Jump to content

Benedict Cumberbatch News

Ruthyone

By Ruthyone
in Cast & Crew

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 3.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Alex the Dabbler
Alex the Dabbler

BC won another award, this time the TV Choice best actor award, which he arranged for his parents to accept (Sherlock also won the best drama award ):   http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-09/be

J.P.
J.P.

Someone did. I think this set of gifs summarize it quite well.

J.P.
J.P.

I love what Ben's face is doing when he tries not to laugh.

Posted Images

SherlockedCAMPer Consulting Detective

SherlockedCAMPer

Posted
Posted

Yes I've noticed that on a few of her dresses.

Carol the Dabbler Consulting Detective

Carol the Dabbler

Posted
Posted

Hey, terrific -- wonder who makes her dresses?

 

 

I have not watched the Smiley interview, but I have two comments on that sort of fuss:

 

1.  Isn't what the person is saying more important than how they say it?  This is comedically demonstrated in The Office by Ricky Gervais's character, David Brent, who seems to believe that what he says is not racist, sexist, etc., as long as he just uses the politically-correct words.

 

2.  The "correct" word for many things seems to change every few years.  I have personally lived through at least five different "correct" terms for Americans whose ancestors came from sub-Saharan Africa:  Colored, Negro, Black, Afro-American, and African-American.  I finally got tired of switching, and reverted to saying "Black" (which seems only fair since I have apparently been considered "White" all along).  Each of these words was absolutely correct at the time, as witnessed by surviving names like the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)* and UNCF (United Negro College Fund)* .

 

* Neither organization commonly uses its full name nowadays, but see the copyright notice at the bottom of their respective web pages.

SherlockedCAMPer Consulting Detective

SherlockedCAMPer

Posted
Posted

My understanding is that most people of African descent no matter if they are modern immigrants or date back to the slave trade preferred to be called black (at least in MN). This is according to my friend who is married to a black guy.

  • Like 1
sfmpco Consulting Detective

sfmpco

Posted
Posted

Hey, terrific -- wonder who makes her dresses?

 

 

 

She has worn Erdem on at least 3 red carpet occasions.  She does love those pockets!

sittything Consulting Detective

sittything

Posted
Posted

Dresses with pockets are fabulous.  If every dress I owned had pockets I'd be in heaven.  :wub:

  • Like 2
sfmpco Consulting Detective

sfmpco

Posted
Posted

I'm sure Ben has given her carte blanche (sp?) on whatever  dresses she wants to buy plus I suspect she has lots of people in his circles who have lots of ideas how to style her for red carpet appearances.

J.P. Consulting Detective

J.P.

Posted
Posted

 

Tyrell also reveals that it wasn't only Cumberbatch's acting that impressed him, it was also his art. "He painted some magnificent portraits. 

"In fact, I think the artist side of him impressed some people even more than his acting."

 

Oh God, please - no. Don't let him be THAT interesting... I cant't handle that... I don't want to...  cry1.gif

  • Like 3
sfmpco Consulting Detective

sfmpco

Posted
Posted

He has said in a few articles that he wished he had more time to spend painting.

Tunguska Detective Chief Inspector

Tunguska

Posted
Posted

I once heard someone refer to a Somalian woman as an 'African American' out of political correctness or something. Oh, come on, really?

 

I also knew a guy who was nicknamed (by himself, to distinguish himself from Other Bob) what would translate to 'Bob the Negro'.

 

It's a fine line to thread and it's usually easiest to just see no cause to refer to skin colour at all.

Bendydoodle Cantaloupe Consulting Detective

Bendydoodle Cantaloupe

Posted
Posted

Yeah, and a lot of my teachers have said that they've had kids of colour in their classrooms who wanted to be called black because they were Jamaican, or Puerto Rican, or from some other country with people of colour that isn't a country in Africa.

  • Like 1
Boton Consulting Detective

Boton

Posted
Posted

I once heard someone refer to a Somalian woman as an 'African American' out of political correctness or something. Oh, come on, really?

 

I also knew a guy who was nicknamed (by himself, to distinguish himself from Other Bob) what would translate to 'Bob the Negro'.

 

It's a fine line to thread and it's usually easiest to just see no cause to refer to skin colour at all.

 

It's really difficult sometimes.  I teach college history, and generally I make a practice of using the terminology for whatever that is specific to the era we are talking about, so long as it's clean.  So, for example, I might use the term "co-eds" to refer to female college students in the 1950s, even though we wouldn't use that today.  Trying to navigate the proper terms for minority populations and people of color while being respectful of modern sensibilities is really a challenge some days.

  • Like 3
Arcadia Consulting Detective

Arcadia

Posted
Posted

Benedict - a great young actor and also portrait artist

Well, frack, now I want to see one of his paintings.

 

Oh God, please - no. Don't let him be THAT interesting... I cant't handle that... I don't want to...  cry1.gif

A burden we must all bear, I'm afraid.... :D

 

...  So, for example, I might use the term "co-eds" to refer to female college students in the 1950s, even though we wouldn't use that today....

Oh, great. Well, that's good to know, what term ARE we using now? (Actually, I never understood why we women were the "co-eds" to begin with....)

  • Like 2
sfmpco Consulting Detective

sfmpco

Posted
Posted

Yep!  I want to see his artwork too, but artwork is very personal, so I could see why he might not want to share it.  Heaven knows you don't want to draw any more criticism to yourself that necessary.

Boton Consulting Detective

Boton

Posted
Posted

 

 

 

...  So, for example, I might use the term "co-eds" to refer to female college students in the 1950s, even though we wouldn't use that today....

Oh, great. Well, that's good to know, what term ARE we using now? (Actually, I never understood why we women were the "co-eds" to begin with....)

 

 

Well, I think we're just using "women."  :-)  But I think the term co-ed came about, as you obviously know, from "co-education."  Since the assumption back in the day was that higher education was for men, the women who made an institution co-educational would then be "co-eds."  

  • Like 2
SherlockedCAMPer Consulting Detective

SherlockedCAMPer

Posted
Posted

Yep! I want to see his artwork too, but artwork is very personal, so I could see why he might not want to share it. Heaven knows you don't want to draw any more criticism to yourself that necessary.

He has said (in an interview I read/saw some time back) that he creates some artwork that gets donated for charity stuff. If I recall correctly it was drawings versus paintings.

sfmpco Consulting Detective

sfmpco

Posted
Posted

I know he has said that he wished he had more time to paint.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of UseWe have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.Privacy PolicyGuidelines.