Benedict Cumberbatch was back in England last night, hosting a charity auction sponsored by GQ UK, benefitting The Prince’s Trust. Cumby (as Gary Oldman calls him) is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, just like Idris Elba and Tom Hardy. Anywaym we don’t have access to those photos (it was an exclusive event), but you can see some here and on Tumblr – Benedict wore a dark grey blazer, what looked like silk-blend pants and his beloved skull tie. His hair looked magnificent, although I do miss the Cumbercurls. When I imagine him in my bed, I need the Cumbercurls to yank a little bit. The photos I’m including in this post are from his appearance over the weekend at the LA BAFTA event. Unf.
Cumberbatch helped auction off pieces of art, mostly photographs and portraits. A Mario Testino portrait of Lara Stone went for £24,000, a portrait of Alexander McQueen for £6,500, etc. All in all, Cumby helped raise £155,350 last night for The Prince’s Trust. Bless him.
In case you need to hear the Cumbervoice, here’s a new recording of Benedict reading “Flat of Angles”.
And here’s the video of Cumby receiving his Britannia Artist of the Year Award:
Sigh… Cumberbatch.
PS… These close-ups of his face will make you feel all the feels. Beware.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.
He’s so fabulous in every way. That is all.
Yes , Maureen , i agree with you ! FABULOUS !!!!!
Re: tumblr pics. Skull tie: check. Cardigan weirdly stuffed under a blazer: check. Crappy slightly shiny grey trousers: check. Hat: check. It’s like a greatest hits of Cumberfug, and yet he still looks hot. That Turing hair is really working for him. And for me.
I have to give it to him for those Tumblr shots. He looks really good there.
It’s because he’s letting the ginger – sorry, auburn – shine through. We auburnites are a blessed race.
@T fanty-
He is fooling himself he is not auburn, more ginger as he was in Frankenstein his definition between the two are different from mine. Own it it’s your hair colour 🙂
He did look nice but cardigan under jacket ummm it was chilly last night though, silk trousers (ala John Gotti? ) I am not sure if you are in the UK or US but New Yorkers would know who I mean. Still love love him though.
Fanty, I adore his auburn/ginger locks too. It’s so much less harsh than super dark hair….
His entire ensemble has a Turing feel to it as it’s layered with lots of texture. He looks absolutely divine here. And really tired too.
Honestly, whenever someone mentions the ginger in Frankenstein, I think of the tmi comment he made about the makeup being added to make the carpet different.
The Cumberfug is strong… but it’s kind of endearing, because you can tell there was some thought that went into that stylistic effort… and somehow he manages to make it work. I dunno. The only thing we’re missing is some chambray.
Some chambray, and more knitwear. I’m surprised he allowed himself to leave the house without a scarf. I thought the Cumber-rule of clothing was that you can never wear enough accessories.
Oh a scarf! Good heavens YES! That’s what’s missing! I wonder if he though- No. No, not tonight… tonight the scarf just wouldn’t go with the cardigan. Or if Emily the PA won a battle, but lost the war, and managed to pry the scarf out of his hands as he was walking out the door, but couldn’t quite convince him 2 layers would be enough.
Maybe he’s just feeling particularly invincible after getting his BAFTA award. He’ll be sorry, come this Friday when he’s sitting on Wanda’s couch, wrapped in a blanket and watching daytime TV while she force-feeds him chicken soup for his sniffle.
And he tells her he doesn’t need it, and that all the cool kids went out without a scarf, and he didn’t need it anyway, because he had a hat… and everyone knows you CAN’T get sick if you have a hat on! ANd then sneezes.
Although, the Cumberhair was looking absolutely wonderful! Just the right amount of tousled and auburn.
I love you all. Your comments make my day, no joke.
Seriously, though. How does someone manage to mismatch two shades of grey? That’s actually an art form in itself.
He just isn’t himself without a minimum of 4 layers. In the Turing pics yesterday, I counted 6 layers.
That is an *awful* lot of sewing name labels that Wanda has to do.
Well, I imagine she’s probably used to it by now… probably has the labels all ready to go. Probably why he doesn’t shop as much, Wanda puts her foot down and says she’s not sewing anymore that month.
But honestly- how is he not burning up?? I’d be a sweating puddle if I had that many layers on while inside, especially at an event with a group of people in an enclosed space!
I’m amazed he’s not drenched in sweat! And it’s odd to me they had a picture of Prince Harry to the side. It would have been far better if they’d had some sort of PowerPoint (or whatever it is the cool kids are using in their multimedia presentations these days) of examples of the charity’s work.
And yes, I want to know too when Cumby popped his collar! It’s a very Sherlock thing to do.
The pants! He makes it so hard for me to defend my love for him to the yet-to-be-converted. It was all good until I kept scrolling down. Oh Cumby.
“Greatest hits of Cumberfug” it is indeed. And its genre is… jazz fusion? Some free improvisation was clearly involved.
O’Angie,
At some point, a part of your brain breaks and you will start to want him because of the fact that he dresses like a color-blind geography teacher, not in spite of it.
Haven’t the foggiest which fotos you all are discussing, but the Cumberfug comes thru clear & strong. He clearly needs someone (a helpmate) to assist in matching socks & suits, ties & shirts, etc. so that even 6 layers become a work of art. Am certain there would be many volunteers here for this role.
I would never say bad about a celebrity doing charity work, but the headline is so misleading. It sounds like people donated a grand total of 150,000 pounds because of him, but it was rather they donated to the charity and Cumberbatch was just there to give some publicity.
It’s the same headline the host (GQ UK) wrote in their article. Apparently he gave a moving speech to convince people to shell out some money. Basically, he said that without the Prince’s Trust, we wouldn’t know Idris Elba because the charity helped Elba out of the streets.
He did his job as ambassador and gained good publicity, GQ’s happy, Prince’s Trust has loads of money and underprivileged teens benefit. Everybody wins.
Thank you. It’s a win for everyone.
We all won. Until Idris started giving interviews.
*falls on her knees and shakes fist at Prince’s Trust*
@ Tish
Well put. The Prince’s Trust is one of those charities I have faith in, excellent track record.
I’m not one of the Cumberfans, but his skull tie really is quite cool. He can wear it as much as he likes.
That close up just sealed it for me. He’s not an attractive man. Maybe it’s an accent or the way he carries himself, or that he has money and fame for you ladies, but looks alone? No.
He kinda takes me in, not completely, like, say, Alan Rickman, but there’s something about him I do find attractive.
Kaiser, if you’re going to type the words “Tom Hardy” please please include a pic of him at the end of your post. Otherwise I have to run away for a while and look at photos on IMDB!
Live him, love the Prince’s Trust. And I want a skull tie!
You get the skull tie, I get his adorable herringbone jacket. I’ve always loved it. He can keep his matching caps though.
Yippee. Soo much to concentrate on later when I have time. I just leave a quick Thank you for our site goddess Kaiser!
@Vesta: Once again thank you for your thank you this morning (don’t know if you read it). Kaiser’s link is all you need.
Helllllooo Vesta! *waves*
*waves back and says hi-ee*
Holy smokes he looks great in those GQ pictures. I love the popped collar on his blazer, guhhh. I also love that freckle in his right eye, on full display in the Brittania Awards photos. xoxo, BC.
Love him!
His hair looks good in those Tumblr pics.
Did he pop his collar on stage to somehow mock the Hot Harry photo, or did he pop it just to pop it?!?!? ANYONE?!?! This is important information the woooorld neeeds to knooooooooow.
+1
Well he’s certainly gotten used to popping his collar, thanks to Sherlock.
-Can we please not do this this time?
-Do what?
-You being all mysterious with your cheekbones. And turning your coat collar up so you look cool.
-I don’t do that.
CB choir: Yeah, you do.
By the way, he was wearing the blazer (with popped collar) in the Jaguar Alive Video and also here: http://www.celebitchy.com/290478/benedict_cumberbatch_loves_cheesy_tv_i_loved_knight_rider_then_later_baywatch/
Maybe it was intentional subliminal “Sherlock is back” advertising.
Good theories for his somewhat mysterious collar popping. In this case I wonder though if it had something to do with his 6 layers of clothing. At some points it probably became so hot, that he had to yank his jacket off. And when he put it back his PA Emily wasn’t there to fix the collar (Cumby’s clothing style of the day makes me suspect his personal assistent had a day off…)
He was doing shots at this thing….new life goal realized. I am so buying him a shot if I ever see him at a bar.
Was he really? Are there shots of him taking shots? haha, yes, indeed, I can only imagine what that would be like!
http://londonphile.tumblr.com/post/66865907297/benedict-cumberbatch-certainly-knows-how-to
Bottom one. Vodka but let’s see how he feels about fireball.
@Felice
Thanks for the fotos—gruesome. He doesn’t need a mother, he needs a wife! His sense of style can only come from being dressed on set so that he goes wild when he can do it himself. As for the shots, here’s to chaos where it’s every man for himself.
@Felice
Thanks for the fotos—gruesome. He doesn’t need a mother, he needs a wife. His sense of style can only come from being dressed on set so that he goes wild when he can do it himself. As for the shots, here’s to chaos where it’s every man for himself.
I hate duplication & I loathe computers!
Ooooohhhh that Tietjens-style blazer…I want to rip that (and his vest) right off him, and bind those gorgeous hands with that skull tie.
Maybe I just need some coffee.
I totally thought Tietjens when I saw that blazer too.
He’s done work for/with The Prince’s Trust for ages and I’m glad he’s able to use his growing fame to get them more attention and funds. His continuing dedication to his McQueen skull ties is adorable, ngl…
They should have auctioned off a photograph of Cumby. Or a romantic dinner with him.
Or a romantic … no, that is too “Indecent Proposal”. But it would have set a new auction record, probably eclipsing the Francis Bacon painting.
That’s a nice idea actually. Of course they couldn’t advertise it as a romantic event, but you know dinners… There’s some drinking… and having a good time… and then the classic “things happen” would happen…
I swear there was a “win a date” thing like a year ago. I’m pretty sure it was fake because tumblr would have imploded even though I think a huge chunk of his tumblr fans are underage.
I love the jacket but not with any of the other pieces he’s wearing, nor do I even like any of the other pieces. The pants aren’t doing anything for him and they don’t match the other layers. And then the sudden shock of the blue right in the middle — bad.
It’s not altogether horrible, but he shouldn’t try this look again. He should stick with suits that have all-matching pieces, or go for a nice blazer over top of a crisp button-down shirt and jeans that are not too crisp but not worn-in either. These are his two best looks.
I agree. I wanted to rip that open-button TIFF look right off of him
his make-up was on point for this event. Also I kind of love the Alan Turing hair, which is a surprise. I also love the cumbercurls, and i would not have expected the shaved/shorter sides to look good on someone with a long face, but damn, it’s probably his third best hair look. A lot better than dark, straight and slicked back.
(fyi: #1 hair is unruly auburn curls with scruff ala top gear, followed by dark curlybatch, then oddly, this.)