Lee GrothOlson had a dream job. courtesy: cumberbuddy.tumblr.com A DREAM JOB. Who? Lee GrothOlson What? A DREAM JOB How? Talent (and location – it’s not just important in real estate, you know.) Why? Benedict Cumberbatch NEEDED her.
“…reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.” Having worked in primary and elementary education for nearly a decade, I have to say one of the traits I admire most about Benedict Cumberbatch is his love of reading. […]
I have to be honest with you. When I first read Benedict’s Top Tunes on Two Paddocks, I didn’t notice anything particularly unusual – UNTIL he wrote about #8: “Hyperballad” by Björk. Americans might remember her for her awards show fashion sense more than her singing:
Hey, hey, hey! In honor of Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday (July 19th, 1976), we at According to Benedict thought it would be fair to give out a present or two to some of the fanbase we have. There is a catch, however! We just don’t give out prizes willy-nilly. So you want to win? Don’t worry, […]
Making the rounds on Twitter today was the news by Dunlop China announcing a 2-year agreement with actor Benedict Cumberbatch to be their spokesperson, with a new ad campaign scheduled to debut in July. Print items feature a sophisticated and dapper image of the man known by Chinese fans as – wait for it – Curly Fu, (thanks to the […]
It’s been awhile since we checked the vintage vault for songs favored by Benedict Cumberbatch, hasn’t it? It’s not completely our fault, you know. He’s been a very busy man lately: filming in Boston with Johnny Depp and Erica McDermott as part of the Whitey Bulger biopic, Black Mass. supporting the Motor Neurone Disease & ALS Associations, asking fans […]
“Alan Turing is not outwardly very sympathetic. He’s brilliant, but the way that Benedict Cumberbatch played him showed us these guys found the right level of vulnerability, genius and the arrogance of the character, too.” – Harvey Weinstein. Although Cumberbatch is known for playing intelligent characters and cheekily says himself that he’s a crowd pleaser, […]
I’m sure it has caught your eye before: that pretty leather and wire bracelet Benedict wears most of the time. It can even be spotted at awards when he’s dressed to the nines. We’ll probably never know the personal story behind Benedict’s bracelet but it has an interesting history of its own. The bracelet is called […]
In 1966, screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry came up with a new TV series that would become one of the most popular and successful franchises in science fiction: Star Trek. Set about 300 years in the future, “The Original Series” followed the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the starship Enterprise […]
“It’s a terrifying prospect to have a completely functioning mind inside a body that locks you in, that keeps you stationary.” – Benedict Cumberbatch http://vimeo.com/82024808 In 2013, Vertigo Films released Hawking: A Brief History of Mine, an authorized documentary about Stephen Hawking, the famous English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. The film opened […]
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