Benedict Cumberbatch attended the French Open on Sunday and Monday. He loves tennis. And fast cars. And dogs. And hats. He really, really needs a job you guys. This is a man who worked back-to-back on like seven different projects over the course of a year and a half. He’s been out of work for several months and while I enjoy having new photos of him on the reg, I’m starting to get concerned. Surely he should be due in Boston to film the Whitey Bulger movie with Johnny Depp, right? He’s got a supporting part, so I understand why he doesn’t have to be there right now. But he needs to WORK.
On Sunday, there were some photos of him sitting with a dark-haired girl. Please do not obsess over her. I’m being completely serious. I enjoy Benedict and I want to know who he’s dating as much as the next Cumberbitch, but let the man sit next to a woman without blowing up Tumblr. I’ve included a couple of photos of Cumby and The Girl (that sounds like an indie film: Cumby & The Girl) in their seats. Their body language doesn’t say “loved up” to me. You can see more photos here.
PS… I loathe that hat. I just don’t think Benedict has a face for hats in general, but that hat is pretty awful. He looks like a dorky dad.
Photos courtesy of Getty, Fame/Flynet.
Didn’t love this look at all, I agree he looks like a dad attending his kids footy game (and looks about as excited).
It makes me miss the blue shirt and maroon trousers. I hate him for that.
Still hate those goddawful glasses!!
His sassy purple fan is nice though.
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*whispers* It’s Cumby’s PR team 😉 They are conspiring with You-Know-Who’s PR team, by the way.
I am afraid I have to agree about the look and the hat. Both are very unflattering imo.
*gasp* Maybe Intro.
In that case they should contact me directly and I will happily give him my two cents on anything he likes. In person of course. I don’t do well over the phone.
I work best while sitting on a lap running my fingers through hair, it helps me focus.
totally conspiring – oi Cumby leave the Tennis PR to You -know -Who and Whose GF can’t be mentioned
Totally loving him at Rolland Garros. It’s actually difficut to get those tickets (yes, even for celebs) so good for him.
Wimbledon has gone significantly down in my book since those reports have been leaked about the Murray win being fixed.
I wonder if BC and TH PRs are gaming each other?? I suggest next PR move: Wimbledon with BC+TH as his date. Pure bromance!!!… leave the gfs(or whatever they are) at home.
Murray’s win fixed???? I haven’t heard that before. I’m pretty sure Murray wouldn’t be part of that, and Federer is one of the representatives for the other players with the tennis federation. He wouldn’t be involved in such rubbish as throwing a match (well, THE ultimate match really, Wimbledon final).
My money is on this being a gossipy conspiracy to take away from Murray’s victory.
Did they also fix him forgetting to hug his mum after he won because that was hilarious.
Oh yes, both at Wimbledon together! It would be so funny, esp. since He Who Must Not Be Named’s fanbase is holding their collective breath if anything like last year “happens”.
And what can I say about Benny’s fashion sense? *sigh* It’s a lost cause… I mean the jacket (which makes no sense, it’s rather hot now in France) isn’t even exactly the same shade of blue as the polo shirt.
Not another Benjy thread, it’s practically a daily occurrence. The wimbledon fixing allegation is frankly nonsense, and insulting to andy Murray. Was the us open he won fixed too? If it was as simple as fixing matches, the. Brits would not have had to wait 77 years between champs in the men’s singles…it was Novak that andy beat in the final BTW, insulting to him too.
•Lindy•
The polo isn’t bad. The too small hat and the glasses have to be chucked that’s for sure. And the white shoes need to be shoved into a closet….
He does need someone to dress him. *sigh*
I agree, I do like a nice polo shirt on a man, especially given his frame. He’s got a great chest and it shows off his arms nicely (veins!)
It’s the dad trousers, sensible jacket and white runners I think I have most issue with.
Apart from the sunglasses, which I want to grab off his face and stomp into oblivion.
@flavia
Maybe if he was holding his sheep, I’d be more in love with it.
LS;
I’ll undress him, then when I’m done, you can dress him back up. See? Everyone wins.
I don’t love the shades or the hat, but that jacket with the too-long sleeves makes him look like his old sparkle-shoes wearing pre-Sherlock self. I hate to admit it but it’s kind of endearing. I’m hopeless.
•Flavia•
It IS endearing. Boy couldn’t dress himself if his life depended on it (because it really is apparent when someone dresses him!). 😜
•Lindy•
You and I noticed the same thing.
*fans face*
•Fanty•
Damn you! I should know better after how long I’ve been commenting in this blasted site?!???? Always always LadySlippers make sure your comments addresses aspects from EVERY angle.
And why should you undress him? You were being mean to him yesterday! I saw! Neener neener! 😉
(I’m ever so proud to haul out my immature inner 6-year old)
(In reality it’s me resorting to childish tactics because Fanty out played me…)
My notes must be getting “lost” in the mail. Keep the curls on display, Batch!
Ahem, okay, I, a non-Cumberwhatever, am willing to make a sacrifice for the team. Should he ever deign to show up here to work on his Black Mass role, I will track him down, tackle him and his suitcases and begin purging the atrocities. I promise to avert my eyes, because, frankly, I’m not interested in him and will need the ball gag because I’m not going to listen to him whine about his beloved ugly garments either. Please send me the articles of attire you wish him to don and I’ll see that he wears them. The white shoes, which remind me of something from the 70s that would be paired with a white belt and a odd-colored leisure suit will be incinerated and will those brown hush puppy things he wears. The hats will be tossed to the Common Toys as toys to fetch. The jorts and salmon pant and those gray grandpa pants will be given to a homeless shelter, along with the blue chambrays and those purple/maroon things will be shredded and the remains buried somewhere deep in the bowels of the Boston Public Library McKim Building (B. Bulger has been a trustee for ages; the McKim is built on a water table. It’s really cool). In exchange for this, I ask a longer duration on the time shares with the gentlemen I do want.
It’s kind of interesting, because IN THEORY, this outfit works. It’s like he has a magic aura around him, or something, that makes clothes look mis-matched. I’d like to think there’s a scientific explanation for it.
Not even Lacoste can defeat his near permanent state of casual clothing befuddlement.
I like the outfit. He’s not over-dressed and screaming, ‘look at me’. I’m digging the tennis shoes, too. Too often guys will wear dress shoes with jeans or something casual and I HATE that look. IMO, he looks like a guy enjoying the match. My issue as always is those damn glasses! They are just wrong for his face. Too big or something. One can never go wrong with Wayfarers.
The earpieces of his glasses aren’t on his ears, so it looks weird. And yeah.. a different frame would be better.
And the shoes… if they are chucks (although the seem to have a weird pattern) then they are the least of my concern – however not with these trousers. Yeah, I grew up in the 90s I have a soft spot for chucks. But then again, I also don’t fall into a dead faint if a guy wears flip flops when it’s hot. I kind of.. like it. So I’m probably weird.
Isadora- I don’t understand people’s problem with flip flops. Unless the guy has absolutely atrocious feet, I like them. Maybe because I live on the face of the sun and it’s pretty much mandatory here.
T.Fanty, your comment reminds me of a scene from the wonderful “Absolutely Fabulous.” Edina, a clothes-horse, asks her daughter something along the lines of “Darling, how do you do that clothes?”
I think he has trouble putting together colors for clothes which is odd considering he went to Harrow on an Arts scholarship. The shirt and jacket were given to him by Lacoste to wear (probably pay for getting seat at the match). Pity they gave him the wrong size.
It’s the Cumberbatch Clothing Syndrome. Makes the wearer of (somewhat) interesting clothing inevitably look like Goofy Hipster Dad, Slightly Drunk Uncle or Dorky Big Brother. Unfortunate really. Thinking of having a fundraiser for the cause. Lots of wine and hat burning facilities available.
I agree (dad at football match) NO to that hat it doesn’t fit him or suit his head and are you meant to wear a jacket as it was really warm he must have been boiling.
Eh. His year went pear-shaped for timing reasons out of his control. Off the back of working non-stop for several years I’m happy to see him… frolicking.
If people offered to pay/clothe/sponsor my travel to attend the grand slam tennis finals and formula one races, I would be all.over.it.
“I enjoy Benedict and I want to know who he’s dating as much as the next Cumberbitch, but let the man sit next to a woman without blowing up Tumblr.”
Tumblr will only explode if you say something (even remotely) negative about their Cumby. They’re like Gollum with the One Ring.
P.S.: The hat is fine — or, in other words, I much prefer this one to that he wore in Monaco.
Sadly Eve, even the Celebitches have been getting a bit too excited lately. We point and laugh at the other gossip sites/tumblr reactions to news on certain celebs, but then we go a tad crazy ourselves! Too much blending of members methinks!
That said, I think Cumby was just trialing the purple stuff for Wimbledon. If it was accepted in the fashion capital, then Wimbledon will be a dawdle!
What I really hate — honestly, the word is “hate” — is when some of the super-mega-hiper-overzealous fans will jump on you just for joking a little bit. T. Fanty was attacked yesterday simply for doing the same thing Kaiser did above: pointing out that Cumberbatch has been attending more sports events than working. But they won’t dare to tell Kaiser off for the fear of being banned, so they attack other posters instead.
I went back to that thread and saw some saying we (me, T. Fanty and others) are “part of a clique”, other suggested that “if things went sour for us perhaps Cumberbatch threads weren’t for us anymore”.
Give me a break! I am allowed to express my opinion whether it’s positive or not.
And If I click on Cumberbatch posts is because I somehow care about him — he’s a fine actor, with a great screen presence. But yes…I do think he’s a famewhore and I’ll point that out as long as he keeps attending anything he can just to be seen.
@Secret Squirrel: I agree. I still have to manually – and forcibly – return my eyebrows back to their natural position when I see some posters continuing to overreact to Tahitigate – even on Cumby threads, by the way.
Yeah, I saw that, but I’m refraining from commenting too much (my name says it all) ; going to get some tea.. anyone wants some?
Yes , Benny should be focusing more in acting, shouldn’t he be preparing the Boston (it was Boston) accent??
•Eve•
I don’t agree with you but that doesn’t negate your opinion. I don’t think he’s famewhoring, I think he’s BORED and his PR team may (or may not) use that to their advantage (they prob do use it some but not everything).
You’re also pretty blunt Eve and newbies don’t know that. (BTW I don’t mean that negatively either. Any trait has both positive and negative aspects). I’m always surprised that people don’t try to get to know one another a teensy bit before engaging.
With all that said, we all need to *play* more. Half the reason I love our two British boys is the interaction that *we* have and create.
So •Squirrel• •Eve• •Intro Outro•
What shenanigans shall we entertain today???
😉
@Eve
http://media.tumblr.com/556af73e8483b4210314d9c027050884/tumblr_inline_mkvce5N2KO1qz4rgp.gif
I’m guilty of being Cumberblinded to *some* stuff but there has to be balance.
he sure as hell isn’t perfect, no one is and he’s not absolved from my criticism simply because I think he’s a fantastic actor whose face I just happen to want to sit on while he hums.
@Intro Outro – Especially on Cumby threads! We really are struggling to draw a line between those two and keep the comments appropriately directed!
Love the thought of you pushing your eyebrows down! Have you tried duct-taping them in place before you open a TH or BC thread? It will save you time!
@Eve, I saw that whole debacle over on the other thread and chose to stay well away! I think you, Sixer and T.fanty have earned the right to have your little chats and I am a great believer in everyone’s opinion being allowed, but yes that got a bit heated over the simplest of comments. My guess is fanty is still giggling over the uproar her comment started!
Personally, I find a good shanking session more enjoyable than I do an endless microscopic analysis of all things crush-related, however tiny and unimportant. My FAVOURITE thing is mocking my crushes. I just can’t help it.
If I were to be actually serious, I would say all these freebie tickets to events in return for wearing logos and allowing the wearing of said logos to be tweeted – whichever homme du jour is doing it – cheeses me off. Don’t these people get paid enough for a piddle-easy job anyway? Can’t they entertain themselves with their own hobbies, interests and bloody wallet? So this type of PR won’t work on me, whoever Benny the Crocodile Shiller sits next to. I’ll be too busy snotting over the rotten nature of zleb endorsements.
Eve. Shank me. I need to lighten up a bit and a good bleeding from wounds will do that.
I’ll always take a little fun shanking over earnest obsessing over what Cumby is up to, any day of the week. I miss the days when we used to have fun on these threads, and anyone was fair game. I’m with Sixer: it’s no fun wanting to do someone if you can’t have a little fun at their expense.
And my twopenceworth: I think he’s wife-hunting. I think his goal to be a dad by 40 hasn’t gone away, and he’s trawling social spaces and dating around a lot in this down time.
@ LadyS:
Don’t worry, no offense taken.
@ Lindy79:
Love the gif. I look good, don’t I?
@ Sixer:
I caaaaan’t. I have been incapacitated by the pictures Toniko told me about (Joel Kinnaman in jeans and a white T — too much hotness, seriously).
http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/3129269/watch-joel-kinnaman-get-put-in-his-robocop-suit-08/fullsize/
I did enjoy reading the explosions with you all yesterday. I have, when I was a newbie, on this board over-reacted too. It takes time to catch on to regular poster’s personalities and the newbies will get there.
In the meantime we need more Hiddles posts, to stop the cross-over sniding and that means more pap-pics or PR stuff from Hiddles, and to be honest, as mentioned previously in the other thread I am getting a bit tired of both their shilling antics.
I want good stories about them. Not who they are sitting next to at a tennis match wearing sponsored clothing.
I need to see more news about films and TV projects, and on set-piccies. Nothing got me more excited than seeing those Crimson Peak photos. I fell of my chair.
so maybe, until we have Benny on set or proper confirmed job news, or he is taking a selfie with a sock monkey, his posts needs to die down a bit. IMHO.
And we can all start chatting /sniding on the other threads.
•Fanty•
I think you’re correct. He wants a family bad (BAD) and is doing more stuff in hope to widen his net for said family goal. And he’s bored. Sherlock BORED. He’s doing (IMO) this stuff to overcome his restlessness, his house is empty after all. And that, I’ll bet, drives him bonkers.
•Eve•
I’m glad. And that’s what I meant by getting to know other people. You are BLUNT but also appreciate it in others. Mud slinging isn’t you’re preferred communication style but will do it if cornered.
•Sixer• •Fanty•
Must we resort is violence (shanking) for entertainment?
I personally preferred alcohol soaked orgies…complete with the soundtrack of swinging draped and clinking cyrstals…
@ Eve – oh, charming. Throw me over, why don’t you? I’m just asking for a quick stab. Then you can get back to your t-shirted hotness.
@ Fanty – wife hunting, you say? Wearing LACOSTE? That gets him a girl from TOWIE, doesn’t it?
@ All – anyone can shout at me to get out their annoyances if they like. I might shout back. I might not. Depending on the alignment of Neptune and Uranus or somesuch. But it’ll never upset me. Hide like a rhino, me.
@ Sixer:
All right…*shanks*
@ Eve – phew, that’s better.
@ Eve
LOL I missed that thread, but surely sounds like as much “twilight zone” as the usual Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie threads insanity 😉
I never understood his appeal, but he does seem like a nice guy. I think I need to watch more movies with him to get it: “Go back to work, Cumby!”
lADYsLIPPERS (see? I did it this time),
Yeah, yeah, yeah, make love, not war, and all that. But I do miss the Great CumberGames of 2013 (I believe that’s how the history books recognize it). I miss Benny and Tommy at home, raising Bertram together, I miss Miss Jane and her mighty pomeranian chariot, and EsCon and her Vespa ambulance, patching me up in all the places Eve and her shanks had left me bleeding out…. good times, good times.
@ Sixer,
You say that like it’s a bad thing? At least he could guarantee himself some form of blonde. I’m sure Wanda has a thorough vetting process in place, though, to weed out all of the undesirables.
@ Minime:
You know…I LOVE The Jolie. Love her to bits, but I usually avoid her posts (I click on them for the main writing by Kaiser and the pictures but I avoid reading the comments). On one hand because the vitriol from her dectrators is impossible to fight. On the other, there are Jolie-Pitt fans I’d rather not be associated with. So…I usually stay out :/
But really, the usual mega-hiper-overzealous Tumblr Cumby fan is like a Brangelunatic on steroids.
@ Fanty – do you remember Charlie Dimmock? Gardener with cleavage-revealing-vests? I bet Wanda would love a version of her. I can’t see Lacoste as anything other than a WAG-magnet. Although, I suppose, a WAG-magnet leaves room for much sniggering.
No, but google allows me to concur with you.
He’s going to settle for a Sloaney WAG. There are hoardes of women trained for that job. They just call it by a different name. Retired “interior designer,” “model,” or “executive PA” perhaps.
No shanking ladies! ❤️Love not war!!❤️
(Wait, blood is good fertiliser)
Nevermind, carry on.
*discretely cleans up blood and deposits it in The Garden*
But can we at least DRINK whilst the bloodletting is going on? 🍷🍷🍷
And a WAG you think? And worse, a Sloaney WAG? What makes you think that? Surely you jest?
*starts gulping down wine and fumbles for a stronger concoction to ease the heartache*
We all come here for different reasons. No one’s is more “right” or “wrong” than anyone else’s. It’s just a matter of personal preference. It’s not always easy to tell if someone is joking or not. Don’t like someone else’s style or comment? Ignore them and move along.
@Eve,
I see a lot of overreacting on BOTH sides. The positive responses are always over the top, just as the negative ones. He can’t just be enjoying a tennis match, he has to be FAME-WHORING!
He can’t just be relaxing between films or plays, he’s BORED to DEATH or HE NEEDS TO FIND A JOB OR HIS CAREER IS OVER! The positive posts are always he’s the best or greatest something or other.
I think the fans who go over-negative are trying to prove that they aren’t biased and the over-positives try to counter that negativity. But hey, that’s just my take on things.
@LadySlippers, no need to fumble for something stronger. I have a pitcher of vodka martinis right here. Shaken, not stirred. Olive or twist, dear?
Re: Cumby showing up to just about any event. I’d think that would get old after a while. You’re not really partying and cutting loose when you attend most of these events, so I would think they’re not exactly fun.
•lilac•
You are a goddess of the garden!
With a twist please. 🍸😎
@ Delorb:
*Saw your comment only now.
Look, there’s nothing wrong with attending major sports events, 99% of celebrities do that. The thing about Cumberbatch is that that’s *ALL* he’s been doing for the past month or so — it’s NOT just one or two events, it has not been just Roland Garros. It’s also worth mentioning that he’s not promoting anything (which could easily justify the need to be seen) yet he’s everywhere. That is famewhoring, at least in my book.
I’m sorry but I really don’t think I’ve been reacting overly negative, I’ve been merely stating the bleeding obvious.
So Eve, how things going on with your new Beau, since he’s free now? Saw his latest pics at JJ in white shirt and nice pair of jeans, why do you let him alone on the street at night? 🙂
I’m sad because now that I want to watch The Killing, A&E is not airing it anymore (not even the old seasons).
I rarely visit JJ, but I’m going there right now just to see the pictures you’re talking about (thank you for that, by the way).
:*
@ Toniko:
Oh, my god! So hot, so amazingly f*cking hot!
Thank you again.
I like the blonde woman and her companion photo-bombing that second photo in the stands.
This! 😀
My Otter simply does not do hats well. Unleash the CumbyCurls! Stop the Mr. Potato Head hat ensemble. Please?
I know, I want him to be able to pull off hats in some crazy hot debonair manner, but he just looks like a thumb with a tiny hat on. 🙁
Funniest comment I’ve seen in a while, and yes, sadly, all too true. Why he buys hats that are too small, I do not understand. Is it like some women who will buy clothes in a certain size even if they have to grease themselves to get into them?
HAHAHAHA oh my god!!
@Green Eyes.
Funnily he’s achieving the total opposite. I get its conservative and there is probably some sort of dress code but he’s dressing way older than his age here. I think it’s mainly the trousers to be honest. If he had normal jeans (not those fooking maroon things) on he’d look way younger.
I think I love you, Lolo-ology. He does look like a thumb with a tiny hat on!
As much as I love the Cucumberpatch, his fashion sense seems a little “trying too hard to be cool/edgy.”
Lolo-ology, that image is going to stick with me! But seriously, why can’t he buy a hat that actually fits?
I am sooooooo over the hysteria that arises when a female is spotted within 20 feet of Cumberbatch. The man is just that a man. He is going to date, he is going to have sex and eventually he will marry (well my hope is he will find someone but if not that’s his business).
Afterall he is famous, he has money and he has time on his hands, I doubt he spends it in prayer meetings.
I doubt he spends it in prayer meetings.
?????
he’d make a good Priest, remake of the Thorn Birds anyone?
A priest! Wonderful idea! He should totally play one. His voice would be perfect for some earnest sermons. And the austere black cassock would prevent any fashion disasters.
Bring it on!
Yeeesss! There would be so much satisfying casting to speculate on! But please no Keira Knightley in the Meggie role.
He could take all of our confessions. And give us communion. 🙂
Holy god I’m going straight to hell, aren’t i?
@Sighs, guess I’ll be seeing you in hell, then….
*Wondering if the devil would allow us to have a nice garden there… *
God! no to Keira Knightly, J Law, Kate Winslet or Sienna Miller. It has to be a secret siren dark-haired type. English of course. Like me…’cough’
I’m not fan of remakes, and I really liked Richard Chamberlain version, but it they were tempted… he would be good a really good choice. He has that sexy stilted thing going on.
@nighty Oh yes, garden please! But I suppose a water feature is out of the question considering the host?
@nighty & sighs: Hieronymus Bosch once painted something that might be okay with the devil (mind you, he always painted something that should be okay with the devil). It’s called “Tuin der lusten”/”Garden of Earthly Delights”.
Here is the middle section of the triptych: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/delightc.jpg
And yes, there’s a water feature. 😉
God I LOVE Bosch, thanks for posting it, @Isadora!!
@Isadora, thank you for our art appreciation post of the day! That was fun. Yes, there is a water feature.
Glad you like it! I also love Bosch… you can look at his paintings for such a long time and still discover some details. It’s great. 🙂
I actually spent the better part of an hour analyzing that one during an unbearably hot afternoon in Madrid. I ducked into the Prado to escape the heat.
I knew if there was a post about him at the French Open this weekend, someone would mention his hat… to be fair, EVERYONE there had on a hat similar to his. So I guess he was being quite fashionable, then? LOL.
Anyhoo… you know you are famous when you can’t even sit next to some random person without them being called your gf. That must get annoying after awhile.
And the fact the Cumby likes tennis is REALLY making like him even more.
I saw a photo of him on Instagram (who knows where it originally came from) of him in a french hat shop. It was the best.
He was in a French hat shop that sold hundreds of hats and that is the best he could find?? He NEEDS a girlfriend to help him understand clothes/accessories!!
@Secret Squirrel
Yes… he definitely needs a gf to help him out in the fashion department… *raises hand to volunteer*
I apply for that!!! Where do I submit the application?
I have to say though, if he said to me he would be my perfect gentlemanly boyfriend but was going to continue wearing outfits like that, I would accept that!! I can turn a blind eye to fashion faux pas for the greater good! (and his good would be great I’m betting!!).
Hey Ben and Tom, some of us normal looking females enjoy tennis too, not just the pretty ones…
At this stage he would need several girlfriends to help him out, I think…
@Isadora…we just need to let him know “we’re here, sweet cumby, we’ll help you…”
Personally, I have duty elsewhere… I need to mend the neck seam of a certain light blue, ancient t-shirt. It’s his favourite, poor boy would cry without it…
You mend the shirts, I’ll mend the trousers. I may inadvertently make them more snug. I’m a terrible seamstress.
oh yes! 😀
If Cumby was in a French hat shop (I did see the photo–it was cute/funny) I would like to know why he didn’t walk out of there in a beret. He may have been trying to get some sun protection from that silly little hat, but he needs a real brim for that. I think one of his mum’s straw gardening hats would be right for that, & would probably not look any sillier than that thing he had on at the French Open.
But you can tell he thinks he looks cool!
@ EsCon:
You’re here!!! Just want you to know that I missed you.
Ladies, as I said up above, I am willing to hijack his suitcase and rip off whatever offending garments I find him in (eyes closed because I’m not a Cumberwhatever) whenever he finally shows up here for Black Mass, in exchange for more time with the gentlemen I do prefer.
@Isadora, I know you’ll do the best you can but that frayed collar may be beyond repair. It is stretched out too, isn’t it? Our boy insists on hanging his sunglasses there.
Yeah… and considering how things look if I try to mend them I’ll probably start looking for an identical t-shirt right now and wash it *quick calculation* app. 250 times.
He probably just hangs the sunglasses there to show off his few chest hairs lol. (On the other hand I’m also a bit guilty of t-shirt abuse by sunglasses. Without chest hairs, thankfully.)
Since all 12 of his chest hairs are blond, the effort is rather futile and is just destroying the beloved shirt. I too hang my sunglasses on my shirt collars. No chest hairs either but sometimes my radiation freckle tattoo gets a nice display.
Being a cancer survivor is more to be proud of than 12 chest hairs.
@Isadora, thank you.
Oh boy, here we go!! He didn’t go and sit next to a lady in public, did he? How can tumblr survive these onslaughts?
I adore Sherlock: Cumby and his brand brings that to life….and even so, I still can’t decide if he’s good-looking or not! Sigh…I’ll keep trying though…
Yes, the uncovered curls are a much better look in the photos! It’s so him!!
And *gasp* she’s a former co-star who happens to live in Paris! Cue the “omg he went all the way there just to see her!” rumors, too, lol.
Except he was there for Sherlock… Lol
was he there for sherlock? i thought i heard moffit &co were there?
LOL yep, Sherlock is up for a Golden Nymph award and BC is up for one for his role in it so the show is technically up twice. IDK if he’s actually going to the awards though (it’d make sense, seeing he IS in the area, generally speaking)–I think today is the last day? Or tomorrow? Moffat and his entourage were going (minus Gatiss since he’s filming Wolf Hall).
How can Tumblr survive these onslaughts? Well, they’d best not look on here for any advice. We barely survive them ourselves.
I saw some tumblers mention Celebitchy, saying how mean it is here to them, even though we’re doing the same thing they are. It was in one of those, Hiddles is lying to us about Jane Arthy threads.
Yes, there’s fervent fan-girling here, which is great! I find tumblr to be too big and crazy to navigate, I get lost…and then I find something oh so over the top, I have to hide eyes and slink away.
LOL! Comments about Tumblr meltdowns/explosions are a dime a dozenon here. The funny thing is that there have been quite a few meltdowns and explosions on here too! Not to mention all the links to pics from Tumblr that get posted here. 😉
Because everyone knows the best way to soak up the ambiance and nuances of Billy Bulger and his South Boston while preparing to portray him is to hang out in France.
Aw, burn! 🙂 TBH I was thinking similarly when we got a little taste of his shaky American accent at Hay… don’t you have some linguistic homework to be doing, Cumby?
absolutely! I even volunteered to the agency if (cough) someone needed practice.
with the accent.
He could be doing his homework at his hotel? I’m sure there’s an app for that.
I am NOT looking forward to his Boston accent. But to be fair, no one outside of a born and bred townie can do a proper Boston accent. I’ve lived in Boston for almost 20 years and cannot do anything beyond “pahk the cah in Hahvud yahd.”
I’m dreading Dakota Johnson’s one more… At least Cumberbatch can act
I’m dreading the entire movie, to be honest. I think Benedict’s accent will be the least of this movies problems.
@GreenEyes, Christian Bale had me convinced he was a coke addict from Lowell but he did spend several months with Dickie Ward attached to his hip. Amy Ryan did an amazing job as a Dot Rat in Gone Baby Gone and Jeremy Renner did a good job as a Townie in The Town. Both of them attached themselves to a person from the same neighborhood/economic class as their characters, not a professional “dialogue coach”) for several weeks and ran their lines with them at Affleck’s insistence.
@delorb, well, I’m fearing architectural elements that didn’t exist appearing for no reason whatsoever and an obligatory, unnecessary scene in Fenway, just because every movie shot here seems to feature an obligatory, unnecessary shot of Fenway. If they manage not to have a character drive in the wrong direction over the Zakim (which didn’t exist when Whitey was living here but that never stops filmmakers), it will be an accomplishment.
I’m honestly kind of surprised he’s not already filming Black Mass but if his role is small or if it’s something that can all be done in chunks on a soundstage or something then I guess that makes sense. And word re the accent… Billy Bulger has a very specific way of speaking that Cumby does not, lol, and it’s not something you can just pull out of your, ah, hat. I’m hoping he doesn’t shoot himself in the foot by doing this role poorly and become a laughing stock over it, tbh.
I only got halfway through the book Black Mass, but as far as I can tell, Billy is not a huge player in it. Maybe this is too much speculation, but I picture any scenes with him in them in the State House or in court or behind closed doors in some other way (i.e. not on location necessarily). Depp has been filming outdoor North End murders and bar brawls. They have filming scheduled through the end of July so there’s plenty of time for BC to get here, I mean, Dakota Johnston just showed up yesterday.
True, true… He’s probably not going to have a big a part as some of the fans are thinking (and frankly, I’m wondering about casting b/c isn’t Billy much smaller than Whitey? I know, the wonders of camera angles and CGI and such but it seems such an odd casting choice on many levels).
I have heard that, too, that Billy’s 5’4″ or something, but if the film focuses on Whitey and John Connolly, probably the psychology behind Billy’s Napoleonic complex and what drove him to make certain decisions is not going to be that important to the story and therefore doesn’t really matter. If it was a story about the brothers, I’d be more worried they got Billy wrong, but if he’s relegated to side-player, it’s not as worrying.
With few lines, you memorize lines said by the dialect coach right there, after you’ve listened to recordings of what you’re going to say. It’s simply not worth it for an actor to devote a lot of time to an accent for less than 10 minutes of using it.
I know he’s in France for Sherlock, but it’ll be fine by me when it dies down.
Dialect coaches have gifted us with the painful horrors of Laura Linney and Tim Robbins in Mystic River, Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, Diane Lane in Perfect Storm and Tom Hanks’s impersonation of Rose Kennedy after a stroke in Captain Phillips.
Certainly true, but most of those parts are bigger than what I expect BC’s is, to be really honest. This is Depp’s and (possibly) Edgerton’s movie.
I don’t know, ladies. I agree with all of those who say that his part might not be big, but to be honest, I think a true professional should give his/her all to even small jobs. I am not saying that Ben will not do it for his part in Black Mass, we don’t know his filming schedule or his dialect coaching arrangements. BUT. If in the end it turns out that he messed up his speech and mannerisms, I am not sure that “his part was very small” will be a completely legit excuse 😉
I agree, Intro Outro, I just think with the part size, he doesn’t need to devote weeks to studying it in Boston itself.
I also think this is going to bomb, but that’s another matter entirely.
I’m gearing up for Wimbledon…what drama can we look forward to this year? *rolls eyes*
Benny, Tommy and Eddy in a threesome in the Celeb box looking lovely and dressed in decent clothes for once.
‘pig flies….’
Actually, with the Avengers and Star Wars crew in town, possibly, I expect a lot of celeb sightings.
@’p’enny and elephants ride bikes 🙂
Are the Avengers blowing up London in the new movie? That would be quite a rest for poor New York.
@Abby_J-i think the Avengers are taking their show on the road. There is at least, what seven, places they plan on blowing up next year.
After watching Godzilla, my friend and I decided that that only place to live is either the Mid-West (because really, who is going to blow up the Dakotas? or Kansas?) or Canada. New York and the Pacific Rim now seem to be out of the question.
I grew up near Kansas, but thankfully not IN Kansas, and I agree completely. There is no point in blowing up Kansas. 🙂
Tom Clancy nuked Denver for The Sum of All Fears (in the movie, it was Baltimore, though), but that might be worst thing that has happened.
I thought the same thing about Godzilla when I saw it. If any of those creatures makes it all the way to the middle of the country, we are all screwed.
Glad to see the Avengers are branching out and spreading the destruction around. I figure they have to be in NYC for a little bit though, so that we can see the nifty new Avengers Tower.
Ha!
Even the Midwest isn’t safe!!!’
Lol
@Abby J, the Avengers are blowing up parts of South Korea and South Africa and Germany this time around. Joss Whedon wants to avoid New York because he said it was a nightmare to shoot there the last time. They blew up parts of London and Greenwich in Thor 2 and Loki destroyed a small New Mexican town in the first Thor. In Captain America, the Winter Soldier, New Jersey and part of Washington DC get hit. The Avengers also blew up a test facility in the middle of a desert when Loki arrived.
In Godzilla, one of the beasties is in Nevada and giant worms rip apart Nevada in Tremors. Yes, Kansas can be a dangerous place in movies too. Just look at what happened to Dorothy! Oklahoma got hit in Twister.
Hopefully no drama this year. Repercussions from last year are still being felt. Any more heaped onto that and every single site that talks about Hiddles or Cumby may likely implode! 😉
I love her dress from what I can see of it!! The print and the chest/neck detail are gorgeous! Anyone have an idea on the label?
Same! I can’t ID it but looks like something you can find at Ann Taylor Loft.
They totally have that “we just banged in the hotel before we came here” look on their faces.
Totes. And the ‘we should look like everyone around us just died just so they don’t suspect’ vibe.
And that is the kind of comment that will blow up Tumblr. LOL!
lol
I would never start trouble with a incendiary comment and rile up Cumberbitches!! NEVER!
*snicker
I think it is promising though… I always thought Benny prefered blondes, the fact that he is also into brunettes is good news… he is expanding his territory…
Not like his last serious relationship didn’t have black hair or anything :p
@jaderu
just one expression…’fan virus’
I loved that, I can’t remember who came out with that expression yesterday, but it was funny.
@ ‘P’enny:
It was Sixer.
Yay me! I thought it was funny, too. Although, it failed in its intended function as such a BLINDINGLY good joke it would illuminate the jokes that had gone before as, well, jokes, and stop people missing the jokes and getting a cob on*. I was – honest – being mollifying, not incendiary. Well, I was trying.
* cob = bad mood
@Sixer, fan virus was hilarious and no, it did not fail. People were just dreading the repercussions that would follow for applauding too wildly.
@Jaderu He actually looks like he has hand up her dress. She’s using the fan to cool down and staring forward so no one suspects a thing! I mean we all know how long his arms are and now big his hands hahaha!
LOL I honestly can’t wait for this to hit some of the more flail-prone corners of tumblr and the CSI’ing of the pics to really get going. Along with the “OMG they’re in love, y’all! Be nice!”
@Shiv I didn’t even notice that! You’re right! I was distracted by the fact that he had that pasty, pale, flushed look that men have after they……oh wait. He usually has that look. *hides before she gets shanked*
I actually thought her foot might be in his lap in the third photo . . .
Thats incredibly hot if that’s what is going on.
What really cracks me up is that he made a special trip just to buy that awful hat, right after he got to Paris. He doesn’t have a head for fedoras or trilbys. If he’d worn a baseball cap, it would have looked better.
m’lady
Someone up thread said he was also there on business.
@Fanty – I’ve never looked at it like that before but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head – he is definitely wife hunting! That is perhaps why he isn’t affectionate in these pictures we are seeing as they are dates and well, if it’s a first date/ public date you don’t really do PDA.
Saying that, there appears to be no romantic connection that I can see with him and Sophie Hunter (the brunette) – he barely looks in her direction and in the photo where it looked like they are whispering he STILL doesn’t even look at her haha. Sophie lives in Paris so I presume it’s just a friendly thing.
I hate the hat and the specs, he looks like an uncle! A sexy uncle maybe….
On a final note – if anyone thinks Benny is above the PR game, you need to take the rose tinted glasses off. His Lacoste tshirt still has the folds haha – he is being paid to be at these things or at least getting free tix/travel. He doesn’t have much on which people will see this year hence all the public appearances (bare in mind black mass, yellow bird, hamlet will all be available to see next year) and Richard III is much later this year (I think) so he needs to keep relevant – Benny is still more internet famous than famous famous.
Kaiser you didn’t ask but yes I would still definitely hit it – over and over again.
I am loving SO much that you can still see the folds on the polo shirt. I wonder did he have to go up to a sign in table, ask for his size and then go behind an ornate dressing screen.
Or better yet, he was like a 5 year old being taken shopping by his mum and he had to do it there and then because she doesn’t want to walk to the fitting rooms
“no one’s looking at you, just try it on here. I’ll stand around you with my coat”
If he’s wife hunting, I hope Monaco and this are not examples of dates and he’s doing his real prowling in private. These are great experiences but shit dates if you’re only getting to know someone.
@lindy. I bet he tried them on over his tshirt.
They were in Burlesque Fairytale together and he’s known for his longstanding friendships w/former co-stars so… *shrug* I didn’t get any chemistry between them in the pics, either, lol. Besides the Fail and other papers didn’t jump on it so I’m taking that as a sign that, yep, just friends (or maybe she’s the super secret gf and NOT Kinvara Balfour and he’s NOT pining for KE and it’s all been a clever ruse? I kid I kid…)
Agreed re the keeping relevant. Make appearances at high profile or “right” events to make sure he’s papped or legit photographed, keep his name in circulation even if it’s frivolous stuff or casting rumors, and he’ll keep a big audience with things like Richard III come ’round. All the stuff he had lined up for this year fell through or was shuffled around so he needs to keep his face and “brand” in the public eye. It’s just good business and that’s really what performers are, for the most part–business. Their public lives and personas are not the same as who they are privately and the public “consumption” portion of their presentations are marketable.
Yeah, I have my cynic pants on today.
Or maybe he just likes being given access to events due to his high profile? Frankly if I were eligible for perks like this, I’d take it. He does seem to like his freebies. Not being catty, but he’s not really all that rich at this point. Nicely paid but hardly in the big paycheck category.
•Shiv•
Actually the creases in the shirt actually point to the opposite. Dressers and brands will want to make sure you look sharp and this outfit was clearly selected by Benedict himself. Any brand worth their salt would make for sure he looks good — from head to toe.
I’m not saying he’s above PR but my guess is he’s honestly bored and is restless so he does stupid sh!t to fill time. Some is PR and other is just him doing his thing. He’s gonna get papped regardless and I’m sure his OR team is thrilled either way.
Also, I don’t see him taking his first few dates out publicly. He’s open and very affectionate with the people he adores but he’d want to wait to make sure they would be somewhat serious. After a month or two (possibly more), yes, but not before then.
This was probably just him meeting up with an old friend and they both enjoy tennis. His dating will be kept underground until it’s more serious.
Good observation about the shirt creases, LadySlippers. I hadn’t thought about that. Agree with you about the PR thing too. And I’ve honestly no idea about the woman next to him.
•Janeite•
This entire outfit has Benedict’s lack of fashion sense ALL over it. Even when stores and/or brands host local runways shows with young adults from the community as models — stores, brands, and dressers style a person head to toe. No one would strive for his look.
So take what Benedict is wearing and a dresser would put him in a polo shirt that was HIS size — the one he choose is too big. A jacket that also fit (also too big) plus you’d go for a complimentary colour rather than his lame-a$$ attempt at matching (silly boys). His chinos/khakis/trousers (depending on what you call them) would be tailored and he’d be placed in ones that actually flatter. This style of chino doesn’t compliment him or the clothes at all. And I’d go with a warmer tone than the one he’s chosen. It really doesn’t match the blues well at all.
Okay, I just addressed the core of his outfit and would have changed every single thing on him. So let’s move to accessories. I’d change out his trainers/sneakers/tennis shoes for loafers to fit the theme of casual but sporty. I’d get a hat that fit him and complemented his head (we’ve all commented it’s too small) but gave him a brim to block sun. And I’d tragically step on his glasses (so sad) and work to find him something that has amber lenses that he likes but also fits and compliments his head. (My guess is he’s super sensitive to light and prefers those lenses for that very reason. Very common in blue-eyed people to have extra sun-sensitive eyes).
So my guess based on his horrible fashion is this was not a PR stunt. You dress better for those….
My conclusion? Tennis in Paris was something on his personal time with a friend.
@LadySlippers:
How would you explain Lacoste UK’s tweet then? 😉 https://twitter.com/LACOSTE_UK/status/475633978553405440
•Intro Outro•
Their tweet doesn’t mean they dressed him! Lol. And they obviously are overlooking the horrendous fashion sense that Benedict has. Lordy! 😜
BC probably wore it to thank them of his own volition but it still doesn’t appear to be a PR thing. I’m thinking a “I’ll scratch your back and you’ll scratch mine” kinda thing. (They would have at least gotten him the correct size shirt if it was their doing!)
LadySlippers, I think I’d like you to come here and dress me now too! 🙂
@LadySlippers: Oh, it also looks like mutual back-scratching to me, but I thought that does fall under “PR” category, non? Or is PR used for some more specific things in English? Because in my language I’d use it for any situation wherein a public person promotes something in return for something – be it a last-minute decision (which I think Benny’s case was) or a more thoroughly planned event.
I’m a little thrown by the shirt crease. I mean, generally speaking, if you’re there for a brand they make sure that you don’t have creases or wrinkles. It’s still pretty funny to me.
He in France for Sherlock though so Lacoste wouldn’t have paid his travel or anything.
•Katie•
Way more than shirt creases that give this away.
If Cumby were a paper doll and we could all have our way with his wardrobe, how would you dress him? Me? White t-shirt and jeans. I’d even let him wear flip-flops, if he likes.
Jorts (obviously), a neon green t-shirt and a top hat. And a scarf or two. Plus the fifty-shades-of-grey sweater-scarf.
Although I imagine he’s probably already done that. While carrying a plastic sheep, or something similar.
Ah, yes, the youthful, debonair Cumberboy of years ago! I really loved that Cumby Version 1.0. There was something so sweet and naive about him – who could not love a grown man who would take a stuffed lamb to a premiere? Now we are left with a celebrity who is pulled in so many PR directions that even he doesn’t know who the true Cumberman is!
Ohhh…..I yearn for that 50 layers of grey sweater/scarf/thing.
T-fanty! I’m dying over here, for a minute I seriously thought, ‘Yes, I can see that happening!’
Long live the jorts!
I’m not keen on The Batch wearing retiree chic. Someone on Tom & Lorenzo thought he was channeling Carl Reiner from Oceans 11, I chortled.
Cumby with free time on his hands, and jorts season fast approaching…. this summer has so much potential.
Actually, I’d dress him in a soft white shirt that is fitted really, he wears a ‘plain’ sexy fitted suit [without tie] really well. No jeans with the white shirt hanging out, as I think that’s common. [i’m a snob] And, if he does where jeans, no mixing the tailored jacket and shoes, like Jeremy Clarkson.. Eugh.
I would keep him dressed in dark and plain colours.
Occasionally I might put him in a navy woolley jumper and dark jeans for cuddles.
@ Green Eyes:
Ha! I don’t have that problem: my new crush (Kinnaman, link to JJ picture above) is already dressed like that.
Jeans and button down shirts with the sleeves rolled up. Wooly jumpers for the winter. Although tfanty is getting me pretty hot and bothered with her rendition. Though you forgot the sparkly shoes.
Edit: And lots of suits.
Faux leopard skin posing pouch, argyle socks with sock suspenders, and cricket cap.
Not really: he doesn’t float my crush boat. But I’d pay to see that picture.
Dying at the sock suspenders. I’m snorting. Please stop.
Putting the boy into decent clothes is not a question of boat floating, it’s in the service of mankind.
But your suggestions sound pretty good lol.
You mean all upper-middle men don’t wear that on a daily basis?
*crushed*
Cleaning lemonade off the computer screen now.
Am I too late to add in “my thighs” as my official response?
As an English teacher (who can’t spell marvellous) myself, I kind of like that he dresses like a middle-aged academic. That said, if I could choose, I would make him dress like this, all day and every day:
http://whatareyouwearingbenedict.tumblr.com/post/18215886490/sartorial-success-saturday-ah-the-blue-suit
In the meantime, I have some really nice teal cashmere yarn at home that would make a terrific pullover to complement his famewhorey auburn majesty.
Sneeks trembling over to a BC thread, am I safe?
Sorry T. fanty, like the suit but that tie is wrong with it.
That is not a dad hat it is positively a grandad hat.
He looks so young here. Really cute look.
There was this photoshoot where they put him in decent clothes. It was rather monochromatic along the black/grey colour scheme… if I remember correctly dark grey jeans and a black leather jacket? And ginger curls…
And yes, I realise that this style is somewhat reminicent of a certain… well… you know who. But.. but… sorry, it looks good. *shrug*
Harpers Bazar as far as I know. There’s a video interview with it. I agree he looks great here and his natural colour (I think) and cut is fantastic.
Also, @TFanty he looks awesome in that blue suit. One of my fav looks on him.
Yes, thank you, that’s the one!
I think Ben is The Stig, so I’m going for a white racing suit! Of course this explains his “interest” in the grand prix and why he and The Stig are never photographed together!
Based on his Top Gear performance I’m going to have to disagree. Although maybe he was purposely driving poorly as a clever ruse to throw us off the scent.
Definitely. I mean, he uses the same tactic to throw his fans off the scent of all the secret girlfriends he’s meeting at the freebie events. 😉
@Green Eyes
I agree, I miss that sweet, naive Cumby of old too. Before his life went all vertiginous & he became famous. & I also adore him in a white T-shirt & wouldn’t complain if he wore them more often (without the chambray shirt over them).
Total dorky dad hat! Cumby strikes me as someone that would embrace the dad dorkiness once he has a Cumberbaby. The amount of dad jokes that he would make… His kid could probably submit daily entries to the Dad Jokes Subreddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes
Don’t know why but I honestly picture him to be a dad like Phil from Modern Family 😀
Yes! I can see his teenage daughter saying “just talking to a dork I met in a malt shop.” ha!
heheh OMG yes his daughter should definitely say that. I would laugh real hard if Benedict also ends up having 3 kids with 2 daughter and a son. Life imitates art
Not really a Cumberbatch fan, but clicked on this post when I saw the hat. Made me think about what Jon Stewart said on the Daily Show last night, that “a trilby is a hat that somehow combines the douchiest parts of a fedora and a porkpie.”
Guess Benedict missed the memo?
He’s never been known for his amazing fashion sense unless someone else dresses him.
Paris or not, he’s back in London so he was likely just in Paris for the tennis – freebie!!!
oooh. where did you see this?
Jessi – imdb. Someone has posted a pic.
He was in Paris two days so I don’t think he went to any awards or was in connection with Sherlock.
I follow Mark Gattis and he was tweeting about Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit – ‘wonderful last show. So thrilled to be there’ – that was on Sat late evening.
do you remember which thread? digging through that site can be such a headache.
I bet it’s this one:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/board/nest/230854094
No, apparently other commenters have said that Moffatt and Gatiss were in Paris too. His trip was Sherlock related…
BC may not have attended the awards (Golden Nympth) but it seems weirdly unlikely if he was in Paris, and he was also nominated for Sherlock and the show itself was nominated. It seems like it’d be pretty unprofessional not to go if he was literally in the area.
Unless they’re planning a filming announcement they can all feck off!
*throws toys and stomps off*
He was in Paris two days so I don’t think he went to any awards or was in connection with Sherlock.
I follow Mark Gattis and he was tweeting about Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit – ‘wonderful last show. So thrilled to be there’ – that was on Sat late evening.
Amen, Lindy.
Noo…he was in Paris two days so I don’t think he went to any awards or was in connection with Sherlock.
I follow Mark Gattis and he was tweeting about Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit – ‘wonderful last show. So thrilled to be there’ – that was on Sat late evening
Shiv, Gatiss wasn’t in France. Moffat and Sue Verte were.
However, I’m not sure what for. I’ve seen a panel mentioned but it didn’t sound like it was open to the public or anything.
@Katie – yeah I know he wasn’t hence my twitter reference. I meant BC was in Paris two days so I wouldn’t have thought he was there for Sherlock or an awards ceremony.
@Shiv–sorry, misunderstood you–this is where it gets confusing, lol, Moffat/ Vertue were there during that time too and still are. They are presenting at the festival tomorrow (which has been running for 3 days already), but what I got is that the three–SV, MF and BC–did something with Sherlock that wasn’t public, businesslike. ‘Panel’ is the only thing I’m clear on.*
*all subject to my rusty French.
Ah, see, I thought he was there for the Golden Nymphs since he was nom’d an the show was, too, and the tennis was just a fun thing to do while there.
Back in London?? thread – top one at moment
I’d love to be stalking Belsize Park this week, both my favourite boys are back in town. 😀 And, they need a bit P’enny looouvin.
Fetch, ‘p’enny, fetch!
If Fassy is in London right now too, I’ll fly in. *lol* We will be totally inconspicuous, ‘p’enny… with all our zoom-lens cameras and safari hats.
lol @mia
@isadora don’t know about Fassy, does he live in Belsize/Hampstead/Primrose too? it’s all very cosy there. i think we should don the cameras and safari hats, sunglasses and take proper unplanned sneaky pap photos. And sell them to Celebitchy.
We know Hiddles lives next door to Helena B Carter, in a nice converted arts studio and Cumby is apparently in the next road… look for a Georgian flat having conversion work done on it… And, there are some great cafes and pubs… and we can just sit there and wait and peer over our coffee.
After all, these two acting-birds with their blue shirt feathers and silly hats will be easily to spot.
The work on Cumby’s flat is over though… Lol
No, Fassy’s unfortunately still in his bachelor pad in Hackney, it seems… (if we marry I’ll convince him to move to Belsize park though. Love those stucco houses.)
We would look so pretty on our sneaky pap safari! And I definitely have no problem whatsoever to spend my days (and nights) in cafes and pubs lol. Although I might swoon if I see Helena Bonham-Carter and completely miss our boys and their fashion mishaps. 🙁
@’p’enny, you are still keeping watch over the make-up room on the Avengers set, yes? Wouldn’t want that long, dark wig to be used without you knowing.
@lilacflowers
our friend Ruffalo has been told off for his instragram photos, so I am not sure if we will have any more in the make-up room shots.
to be honest, my heart died for a Loki cameo when it became obvious that his trip to LA was just a stop over for bigger things. And, things are moving in Ireland, apparently on IMBD a poster has received a letter about closing down a car park for filming for all of July/August.
Well, ‘p’enny, new rumors are that Loki’s staff, last scene at the close of CA Winter Soldier figures prominently in the Age of Ultron. You are just going to have to get in that makeup room to monitor that wig in person in case they decide to have the character try to reclaim his weapon. I understand that costume and make-up takes several hours to put on. He’ll need somebody to keep him company. Then you can plan a lovely holiday for August in N. Ireland.
add on. Benny /tom stalking we can go to the Pinewood studios to stalk the make up rooms.
@lilacflowers
if he came face to face with Loki aka Tom dressed in darkwig/leather combi, I would jump him out of you-know -what frustration. And I would have to help him out of that costume, not in it. 😀
Have you seen the clip of Tom back stage of comic-con and a woman is stroking his wig behind his ear? I was so jealous, I could have jumped through my comp screen.
I don’t doubt that car park being leaked will now cause a line of devoted fans and more sock monkey opportunities.
@’p’enny, yes, I’ve seen that back stage clip and had the same reaction. He does need help to get out of that costume. I can’t search for it now since I have to go to work but there’s an interview at the New York Comic Con, promoting Avengers, during which he and Chris Evans explain that getting out of the costume is as difficult as getting in and they have to be very careful about what they eat/drink because loo breaks are impossible. Have a fun day planning your stalking aventures!
That looks like Sally Hawkins to me. If it is, they’re probably friends from doing a million of the same award shows this past year.
We’ve already got an I.D – Sophie Hunter – actress, worked together previously.
He’s taken on a fair amount of voice work this year, but it’s less visible than the films and is probably much easier to fit in between his publicity jaunts. There’s Penguins of Madagascar, of course, but there’s also the last episode of Cabin Pressure and the D-Day recordings for the BBC. A couple of Jaguar commercials. Plus, this morning the Guardian released an investigation into slavery in the Thai prawn industry, and he voiced the video: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/10/supermarket-prawns-thailand-produced-slave-labour (caution: stomach-turning content, but worthwhile from a human rights perspective). He could probably live quite happily off just the income from voice work!
My favourite Benny outfits are still those from the Annie Leibowitz Vogue shoot of last fall. Casual green shirt and blue knitted jumper with well fitting jeans.
You mean this one, Daisy?
http://www.blogvedete.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/67788__h=x_bc-vogue-in-chair.jpg
THIS picture is where I get the Cumberlove, for sure.
Oh yes. That photo. Definitely my favourite.
WARNING! Some petty looks-related shallowness follows! If you find it triggering – please ignore and move on lol.
I’m with you on your Cumberlove swings, @Abby_J 😀 He’s got most AMAZING eyes and a beautiful forehead and on some en face photos he really does it for me, but his profile most definitely is NOT my cup of coffee. As well as his lips up close lol. No way would I kiss those! 😛
Someone once said that he was someone who looked better in video than pictures, and I think I might agree with that 100%, except then I watched Parade’s End and…..just no. Now, how much of that was because he was supposed to look like an uptight dweeb and how much of it was just his natural state, I can’t say. I enjoyed the show, though!
I totally agree with the profile.
@Intro: Despite your displeasure with certain aspects of his face, do I hear some new Cumbervibes going on? *eyebrow wiggling* Maybe you need more time… and in a year you’re totally in love… ? 😉
I guess I’m immune to his charms. *sigh* I mean, yes, beautiful eyes and Annie Leibovitz and all but nope. Still all yours. And that’s even though I’m fresh under Sherlock influence, I just watched the S3 finale yesterday and… OMG… Moriarty! (In my usual fashion I screamed “yesss!!!” at my tv in answer to his ominous question. My neighbors probably think I’m mad. They are right.)
@Isadora: hehehe, never say never and all that stuff but I am 99.9% sure it won’t happen 😛 I’ve already seen him in too many films and it still hasn’t clicked, so I don’t think it ever will. I mean, I do sometimes get this delayed sort of clicks with some actors/musicians/authors, but it still manifests itself earlier than what’s already happened between me and Mr. Cumbernator here (thanks @Kate2, I really loved this moniker lol).
You must be lots of fun to watch TV with 😉
Oh well.. then I guess we two will stay satellites around the Cumberlove. 😉
And I guess I’m more annoying than fun when watching TV haha..
I go back and forth on the Cumberlove, but there is no way that I’d hit it until he removed and burned the white shoes. Looks like something I am pretty sure my Dad owns. I’m actually okay with the hat. I don’t think it helps his look, but it is just a hat.
What.. “you can leave your hat on”? ta-da-daaa-da-daa ta-da-da-daaa-da-daaa..
Hahaha! Baby, take off your shoes!
He can also leave the Lacoste shirt on for a while. I am somewhat obsessed with the preppy 1980s, and seeing that little alligator just makes me happy.
Do they even know each other?
I think that may be Oona Chaplin, looks startlingly like her. Identified her immediately but may be wrong.
I.D’d above – Sophie Hunter.
Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the most unattractive men I’ve ever seen. Just watched Sherlock the other night and I must admitt…. I can’t stand him
I know it was probably raining but I really don’t like that jacket
Have y’all seen this weibo drama with BC? Hard to tell if is blowing up in China, hope not.
http://micmoc817.tumblr.com/post/88171492635/benedict-has-caused-another-controversy-on-chinese
A lot of Chinese fans on Tumblr and Twitter have said they think it’s insane these girls are blowing it up so big. According to the picture-takers *and* witnesses, they approached him twice to ask for pics, he said no both times b/c he was eating with friends and wanted privacy, but they took pics anyway from another table. Most folks are thinking they’re being rude and dramatic.
Yeah, hopefully nothing. It’s just been a stream of nice BC sightings & appearances all over the place and then that. It was just so random.
It’s a nonstarter, apparently these fans were not polite from the get go by their own admission. Funny that he’s actually got 2 fingers up, not one: they’re crossed.
BC aside, It’s not necessarily always a privacy thing, that’s just easy for the celebs to say. The problem is that if you keep saying ‘yes’ to every person who approaches you, the 5 minutes here and there really starts adding up and can quickly become a hour or more lost on a daily basis.
Even if he did flip her off (although it looks like 2 fingers so not sure what he’s doing), I have no issue with it.
Whatever about approaching someone when they’re out walking or whatever (personally I think I’d not do it and kick myself later) but it’s the height of rudeness to go up and interrupt someone while they’re eating with friends. He’s not posing with them, they’re clearly taking a sneaky shot with him so feck them and their false indignation.
I love me some Benedict, but when he dresses himself this sentence always pops up in my head: ‘Benedict Cumberbatch can’t dress himself’, hahaha. I’m thinking of writing a song about it at this point. It’s very frustrating because the man can look stunning if he wants to. The best he ever looked was 2 years ago. Better than any red carpets in my very humble opinion too:
http://whatareyouwearingbenedict.tumblr.com/post/31347140247/finally-good-visuals-of-the-toms-how-have-i
Plaid, jeans, hair perfect. Looking closer to 30 than 40. No hat. Heaven!
P.S. Miss Sophie Hunter looks like a poor man’s Sophie Marceau. That’s not a nice thing to say, but I’m watching a movie with the real thing atm, so…..BC, if you ever decide to dress in plaid again and have a great haircut going on, call little ol’ superficial me. 😉
I do love his shirt, jeans and hair in these old pics… but the Toms…
I agree about the Toms, but I still count it as a victory… ;-P
How is that for a hat:
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqvtsWatm1qfuhp3o1_500.png
Oh noooos! You have now opened the vortex!!
no no no no no
we’ve been down that rabbit hole only recently and it is too much fun to behold… not again, i am not sure i could take another rib-take.
Haha, don’t which is worse, Ben’s middle aged hat or Tom’s flower power tie.
Both are perfect. Horrible and perfect. I love this event so much.
What is missing from this picture is Patrick Kennedy’s seersucker suit.
And some woman gave him that pink floral tie.
That’s a proper fedora isn’t it? It works better than the trilbies he’s been sporting.
He is wearing a hat in part to protect his face from the sun. The type of hat he is wearing also protects his ears. A baseball cap would not protect his ears. I am very pale like he is and you have no idea how easy it is to burn.
As a pale person myself I totally understand that. But there are hats and hats. This one for example provides maximum sun protection: http://www.lux-limo.co.uk/limo-articles/royal-ascot-hat-limo-hire.jpg But I wouldn’t recommend it either…
Especially not for Ben!
Here we are speculating over what he wears, a woman he sits beside, and what is he ever still doing in France, when the dear boy is actually out at a restaurant in London, with friends, having a good laugh.
As it goes…. 🙂
LOL I saw that instagram pic and saw the first questions were “was he with a girl? who was he with?” No girls, just guy friends, lol.
Yeah we got that further up thread….and of course someone asked if he was with a girl haha. What a silly question – of course he wasn’t with a girl – he’s clearly smiling in the pic 🙂
*sporfle* I saw some comments about that on imdb and had to think on it… pretty accurate. Since Olivia, he doesn’t seem very “at ease” with most women he’s pictured with but maybe he just sucks at pictures?
He’s been seen out with several different girls over the past few weeks: Lady K, curly haired Viki, and now Sophie. Since they can’t all be his girlfriend, it’s possible that none of them is. Clearly being seen with him in public is not necessarily romantic at this point. If they’re not just casual dates, he may be that rare soul who connects as well with women as he does with men. I’m just praying we don’t see that Polish woman on his arm anytime soon.
The Chinese “incident” is total rubbish and I’m surprised if anyone’s taking it seriously. Rude fans deserve to be brushed off regardless of race.
Who is curly haired Viki?
yup i was going to ask that too.
The girl sitting by BC and chatting to Emily in the picture from James Rhodes charity concert and a good match for the short, curly-haired brunette he was seen with at Mark Strong’s show and the girl on the subway with him last year. She’s also a friend of Tertius Bune. Anytime I try to post about her or post her picture, it doesn’t pass moderation, but she was discussed on IMDB in the last few pages of “Misc Thread”.
He seems to just have a lot of female friends who aren’t girlfriends (well, maybe but they’re not “obvious dates”). He often goes out to lunch or whatevers with mixed groups or just women and it’s never a “thing” so he’s either super good at being on the down low with these ladies or he’s just friends.
It is worth searching out that picture of B at JR’s recent concert. He looks so unlike a sex symbol! Rather scholarly, perhaps, and like some plain fuddy-duddy guy looking about waiting for the show to begin. It is … cute! And a glimpse, I’m certain, into the real person. Sweet!
LOL I tried to find one earlier but gave it up for a bad job as my google-fu is weak.
Links would be good
All clothing items are fine by themselves, but put together he looks so Dad-ish. Dude really can’t dress. Sorry.
has anyone else noticed the lovely bracelet Benny is wearing in Paris, you need to follow the link to the extra photos. It’s a nice slim black affair. I want one. And, in the london instragram photo he is wearing three bracelets, charity and friendship ones. He is probably collecting them from all the dates he is been on recently.
Ahh, like a memento of dates gone by. I wonder if he uses them as a ranking system.
The black and silver one is a Sami bracelet that he’s had for ages. I’m not sure about the rest.
LOL the black one is from Finland, iirc, and caused quite a ruckus in fandom because he wears it so often. My favorite rumor is it’s his “signal” to his uber-secret gf.
LOL
HAHA
I’m glad there would be a story or two about that bracelet somewhere. The blue one is a charity rubber thing, be interesting to know what he is supporting, all in the name of Charity fundraising of course!
I think the bluish one is “Be Kind to Animals” (not sure of exact name). Anthony Head is associated with the group and gave him one at the Cabin Pressure final recording.
I wish I got his appeal so I could join in the love fest but he just reminds me of one of my old store managers at CVS. At least he was a cool guy.
For a second I thought the girl was Robb Stark’s wife. That would’ve been good gossip!
Well, Oona Chaplin was in an episode of Sherlock, so … (laugh)
On the fashion front, I don’t mind the hat, but I hate that it gives him “hat head” when he takes it off. No fair flattening those curls, mister!
And I can’t figure out the sleeves on that jacket. He’s got long arms, how is it possible that the sleeves are too long for him..it must just be two sizes too big for him.
My favorite theory is he needed a jacket, didn’t have one, so he borrowed one or did an impulse buy to get one and figured “eh, good enough.” Though we all know, when left to his own devices fashion-wise, he goes for ill fitting, lol.
Oh, please. He looks fine. Let him have a day off to just relax and be himself.
He looks adorable as a dorky dad. Wrap it up. I’ll take it!
He who must not be named? You mean Voldemort ? I didn’t know Voldemort was in Ravenclaw
Who is this man with Ben? They are often together at events, and they were also Glasto together
http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/79/590x/secondary/94832.jpg
http://31.media.tumblr.com/558670328cd71baf53df41f64c52c808/tumblr_n3961pDpgi1rnwoh4o7_1280.jpg
http://31.media.tumblr.com/5e0865616207c90443c57e72fd3b692d/tumblr_n1cx4lO4Ja1qdojd4o9_500.jpg
His boyfriend, may be
…..or Emily’s boyfriend
…..or an aide/handler.
Doubtful it’s his boyfriend. He would have someone younger if he were gay, I think! 🙂
Old friend, handler, someone from his agency or PR group, all of the above…
Someone who could step in as a bodyguard if needed. I’d want one if I were B!
Rumors were floating at the end of last year that he had hired one or his PR or agency had hired one for him due to some fan encounters or worries about fan encounters, so that’s entirely plausible, too.
This man does not appear with him at fan events, it entree into his company and communicates well with Emily, it may well be his boyfriend, worth at least a view photos from F1 in Malaysia. So he’s not a guard.
Shakes head and honestly hopes those who continue to believe B is gay will open their eyes to the truth…or that they are joking. FFS!
I assumed he was a bodyguard but it’s possible he’s a boyfriend.
Well if he’s a boyfriend the poor bloke doesn’t get much attention as he’s only ever been seen in those few places. Mind you I’m amazed nobody has found out who he is yet. Usually anybody BC is seen with is scanned and identified within minutes by the super efficient fandom. MI5 might want to start giving some of them a call when it’s on its next recruitment drive..
Ah, they’re only scanned, verified, and plastered online if they’re female, lol. If he’s with a guy, no one says much usually.
No it’s guys too. Jesse Peyronell, Tertius Bune and David Birkin aren’t exactly well known yet they were identified by the fandom within minutes of being photographed with BC. But so far this guy has managed to remain anonymous.
I’m kinda hoping Benny is going to replace Hiddles on the catwalk on Sunday. Hiddles has covered for him loads of times
@ellen what? why? has he dropped out? and what has he covered for Benny? [confused]
Speaking of hiddles, the anti susie tumblr account is bursting with anon messages from women who have been used by Hiddles. It’s wimbledon all over again aftr JA closed down her twitter. I wonder where these “scorned” women have been all these time!! There are sounding like Miss Thing who tried trolling everyone here at CB a few months ago.
@churasco: Oh, lordy, now I can’t unsee that! I legit think most of the people who post anon to this sort of thing and claim to be his exes are either the same person or totally full of shit.
@missmary..the funniest thing is all these women just NOW realized how TH used them…uptil now they were quite ok with being played around. Even more ridiculou is how the owner of the anti susie blog is trying to rationalize that maybe TH taking JA on a vacation was the last straw for these wronhed women.
I mean, I get the guy is no Prince Charming but imo he is not THAT extreme either. He’s just someone with good manners and high ambitions which enables him to handle his crazy fanbase with patience. Quite frankly the only ones who believed that are the ones spawning these rumors. But he is not THAT good an actor! If what they said was true, by all means someone should call the Academy so they can hand him a lifetime achievement Oscar.
@churasco @missmary now you have me intrigued, what did miss thing claim?
Shiv,
Go back and look at the CB posts on Hiddleston from November/December of last year. It’s all there. You can watch all the drama unfold. Give yourself some time, as some of the comment sections are lengthy. Probably best not to stir up all the insanity on this thread all over again.
@churasco
it’s bad enough coming here, advertising that bile site, but exaggerating it is even worse. Two fangirls apparently with made up blog sites, less than stellar stories is what i gather from the rubbish typed on there.
@Janiete
Oh, I thought they were referring to BC. I have no care for TH so won’t bother reading but thanks anyway 🙂
Of course they’re full of shit. I don’t mean that sarcastically either, the women on BC , TH or any other celebrity tumblr posting about all these intimate encounters are full of shit. Maybe .001% are telling the truth. But this is why I stay off tumblr. I went there to see the Bora Bora pic w/JA and I swear I felt dirty afterwards.
I know there have been commenters lately here at CB claiming we’re just like them. Sorry, that’s bullshit. I know there was 1 poster who came here and talked about him and how he used her, but from what I saw (and I did go back and read all the drama before I actually posted anything here), she was pretty much run off for it because she was clearly full of crap. I also know there has been speculation about TH (I’m guilty of it too) but speculation and curiosity is not making shit up. If this site was like those places I’d stop posting here. They all seem to be perpetually 15 years old.
I don’t buy the guy is an angel at all, I’m sure he’s got his share of conquests, but I also have a hard time believing he’s the ladykiller he’s being portrayed as on these sites. He’d have no time for anything else, lol!
I am definitely going to change my name to “ready to be used by Hiddles…”
@AnneTommy, I’m changing mine to “ready to be used by Hiddles after he’s done with AnneTommy.”
OK, I officially feel bad for Tom and anyone he dates now. The level of crazy talk going around the internet is truly, truly frightening.
And it totally sounds like MissThing. Who I now believe to be that Shaitana chick.
Lilac flowers, hiddles will be a broken man by the time I have finished with him but maybe once he’s had the chance to recover…
I’m officially done with rumors surrounding him. They’re completely ridiculous. I might have to pull a Fassy and only follow his professional career. For some strange reason Benny rumors don’t offend me because they’re harmless unlike the vicious ones for Hiddles and Fassy.
It could be because of their personas. Oh man. Not even gonna read that Tumblr – and I will probably abstain from discussing anything related to his personal life on CB, too, because it all adds to the ludicrous rumour mill. All hail High Rise speculation! 😀
It’s gone into full-throttle insanity, in my opinion. All of it is a bunch of crap. The drinking, drug use, partying and womanizing stuff is just ludicrous. He’s a human being and no Prince Charming and I’m sure he has his vices and has done his share of naughty things but I suspect people are trolling and making things up just to get attention and wind everyone up. And I think some of them may truly be delusional. They’ve been spinning their tales for so long that they actually believe their own BS now. They create and then delete Tumblr blogs and run from gossip site to gossip site trying to get attention and “expose” the real Hiddles.
I’m getting done with the naivety too, from the fan girls, believing every bit of rubbish posted as gospel. I can go over there now on that website and make something up and they will believe it. A lot of that on that blog is old rubbish.
They also think it’s seem strange for a guy, with money, in his twenties and early thirties to have a good time in London. What do they think people do in that age group? stay at home and watch TV each weekend? no they go out, drink, cop off and sleep about. I don’t know what the fans on Tumblr expect? It’s one of the most exciting cities in the World and people party hard and work hard.
Whether it’s Fassy, Benny, Hiddles, Jude Law or any other. Crikey they should read the gossip around Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy! At least Hiddles isn’t married and claiming to be happily committed.
All of you :
YUP
I’ve said it before, harmless giggly speculation based on nosy curiosity is fine (for me), but making things up and going insane because he’s being a normal guy (going out and partying, having some one-night stands or flirtations) is a bit much. That’s why I voiced my concern over a dedicated thread for TH or BC, because I could see that turning into the stupid fangirl stuff.
@p’enny –
“no they go out, drink, cop off and sleep about. I don’t know what the fans on Tumblr expect? It’s one of the most exciting cities in the World and people party hard and work hard.”
I know right? And I SO WANT TO JOIN THEM! lol, how much fun would those guys be to hang with for a few nights? I’d never keep up, they’d have to carry me from bar to bar after about the 3rd one but what a blast.
I don’t think it’s necessarily that all of the Tumblr peeps believe everything that is said about Hiddleston. That site is just a good venue for someone to set up a blog and say pretty much anything they want. The Hiddleston tag is always active and only a small handful of Tumblr blogs have said anything truly outrageous about him. I’m sure there are some who fall for it, but I suspect the vast majority there don’t buy it any more than we do or the posters on LSA or Datalounge or anywhere else.
I think it boils down to just a couple of people desperate for attention who used their Tumblr blogs and the Hiddleston tag to get it by either hinting at or outright stating they know/knew/had a relationship with him and that he is a womanizer/sleaze/drug abuser/alcoholic. Of course those kinds of statements are going to garner some notice (we talk about it here too, after all) but I really doubt that many people on here, Tumblr, or any other site actually believe it.
Oh dear.. and curiosity killed the cat (an melted my brain)… those sites are something!! It’s very intriguing though…
I think there may be a portion that is true, but it got to an inflammatory state. I believe he hooked up with women and he may be very good at keeping them as friends (they just confused it with committed and when they found out they were not the only ones…) I think he is a drinker, but not an alcoholic. I think he uses recreational drugs (including coke) and I don’t think him getting high with JA, are out of the realm of possibilities, but I don’t think he has a substance abuse problem (or I hope he doesn’t).
For an unmarried (assuming) man of 33, living in London, successful, who works hard, has a hectic life, and likes to enjoy life in his spare time, this is not uncommon. I’m sorry Tumblr girls but this is not Kansas.
‘P’enny- what’s the mcavoy gossip? Just general cheating stuff? Say it isn’t so. I love him so much.
JulK, I agree that it’s gotten completely out of control now. I also find it highly doubtful that any of this will have much of an effect on his overall fanbase. There may be a few entitled, disillusioned, Disney Prince-types who go away but that’s probably it.
He’s still a pretty small blip on the giant radar screen of the celebrity/acting world and not a household name so I find it extremely doubtful if any unsubstantiated internet gossip will affect his career in any way.
@Julk & Co
I don’t know about America, but Brits have a drinking culture and a bad one, but heh it’s what we do well. [sipping wine] And, at the moment we have a big recreational drug problem too. Coke, and now legal highs are all over the place. Work in media, or in the city as a high flying banker, lawyer whatever, they are off there heads most weekends. Primrose Hill set are known for their coke parties. Most grow out it, get married and have kids. Kate Moss’s of the world stay thin on champagne, fags and coke. No secret there. It is not out of realm of possibility agreeing with ‘Julk’ far from it. it’s more rare not to be a part of it.
One sign of a big coke user, and that’s pillow cheeks and bloaty face, but there is no sign of that on Hiddles & Co.
As for the Prince Charming stuff, he has gone record to say he had a clubbing youth in his twenties , and you don’t go clubbing to sit in corners and drink nothing. Most of us have been there. [cough] And, all the shock talk about his Amsterdam and stag night etc., if its not normal for young man to do this kind of thing. He also has gone record saying he regret not drinking more through Cambridge. LOL!
He partied hard with the Avengers crew and as far as i am aware nothing came out him and drugs. Chris Evans on the other hand, is the one with rumours flying around, there.
@’p’enny
Am I the only one who doesn’t think the Amsterdam story is all that scandalous? It’s Amsterdam. Do folks not know what goes on there? Or why people go there?
I agree with Janeite about tumblr. It’s a HUGE place. You’ve got everything there from little girls making Sailor Moon blogs to hardcore p0rn and whatnot. So there are a lot of more or less sane fangirls and a few who are absolutely bonkers. In my experience it’s not even that easy to find them, but then.. maybe I’m looking at the wrong stuff on tumblr.
If you want to see weird stuff, look what people directly tweet Hiddles on twitter. *lol* And lately there seem to be quite a few people who post long “we are so sorry” letters to Hiddles for some weird fan-behavior. I mean, they apologize on behalf of the crazies and want Hiddles to come back to tumblr. Personally, I find their earnest endeavors nearly as weird as the other crazy stuff…
As to the other stories, I don’t know. I’m not appalled if someone goes out and drinks alcohol as long as he doesn’t get absolutely pissed every weekend and in between – but I doubt he does that, it would be bad for the job and he seems very ambitious. And I never understood why people think the Amsterdam incident is that scandalous.. *shrug*
(That should be “back to twitter” obviously)
LSA has lost the plot even more if possible. I wished they’d get their facts straight first.
Anyway it’s a good read for fanfic.
All I say is this. The hush hush is now affecting his reputation with all the ‘coke’ rumors. The whole thing was/is badly handled PR wise and it seems that nobody wants to take responsibility for it.
Reputation-affecting rumour is something that’s reported in Daily Mail or any other similar publication. What we have now is a social media-centered fangirl attention-mongering. Please don’t blow it out of proportion. I doubt his PR team is even aware of it.
He’s not famous enough for the Daily Mail to take interest but the majority of his fans are on social media which is where the damage is being done.
So I’m not blowing it out of proportion in a away because that’s where the fans are.
His PR team know exactly what’s going on as does he. I’m not going back to the previous thing we last discussed because I promised I wouldn’t but it was another example.
I wonder why Daily Mail then dutifully reported on him looking “dapper in yellow waistcoat on set of Crimson Peak”… and on him showing off “rippling abs and bulging biceps as he goes shirtless in his newly-released screen test for Thor”… and on him joining SLJ in catwalk show… and even featured an item called “A Shakespearean battle! Jude Law and Tom Hiddleston to compete at this year’s Olivier Awards” 😉
I am not his PR team – which I have already agreed is not doing a brilliant job – but LSA and that Tumblr account are by no means reputation-ruining items which a PR team must react to.
Some of the things being said about him are frankly disturbing whether true or false, but the fact is if he responded on twitter or through a statement elsewhere, it would make things worse. ‘Mainstream’ gossip blogs and news will pick up on his twitter actions, not on a tumblr blog. He’s probably in a very sticky situation with where he goes on this – say nothing and people will assume his guilt (or just not take notice), say something and people will spread it further or assume he’s lying.
I agree, @neverland. Moreover, I would never even have heard of anything if I hadn’t been reading a Benedict Cumberbatch thread on Celebitchy lol.
My take if I were his PR team AND were aware of the situation? Ignore it all as it is indeed limited to unimportant social media items BUT use his June 15 charity appearance to the maximum AND work out a strategy on the kind of Hiddleston persona you intend to present to the fans in future, especially considering the not-exactly-PG-13 roles he’s been taking recently (particularly for High Rise). Immaculate Prince Charming is old news both to the fans and to the man himself and has to go. I’ll dutifully weep for him, I promise 😛
Those Daily Mail stories are nothing really. It’s stuff that the Press office on the jobs he’s been working on fed it to them. If there was a real story or a pap job Daily Mail wouldn’t pick it up because he’s not that famous.
The papers that are more likely to run expose on celebs is The Sun or The Daily Mirror and they don’t even publish Press realeses on him!
His fandom is online and no I didn’t originally hear the news from Tumblr or LSA even though they’re the original sources. It has spread and as it’s now reached Twitter how can he not know what’s going on.
IMO it would be more damaging if he didn’t show on Sunday. It would make him look like he’s hiding or in a huff again
@intro Outro I agree with you about Sunday. If he doesn’t show some people might interpret that they were right and he’s hiding.
PR team should tell him to get his booty down there on Sunday, strut his stuff and show people he’s not giving into any rumors. He doesn’t even need to comment on them.
The thing is I think he still secretly loves the perfect prince label
Hiddles has a perfect professional reputation, a very solid CV and is working very hard to build his career. Plus he has no truly nasty scandals to shade him. I bet some social media desperados couldn’t wait to tar and feather him because that’s what such people get off on: seeing others fall from grace, even if it’s only in their slimy little ponds.
@Ellen: agreed about him probably loving his Prince Charming image lol, he loves to be loved, but he seems to be a flexible person, I’m sure he can come up with an image that will be both satisfyingly nice AND mature.
@Ellen
the only reason daily mail doesn’t pick up stories on TH is because there isn’t any female goss. When there is, he is well up there, take Wimbledon, lara pulver and Jessica Chastain stuff he made it on there. he was the headline, not the women.
I have to say, I’m probably more interested/invested in this guy than the average fan who goes and sees his stuff in cinema, but I haven’t heard the nasty rumors. And I’m even on tumblr. 😉
What I’m trying to say: I don’t think the internet is burning with nasty TH shade, I think those rumors are limited to channels were people have to search for – may it be LSA, some tumblr blogs or some twitter sites. Personally I doubt it’s anything that will affect his career right now.
I hope he shows up on Sunday, is pretty and nice and everything will be fine again. I guess people sometimes forget that he doesn’t have like 99% crazy fans and 1% sane ones, but the other way round. And the way he presented himself in the past in interviews and with fans pretty much cemented the image that in the end – even if he is no Disney prince – he isn’t exactly a horrible guy and that’s what most people see. Not something that has spread via some internet rumor channels.
I think if he continues to be a great actor, a rather nice guy and keeps ignoring anything regarding his private life, he will be fine. And I want High-Rise news, can’t wait… I’ve looked a bit into 1970s avantgarde architecture and interior design (because I can’t wait to see what the sets will look like) and I’m really curious for which look the art department will go. I have to admit I find most 70s stuff pretty fugly *lol* (esp. the colours) but some things are very interesting and I think it could be great in such a movie.
@Isadora
Ben Wheatley has retweeted a pic from the set of High Rise. It’s very interesting pile of 6×4 wood. LMAO. but its the sports hall in the background, the location of which is on IMBD website.
Yay! 🙂 The cast won’t arrive for another 4 weeks though…
(And obviously HR has the same cinematographer as A Field in England, sounds good!)
I find it all absolutely ridiculous and WAY out of control. I highly doubt any of it is true. I saw that I was mentioned on the most recent Lipstick Alley thread about Hiddleston. I just feel sorry that the crazy train had to crash into LSA. Hopefully things will get back to normal there soon. And I had to LOL about the remark that I use my clout and wealth to get threads shut down here and on DL and that I try to shut down any gossip about Tommy. I appear to be doing a pretty pathetic job of that lately considering the explosion of wackiness that is going on in his fandom right now! 🙂
I went and specifically checked TH tags on Twitter and Tumblr – nothing there. I even checked what people tweeted to him – nothing there either. Even if there was anything – it probably just died out due to its utter ludicrousness. A couple of people on Tumblr this morning were wondering WTF that rumour was – and that was all. Heck, even if you google “Tom Hiddleston drug rumour”, there’s nothing. I, too, am done contributing to this over-dramatised topic – and stroking the ego of the persons who started it.
@Isadora and ‘P’enny: saw Wheatley’s tweet, can’t wait! And I absolutely loved A Field’s in England’s cinematography. I had some issues with some of plot turns, but visually it was perfect.
@Janeite: I facepalmed so hard I might have given myself a bruise on the nose 😀
Intro Outro,
There are just a couple of Tumblr blogs that were at the source of all of it. One is now deleted and the other one was not actually tagging any of the posts so they were not appearing in the Hiddleston tag. It consists mostly of anonymous commments and questions and the blog owner was posting them and commenting on them. Because of the fact that it is all truly anonymous people really feel free to indulge in outrageous speculation that they would otherwise not do if their name were attached to it, much the same way the anonymity of Datalounge allows posters to do as we’ve discussed before. I’m sure it will all die down eventually since it’s all unsubstantiated and some of the alleged “sources” have tenuous credibility, to say the least.
I don’t mind the pants or the polo shirt. Everything else should be burned. Especially those sunglasses.
The sunglasses are especially horrendous – they make him look like a fat-headed doofus because they they don’t even go around his ears. But since they were probably given to him as a freebie, they will be the only pair we will ever see on him.
Wow, Green Eyes. I’ve never seen him look like that. I’m not fond of the glasses though.
I often wonder why people feel the need to be so mean. If you do not like what someone looks like, why are you posting? It is not gossip. I wonder what it would be like to be famous and to have people take a stab at you every day. I feel bad for him.
People feel the need to say they do not find him attractive. Whereas, I do not go to threads on people I am not attracted to and say that I don’t find the person attractive, people seem to feel the need to come on Benedict threads and say they are not attracted to him. I would like to know what compels people to say nasty things continually about someone who seems so kind.
I don’t like the Izod shirt, but I bet he was paid a pretty penny to wear it. If they paid me, I would wear the alligator shirt.
I’m warming up to his terrible fashion sense. It’s kind of adorable.
Terrible fashion sense is kind of his “thing” now, isn’t it? It would seem inauthentic for him to get all fashionable at this point, because it’s just not him. It’s endearing, IMO.
Very endearing. If people wonder why so many women like Ben, it’s because he’s not perfect. The things that are perfect make the flaws seem endearing.
@jammypants
Endearing, indeed. Even when referring to his own anatomy and what some might consider a (ahem) shortcoming. Listen here: http://londonphile.tumblr.com/post/88505975581/benedict-cumberbatch-and-dame-judi-dench-at-hay
I swear this man just made me love him more–and I wasn’t certain that was possible!
@ Encumbered
That was a lovely audio clip and that laugh of Benedict’s is indeed endearing along with the conversation. I love that he doesn’t take himself too seriously.
I am looking forward to Richard III and adding Judi Dench is just icing on the cake. Apparently she will be playing the Duchess of York.
Loved that clip. And love his self deprecating humor and charm.
aw, bless
I’ve just noticed Benny’s prestine white shoes. They must be new
I hope I’m now allowed off the naughty step