Here are more photos of Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter on Sunday night, at the Golden Globes and at the post-Globes Weinstein Company party. I’m also including some shots of Benedict arriving solo in LA early on Sunday. As in… Benedict and Sophie didn’t fly in together? Did she fly into LA ahead of him? That’s interesting. I made an effort to try to find some of the other photos we had beyond the ones I used in yesterday’s post. Enjoy! I still sort of like Sophie’s dress, but I’m getting tired of her hands in her dress pockets. Enough with the pockets, girl. Sidenote: there are more photos of Bendy & Sophie leaving LA, but I’m saving those for another post today.
Yesterday, we briefly discussed how Bendy’s Oscar campaign has sort of blown up in his face, and how disappointed he must be. I have to think that Harvey Weinstein must have taken him out to the woodshed. Harvey ordered: MOAR SHILLING. Hold hands with Sophie more. Sell, sell, sell. So when Benedict was on the carpet for the Weinstein Company party, he stopped and spoke to E! News – go here to see the video. Bendy held Sophie’s hand the entire time he spoke to E!. Sophie looked sort of bored with it all. Who has the most ennui, Sophie or Amal Clooney?
Ya gotta hand it to Benedict Cumberbatch. When he says he’s not one to talk about his private life in the press, he means it. After offering a congratulations on his fiancée Sophie Hunter’s pregnancy, I asked The Imitation Game star how he was preparing for fatherhood.
“Oh, you know, the usual ways,” he said before whisking Hunter into the star-studded Weinstein Company/Netflix after party.
And you also have to give props to Cumberbatch for looking so good despite his crazy travel schedule to get to L.A. in time for the big show.
“I literally landed about an hour before the ceremony started,” he explained, before cracking, “Makeup is a wonderful thing for men as well as women.”
Cumberbatch has been in the U..K. shooting Sherlock. “I’m feeling alright,” he said. “I have a head full of words for Sherlock. We’re in the middle of filming right now the Christmas special so [this] is surreal but a wonderful experience. They’re always fun the Golden Globes.”
If you watch the video, you can see Bendy shut down after he’s asked about fatherhood. Here’s the thing: I’ve always believed Benedict when he talked about fatherhood and wanting to be a dad. So, what’s going on with him? Why does he seem somewhat surly about daddy questions? Is it because “privacy”? That ship has sailed, dude. Is it because everything has happened so fast, he hasn’t really had time to adjust to this new life, with a fiancée and a baby on the way?
Oh, and W Magazine released this video of Bendy. What with his hair? LOL.
Photos courtesy of WENN, PR Photos.
The more I read about them, the more this whole shindig sounds like a oscar buzz/post knocked-up/shotgun engagement. Why did he become so surly about being a father? I assume like thousands of men each year, he didn’t connect a split second decision to ejaculate inside with the 18+ years of responsibility that he’s going to have.
Succinctly sums up the feelings of many but sadly I have no answer for this wtfness
It’s simply astonishing that members of the general public feel they know enough about an actor, as though most, if not all, of what he’s chosen to display about his personal life throughout his career has not been carefully orchestrated, to posit with any bit of certainty about his life. The very idea that you, or anyone else, has enough insight into a total stranger to even begin to speculate on his motivations, ambitions, fears, anxieties, or even body language is mind-blowing and honestly pathetic. I know this is a gossip site, but the vitriol and genuine feelings of disgust you (and others) aim at a man will never cross paths with in your life is so bizarre.
Struck a nerve there SteaminSam?
Do you feel better now that you’ve got that off your chest?
Sit down, take a seat, and take another swag of that Brandy, girl. This is a gossip blog, boo, we speculate. And where did you see disgust? Accidental pregnancies are accidental for a reason. Hell, if I got a girl pregnant accidentally because I did my thing without thinking, I would be freaking the hell out as well.
hear, hear SteaminSam. couldn’t agree more!!
Thank you, SteaminSam. What I’ve been saying on here for the past week. The people who think they can read this guy’s mind or “body language” and determine from that what he must be thinking or feeling are positively creepy. It’s projection run amok.
Well said SteaminSam!
Benedict is that you?
It cracks me up every time someone complains about people gossiping on a GOSSIP SITE. Speculation about what CAN be seen of their public life is what people do here, among other things, like discussing their work.
MtnRunner I don’t think they realize the trip to the principal’s office for talking in class did not stick and they will not be able to shame us into silence.
I find their naïveté provincially charming.
Edited because I messed up MtnRunner’s name and I know better
100% agree
Relax Sam. You’ll find most everyone here doesn’t view celebrities as people but figures. So there’s going to be the constant report of them eating a salad and it’s speculation for a break up. Especially with BC posts.
Well Sam. I just started reading comments before he announced their engagement and before she was pregnant and before he started acting moody about being asked questions. And you know what? Many of these people you are dissing were frikkin spot on about the engagement, and esp. his fiance’s pregnancy. I thought, no way… but then all of a sudden. There it was. The announcement in people mag about expecting a child. “My mum wants lots of cumberbabies”. Admit it, these people are as good as or better than Sherlock! Maybe you don’t like it when people are observant?
Wow, in the first close up pick as I scrolled down my screen (that was on the cover)….I thought it was Jessica Timberlake! Lol weird!
I don’t understand his appeal? At. All! I’m sorry. I normally don’t even click on his stories but I wanted to figure out why he was here with mrs. Timberlake. Ha! I will also admit that I have not ever watched anything he has ever been in. Maybe that’s why I don’t get it. He is so unattractive…please don’t hurt me. Lol. We all have different ‘cups of tea’ we enjoy! Something nice: they seem in love.
It’s an acquired taste looks wise. He is remarkably talented and stands out in mostly everything he is in. He’s the only reason to slog through that second unnecessary Hobbit movie because his voice acting as Smaug is fantastic, almost andy serkis level, acting. It should be interesting to see his career choices after this film. He seems to be stuck in a “Smart, British guy” role void though so It would be nice to see him branch out or embrace it and play a Royal.
Hmm maybe he’s been reading all the comments made by the Cumberbitches and doesn’t want to give them anymore ammo.
Maybe he’s nervous about jinxing the pregnancy or there are complications?
Maybe it’s his fault for being so try hard but seriously.
Yeah. He sits around reading ‘Cumberbitches’ comments on the Internet. That’s exactly what he does.
LOL!
Maybe he doesn’t but it’s probable that someone on his team does since his PR is on overdrive campaigning and it all matters.
His pr is in overdrive trying to convince everyone that he and Sophie have been dating under the radar for YEARS so they won’t look so cheap and help save their upper class reputations.
Or just this site. The one who published this plus the crazed fan girls below, oh I’d hide in a closet and never come out.
That hair In the video is very Doc Brown at the clock tower. I dig it.
1.21 JIGGAWATTS!!!
I need to re-watch that.
I named my cat Doc Brown I love that movie so much.
Maybe he seems surly because he’s having a child with someone he doesn’t seem to even like all that much, let alone love. I just cringe every time I see him or hear him talk. Maybe it’s just me but his life has turned into a huge trainwreck. And I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something really *off* about these two. I see they flew back to London. I wish they’d both just go away. I used to like BC. Now he seems like a joke. It’s sad.
Oh, and if he wants privacy now, he should have thought about that before he trotted his personal life out for PR. Can’t have it both ways.
So no Ellen at all I take it
He is still included in the Ellen promo video, so I guess he might have taped it on Monday?
The daddy question shut down could be because A. they were saving the good bits to Ellen so they wouldn’t get buried under GG coverage B. he finally put his foot down with Harvey and said no to using his fetus for his campaign, C. new strategy D. there’s something really iffy going on with gag/pregnancy.
Ingrid, someone on tumblr said he was quietly removed from the (taping?) list about a day ago? Who knows how true it is. Have no idea why he’s being so arrogant about all this but these two are still cold as ice about one another
He’s still on the schedule for tomorrow but idk.
Me too. As much as I like him and want to watch, I cringe. That Allen Leech interview where he sort of wanders into shot and starts talking…cringe. Shoo, Bendy.
I thought the same but then I’m being hyper critical of him at the moment so thought it was just me. Allen handled it well but he did look a bit “what the f&ck is happening?”
He’s still showing as appearing on Ellen, airing tomorrow, so possibly he filmed it before flying out last night.
I just watched that. How very rude to Allen, who had multiple projects to talk about, not just The Imitation Game but Downton Abby too. If you watch the video, as Allen is talking, that publicist looks at him being interviewed and then goes to fetch BC and practically shoves him into Allen’s interview and then Allen isn’t allowed to get a word in edgewise and has to just stand there until he can escape.
The nannies probably think it’s hilarious but if it was reversed they’d be fuming that someone dared to interrupt him.
His joke Irish accent annoyed me but that’s a personal thing that grates.
@Lindy, I thought that was rude to Allen too. Interrupt him and then mock his accent. Allen was pure class about it all. I do wonder what he would think if he saw the publicist’s machinations behind it all – how she just decided that he should be interrupted like that.
That and the fact it was a completely shit attempt and sounded more like a sing-song accent you hear on an episode of Murder She Wrote when Jessica goes to “Wicklow” but it’s actually Southern California.
Sorry but it’s a HUGE pet peeve for me, when people think they’re doing my accent in a sing song shitty Irish voice that no real person has. There’s something inherently patronising about it
He’s been acting unhinged for a while already. Right now the best thing to do really is to go away quietly until Halmet. But it’s not gonna happen, is it? Allen comes across as a great guy. I suspect he’d probably have a laugh, putting it down to all the stress on BC’s part. But yes, rude nevertheless. Just because you’re going through a bad time doesn’t mean you should take it out on others. Besides, BC’s making himself to look unsympathetic at the moment, which doesn’t help his cause either way.
This has been on my mind and I was going to bring it up on the other thread. He came on with drink in hand and totally hijacked Allen’s interview. How often does Allen Leech get interviewed on the RC on national TV?? When Allen wandered off he looked bemused, probably thinking “What happened to this guy I worked with, who was so focused, so hard working, so nice?” He even seemed distant with Keira at the GG. And if it’s true that HW doesn’t want his stars drinking or smoking, that was definitely an “Up yours, Harve!”
I never noticed it before, but there seems to be a lot of alcohol involved with him lately. At interviews, at social events, etc. I hope it’s not getting out of hand.
@Alice, and it wasn’t an “accidental” hijacking of Allen’s interview, it was a deliberate hijacking prompted by that publicist of his. He did this during one of the actors round tables too. Every time the moderator asked Eddie a question about Hawking, BC answered and then he just started talking over Eddie every time he tried to speak, even when Eddie was talking about his first theater experience. He’s doing this more and more and his co-workers/colleagues are eventually going to start pulling away or pushing back.
@Lindy, I cringe at what his attempted Boston accent is going to sound like in Black Mass. I saw one interview in which he displayed it and it was among the worst attempts I have heard.
Who has a handy link to this interview?
seems to be drinking more than he used to
I’ve always suspected that Ben medicates with alcohol. Do you blame him if he is drinking more right now? Not excusing it, but he’s under a tremendous amount of stress with filming, engagement to a woman he may not want to live with for the next 40 years, a baby on the way with woman he may not want to co-parent with for the next 18 years, preparing for Hamlet with the pressure on to knock it out of the park and he just lost his big chance to win an award for Turing. I seriously doubt he’s meditating to cope with it all, but rather medicating with whatever he can.
I fear we haven’t seen the end of this train wreck, but like someone said above, it would be lovely if he just disappeared for a few months and got his shit together.
I’m not a Bendy fan but those two never seem to look at each other — no chemistry at all. It’s like two cousins who are indifferent to each other having to pose for family photos. She doesn’t look unhappy or anything but he seems very narcissistic.
And if he wants privacy an doesn’t want to talk about “daddy hood”, then why is he drunkenly walking into someone else’s interview and shoehorning in talk of being an expectant father? Oh, yeah, it was at a Netflix/Weinstein party…..
Seriously. Enough with the “Look at me!” “No, Look AWAY!” BS
I think most guys would react in the same way being asked a stupid question like how they’re preparing for fatherhood. Maybe it’s a question you would ask a mother to be but a guy? No. They wouldn’t know what to do with a dumb question like that. His response was totally normal.
I politely disagree. Most guys I know light up. And I am not being catty-the only one who hemmed hawed around was an accidental knock up like this. Yep, they married. And he ditches her and goes to every party he can, even when she is sick.
Wait…they did get married??????? Ugh. What a loser.
No, Claire. Scarf girl is saying that the only guy she did know to react like BC was a guy who knocked a girl up accidentally, married her and treats her poorly.
wait you meant your friend. Sorry
Amazing he said “incumbent…I don’t think I can say that…expectant”. Even if drunk, in vino veritas. The only other explanation I can come up with other than passive aggressiveness is he’s trying to shove in the face of whomever he thinks was judging him for not being a dad yet.
Ladies, hearing on tumblr he’s cancelled Ellen taping? If true, WHAT is going on?
Also, surprised no one’s talking about several people already referring to her as his wife?
Lastly, apparently an e reporter actually said to someone “do you really think she’s pg?”
She does in the mail in that sort of flared jumper dress thing but funny someone actually saying. He can’t have it both ways, don’t talk about personal stuff and soon enough no one will ask the question. But once you open that can of worms it’s hard to go back. Once he became popular he should have worked out how he wanted to handle HIS celebrity. I could care less he needs a long break from the media I think but I feel that won’t happen soon enough.
I feel like asking if someone is really pregnant is the standard these days, though? Most everyone who has been pregnant in the last few years gets the “pillow baby” theory.
Is it because of Beyonce? Have we all really forgotten that Beyonce actually did have the baby and if you have seen her she is definitely THEIR baby? I can entertain a lot of theories but come on people, Sophie is pregnant. Is it Ben’s? How far along is she? Was it a business arrangement gone too far? These I can entertain. But she’s up the pole for sure.
While I definitely think Blue is their baby, I don’t think Beyoncé was pregnant. Call me a loon, but that Australian interview where she’s supposed to be about 8 months gone and she sits down (in no way like a pregnant woman would) and her “belly” completely folds (like no pregnant belly would)? It was not just the fall of the fabric.
That said, I do think comet sophie is up the duff. How far along is hard to tell because the bump seems to change size daily.
There’s a way to answer questions without giving anything away but not acting like a rude asshat, he has yet to learn this and is taking the “shut it down” route. Its fine but when you have been quite public about parts of your relationship and confirmed the pregnancy to the DAILY bloody MAIL it can look hypocritical and I think that ship has sailed.
He brought up being a dad when asked about the movie Paddington…ok it’s relatable but they didn’t ask about him becoming a father or anything personal. He’s done this numerous times, brought personal stuff up randomly, can’t have it both ways .
He was fairly toasted on that red carpet, it was hilarious.
If you announce your engagement via the London Times, announce a pregnancy via PageSix, you cannot, I repeat, cannot moan about your privacy. These actions scream to the world: please, pay attention to ME and ask me anything you want-cards are all on the table.
True. What’s even worse, he didn’t announce the pregnancy via PageSix: *she* paraded the pregnancy in front of the press on a red carpet (she only missed neon signs pointing at her belly) before anything official was even mentioned.
Now they don’t want to talk about it because it’s private. Yeah, sure.
They put the “pr” in private. IF this relationship was even remotely real or important they did everything in their power to taint it. They really didn’t need to sell it for show.
Honestly I would just stop going to events once I started showing and then people can read that we had a kid in The Times. I feel like I would lightly troll a lot if I were famous or were dating someone famous.
Really, it’s not like she was famous two monts ago. So it’s not like her presence on red carpets would have been missed since no one knew of her existence.
If not for being knocked up by BC she would still be a total nobody who managed to be strangely never papped with him (apart from a couple of staged stunts) and still keeps managing to pass unnoticed when not with him. Even now that the press appears hellbent to pimp her like she were the real Star in the couple. Benedict who? Looks like now it’s the time of the SuperSophie fanatics!
This relationship was totally used for PR but I wonder who’s the one who benefitted from the showmance, and my guess it’s not Benedict. On the contrary his image got seriously damaged imo while Miss Nobody just won the jackpot.
They could have easily kept a low profile, get engaged, get married and even have a baby without the tabloids around.
I have to agree, she’s now appearing on HB and VF best dressed of 2014 lists and has been mentioned in Vogue…all for 2 months and what, 5 red carpet appearances, two of which she wore the same dress.
All because she got knocked up and engaged to an actor.
And we thought Katia was the famewhore…
If he got in an hour before the ceremony, I can see why she would want to go earlier and have time to get ready.
That makes too much sense, shazbot.
I very much doubt he literally got in an hour before.
I was thinking this. If he couldn’t get away from London until pretty much the last minute, it would make much more sense to have her go ahead and arrive in LA a day or two earlier. I imagine it would be tiring to be both pregnant and making trans-Atlantic flights!
Yeah I agree with this, better to have a few days in between if you have the choice! I hope she’s not flying back in for the Critics Choice on the 15th (if he’s going) and the Oscar noms are announced that day also so he may well go. The SAG’s aren’t until 25th so there’s a bit of a gap there
They are so weird. His reactions to everything appear so out of character. And if he cancelled the Ellen taping….is he pulling back from the campaign? Is there a conflict with Sherlock filming? Will he squeeze in a wedding prior to Oscar? who knows? Only The Shadow knows…..
It’s kind of disingenuous of him…I’ve been reading his interviews since he started Sherlock, and he’s been pretty open (a lot more open than most men, I think–only other one I can think of is Brad Pitt) about wanting kids –in interviews, and I remember he posted that pic on twitter (or whatever) of him holding a friend’s baby……I don’t get why it’s so hard to say something generic like “We’re excited, and have a lot of things to prepare before the baby comes.” or something like that….that gives away nothing.
My point exactly, same with the engagement. You can give generic answers but still look happy (it’s kind of expected with good news). They get their happy little soundbite and you maintain your own privacy but don’t burn any bridges. He just looks pissy and irritated as if his privacy is being invaded, like they went through his garbage to get the information.
You put it in the Times and Daily Mail, during awards season they have every right to bring it up, they’re celeb journalists it’s their job, they’re not asking for sonogram pictures. If someone crosses a line then fair enough but so far I have yet to see that, just usual “congratulations/hows the baby wedding planning going?”. Hardly offensive or unexpected.
He’s gotten REAL bitchy lately. It’s a good thing I wasn’t a Cumberbitch (is that still in circulation)–I mean I liked him in Sherlock, and I wouldn’t ever say no to a nice guy who looked like him (I have varying and odd taste in men; I ain’t picky), but I think he’s looking past Sherlock, and you can’t have weirdo memes and overzealous fangirls when you want to be a SERIOUS ACTOR, lol. At least that’s what I think he’s doing….which is just off to me. One of the reasons I liked him was because he has this image of a stiff lipped Englishman (I think I got the phrase wrong, but whatevs), but seemed really goofy and chill in his downtime. And he’s losing that image, fast.
I agree with you both.
I can’t get a read on him. He wants to private and stoic and taken seriously, but who was photobombing people just the other night?!?
I just checked Ellen’s website and it looks like he’s still on the schedule. I’m not sure why people think he isn’t?
Because everytime he has been on Graham Norton we have heard reports back from the taping. Do people who attend Ellen tapings have to sign an NDA or something? There’s been not a peep of news..
I actually have no idea, GG.
I agree, a simple statement like that would make most interviewers happy. If they insist on pushing for more information just say” I will tell you more about the baby when he/she arrives”
You are so right. That’s what Eddie or anyone with more class would have done. Of course, BC is probably above any media training. BC doesn’t seem so classy or intelligent these days.
I truly think that that was what Benedict thought would help win him over with fans even more. Lots of women like men with babies. Or men wanting babies, etc. I really really believe that ‘this’ Benedict is probably what he’s been like all along, and he’s just not controlling it as much as he used to. If Sophie is as bland and pretentious as everyone keeps saying she is – maybe he’s happy about it. Maybe he’s not bothering to kiss fan butt as much now because he’s met a decent match for him – good or bad. And maybe he’s been looking like hell because whatever PR team he has is yapping in his ear because of all of the backlash over the last few months. Maybe he’s actually realizing that there’s a lot of pushback from fans, and people who don’t even particularly care that much about him when it comes to his dating life. Hell, I remember people being pretty unhappy with the model chick as well. Maybe he’s just done giving as much of a shit as he used to.
I hope he’s practicing his best “I’m just happy to be here” expression for the Oscars as the likelihood of getting a fancy doorstop by the end of the night might be slim for him. I really honestly think that this is the year where people have decided that they’re tired of the Weinstein machine.
Lol at the “happy to be here” expression. I saw theory of everything and the actor was simply fantastic. He won not only because of a campaign but because his talent was just better and chances are the OScar will see through too. So yes he should start practicing that expression along with “just being nominated is winning”. That is if he even gets nominated.
I saw B.C’s reaction shot when Redmayne was called out. He didn’t hide it well. Massive shades of Jonah Hill thinking he had a chance against Christoper Plummer a few years back. I’m thinking that Keaton will probably win come Oscar time – combination of good performance plus “comeback” (I know it’s not really but it’s how it’s been framed) – is incredibly hard to beat. I think the dark horse pic would be Redmayne.
Performance wise out of the 6 possible nominations I’ve seen I’m rooting for Keaton, and his Globes speech was flawless.
His expression was just wrong. It’s understandable that there might be a momentary flash of disappointment but, at this is for everyone in a professional awards situation, not just actors, you must immediately either wipe your face blank or display respect or happiness for the winner. He did none of that, just sat there glaring, and because he was positioned smack in the middle of the front row of tables, it was inescapable.
@Lindy – Wasn’t he amazing? I was a fan of how he basically told the entire room to suck it up. I’m looking forward to seeing “Birdman” and “American Sniper” this weekend (“Oscar” stuff generally gets released here mid-Jan to mid-Feb) so Im looking forward to getting confirmation that Birdman is as good as everyone says it is.
that was his blank face *shrugs* maybe he should practice another one
idk ive seen him with that expression even while winning lol
And there will be another Bendy post today. Comet Sophies and fish heads all around!
What exactly is in a Comet Sophie? I’ve heard a lot about it but have not seen the recipe. I would love to try it this weekend, if the ingredients are available in the local booze shop/ supermarket.
I’m not quite sure. Kiddo? Mimif? Tateru? Sixer? Some bartending help, please?
Trade secrets.
Just chuck everything in, give it a shake and pray?
Moonshine beams, dew drops from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon collected at dawn, chilled nectar of the gods, puréed hand picked peaches from the shores of Atlantis and a sprinkle of diamond dust, gently stirred by Zephyr over pure crushed ice from the South Pole.
If we told you, we’d have to… send you into orbit and land you on a comet.
Take equal parts Bailey’s and Butterscotch Snaps, and add a dash of tomato juice. Blend in shaker, then pour into a martini glass. Garnish liberally with octopus tentacles. Float a small amount of Sambuca on top, then sprinkle with cinnamon. Carefully light the Sambuca.
Basically, imagine this: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Liz-VpvKDvo/SlKQjtIRW4I/AAAAAAAABro/J9oZTrvzVLI/s576/Octopus+TopB.jpg … but on fire.
absinthe and vodka are also involved to some degree. They’re potent, what with all those dew drops and diamond dust and all.
@Sixer,
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@Kiddo
Evernay, vereay!
(You are on fire today!)
Too complicated! I’ll just drink rosé champagne with a pillow under my top.
Maybe he’s accepted that he doesn’t have a chance to win the Oscar, and figures it isn’t worth it? I dunno, I like him but I’m certainly tired of all the stories. Hopefully he’s realizing opening his mouth so much isn’t helping him…..
Poor Bendy, with friends like these, who needs enemies?
Benedict has never really managed to keep his feelings completely in check and after being told he is the shit this year, starting with TIFF, he’s disappointed. He’s also being completely bratty. You put it out there, buddy. Do you really think people are going to leave you alone?
Yes to all of this. I like to call it Michael Fasbender syndrome.
I am not super familiar with Mister F. outside his work but I noticed he had a reputation of not being a nice guy on this site. Does the MF syndrome have anything to do that?
What does that mean exactly? I only know that Michael fassbender would not campaign, what is this syndrome??
I would like to hear more explanations on the MF syndrome, too. Please elaborate… 😀
Ladies. A few years ago the film ‘Shame’ came out the there was talk and promotion that this was the film that was going to get him award recognition. He was everywhere and was invited to speak at the roundtable. He was stating to believe the hype and fell into the hype machine hole. Then there was nothing.
MF was a working, character actor and then became a star per gossip and his dating life and had a rabid fan base along with it. In the end he did not get what he wanted which was awards and acalades from his peers.
It was a crash and burn lesson and Fasbender admitted as much.
Therefore Cumberbatch is having Michael Fasbender syndrome.
The cure will be to lay low. Go away and make us miss you. But since he has signed on for a Marvel film and he working non stop for the next 2 years, that is not going to happen and he is showing that he is a flash in the pants instead of working on his resume to be a great working, character actor.
A flash in the pants, haha! That’s a phrase I would remember.
@Tiffany
Right! I’d forgotten about that. That explains his attitude in 12YAS. Yeah, it’s a hard lesson but if you learn from it, more power to you.
You know, I didn’t notice him and then all of a sudden I was like wow with MF. So it was due to saturation of media eh? he seems to be steadily working but lying low mediawise these days though.
I realized last nigh that this mess has not only affected my love of BC but Amanda Abbington, of all people, too. I have reached exhaustion here. If he actually did cancel the Ellen dthing I don’t think he’ll have any of his old fans left whatsoever.
What’s Amanda done?
?
Anyone can stop talking about anything at any time, especially their private lives, when they aren’t representatives of the people. You can be mad about it all you like, but maybe he has become tight-lipped since the barometric pressure of cray cray has been steadily on the rise.
Maybe it seemed fun at first, having clamoring adoring fans, but I imagine the vitriol directed at Comet Sophie looked ugly and became scarey pretty quickly.
And I say this as someone who hasn’t been a devoted fan, just someone looking in…like Timothy Leary.
Kiddo,
No, this he’s been pimping out his personal life since November. He’s been well aware of ‘cray cray’ (cake bakers, scrapbook makers etc) since way before that time. And unless he really is completely simple, he can’t use it in such a way and then not want to talk about it.
I’ve seen very little vitriol directed at SH. There’s been a hell of a lot of discussion about what’s going on and the way he’s behaved but very little vitriol.
Now, the crazy “omg I luv her she’s my queen” crowd…well there’s quite like literally overwhelming spades of that.
Maybe we have different definitions of vitriol.
“omg I luv her she’s my queen” crowd*
* filed under parody, mockery and light-hearted trolling
KIDDO! I love you! You wrote Timothy Leary RIGHT AT THE VERY MOMENT I was thinking of typing something about Doors of Perception. Fantabulous conjunction of astronomy-based groupthink (well, dualthink), right? I NEED MORE CAPITALS TO FULLY COMMUNICATE MY EXCITEMENT.
* filed under conspiracy theories, heavenly interconnections, and bloody obvious but benign trolling
I Adore THE UNHINGED SIXER!
Well, what’s your definition of vitriol, Kiddo? I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist, but the people who are purely interested in saying cruel things are very much in the minority and I don’t accept that would affect him in the slightest anyway. He publicised/confirmed the pg as late as last week in the tabloids, I don’t buy for a second that he suddenly doesn’t want to talk about it due to a few dodgy comments from faceless strangers on blogs.
And no, if you have a sweep through his tag on Tumblr, you’ll see that the worshipping comments towards SH are far from parody or mockery. In fact, my example is almost verbatim and one of the more normal ones..
If I was him, I’d be a damn sight more concerned about the weirdos who keep painting pictures of them together and making cake toppers commemorating every time they step in front of a camera.
Not getting involved here but those cake toppers annoy me more than is natural or healthy, I have no idea why exactly and I have no problem admitting that.
Does she store them all? Is her house filled with them? Is there a room with just his heads waiting sadly for bodies to be attached? If he quits tomorrow, what will happen to them? Please someone think of the flour and vanilla extract!!!
*waits for Bendy on a toilet cupcake*
The cake toppers are the weirdest, creepiest thing…
I just don’t get how people think it’s cute.
When she first started, she just made one depicting each of the characters he’s played and I thought..oh, that’s quite nice.
But now? Every single time he moves, 15 minutes later…bang. Cake.
It gives me the shivers.
Caketoppers can’t hold a candle to comets.
Oh my god, the cake toppers (or cupcake toppers, I believe they are – kill me). They make me irrationally angry, too. Glad I’m not alone! There’s something about the smoothness and perfection of them…their little wedge mouths…*shudders* It’s gone waaay past being cute, I think the person doing them feels they have an audience anticipating them, so they just keep coming. I resent that this is seen as the “supportive” side of the fandom and we’re the oddballs.
As much as I agree with you both, and I don’t think he owes anyone any explanation other than those who actually knew him and whose lives were affected by his decisions, i,e. parents, family, co-workers, close friends… (even with those people, I doubt he actually owed them an justification of his actions, but for argument’s sake) my point is if there hasn’t been a mission launch of Comet Sophie (planned down to every last detail on her CV) to get her in the front and center of the public eye, the whole thing wouldn’t amount to as much a shitstorm as the one that is unfolding right now.
If you’ve been opening your mouth on a constant basis to get the scripted story out, you can’t expect everyone singing-along to the desirable tune. In fact, if there is no sound (either agreeable or disagreeable) coming back to him, that’s when he should be worried. It would mean he’s yesterday’s news which nobody wants to hear about. He may have said that he was all about the work, but the last few months he have proved himself to be… above and beyond just about the work.
agree with kiddo tbh
+1 Kiddo.
Another plus for Kiddo.
And another fail for maggie. You’ve been back quite a lot for someone who wouldn’t be back, not so long ago.
I find it odd how the IMDB crew always visit in groups.
Yup, he can stop talking about his private life and he should. You can’t demand that people stop asking you questions and expect all of them to comply. Stop talking about it, quietly refuse to mention it when asked and let the hoopla die down. This doesn’t happen overnight.
Media doesn’t care about him. They care about selling papers/engagement time. He doesn’t care about media, he cares about how he looks in media. That is the relationship.
Also, cake topper person is creepy. I wonder what they do that they have the time to do a cake on such fast turnaround?
The caketoppers are actually clay. They are molded to look like cupcakes
Still creepy.
I would have disagreed with you about his privacy a few days ago, but there are people that hope Sophie has a miscarriage. That’s beyond the pale. How could anyone be rational and polite in such a situation?
Emily,
I’ve trawled the depths of Tumblr the last several days and I’ve not seen anything like that. I think you’re seeing the posts of the ..um…odd people, who are talking about fake pregnancies and the way out of them they believe they will take. There’s not been anything to suggest they would hope for that under real circumstances, but they don’t believe it is real. Like I said…odd bods, but not evil.
@Kat
Miscarriage has been mentioned on this site. The crazy isn’t being contained in a random dusty corner of the internet.
EDIT
I also saw something on tumblr (i think it was that dreadful blog called wikianon) about a “fake pregnancy followed by a miscarriage”, might have been posted by her or an anon. She also just put a call out to “take sophie down” rallying her followers to find out anything they can about SH to damage her and “save Ben”. I think a few other bloggers have reported her.
Emily/Toodles,
Yes, the word has been said on here, but again, only in the
context of a ‘fake’ pregnancy get out clause. Again, a loopy theory, but definitely not in the context of a real pregnancy.
Believe me, I would’ve noticed something like that if it had been said on here.
Have faith. Some people can be odd and cruel but no sign of pathological evil.
Toodles
Oh she’s just a raving idiot. Nobody with any sense is taking any notice at all.
@Kat, I totally agree with you. But honestly, you never know whose behind a keyboard. Remember that ‘vixeypink’ character, she actually went to OzCon and BC’s people had to escort her out.
Sorry, but is he joking? He’s used his personal life 100% for publicity and now he’s shutting down questions?
He announces engagement in the paper two days before press tour and in every interview, even if not required or prompted, manages to say something strange about her.
He makes baity comments to the press about pregnancy and she rocks up in the clingiest dress she can find in Palm Springs to stir up the press, confirm it in the tabloids but he’s still trying to play the privacy card?
Just…wtf?
Kat -I was going to comment back on yesterday’s thread to you, but phht, screw that. I knew there’d be another today and you’d be more likely to see this reply.
I will give you this – I think he’s completely using this whole thing for publicity. Far too many coincidences in a short period of time. While I don’t agree with everything you say – and can’t muster anywhere near the same level of commitment to it, I do get where you’re coming from on some things. But there ARE other posters who are a lot more snotty in their replies, so you should in return give me that one haha.
I will say that some of your posts come off as a little obsessive, and that’s whatever. It’s celebitchy, and I’m posting on the clock at work, so who am I to complain. I think my main issues with your posts ( and not just yours ) is that there’s a lot more Sophie bashing than Benedict bashing. It seems like nobody can say anything vaguely complimentary of the woman without being told they’re wrong, or told reasons to dislike her. Maybe she’s a terrible person – I don’t actually know. But if she IS a terrible person, I think that says a lot about him, doesn’t it? I think he’s duped a lot of people into thinking he’s a lot more charming, and pleasant and wonderful than he is. Hell – he’s an actor – it’s kind of his job.
But I think now we’re getting more of a glimpse of real Cumberbatch, and people don’t like it. Like I said before – I’m not even a fan of his outside of liking him in the things I’ve seen and really enjoying his voice. I think Sophie is pretty – but that’s a subjective thing and different to everyone. Maybe she bathes in the tears of otters – who knows. At the end of the day – I think he’s looking like shit because he’s dealing with all of his choices, the backlash, an oscar campaign and a baby that he had said in interview after interview he looked forward to one day and perhaps now that it’s a reality he isn’t as excited as he thought he’d be.
At this point, I’m hoping for the kids sake that he gets his shit together, and says something at least a little more positive about his future child. Because it’d be pretty shitty to find out that your dad talked glowingly about having a kid, and once you were conceived just stopped.
EDIT: holy shit, that was longer than I thought it’d be. TLDR; I agree he’s campaigning hard, I think he’s kind of a tool, and I hope his kid doesn’t need a lot of therapy later.
Erinn
I appreciate the reasoned response, but I don’t know get why you feel the need to mark me out as obsessive over anyone else. I don’t think that’s very fair. I just find all of this odd and confusing in a guys careers I’ve followed for several years.And I’m at uni, so I realise I have more free time than most to waste online.
I have to disagree, I don’t think there is more ‘bashing’ of SH. He’s really come under criticism on here, that’s something I’ve noticed and I certainly haven’t been afraid to either. In fact, I’ve had a lot more to say about him than her.
Of course some people say questionable things that do veer over into nasty or uncalled for, but on the whole, there very little nastiness for the sake of it.
I think criticising what we do know of her (her public image, work, her part in the Oscar campaign) is fair game here.
I also disagree that anyone who says anything complimentary is shouted down. The issue with many people who compliment her is that they often tend to throw vitriol at the people who aren’t kissing her arse and are just daring to criticise.
Who knows about her? People can speculate all they like, but it is speculation ..based on what they have to go on, but again, I don’t think anyone has outright stated categorically that she’s ‘terrible’.
I realise that people are cruel, but I see very little of that here and I just think perpetuating and overblowing that minority gives the people who are just a bit wtf’d by it all a very unfair reputation.
As for him, who knows, but I do hope he finds happiness and gets out of whatever funk he finds himself in.
I don’t mean to mark out just you. There’s a lot of people who post and post and post on them. Obsessive might not be the word I’m looking to use – I’m multi tasking with some crazy customer issues at the moment, so I’m jumping back and forth. It might even be that your name stands out to me more when I take a look at the posts because it’s shorter, and ‘an actual name’ as opposed to a random screen name. When I was at uni I was posting a lot more than I am now. Yesterday I got the impression that you thought my post was me just drifting in to post on Cumby threads only and that I came out of nowhere to be complimentary of her, when I’ve actually been posting here for a good 5-6 years. Probably not what you meant – but that’s the vibe I got – and even if you did mean it I do notice that there are people who post actively on Cumby posts and not so much elsewhere, so I guess it’s a fair question.
Maybe you’re just more consistent in your opinion of him, I don’t know. I don’t mean to use obsessive as a catch all for your posts, because I’ve seen plenty that weren’t. There are a lot of harmless comments about Sophie that have been shot down. I don’t want to bother to go back to the other threads, but even someone saying something about her being pretty was returned with “too bad she can’t smile” or something. I think people are more reactive on these posts for some reason. Probably a lot of people don’t realize they’re coming off as negatively as they are – and I’m not pointing that out about you, just posters in general.
I think the most uncomfortable scenario that was being brought up a lot was the implication that she was some kind of she-devil so fame obsessed that she lied about birth control and trapped him with a kid as if he was some kind of innocent little dove. My opinion on that one is that if you’re having sex, you’re taking the risk – whether it be with a crazy person, or the risk of contraception failure. It was a very old seeming narrative of a woman needing to capture a man by getting pregnant. Or at least that’s how I read it. It’s the internet, so there’s a lot of room for interpretation as far as tone goes.
Ultimately – I just kind of wanted to touch base, and say that I do agree that he’s controlling everything being released, and that maybe he doesn’t seem super thrilled. The only thing I will note is that while I am wildly in love with my own husband (we’ve been together since we were 14 – went through the long distance thing while I was away in uni, and married last summer once we’d gotten a house and steady jobs in our fields) I don’t think we have the level of glow some people expect to see in people who are in love. We look happy to be with each other, though if we’re in a formal situation neither of us look particularly glowy – mostly just uncomfortable. I don’t think you were one of the people that pointed out their appearance in photos or whatever, but it seems to be a common thing. I’m just saying that some couple don’t necessarily appear the same out and about as they do when they’re off on their own.
Anyway – just wanted to kind of touch base. Hope all is well in uni – I will say I’m a bit envious as I definitely miss my school career haha.
Erinn,
I certainly didn’t mean to imply that I thought you were causally drifting in to have a dig, I just get a bit weary of the vast majority of people, who aren’t spiteful or obsessed with him, but just a bit befuddled busy all of this, painted as ‘haters’. I know you didn’t directly mean that, but it’s often the narrative for some people who think he and anyone he associates with, shouldn’t be criticised. Then of course there’s the flat our nutters who will just storm a thread to scream and claw at anyone not weeping with happiness over her appearances.
I’m glad alls going well for you and your husband, I’ve always thought how romantic (and rare!) it is to find your childhood sweetheart and remain with them forever. You’re very lucky!
And thank you! Uni is good, but procrastination is my forte right now. Not sure how much more time I can get away with wasting on various sites!
He’s very petulant, isn’t he? And such contradictory behavior – Benny – you have a baby on the way – get (1) your head outta your azz and (2) your sh*t together.
I just don’t think his performance in TIG was outstanding. It doesn’t help that the edit felt like a rough draft, with scenes limping into other scenes with no narrative or thematic flow. Keira was very good, but the most memorable parts for me were the first iteration of the machine (heart stopping when the clanging finally ceases) and the actor who played young Turing — so expressive and affecting.
I realized during the movie that what’s intriguing about BC is that he’s very good at playing “thinking” moments, seeming profound and intense, as though there’s a lot going on there. This is not easy, as most actors just look blank in such scenes. That said, I’m concerned that when given a lead part, BC’s characters tend to all end up being played as cerebral yet emotionally immature. It cripples the character — like “I’m intelligent… not really!” Sure, some of that is in the writing but it’s clearly something he tends towards and brings to each lead part; it’s why I can’t connect with his Parade’s End, SH or now Turing.
There’s a rather good docudrama about Turing on Netflix with Ed Stoppard playing him in the fictionalized segments. I recommend it as a companion piece to TIG. Frankly, I also think Stoppard does more interesting things with the character, playing him as bright, idiosyncratic and churlish rather than monastic and quasi-autistic. That film is also more straightforward about how the sexual side of Turing’s life played out.
Anyway I hope BC starts turning out better rounded performances in lead roles. So far he’s more compelling as a voice actor or secondary character. Otherwise a vague immature/intelligent 4-hour Hamlet will be eye rolling. I’m there for the audiobook, though.
Ed Stoppard was great in that docudrama, I thought it was brilliant and interesting overall. Watched TIG last weekend and did not get the hype over BC performance at all. The film itself seemed weirdly edited, like great chunks of storyline was missing and the ending was a bit limp.
I’m not crazy about his accent and social awkwardness that’s portrayed in the film but without video or audio proof of Turing it’s hard to say if it’s accurate or not. Allen said in the interview that his surviving relatives told them it was like watching their uncle.
I do feel that the film skated over his prosecution and the reason for his death, they didn’t have to film sex scenes or his suicide and they’re right in their defense of those criticisms but it’s kind of an afterthought and lets be honest, it’s the reason he didn’t live to see his work evolve and why his story is so tragic.
I also felt the dialogue was hammy in places.
The dialogue made me cringe at times. I hated how they made everyone else look like idiots in comparison, when truth is there were brilliant people around him who contributed to the code breaking effort. They didn’t need to minimize their contributions in order to inflate Turing’s.
And three times for that cheesy tag line as two times too many, imo.
@Ally – I think you’re fairly on the money with the B.C assessment. It’s one of the reasons I was so… disappointed… when they announced him as Dr Strange. It just felt “expected” (and, to date, Marvel’s been really interesting and ever so slightly off the beaten path casting wise…)
“Let’s get Benedict to play an incredibly intelligent and arrogant a$$hole who has problems relating to other people”.
“Of course! He’s never done that before!”
I did enjoy much of TIG but because I felt like I had seen him play facets of the character SO many times before, it really got distracting. I really hope he starts doing some comedy just to mix the CV up a bit. I’d love to see him do something on an Armando Iannucci project (tv/movie, don’t care)
I’ve been saying that for ages, I’d love to see him in a Veep/Thick of It or Arrested Development style movie or show.
Oh, he would be fantastic in Veep as the British counterpart to Anna Chlumsky’s character, especially if the characters have a hate/hate relationship with each other.
Yes to all this. With the characterizations of Dr Strange that I’ve heard, he’s going to be defensive about how Strange is different than all the other geniuses he’s played.
I have said this what feels like a million times before, but I’ll say it again anyway: He should get some kind of goofball comedy or even a sugar-sweet rom-com just to give himself something different to do. I realize his schedule is packed right now, but when it look like a break is coming up, he should see about guest-starring in a comedy or something.
Yes, I saw the documentary (thanks, Netflix) and it was better. While I thought the performances were good in TIG, it was the secondary performances that did it for me, not Cumberbatch’s performance. The directing was too choppy and the plot was trying to be everything to everybody.
(Man, and I like Cumberbatch.)
Ally8, thanks for the heads up on the Turing piece on Netflix. I came away from TIG disappointed and feeling like I never got the real story with all the fabricated conflict that was written into the script. I then watched Derek Jacobi’s Turing and while I preferred his portrayal of Turing better than Bendy’s, the script mainly focused on his sexuality, not his work on Enigma. I hope to learn more of the real story behind the breaking of Enigma, Turing himself and look forward to checking out Codebreaker.
I just don’t think he’s Hollywood material, he can’t play that pr game. I predict that TIG will be his best shot at an Oscar, then that will be it.
He’s a good actor, but he’s not flexible enough and too awkward for LA.
Plus, he’s a hypocrite of the first order – trying to be private when he’s already invited the whole world to the party, well – it’s a little late for that BC.
Good God, the overexposure…of the comet, of the fetus, of BC.
It’s enough to make me vomit a little! In my mouth!
he’s only 38 and had a steady and high quality acting game since his early twenties, he will get other shots at getting roles that are Oscar baity. But, just not this side of the Marvel universe timescale, if he wants films that are Oscar material than he needed to stay out of Marvel, but his spare time has just shrunk. He’s tied himself up for the next five years, 6 months a piece of pre-post production work a year. It will limit his opportunities when there are plenty of other great Brit actors who will be available, not tied up in franchises and are flexible for time, especially in the 30-40 seomthing age bracket.
Strange might not do that well though which would free him up, they might only use him in bit parts for the remainder of his contract, same with Ant Man.
They tie them in to “up to X number of movie” contracts because they don’t want them coming back demanding more money if the movie is huge, they already have them.
He begged for that part. He was trying to get himself attached to a franchise (Star Wars, X Men, DC Comics, Marvel) He was going after all of them. He got a franchise, now he has to deliver or they’ll make it a one-off. Actors can work around Marvel’s timing. Renner, Scarlett, and Chris H all have had time for other work
I agree Lilacflowers, Benedict made no bones for the last few years he wanted in on a franchise, I just wish he hasn’t been so greedy about it. Star Wars, Star Trek, Hobbit and now Marvel. He’s banged on all doors and wants them all.
the reason he will struggle for time is quality Oscar baity movies is they may put their schedules on hold for Benedict, they may not. As good as I like him, he is not Scarlet, Chris or Renner yet. He is a brilliant theatre and tv actor, but this year and next he should be IMO packing in the movies but he is tied to Sherlock, Hamlet and now Marvel. And being a Dad. So baity independent films will struggle on his schedule.
I think Harvey makes him play a Hollywood PR game that is just not so suited to Benedict’s talents and so on. When he is promoting Sherlock in Britain he is perfect. He is good at interviews.
Maybe so, but he’s definitely ambitious enough to try to play the game. And it’s just not working for him.
They’re a really a cute couple. I think Sophie’s so pretty.
I like them as a couple too! She is really pretty. Not breathtakingly beautiful but she has very interesting features and really pretty eyes.
Haven’t people gotten bored of them as a couple by now, thanks to massive overexposure – or is it just me?
For example, I’m still not sure who Keira Knightly is married to, to save my life. And she’s about to have a baby. And that’s all I know!
But I know enough about this couple to know – they dated sometime this spring or summer. There are people named Karon and Emily involved. They placed their wedding announcement in the Times and announced their baby through tabloids. There’s a designer of florals and pocket dresses called Erdem involved too. BC’s played Sherlock. And oh yeah, he played Alan Turing with Knightly in a Weinstein movie called TIG.
That’s what I know about BC and his inamorata SH. Too much.
Oh and I forgot to add that somehow she’s a performance artist that uses octopi? You know, that sort of thing?
Oh well. Enough said.
He’s amazing actor and I’ve always liked him, but I can’t recognize him during this TIG campaign. Before they announced the pregnancy, I was thinking, oh well, the usual fake relationship for PR purposes, he isn’t be the first or the last actor that’s doing this. But now I think they really had “a thing”, pregnancy was unexpected and now he’s about to tie a knot in shotgun wedding with, albeit lovely, woman, whom he doesn’t love. Sad.
It’s so funny when someone told him that SH was ‘stunning’ and he’s just like “I’ll tell her” instead of beaming and being like “Yeah I can’t believe she said yes.” or something sappy.
Also it’s hilarious that they were not allowed to ask him personal questions before the ceremony and after he lost it was fine.
i don’t get it why is he still putting so much effort in this award season, i mean, he was excellent in the imitation game but any sane person who saw theory of everything and birdman as well can tell the major duel will go down between redmayne and keaton.
I think because the effort will still push him in front of leading film producers, even a 3 minute meeting face to face achieves more than an agent and video ever will. The networking opportunities must be huge, you have to be in it to win it, as the saying goes. And, its not over till the fat lady sings. If he appears to give up, it wont look good, if he goes down fighting it provides a level of trust that he will sing for his supper.
Wow, I got a few proverbs in there. Any I missed?
Why didn’t Sophie just stand next to him and smile into the camera a little bit? It looked as if she tried to drag him away. And it looks as if Sophie and Ben’s PR get along?
On the other hand this was JUST ONE interview in which Sophie tried to escape / stayed out of the picture. Don’t take this too seriously.
I really would like to see how Cumberbatch is POST award season to properly judge. He seems a bit stressed, unhinged etc (maybe its the HW press call doing it to him, maybe it is Sophie/surprise baby and family/friend’s negative reactions), but either way I await March/April to properly judge if this is a pattern of bad behavior/true colors etc.
I just saw the Times, Britain’s leading national newspaper for the posher, more toffy-right wing crowd. And there is a big colour photo of Eddy Redymane and his Golden Globe, no one else. That must sting Benedict’s PR team – we are talking The Times! his paper. Oh dear, Eddy is now the darling leading Brit of his generation now.
Benedict, until Hamlet comes along and you better be good or else.
I think the times lost some kudos when they named Nigel Farage as their man of the year.
I picked up the paper this morning on the way to work. Very happy for Eddy! Well-deserved. Much better than the stunt with ES award newspaper coverage.
Speaking of Hamlet, is there any chance that this concentrated awards season PR push could have a detrimental effect on the critics/press? Are they going to be gleefully sharpening their knives for their upcoming chance to cut him back down to size? (I’m American so I’m not overly familiar with the British press – although I hear a lot of comments that it’s pretty vicious.)
Also, do you guys think the drill sergeants at Marvel PR boot camp are getting ready to to bash their expectations into BC’s head come hell or high water in preparation for THAT major media blitz? Because MCU has pretty low tolerance and he’s not exactly giving the impression that he can handle the pressure of public campainging/media relations right now.
well, the Hamlet is hopelessly sold out. Even if it got bad or mixed reviews, he still gets his money, lol. And he’s an excellent actors afterall, i think his performance will be great. It’s not like he has to get up at night to the kid, they will probably hire a nannie.
Is it shutting done rather than being unable to find a satisfying answer to an inane question.
I’m sure, if asked, every man I know , including the father of my children (someone of normal intelligence I assure you) would have been left speechless and with a vacant stare.
What preparation at this stage of pregnancy?
They were sitting at the same table as Keira Knightley and her hubby at the GGs. Keira and her hubby are pregnant too. And it struck me how low key Keira and her hubby are compared to Ben and Sophie. You don’t know much about Keiras hubby, never hear stories about them, don’t seen many photos. Ben has become over exposed in this campaign and somewhat before. He is in danger of becoming this years Anne Hathaway.
In fairness, Keira doesn’t inspire the internet fandom that Ben does. She gets more normal-sized papping that the average actor with some measure of fame gets. Posts on her and her hubby don’t inspire 300+ comments.
Bottom line, sites like CB are going to cover the celebs that garner the most clicks — that’s advertising dollars for them. That’s why whenever there’s anything to write about Cumby, Hiddles, Clooneys et all, they do.
@MtnRunner
While its obvious that this site post incessantly about Ben because he is click bait here. On a general note, this doesnt just come out of nowhere. CB didn’t make Ben happen on their own.There is an effort by a PR team to advance an actors career by making him or her more known, one of the roads a PR team may use is personal life and getting photographed, interviewed, current a lot so as to garner fame, awards etc.
In the case of Keira, that girl had just as much fame as Ben not too long ago. But she never courted it like he does. She was very much the sensation in her late teens and early 20s, but she seemed to back of from it and she has been very low key for a long time. Even when she was with Rupert Friend they were a very low key couple, even though one would think two actors would generate a great deal more interest then ben and his plucked from anonymity bride.
If you look at someone like Matt Damon he also married a “civilian” at the height of his fame/hearthrob status and it was all much more low key. Too me it shows that to some extent these people make choices in how high profile they want to be. I think ben is a very good actor but it turns off that i am bombarded with stories of his life and pictures every time i go online. When actors go to far in this direction you watch their movies and somehow their tabloid personas, too much information, becomes distracting. Sometimes less is more.
dree, agree 100%. As much as Ben has whined about the downsides of fame, he courts it way more than Keira, Damon, McAvoy and others who actually walk the talk. He comes across as only wanting it when it suits his purposes. He can’t have it both ways.
I can’t wait for this campaign to be over. He needs to go away for awhile so we can miss him at some point. We’ll be inundated with Hiddles posts as we get closer to AoU premiers in April (?) so there will be other HAPPIER Brits to enjoy.
I think he’s reached Hathaway status. But unlike Anne, he will not come home with a statue.
The whole situation is bizarre, but it’s like a trainwreck and I cannot stop watching. It’s completely fascinating. I’ve never seen anyone look less happy about what should be the happiest moment of their lives.
And I must say, I don’t get the point of slamming other people who make the same observations. I think most fans legit would like to see their favorite actor bursting with happiness. This guy really has spoken of nothing else FOR YEARS so the anticipation built. I mean, who doesn’t want a hit of the happiness drug, even if it is vicariously? Nice guy wins in the end and all that.
So he gets engaged, and here comes baby. And THIS is what it looks like?
They are the definition of Buzzkill.
Actually, I think the PR sellout is rather gross.
“And I must say, I don’t get the point of slamming other people who make the same observations. I think most fans legit would like to see their favorite actor bursting with happiness. This guy really has spoken of nothing else FOR YEARS so the anticipation built. I mean, who doesn’t want a hit of the happiness drug, even if it is vicariously? Nice guy wins in the end and all that”
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Exactly
This. Buzzkill sums it up perfectly.
They’re harshing my mellow with this shit.
The obsessed fans who come over to shriek at people are very easy to spot.
They usually end up having a deranged and venomous rant declaring they’ve had it with this and then a few days later creep back and start screaming at people again for daring to discuss him.
It’s quite terror inducing really.
Yes, I’ve noticed that. And I also agree about this whole thing being like a train wreck that you can’t stop watching.
The pr is horribly, awkwardly done. I think BC wants awards and to participate in the whole Hollywood game – and he’s an actor so you’d think he could fake it. But the best expressions he can work up to go from glum to “meh, what am I doing here?”.
And this should be his big moment. What a let down.
He really didn’t look happy when Eddie Redmayne won. I don’t think he was expecting that.
From now on, I’m calling him BennyAnnE.
I think he could have handled Keaton winning if they were in the same category, but Eddie, the younger, proper, hot Brit, I think that really hurt.
Eddie got it all right now, the girl, the fame and the statue. His pic in the Times. I have a feeling that Benny thought it was his turn.
Eddie’s been doing everything RIGHT, both personally and professionally. He deserves to get the accolades. Ben should be hitting brick walls and re-evaluating his life choices.
I’m interested what will happen at Ellen tomorrow. I’m not familiar with her show, could someone chip in and say how her interviews are? Is there are lot of personal stuff or nah?
Pure fluff. Grandma and grandchild can watch it together. She is usually very kind to her guests. And they have that whole “It’s Ellens fault for the photo bomb last year, because she handed out little booze bottles”…he mentions that a lot.
It will be friendly and sweet.
I saw the “usual things” interview and Malkin seemed to ask him just as he was leaving the interview anyway. So, just a throw away to keep it moving?
Watching him over the past few years, it just seems like he’s got that flighty kind of personality. Says one thing, does another. Says one thing, means it. Contradicts himself in later conversation. He’s said he’s just kind of all over the place. Take what you will. In this scenario, it’s definitely unattractive. Was so wrong of him to butt into Allen’s interview. Where was Mrs. Boobs McHovercraft then?
He’s been wanting this for years and NOW he’s worried about privacy and safety? And people aren’t even really asking him intrusive questions. He’s been acting like a paranoid nut most of this year.
I do hope he gets nominated: for his sanity and because I’m still a fan. He needs some serious rest before Hamlet. I hope we only see him in Black Mass next year. He shouldn’t even promote the thing, let his drinking buddy Johnny do that.
Everybody keeps talking about him taking on the Marvel project shows he won’t be around for the family. But I think the only reason why he took the job was because he found out Sophie was up the duff. Dr. Strange is guaranteed diapers/Harrow fund.
Also – Maybe he was taping Ellen when he missed BAFTALA tea.
I thought that about strange and I thought they did negotiations before announcing pg so he had more negotiation power. If marvel knew they might think he was desperate for cash.
Can someone rewind us to august so this can all be a do over and make this pregnancy go away? I want to still like this guy and I’m beginning to hate him for his stupidity and arrogance in this whole deal, and I don’t like it.
Also, what about the 17 million dollar home he is supposed to be looking at in the Hidden Hills area of L A, he’d need the big bucks for that and based on his reputation the purchase would seem out of character.
The RC reporters ( if you can call them that) just ask fluffy stuff. It’s not like he is on 60 Minutes. The real questions would be:
How did you guys actually get back in touch? When was that? When will the baby be born?
These are normal questions people would ask him in this current situation. But nobody dares, they all got the message that these questions are off the table.
And that is supposed to be normal? Maybe it would be if he had never mentioned his private live in interviews. But he sings like a bird about his wishes, plans, former lovelife etc. in a bunch of them.
He is the one who stated ” I want lots of babies” in mutliple interviews. Btw, if he was a woman can you imagine how people would make fun of her? Say she is desperate with all the baby talk?
Now that this big wish is finally fulfilled he acts like he can’t be bothered with it.
Every time BC+SH show up at an event they play a new kind of game with the people that watch and somehow I feel they think that we are all so naive that we actually buy whatever they sell us. Even the casual observer can see that something is very, very off with these two.
I don’t know why so many claims are made that the Oscar voters don’t know whats going on here. They are industry people, and some might not care to much about celebs private lives, but believe me, there are quite a few that are just as gossipy and talkative like everybody else. They all have families, they talk as well. His private live is very interesting at the moment.
He looks really foolish right now, on one hand pissy and annoyed to the reporters and on the other hand playing the photo bombing monkey and slurry pretend drunk interview crasher with unsolicited daddy comments for the camera.
It was a little sad to see how Seacrest cut him off because Clooney was arriving. I guess he got a little glimpse of where he really stands in Hollywood right now.
True, Hexentanz! They are only throwing him softball questions about all of this. He should be grinning and saying the fluffiest, stupidest, easiest stuff back while thinking “thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.”
If he was any less liked by his peers and the press, he would really get to see a field day. What a baby (no pun intended). They are cutting him slack and he still gets an attitude.
Exactly, for now they still like him.
He really shows that he is not ready for Hollywood. If he can’t play their game, they will eventually eat him alive.
He is hiding his boyish charm and wit. Most of the things that people got attracted to are not visible right now.
He seems snobish and entitled. How dare they ask him questions?
There was a time when he would have been happy if any repoter had shown an interest in him at all, now he seems to think he is above it.
Well, since the only support he really needs is the one of his high top sneaker girl, let’s hope he will get it and that it will be enough.
I agree with all you’ve said, Hexer.
Wish more of the regulars posted, but I understand the fatigue. I’m surprised I’m still here.
I was never much of a fan of Cumberbatch, however I was intrigued by him since he seemed to have such a fan base on this site. I did watch and enjoy Sherlock but I never really got that into him. When the engagement came out though I wasn’t too familiar with him I thought he was acting very strange and contradictory. I was firmly on the PR train. I though, pregnancy, shotgun weeding? In this day and age? That is just rediculous he is much too old to be rushing a marriage due to an accidental pregnancy. I can understand some people don’t believe you must be married before kids, but if that were the case with him he either would have never proposed or done it like normal people and have her acknowledged publicly as a girlfriend or put it off til after the awards. I have no hate for Sophie, it’s Cumberbatch who really gets the backlash of all this.
Now I just see his weird face and think to myself “This fucking idiot again? Let me read the comments.”
I guess the question now becomes this: what will happen after award season is over? Anyone?
Hopefully, they will go home to London and he will not be too bitter. Hopefully, they’ll put off wedding planning so he doesn’t have a nervous break down. Hopefully, he’ll take March and April to sleep late, run in the park, read, have dinner with friends in their homes, Sunday roast with the rents, nesting for baby, etc. Hopefully, he and Sophie can figure out where they are, where they’re going and if they both want to go there. Hopefully, he’ll be ready to use May as prep time for Hamlet rehearsals. And most of all, hopefully they send birth announcements to friends and family (instead of the damned paper) and maybe release a quick announcement to the press around Christmas when no one’s paying attention. Even pregnancy truthers must have a caring limit.
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling did it right. They disappeared underground until the next new thing came around and now no one really cares about them. Though they’re going a bit over board with it right now. I could not care less about seeing a photo of their kid. Or their relationship.
Claire I hope he gets his act together. But I really question how grounded he will be. Hamlet is the Arkenstone of Shakespeare roles. And honestly, BC reminds me soooo much of Hamlet. It will be a great deal of pressure, keeping up stamina. I think he could be phenomenal, but I can also see a crack coming somewhere. I don’t know.
I am not hopeful for Black Mass and honestly, really dread Dr. Strange. I just dread the publicity and dealing with PissyBatch.
I hope I am wrong. Right now I feel like I am watching a train wreck in slow motion. It isn’t like a Shia LaBoef break or anything, but I don’t feel like I am observing someone who should be reveling in career/personal milestone highs.
OMG Claire the “arkenstone” . Y’all be nuts