the Golden Voice.
Career wise he could do with a hook up with a well known actress. Him with Jessica Chastain would be a perfect match.
If he’s dating the girl he was with on the tube she looked even from the side to be quite young.
Nope, he’s said he’s single quite a few times recently, as have co-stars and even his own mum, lol. The girl on the tube was likely his niece/PA or one of the young women who does his PR–if his agent isn’t with him, one of the PR people usually is.
Has anyone seen the deleted shower scene of Benedict in STID?
I’m still drooling over it 😛
The bit off the Conan O’Brian show?
I’ll be nice and post the link.
Short version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkmzllnfv0g
Actual interview with Conan/JJ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HKsRU9oyg
I’d have been much happier with the gratuitous shot of Alice Eve if the above had made it into the final cut. What was JJ thinking?
After 5 more minutes of drooling, I find that I have more questions:
1) Where the heck was that scene going to go? Is it on the Enterprise or is it in London (maybe post explosion)?
2) If it’d made it into the movie, the Cumby shot would’ve been equally as gratuitous as the Alice Eve shot. I’m cool with that. But JJ just used it to ward off complaints about misogyny … I’m not sure exactly what to call it, but it’s worse than gratuitous.
If this scenario was reversed, and JJ showed an Alice Eve shot (that didn’t make it into the final cut) to appease people complaining about a Cumby shot, I’m pretty sure I’d have a problem with him using her like that.
Should I be getting all equal-rights about this? Or is it okay, since Cumby seemed kind of disappointed he didn’t get to show off his chest?
Should I just shut up and watch the clip again?
All of the ovaries on Tumblr “exploded” last night, LOL