it is official HunterMommy & fatherbatch!!
REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER THE DAY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH and sophie hunter ANNOUNCED their ENGAGEMENT
Congrats on your engagement Benedict and Sophie
Here are the main things you need to know about Sophie Hunter.
- Sophie’s a talented theatre and opera director. In 2007, she received the Samuel Beckett Award for writing and directing the avant-garde play The Terrific Electric.
- She’s also an actress too. Screen credits include Vanity Fair, The Curse of Steptoe and Torchwood’s Children Of Earth.
- Sophie and Benedict have actually appeared on-screen together, in 2009 thriller Burlesque Fairytales. This appears to be where they first met. The film also features Jim Carter, aka Carson in Downton Abbey.
- As if writing, directing and acting wasn’t enough, she’s also a singer. In 2005 she released a French language album, The Isis Project, co-written with former Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers.
- Her father Charles is from London, while mother Katharine is from Edinburgh. Benedict reportedly flew to Edinburgh to ask Katharine’s permission for her daughter’s hand in marriage before proposing. (x)
- Sophie’s a talented theatre and opera director. In 2007, she received the Samuel Beckett Award for writing and directing the avant-garde play The Terrific Electric.
- She’s also an actress too. Screen credits include Vanity Fair, The Curse of Steptoe and Torchwood’s Children Of Earth.
- Sophie and Benedict have actually appeared on-screen together, in 2009 thriller Burlesque Fairytales. This appears to be where they first met. The film also features Jim Carter, aka Carson in Downton Abbey.
- As if writing, directing and acting wasn’t enough, she’s also a singer. In 2005 she released a French language album, The Isis Project, co-written with former Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers.
- Her father Charles is from London, while mother Katharine is from Edinburgh. Benedict reportedly flew to Edinburgh to ask Katharine’s permission for her daughter’s hand in marriage before proposing. (x)
Benedict Cumberbatch - U2 Photobomb
Whether it’s mispronouncing basic words, pulling focus at the Oscars, or triumphantly handing in the best Ice Bucket Challenge video, Benedict Cumberbatch has a knack for winning over audiences. But he hasn’t done it alone. In a recent interview with Time Out he thanks (or blames) everyone from his niece to Ellen DeGeneres and vodka. It’s that second duo that are responsible for the now-famous U2 photobomb. Cumberbatch claims:
Yes, I photobombed U2! But that was all Ellen DeGeneres’s fault because she plied everyone with vodka on the red carpet. Her team was handing out these miniatures. A friend really wanted me to get a photo with U2. So I just saw the opportunity and I’ve never felt an impulse like it.
“I spotted them all standing around and I thought, ‘Perfect!’ It wasn’t preordained or anything. I just did it.
Ah, so it wasn’t just the pizza that made the DeGeneres-hosted Oscar ceremonysuch a success. But was Cumberbatch really having as much fun as it seemed at his first Oscars? Unquestionably:
Oh God, I had a ridiculously good time. I was a little nervous, but then I got there and, like everything on-screen, it was smaller than you expect it to be. I felt like I crashed the party a bit.
As for his niece, well, she’s the one you have to thank for the Ice Bucket Challenge video that damn near broke the Internet. Yes, oddly, the Cumberbatch shower scene was a family affair:
I chose all the shots and rehearsed it with my niece – who acted as my director of photography! The first time we tried it she’d stopped filming and I had to do it all over again. I got a cut above my eyebrow from the ice.
Tom Hiddleston had done it once, and then the Internet was asking when I was going to do it and if I’d wear a white T-shirt apparently. And I actually did wear a white T-shirt for the last one, which they [the fans] were apparently quite happy about, so I was saving the Internet!
And it’s that unerring commitment to giving the Internet what it wants that makes Cumberbatch such a popular digital-age star. Well, that and his brilliant performances in films like the Oscar-buzz-worthy The Imitation Game. If Cumberbatch returns to the Oscars as a nominee this year, will he be as likely to be taken in by mini-bottles of red-carpet booze? We certainly hope so. The formula of Cumberbatch + booze + acceptance speeches has already proven to be a smash hit with the Internet. And if we can count on anything from Cumberbatch, it’s that he’ll give the people what they want.
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Yes, I photobombed U2! But that was all Ellen DeGeneres’s fault because she plied everyone with vodka on the red carpet. Her team was handing out these miniatures. A friend really wanted me to get a photo with U2. So I just saw the opportunity and I’ve never felt an impulse like it.
“I spotted them all standing around and I thought, ‘Perfect!’ It wasn’t preordained or anything. I just did it.
Ah, so it wasn’t just the pizza that made the DeGeneres-hosted Oscar ceremonysuch a success. But was Cumberbatch really having as much fun as it seemed at his first Oscars? Unquestionably:
Oh God, I had a ridiculously good time. I was a little nervous, but then I got there and, like everything on-screen, it was smaller than you expect it to be. I felt like I crashed the party a bit.
As for his niece, well, she’s the one you have to thank for the Ice Bucket Challenge video that damn near broke the Internet. Yes, oddly, the Cumberbatch shower scene was a family affair:
I chose all the shots and rehearsed it with my niece – who acted as my director of photography! The first time we tried it she’d stopped filming and I had to do it all over again. I got a cut above my eyebrow from the ice.
Tom Hiddleston had done it once, and then the Internet was asking when I was going to do it and if I’d wear a white T-shirt apparently. And I actually did wear a white T-shirt for the last one, which they [the fans] were apparently quite happy about, so I was saving the Internet!
And it’s that unerring commitment to giving the Internet what it wants that makes Cumberbatch such a popular digital-age star. Well, that and his brilliant performances in films like the Oscar-buzz-worthy The Imitation Game. If Cumberbatch returns to the Oscars as a nominee this year, will he be as likely to be taken in by mini-bottles of red-carpet booze? We certainly hope so. The formula of Cumberbatch + booze + acceptance speeches has already proven to be a smash hit with the Internet. And if we can count on anything from Cumberbatch, it’s that he’ll give the people what they want.
via
Cumberbatch: ‘Sherlock’ special and Season 4 will be ‘just phenomenal’
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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that next year’s special will see Sherlock Holmes in a situation where he is “really pressed”.
Shooting on the special will begin in January 2015, with Season 4 shooting later next year.
Cumberbatch told Empire: “I can’t give any plot away… but [the writers'] pitch for the Christmas special and the series beyond that is just phenomenal.”
He teased: “We’ve never seen [Sherlock] being really pressed yet, so that will be interesting.”
Mark Gatiss revealed earlier this month that next year’s Sherlock special will be co-written by Steven Moffat and himself: “Steven and I are writing the special at the moment, which we’re shooting in January.”
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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that next year’s special will see Sherlock Holmes in a situation where he is “really pressed”.
Shooting on the special will begin in January 2015, with Season 4 shooting later next year.
Cumberbatch told Empire: “I can’t give any plot away… but [the writers'] pitch for the Christmas special and the series beyond that is just phenomenal.”
He teased: “We’ve never seen [Sherlock] being really pressed yet, so that will be interesting.”
Mark Gatiss revealed earlier this month that next year’s Sherlock special will be co-written by Steven Moffat and himself: “Steven and I are writing the special at the moment, which we’re shooting in January.”
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He missed a whole Wednesday once, didn’t have a clue (x)
(via) cumberbum.tumblr.com
THE GAME IS ON (x)
"Heroes don’t exist and if they did I wouldn’t be one of them."
“He’s always a handful. He always questions and is very, very passionate and committed to making it as good as it can be and to not cut any corners. That is what he is like in life and that is what he’s like to work with.”
— Keira Knightley (on Benedict Cumberbatch) x |
I like a holiday. I like a quiet corner of a room to sit and contemplate. I like sitting and looking at beautiful landscapes. I like looking at other people’s work. I like being with the people I love. I like being at home. I like all the things that are the complete opposite of working at the pace that I’m currently working. But the thing that gets me out of bed every morning is that I love it. I just have to occasionally remind myself not to love it as much as I do and leave time for the rest of my life… I want to do as much as I can, but I also wan to vary it, maybe as a producer, director or writer, but I also want to be a person of the world and live a life…It’s got to be more than working non-stop. (x)
“Ricky Gervais”: [as David Brent] Morning, Tim! Tim Bowler, Timbory-Tim, Timbory, Tim, Timbory Tim, Timboree! What are you doing?
“Martin”: Oh, er, you know, I’m just, you know, er … gazing despairingly at the camera like a perplexed hamster, as is my duty as the put-upon everyman character.
“Ricky Gervais”: Well, well, you know, just to whisper in your shell-like [?] *laughs raucously* - the new guy starts today. I said you could show him the ropes.
“Martin”: Fine, er … when’s he coming?
“Benedict”: [Sherlock voice] I’ve been observing you from the reception area for the last half an hour. That is to say, I’m already here. Don’t feel bad for not noticing me sooner. When I stand very still and don’t speak, I can easily be mistaken for an incredibly ornate and attractive hat stand. The kind you find in an antique shop that doesn’t have any price tags. Don’t touch - you can’t afford. Hello.
“Martin”: Good … er … yeah, good gracious. Erm, what are you?
“Benedict”: My name is long and ridiculous, like my face. They call me Benedict Cumberbatch.
*fairy tale harp chords* [medieval choral chant] Ben-ne-dict Cum-ber-baaatch!
“Benedict”: Don’t worry, that always happens.
“Martin”: Uh, OK, right, yeah. Um, OK, well, so, let’s give you the tour. Well, we’ve got, you know, the photocopier here …
“Benedict”: Pish, posh, and Duchy biscuits. You don’t think I actually care about your tedious office, do you?
“Martin”: Well, no, but I sort of imagined you’re here because -
“Benedict”: Oh, you beautifully obtuse little turnip of a man. I’m here because after Sherlock and the Hobbit, I’m now contractually obliged to appear in everything you ever do, shall do, have done, have so much as considered doing – don’t you understand, we go together like bangers and mash, like cream tea and scones, like a put-upon everyman character actor and a big posh flamboyant manic pixie dream boy with cheekbones you could balance a BAFTA on.
Is it a man? Is it several hyper-intelligent cats sitting on one another’s shoulders wearing a latex man-suit? Or is it an incredibly sexy horse that’s learned to walk on its hind legs and talk very very very fast?
“Martin”: Um … sorry, could you repeat all that please?
“Benedict”: No time, get down with me beneath this desk.
“Martin”: Why? Is there someone going to try to kill us or something? Or …
“Benedict”: [dramatic low voice] No, we just need to get uncomfortably close to one other and gaze homoerotically into each other’s eyes. Can you feel the tension? Can you? Can you … do you want to give me a little kiss? Oh you mustn’t - I’m an alabaster Adonis, don’t touch me!
“Martin”: Um, yeah, OK. Erm, bit weird, er … but still, less annoying than that Gervais guy. Erm, look, erm … how much longer is this going to go on for?
“Benedict”: For the rest of your life.
“Martin”: What?
“Benedict”: Now, if you don’t mind, I have to exit dramatically through a window or something, for no reason other than it looks fantastic. Goodbye for now, put-upon everyman character actor. Remember my name.
“Martin”: *sighs* Ahhhh - I’ll never forget you, Bumblebee Cuttlefish!
“Martin”: Oh, er, you know, I’m just, you know, er … gazing despairingly at the camera like a perplexed hamster, as is my duty as the put-upon everyman character.
“Ricky Gervais”: Well, well, you know, just to whisper in your shell-like [?] *laughs raucously* - the new guy starts today. I said you could show him the ropes.
“Martin”: Fine, er … when’s he coming?
“Benedict”: [Sherlock voice] I’ve been observing you from the reception area for the last half an hour. That is to say, I’m already here. Don’t feel bad for not noticing me sooner. When I stand very still and don’t speak, I can easily be mistaken for an incredibly ornate and attractive hat stand. The kind you find in an antique shop that doesn’t have any price tags. Don’t touch - you can’t afford. Hello.
“Martin”: Good … er … yeah, good gracious. Erm, what are you?
“Benedict”: My name is long and ridiculous, like my face. They call me Benedict Cumberbatch.
*fairy tale harp chords* [medieval choral chant] Ben-ne-dict Cum-ber-baaatch!
“Benedict”: Don’t worry, that always happens.
“Martin”: Uh, OK, right, yeah. Um, OK, well, so, let’s give you the tour. Well, we’ve got, you know, the photocopier here …
“Benedict”: Pish, posh, and Duchy biscuits. You don’t think I actually care about your tedious office, do you?
“Martin”: Well, no, but I sort of imagined you’re here because -
“Benedict”: Oh, you beautifully obtuse little turnip of a man. I’m here because after Sherlock and the Hobbit, I’m now contractually obliged to appear in everything you ever do, shall do, have done, have so much as considered doing – don’t you understand, we go together like bangers and mash, like cream tea and scones, like a put-upon everyman character actor and a big posh flamboyant manic pixie dream boy with cheekbones you could balance a BAFTA on.
Is it a man? Is it several hyper-intelligent cats sitting on one another’s shoulders wearing a latex man-suit? Or is it an incredibly sexy horse that’s learned to walk on its hind legs and talk very very very fast?
“Martin”: Um … sorry, could you repeat all that please?
“Benedict”: No time, get down with me beneath this desk.
“Martin”: Why? Is there someone going to try to kill us or something? Or …
“Benedict”: [dramatic low voice] No, we just need to get uncomfortably close to one other and gaze homoerotically into each other’s eyes. Can you feel the tension? Can you? Can you … do you want to give me a little kiss? Oh you mustn’t - I’m an alabaster Adonis, don’t touch me!
“Martin”: Um, yeah, OK. Erm, bit weird, er … but still, less annoying than that Gervais guy. Erm, look, erm … how much longer is this going to go on for?
“Benedict”: For the rest of your life.
“Martin”: What?
“Benedict”: Now, if you don’t mind, I have to exit dramatically through a window or something, for no reason other than it looks fantastic. Goodbye for now, put-upon everyman character actor. Remember my name.
“Martin”: *sighs* Ahhhh - I’ll never forget you, Bumblebee Cuttlefish!
somelikeitpink:
According to Arwel he laughed so much because the troops seen in the background - they were training. And well everyone knows that they are not allowed to move in a way that they aren’t supposed to.
So they all walked past, and you could watch how one after another did a double take and had a hard time not turning their heads to look when they realised who was standing there. So they just kept staring as long as they could out of the corner of their eyes…
"I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. ‘I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on… ’ And I’ve got blinds in my flat!"
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"Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don’t see yourself."(o.O)
“My work is for the public and my life is for myself”
— Benedict Cumberbatch - Oz Comic Con (via cumberbitchen)
"… for no one else. That’s it. And I understand that people are interested. And as you know, my problem is that I probably overshare a bit too much. So, the media loves playing with that. The media loves to sort of throw things back at me or say that I said things that weren’t said in anything other than jest, as like a statement of fact. And those are weird things. The lack of control or perception and I can’t be in a room and make a joke like I can with nearly a thousand of you and I will be understood as well as I can by you, as I can by one journalist and one editor who goes ‘ah that’s the quote. put that up. and then we have something we can race him on’.(?) And that’s a bit … that just gets boring. But it’s part of a very privileged existence, so I wear it lightly now. I used to go get very cut up (?) about it but I couldn’t care less anymore. … And the amount of cut-and-paste-jobs that are done. You all know it as well. You can spot it. It is very easy to see if someone’s actually been in a room with me or if someone has just gone ‘ah we use that clipping and that clipping and that quote and and ooh he did that - we’ll use that!’ … and they get paid to do that, which is a slightly gruelling thing. […].”
— Benedict Cumberbatch - Oz Comic Con (via cumberbitchen)
"… for no one else. That’s it. And I understand that people are interested. And as you know, my problem is that I probably overshare a bit too much. So, the media loves playing with that. The media loves to sort of throw things back at me or say that I said things that weren’t said in anything other than jest, as like a statement of fact. And those are weird things. The lack of control or perception and I can’t be in a room and make a joke like I can with nearly a thousand of you and I will be understood as well as I can by you, as I can by one journalist and one editor who goes ‘ah that’s the quote. put that up. and then we have something we can race him on’.(?) And that’s a bit … that just gets boring. But it’s part of a very privileged existence, so I wear it lightly now. I used to go get very cut up (?) about it but I couldn’t care less anymore. … And the amount of cut-and-paste-jobs that are done. You all know it as well. You can spot it. It is very easy to see if someone’s actually been in a room with me or if someone has just gone ‘ah we use that clipping and that clipping and that quote and and ooh he did that - we’ll use that!’ … and they get paid to do that, which is a slightly gruelling thing. […].”
behind the scenes
86th Annual Academy Awards
I am so fucking proud right now..and i think we all are. Ben you are amazing man ...amazing 5 year old jerk with big heart
"Benedict Cumberbatch has won the Oscars, and the internet." (x)
ifimamonkey:
"guys benedict cumberbatch has the third most ‘social mentions’ from all the people in the oscars AND HE WASN’T EVEN NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING.
I’ve never been so proud
"guys benedict cumberbatch has the third most ‘social mentions’ from all the people in the oscars AND HE WASN’T EVEN NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING.
I’ve never been so proud
“He has the best name ever, Benedict Cumberbatch.”
— Ellen introducing presenter Benedict Cumberbatch to the stage (viadeductives)
— Ellen introducing presenter Benedict Cumberbatch to the stage (viadeductives)
The cast and crew of ‘12 Years a Slave’ celebrate after winning the Best Picture award onstage during the 86th Annual Academy Awards
“And now all the boys who laughed at him for going off and doing his plays are probably a little bit annoyed.”
— Laurence Fox on Benedict Cumberbatch. [x]
— Laurence Fox on Benedict Cumberbatch. [x]
“If it hadn’t already clicked for the entire audience that John and Sherlock are pretty much an old, cranky, married couple, and they still didn’t get it after this episode, I’m pretty sure they’re just doomed to miss the point of this show forever. See, to translate, when Sherlock says, “You’re my only friend,” what he actually means to say is “John, I love you, because you are the only person in the universe who will not blink when I come into the flat with a harpoon and covered in what may or may not be human blood, help me break into a top-secret military base, allow me to drug your coffee, and will still talk to me the morning after. Let’s make friendship bracelets and run into the sunset, but instead of holding hands, we will be chasing a serial killer.”
— Julia Hass, cliqueclacktv (via nigelbruce)
— Julia Hass, cliqueclacktv (via nigelbruce)
“[Sherlock] shouldn’t be someone you want to cosy up with. You should feel compelled by his company, but you should really know how dangerous he is.”
— Benedict Cumberbatch - Radio Times (via iwantbenedictcumberbatch)
“He’s not a sociopath, nor is he high-functioning. He’d really like to be a sociopath. But he’s so fucking not. The wonderful drama of Sherlock Holmes is that he’s aspiring to this extraordinary standard. He is at root an absolutely ordinary man with a very, very big brain. He’s repressed his emotions, his passions, his desires, in order to make his brain work better — in itself, a very emotional decision, and it does suggest that he must be very emotional if he thinks emotions get in the way. I just think Sherlock Holmes must be bursting!”
— -Steven Moffat (cool interview here)
Oh this is great
(via freakinfreeman)
— -Steven Moffat (cool interview here)
Oh this is great
(via freakinfreeman)
Starfury Elementary convention
(x)"Looking good there, Benedict! ;)
SOURCE: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-draws-6688556"
SOURCE: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-draws-6688556"
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"Starfury: Elementary Photo Post (Part 2)
A selection of my photos of Benedict from the convention this weekend.
It’ll take me several days to sort through all my photos, so if you want to know when the full set are online I suggest following me as I’ll post an announcement when they’re all up.
Credit: Abby_I/Emma Marie’s Photos
Please credit if altering my photos & do not remove the watermarks. Thanks. :)"
"Starfury: Elementary Photo Post (Part 2)
A selection of my photos of Benedict from the convention this weekend.
It’ll take me several days to sort through all my photos, so if you want to know when the full set are online I suggest following me as I’ll post an announcement when they’re all up.
Credit: Abby_I/Emma Marie’s Photos
Please credit if altering my photos & do not remove the watermarks. Thanks. :)"
“[Mycroft] hasn’t got the heart of a poet, which is what Sherlock has, really. […] There’s tremendous romance in Sherlock Holmes.”
— Mark Gatiss (via taikova)
— Mark Gatiss (via taikova)
Benedict Cumberbatch and Amanda Abbington at the Apple Store Q&A
Benedict Cumberbatch and the Sign of Four (or is it Three?)
Apple Store Q&A
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"I think this is my fave photo I took tonight. This was his reaction to Martin saying his advice was bullshit He’s so adorable" |
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"Benedict giggling about willies, Martin acting the dirty old Hobbit and attempting to decipher a Russian shouting advice/abuse/soup recipes.
Ladies and gentlemen the cream of British television.
I had a jolly good time, what did everyone else think? I’ve had worse birthday-eves…
Shame about the lack of autographs outside but you can’t win them all.
You’re welcome to share the pics just don’t remove the watermark :D "
"Benedict giggling about willies, Martin acting the dirty old Hobbit and attempting to decipher a Russian shouting advice/abuse/soup recipes.
Ladies and gentlemen the cream of British television.
I had a jolly good time, what did everyone else think? I’ve had worse birthday-eves…
Shame about the lack of autographs outside but you can’t win them all.
You’re welcome to share the pics just don’t remove the watermark :D "
“It was a beautiful few days on a lovely set, with lovely people and we got to watch Ben do a monologue… We were just playing games between takes while he was having a nervous breakdown.” — Martin Freeman - on filming the best man speech (x) (via freakinfreeman) |
“So she’s become one of a very small select band of people he absolutely trusts. And he adores Molly, of course he does. He loves her. I don’t think she has the same sort of crush on him anymore. She’s fascinated by him, but she knows that’s not who she actually wants to end up with. She properly cares about him — and gets angry at him, and tells him off. It’s revealing that she’s in his mind palace. She’s one of the people he keeps himself up to the mark with.”
Steven Moffat - Interview
Steven Moffat - Interview
“He did stuff in those scenes that he does at home, or when he’s mucking about. Like in the episode when someone says “Mr. Holmes” and he points at Sherlock and whistles, that’s my favorite bit. Martin does that a lot. Martin and Ben bounce off each other so beautifully, they just do.”
-- Amanda Abbington on the stag night scene (x)
-- Amanda Abbington on the stag night scene (x)
Season 3 episode 1
This episode was just unbelievable ...I have no words .It was funny and emotional -it has everything what we needed! IT WAS LIKE FANFICTION
(If you see some of your pics or gifs tell me)
(If you see some of your pics or gifs tell me)
And in this moment we all died and we all wanted to be Louise Brealey ..