Courtesy AMPAS In preparation for the 2013 Academy Awards telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (“a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures” – Wikipedia) created a gallery of actors who would be presenting Oscars during the telecast. Benedict Cumberbatch would be paired with Jennifer Garner during the […]
Courtesy BBC “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” – Vincent van Gogh Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat 1887 – Metropolitan Museum of Art “If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends.” – Vincent […]
Courtesy Dreamworks “They fight a war and they don’t know what for. Isn’t that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different color uniform and speaks a different language?” ― Michael Morpurgo, War Horse The 100th anniversary of World War […]
“Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.” – Benedict Cumberbatch via @ScreenSlam interview at 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Cumberbatch also discusses what he enjoys about voice-over work in animation, his character in The Penguins of Madagascar, his busy schedule, living in the […]
To celebrate the weekend, especially one that includes Peter Jackson AND Benedict Cumberbatch appearing at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, it seems appropriate to raise a glass to these fine folks – and the fact you made it through another week.
During a Q&A with MTV’s Josh Horowitz Thursday after the DreamWorks Animation panel for “Penguins of Madagascar” at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, Benedict Cumberbatch confirmed that he would be back in Hall H on Saturday for “The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies” panel. Of course, attendees and Hobbit fans will be excited to see director […]
“Tristan and Isolde with the Potion” J.W. Waterhouse “Prelude to Tristan and Isolde” – Richard Wagner “Yes, it’s widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, notable for Wagner’s advanced use of chromaticism, tonality, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension… But it just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Reminds me of […]
On Series 4 of Interview with the Fanpire, we at According to Benedict, travel far to a northern region of the UK Isles (if we are doing our geography correctly) to Ireland. In Ireland we find lucky charms, rocky coastal cliffs, emerald diamonds, and potatoes. But the real charm here is creator of Ireland’s first […]
The Stone Roses (courtesy coolalbumreview.com) “I Am the Resurrection” and “Fools Gold” by the Stone Roses “…they stand side by side on the album and are inseparably brilliant. I went to Manchester University partly on an insane surge of nostalgia from when I discovered these mischievous mancs and their Madchester ways! God bless the Happy Mondays and Joy Division and all the other Tony Wilson ‘Factory’ recorded bands.” – […]
From Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford: “The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it. It had made him reach a point at which he would no longer stand unbearable things.” “In every man there are two minds that work side by […]
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