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понедельник, 26 мая 2014

22:37

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Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

То ли солнышко, то ли...ерунда какая-то. Какие-то пятна, похожие на маленькие ожоги. В самых неожиданных и даже странных местах.
На солнечные ожоги не похоже, на ожоги от травы тоже.
Лето, ты пришло?

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воскресенье, 25 мая 2014

20:55

MonacoBatch

Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

25 мая 2014 г. посетил очередной этап гонок Формула-1 в Монако.

И снова был интервьюером - брал интервью у победителей гонки после награждения.

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93 фото и 2 видео

@темы: видео, фото, F1, Benedict Cumberbatch, FormuleOneBatch, MonacoBatch

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пятница, 23 мая 2014

21:57

Hamlet 2015

Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

The Barbican Centre

Hamlet
directed by Lyndsey Turner
starring Benedict Cumberbatch
6 August–31 October 2015

Tickets:to be confirmed
Exact dates: to be confirmed

Tickets are not yet on sale.
Priority booking for Red Members: Fri 1 Aug, 10am
Priority booking for Orange Members: Mon 4 Aug, 10am
General on-sale: Mon 11 Aug, 10am

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20:42

Jane Austen "Mansfield Park"

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Радиоспектакль "Мейнсфилд парк" по роману Джейн Остин был поставлен в 2003 г.
Бенедикт Камбербэтч играет Эдмунда Бертрана.

Mansfield Park part 1
Mansfield Park part 2
Mansfield Park Part 3
Mansfield Park part 4
Mansfield Park part 5
Mansfield Park part 6
Mansfield Park part 7
Mansfield Park part 8
Mansfield Park part 9
Mansfield Park part 10

запись создана: 12.05.2014 в 17:48

@темы: театр, Benedict Cumberbatch, радио, Mainsfield Park, другие проекты

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10:21

‪#‎SaveOurGuys‬

Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

Перепост.

Друзья, просим вас присоединиться к петиции в СБУ с просьбой освободить Марата Сайченко и Олега Сидякина. Важна каждая подпись. Вместе мы сможем вернуть ребят домой!

Подписать петицию.

От вас ничего особенно не требуется, просто зайти по ссылке, подписать петицию. Это займет от силы 2 минуты. И спасёт жизни.

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07:11

Доступ к записи ограничен

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Закрытая запись, не предназначенная для публичного просмотра

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вторник, 20 мая 2014

11:07

Факты о Бенедикте, рассказаные самим Бенедиктом

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Факты о Бенедикте, рассказанные им самим

запись создана: 17.04.2014 в 15:08

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08:31

Бенедикт Камбербэтч на Chelsea Flower Show 2014

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19 мая открытие Chelsea Flower Show.
Среди гостей, которые будут открывать фестиваль - Её Величество Елизавета II.
А также Бенедикт Камбербэтч и Ванда Вентхем.

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осторожно - Babybatch!

фото и видео

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08:21

Бенедикт Камбербэтч на вечере памяти Питера О'Тула

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18 мая в театре Old Vic состоялся вечер памяти Питера O'Тула.
Всё, что известно об этом мероприятии, что Бенедикт присутствовал там, рассказал о своей первой встречи с О'Тулом.

Ashes of Peter O’Toole kept safe in Aras as Cumberbatch and Spacey pay tribute

статья в Irish Post
The ashes of acting legend Peter O’Toole currently reside with the President of Ireland in Áras an Uachtaráin ready to be scattered near his daughter’s home in Co Galway later this year.
Kate O’Toole revealed the plans for her late father’s remains at a special memorial concert hosted at the Old Vic in London over the weekend.
Still Loitering – A Celebration of the life and work of Peter Seamus O’Toole brought acting finery from across the globe to O’Toole’s favourite London theatre venue on Sunday, May 18 – among them Kevin Spacey, Stephen Fry, Sinead Cusack and Benedict Cumberbatch.
President Higgins and wife Sabina, both long-term friends of the actor, were special guests for the occasion.
Actors Stephen Rea and Omar Shariff were among the 350 guests who attended the rambunctious showcase of words and acting which brought together friends, family and fans of the man whom ‘everybody loved’.
Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer was also in the crowd for the celebratory collaboration.
Under the hilarious direction of MC Barry Cryer, those closest to O’Toole bade a final farewell to the Galway-born actor, who rose to fame following his role in Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 and enjoyed a consistently successful career until his passing in December 2013.
Sinéad Cusack read A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by John Dune, which she described as a ‘fitting love poem’ on a day celebrating the man ‘everybody loved’.
“All I was was an adoring fan who sat at Peter’s feet gazing awestruck at the legend,” she added. Elsewhere Old Vic Artistic Director Kevin Spacey gave a series of expletive-ridden anecdotes from his years spent ‘learning’ from the industry stalwart, who remained a regular at the Old Vic right up until his death, with a tendency to tell Spacey ‘exactly what he thought’ of each and every performance.
Sharing his unshakable affection for the Irish actor, Spacey added: “As long as this theatre is standing his spirit is alive and well, in this very building.”
With the likes of Fergus Slattery, Trevor Eve and Albert Finney also on the bill, the tributes came thick, fast and emotionally, but the laughter never stopped.
But it was daughter Kate who gave the audience the most up to date account of O’Toole’s journey, sharing the news that his body lay in state in a north London morgue alongside that of London criminal Ronnie Biggs, ahead of his funeral last December.
“That would have tickled him,” she added, before revealing that his ashes are currently residing with his ’very good friend ‘President Higgins, until the family buries them later this year.
“They will be buried near my place in Galway overlooking the sea and the islands where his roots were,” she explained. “The west of Ireland was the most important place in the world to him.”
The occasion was also used to launch the Peter O’Toole prize, an annual prize which will be given to two young actors from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, including a professional contract at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, where O’Toole launched his own career.
It was revealed by Stephen Fry, who claimed the prize ‘expressed’ Peter’s passion for young people and ‘keeping the art of the theatre alive’.
The showcase closed with a series of musical numbers, including The Galway Girl by Mundy and Sharon Shannon and a choir-led version of The Parting Glass, which brought a poignant end to a rousing afternoon.

Larger than life actor Peter O’Toole remembered at Old Vic

статья в The Irish Times

The ashes of Peter O’Toole, the larger than life Irish actor who died in December, will make a final journey to the West of Ireland this year. For now, however, they are in the safe hands of an old friend, President Michael D Higgins, in Áras an Uachtaráin.
Several hundred actors including Kevin Spacey, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons gathered in the Old Vic theatre in London yesterday for Still Loitering, a celebration of O’Toole’s life and work.
There, too, was Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor who played Sherif Ali of the Harith in David Lean’s 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia, the film that has defined both men in the more than 50 years that have elapsed since.
However, the guest of honour was Mr Higgins, a friend of Mr O’Toole since 1969, who travelled from Dublin with his wife, Sabina – though his custody of the late actor’s ashes was unknown until it was revealed by O’Toole’s daughter, Kate.
“I brought my father’s ashes home to Ireland where they are currently in safe deposit with the President, who is minding them for me until I get a chance to return home to fulfil his wishes,” she said.
O’Toole, who had a house in Clifden for 30 years, will “be buried near my place in Galway overlooking the sea and the islands where his roots were. The west of Ireland was the most important place in the world to him.”
Everything about O’Toole was theatrical, larger than life; never ordinary. In death, he lay “in repose” in a north London funeral home. Next to him lay bank robber Ronnie Biggs. “He would have been tickled pink,” laughed his daughter.
Everywhere there were stories. Through the laughter, and there was much of it, there were tears, too. Albert Finney broke down, remembering that they joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London together in 1953. Trevor Eve, too, had a catch in his throat.
Preparing for the role of TE Lawrence, her father had read Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, where Lawrence had written that “the dreamers of the day are dangerous men because they may act out their dreams with open eyes”.
“My father took those words to heart when he was studying for the role. But I am sure that he understood long before he read them,” said his daughter, “The world has lost a great actor, no doubt. But I am not concerned about that – I have simply lost a great dad.”
Apologising in advance to Sr Agnes Curley, a friend of O’Toole’s, film star Benedict Cumberbatch went on to tell a story about his first meeting with O’Toole, which ended with colourful expletives from the departed actor.
In his speech, Mr Higgins said he had come to honour “the life and work and Peter Seamus O’Toole”, a man of “immense charm, grace, intelligence and eloquence”, whose friendship he missed every day since his passing.
Turning to Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey, the artistic director of the Old Vic for the last decade, Mr Higgins said: “In Clifden, where Peter lived, the first thing a speaker might do is thank the parish priest for the use of the hall, so thank you”.
“We all know that time spent in Peter’s company could never be described as monotonous. He transformed the most routine or mundane experience into exciting drama,” said Mr Higgins.
O’Toole was “so self-consciously Irish”, though it “may have hurt”, Mr Higgins told the audience, when he was rejected in the early days of his career by the Abbey Theatre’s drama school “on the grounds that he could not speak Irish”.
In time, however, he performed Beckett, O’Casey and Shaw, before playing the role of Jim Larkin in RTÉ’s Strumpet City, the story of the 1913 Lockout. “In terms of his identity and his convictions it was very rewarding for Peter.”
The Old Vic was an appropriate place to bid farewell to O’Toole, the stage where he took his final curtain in the lead role of Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell – a performance that is today still spoken of in hushed tones by actors.
However, the memory will live on in the Peter O’Toole Prize, which will pay the wages of new actors in the Bristol Old Vic – the place O’Toole went to in search of a break when it was denied to him by the Abbey.
Following Mr Higgins’s election to the presidency, O’Toole – a passionate lover of rugby – had written a note of congratulations to him, “impishly suggesting that we could both get good seats at the Six Nations test matches”.
“I miss him,” said Mr Higgins. “To have had his friendship was a great gift. I imagine Peter’s soul walking the Sky Road in Clifden, on guard against the return of the rabbits [who damaged his garden]”, still coaching cricket and still shouting at the television.”

A MEMORIAL FOR PETER O'TOOLE

Кевин Спейси, сестра Агнесса, Бенедикт; Бенедикт и Альберт Финни.

статья в Trey Speegle
How do you untangle a life? I’m in London for Peter O’Toole‘s Memorial celebration. How do I tell you about why I’m here, somewhat briefly. The simple answer is Kate O’Toole invited me. So, we’ll start there. My good friend Kate, who’s father was the famous Peter, has been untangling her father’s life and tying up loose ends since his death last December at age 81. She has been working on this production like crazy and I wanted to come and support her and see her Dad off. I had met him a dozen years ago and we all had fun time in LA in 2007 when he was up for his 8th Oscar and lost again (they gave him an honorary one a few years before.) Anyway, I’m staying in his house with her and a few friends and yesterday was the big day that Kate and legions have been working on non-stop.
It started with the arrival of Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, who was an old friend of Peter’s, as well as Kate’s. The lineup of guests and speakers were impressive, including Earl Spencer (Diana’s brother) Jeremy Irons (his wife, Sinead Cusack is in Other Desert Cities with Martha Plimpton, who is also there) but even moreso in action, were the speakers. Benedict Cumberbatch – who was at college with Peter’s young son, Lorcan O'Toole. He said that Lorcan had brought Benedict (I think it's "Benny" to meet his Dad. In sight of all but out of earshot, everyone could see them talking and sudden Peter said "CUNT!" really loudly. Afterward, everyone asked if Peter O'Toole had just called him a cunt and he said, "No, but if he had, I would put it on my gravestone." Nice opener.
In between, we got President Michael D. Higgins in a wonderful, personal tribute, and an overcome 79 year-old Albert Finney, who began by choking back the tears to say that he and Peter were at school together at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in ’53, which he asked to the ceiling “was just a week ago, right?” The theatre where the event was being held, The Old Vic, was where Peter worshipped and was worshipped through 5 decades. Kevin Spacey, the former artistic director there was in rare form (the President joked that he hoped that Francis Underwood, Spacey’s character on House of Cards, had no aspirations to his post, to which Kevin replied later in his remarks that the President had no worries, as Underwood was eying Vatican City and saw no reason there shouldn’t be a Francis the second. He had wonderful stories to tell about the Old Vic and interactions with P’OT over the years. I’ll tell you the best one:
When it was being announced that Kevin Spacey would become the new Artistic Director of the Old Vic in 2003, Kevin asked Peter if he would come to a morning press conference at the theatre, to which Peter replied, “Fuck off!!” So, he tried again by asking if he would possibly come to an evening performance to kick-off the announcement, to which he got, “There’s rugby this afternoon, if my team wins I’ll come, otherwise, Fuck off!” So, the morning came and went and Spacey got no word and the at the beginning of the performance that night the stage manager came to him to say, “Mr. O’Toole is here.” So, Peter came onstage and they had a nice interaction and they went off stage together. So, they are standing together in the wings, as Elton John and Courtney Love are now singing, “The Bitch Is Back”. Courtney has persuaded Elton to let her wear his 70s duck outfit. So, Kevin is watching Peter’s expression run the gamut from A to Z and back again as Courtney decides to, without mentioning to anyone prior, that she would do a strip tease out of her duck costume as they are singing. Peter after watching her for half a minute exclaimed, “SHE’S A GOOD DUCK!”
There were SO many other great stories that this could become a 10,000 word New Yorker piece, so I’ll not go on and on but one does start with actor John Standing, reciting Noel Coward‘s “I Went To A Marvelous Party”, and later contained John’s imitation of Peter saying in Ireland, just up the road from a convent, “Have you ever fucked a nun before?” It finished by one nun, Sister Agnes Curly, all 4’10″ of her, refuting the story in front of an adoring crowd. If she were a stand-up, you would say that “she killed”.
It was a wonderful tribute with actual sword fights, bawdy humor, and tons of appreciation for a great man that we all loved. It wasn’t one of those show-off, one upsmanship affairs, which are tedious and annoying. Memorials are truly for the living because the dead don’t care, of course, but this one hit all the right notes and painted a picture of a life well-lived in every way possible. Omar Sharif was there (just barely) and several others could not attend because of work commitments like Dame Judi Dench and the great Derek Jacobi (who was in I, Claudius with Kate’s Mom, Sian Philips, as well as Laertes to Peter’s Hamlet at the Old Vic in '63) I was honored myself to be invited at all, let alone to be seated front row center. It WAS a memorial – but it was also one HELL of a show. Kate’s reprise of the eulogy she gave at the funeral put a deeply personal note on the symphony:
To prepare for the role of TE Lawrence, Dad had read Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”, where Lawrence had written that “…the dreamers of the day are dangerous men because they may act out their dreams with open eyes. This I did.” “My father took those words to heart when he was studying for the role. But I am sure he understood them long before he ever read them. The world has lost a great actor, no doubt, but I’m not concerned about that – I have simply lost a great dad.” She went on to say, “I brought my father’s ashes home to Ireland where they are currently in safe deposit with the President, who is minding them for me until I get a chance to return home to fulfil his wishes. He’ll be buried near my place in Galway overlooking the sea and the islands where his roots lie. The west of Ireland was the most important place in the world to him.”
It was beautiful, moving and perfect. And as Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins said in his speech, “O’Toole was destined to be a star, and when he was a boy he had written in his notebook:
"‘I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.’”
Afterward, there was a great party for 100 or so at Peter’s member’s only club, The Garrick. Without too much explanation, suffice to say, if the Queen had a pub/ club, it would be The Garrick. (Although, she would be the only female member as it doesn’t allow women in as members, only as guests.) Look at the joint. The greatest actors of their time have belonged for nearly 200 years, and many of their portraits now hang in the rooms we were in, including Lawrence Olivier andNoel Coward. We all ate, drank and chatted away 3+ hours in no time. And toward the end, when there were less than 50 of us left, we were treated to a song that Sister Agnes wrote and performed just for us. Watch it. And watch out – here comes The Singing Nun, 2014. (The audio is a bit bad at the beginning, but it gets better. Stay until the end bi if you think she's just a name-dropping nun.)
I’ll end this with a video commentary Peter made for TCM just two years ago when they did a tribute to his career and he put his feet in cement at The Chinese Theater. There were no clips of movies at the memorial or really much film talk at all, but if you haven’t seem some of his most remarkable performances in Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion In Winter or Goodbye, Mister Chips, or you want to revisit them, here is Peter Seamus O’Toole in his own words, with a very fitting ending. He’s gone, but we’ve got him on film, thank God. And, no matter how it was said, everyone that day was saying the same thing, essentially; “Wow. Wasn’t he GREAT and weren’t we damned LUCKY to have known him?” To me, that’s the best that any of us could ever hope for.

Говорят, что на где-то на фото есть Бенедикт.

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понедельник, 19 мая 2014

08:08

BAFTA TV 2014: Мартин Фриман, Аманда Аббингтон, Марк Гейтисс

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Мартин Фриман, Аманда Аббингтон и Марк Гейтисс на церемонии British Academy Television Awards 2014.

Мартин и Аманда

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07:58

Майский вечер в Лондоне

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18 мая Бенедикт был на праздновании первой годовщины театра Park Theatre.

Ведущим церемонии был Йен МакКелен.
Среди гостей был Алан Рикман.
(фото ни с тем, ни с другим нет :depr:

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воскресенье, 18 мая 2014

23:34

GQbatch

Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

В продолжение этого поста

Опубликовано 6 сентября 2011 в журнале GQ - Men Of The Year

новые и старые фото

запись создана: 18.02.2014 в 09:41

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пятница, 16 мая 2014

20:43

Любимые цитаты Бенедикта

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В мае пройдет благотворительный аукцион Cards of Keeps.
Знаменитости подписали дизайнерские открытки, которые потом будут проданы на благотворительном аукционе.
Все средства после аукциона поступят в детский благотворительный фонд Coram.
Coram - это первый благотворительный детский фонд, который занимается правами ребенка.

твиттер Coram
сайт Coram

Бенедикт написал свои любимые цитаты.

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SALE!
Открытка продана за £2,649.00

запись создана: 12.02.2014 в 15:33

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среда, 14 мая 2014

22:42

Королевские встречи: герцог Кембриджский

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2012 г., 9 января
Лондон
Премьера "Боевого коня"

09.01.2012

2014 г., 13 мая
Виндзор
Благотворительный гала-ужин в честь The Royal Marsden Hospital

13.05.2014

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Benedict Cumberbatch by Sarah Dunn

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Старо-новое

фото

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15:31

Fargo Ep.5

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Лестер - держись!
Молли нравится. Хотя... ну понимаю, умная, но вот надо будет попробовать монеткой шуруп открутить. Н-да.

@темы: Fargo

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13:54

Бенедикт Камбербэтч на приёме у герцога Кембриджского

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Гала-ужин в честь The Royal Marsden Hospital, президентом которым является герцог Кембриджский Уильям.

Sherlock Holmes actor Benedict Cumberbatch, dressed in a Ralph Lauren Black Label Peak-Lapel Tuxedo and Dress Shirt.

фото, видео

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понедельник, 12 мая 2014

20:21

Пан Бенедикт - отзывы

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Отзывы людей, которые были на просмотре и Q&A "Маленького одолжения".

cumberenthusiast

So, let’s start from the beginning. It was Sunday, 27th of April when the information that BC is coming to Poland was released. The excitement, the mayhem that followed this information… I knew I have to be there. But how am I going to go to Cracow? The planning, the reading everything Off-related resulted in me going to Cracow to buy a pass that would allow me to pick up a zero-ticket for Little Favour and Q&A with Sunny March. I was incredibly happy, Off volunters were nice, helpful and I really enjoyed talking with them. But on the 7th of May, shit started to go down.
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You see, when I was at the festival center, I asked when the zero-tickets are going to be released. They said that the day before and on the day of the screening. I called them once again on the 6th of May, and they confirmed that information. So I bought the train ticket on the very early hours of Friday and booked a hotel for a Friday/Saturday night. The next day there was an information that the tickets are going to be released a day earlier, both on the internet and at the festival center. Needless to say, I was extremely pissed. I tried to get a ticket online, but with no luck. So, the only thing I could do, was to go to Cracow as I planned and try to get a ticket at the festival center.

I was in Cracow at 8 am, the festival center was open from 10 am. Easy peasy, I was 17th in the queue and everything was in bright pink colours. Met the fans queueing outside with me, talked, had fun. When the Center was about to be opened we formed a nice line, we were quiet and just waited for our turn. The first 5 people went inside. But then it happened. The first 5 came out, incredibly pissed, some even crying. There were no tickets, everything was taken online. We think, that’s impossible, there were 80 tickets to be taken and it’s like 2 minutes afret 10, at most. We argued, tried to explain the whole situation, but we still left empty handed. But hey, tomorrow we’re going to be under the cinema and maybe catch a glimpse of our favourite actor.

The only reason I had fun that day was because I hanged out with newly-made cumberfan friends. We fixed presents for Sunny March, went on a walk, had drinks and it was just awesome. We parted and went to our hotels/homes, tomorrow was going to be a busy day.

We slept about 4 hours, woke up, had a wash, dressed and left for the cinema. We were barely conscious but hey, CUMBERBATCH! We waited, they, as the fan-organizers of the event had full hands. I just moped, because like seriously, they are all going inside and I’m left standing in front of the cinema with last threads of hope to see him. Everything was supposed to start at 11 but there were no signs of the guests. Finally, 20-minutes late they arrived, bu the security didn’t allow any interaction and they were hauled into the cinema immediately. So I moped some more, because I just heard him.

You probably think, yeah, another sad post. But that’s when a complete and total miracle happened. I looked in the direction of the entrance and saw that people without tickets were allowed to come in. Needless to say, I ran the fastest in my life and somehow got in, just in time fot the Little Favour screening. I didn’t believe my luck, I’m still shaking a bit when I think about that. I made it, after all this trouble I made it. Little Favour is even more sunning on the big screen, the applause was thunderous. When the lights were turned back on and the crew were invited to the stage, the giddy excitement was hanging in the air. The now famous quote, “Fuck this shit” was the absolute highlight of the whole event, as it was also a political statement so close to every Polish heart. Please, we love swearing and we hate Putin, so it was the best thing that could happen to us. There were only two or three fan questions, unfortunately, but then the award was given and BC left his palm prints so they can be put in the hall of fame in cracow (we are already planning a pilgrimage to high five those yaoi hands).

Now, I know some peole are terribly mad that he didn’t come out after the Q&A and talk to fans. The thing is, he wanted to, he told the fans he will, he even went in the direction of the crowd, but the security packed him and the rest of the crew to a car and drove away. He was incredibly pissed because of that. I got this information later on, but apparently in the contract he signed with Off was that he’s not allowed any fan meetings/signing autographs/photos with fans. The lucky few caught him when he was out sighseeing the previous night.

So, back to the story. At the Q&A Nick Moran said that his movie is being shown later that day at the cinema near the festival center. Most of the people i hanged out with was like naaaah, I don’t feel like it, but me and three other people bought the tickets because why not, it’s Nick Moran. When we were going to choose our places (the tickets are without any assigned seats) we saw that there are 4 seats reserved. So, naturally, we sat right behind those reserved seats, because why not. And that was a fantastic decision, because right before the movie was about to start we heard fangirl screams outiside and a minute later, the whole of Sunny March came in and ocupied the reserved seats. I was sat right behind Benedict Cumberbatch and Adam Ackland (had some serious urges to reach out and ruffle his hair, it’s SO FLUFFY). Also, a side note to cumberbum, the specs look really good irl, they actually fit him. The pictures lie, all of them. The movie was… absolutely fantastic. And not just because I was sat behind those pretty bastards, it was brutal, sad and ultimately true. If you have an option, go and see it, it’s called The Kid, it’s a book adaptation and it’s gut-wrecking, as a movie about abusive childhood and not only childhood should be. After the movie ended there was a Q&A with Moran, he’s such a nice and witty guy. I also got an autograph and a friend of mine took a picture (still waiting for it) and it was so AWESOME. One of my friens present at The Kid screening asked BC if there is going to be a fan meeting, and heard I hope so. After the screening we went for drinks (and took napkinselfies - lots of confusing profile pictures on fb now). And that’s when I heard that, in fact, we were allowed by BC himself to go and meet with him. So, as we knew in which hotel he stayed in, we went there and waited for him to come down to us. And you know what? He did. It was late, like half past ten, the moon was shining and me and about 20 other fans stood in front of his hotel and talked with him for like 15 minutes (we were not allowed to take any photographs and he didn’t sign anything though). He was super nice, told us that such settings where we just talk and he doesn’t have to sign anything like a machine is so much better, joked with us, (had his blue shirt on so we were happy, we saw a legend), when he heard we gave a present for him to someone from the festival crew he was genuinely interested and promised to look into it. Also, he said that the greatest present we can give him is to give money to a charity of our choice. When we told him we collectively, as polish fans bought the cool to be kind bracelets (about 150 people, maybe even more bought them) he was really moved. After some time he said he has to go and talk with the festival people (they said he mentioned us and was thrilled and very happy because of this meeting - the best information we colud receive) and we waved him goodbye, wished luck and thanked for coming to Poland. Once he was away we screamed, hugged, cried and just let our happiness show. The same night me and about 6 other fans took a bus to Warsaw (slept all the journey - and the next day to be honest).

To summarise: went to Cracow without any hope. Was pissed at the Off-people for their shitty organisational skills, met fantastic people and met Sunny March crew, more than once. Best weekend EVER

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holmesandwhatson

Hello everyone, so this is my account of the Saturday’s Little Favour screening and Q&A

I went there together with my friend, tenlittlebirds, who had managed to buy a special pass and get a “zero ticket” for the screening (which was not that easy because there was a huge interest and only around 800 tickets.). I won my ticket in a contest one week ago. We are both from Warsaw so we decided to go to Krakow on Friday because the screening was planned for Saturday morning. The tickets were (un)fortunately non-numbered so everybody had to wake up early and stand in a queue. We arrived at the cinema at about 7 am and it turned out that there were already about 80 people in front of us. But if you take into account the whole number of seats that was not so bad. Luckily, a small group of lovely fans made a special list with all the names, so we could take a walk and didn’t have to wait in the queue the whole time. About an hour before the meeting we all formed a long, long line along the whole street (you can imagine the faces of those passers-by who didn’t know what was going on

and those without tickets were waiting in front of the cinema. The queue entered the cinema before the arrival of our guests, so we welcomed them inside. I and tenlittlebirds were happily sitting in the 5th row, which was very close to the stage.
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We watched the film and then there was a little talk/interview conducted by Elvis Mitchell. He asked some interesting questions but I read that there will be an official video coverage of the meeting so I think I won’t write everything here because there is too much of it. Generally, Benedict was the one who talked the most

and there was quite much laughter - e.g. the moment I’ve already shared with you here or when one of the guests (I don’t remeber who it was, probably Nick Moran) mentioned Putin’s ban on swearing, to which Benedict quickly reacted: “Fuck. This. Shit.” :p They all shared with us some interesting facts about Little Favour filming and explained why and how they came to Poland (it was Nick Moran who was partly responsible for this

). Oh, and important information: Benedict looked very dapper in his elegant suit and shiny shoes (I really love shiny shoes

After the main interview there were about 3 questions from the audience. The first person asked Benedict how he would define acting (because Kim Cattrall, another guest of the festival, compared it to flying). I found a video with his lovely answer here (thank you to the person who shared it!).

Another question was about one scene in Little Favour and I can’t remember the answer now but I’m sure there is a video with it as well. At the end of the meeting Benedict was given Against the Current Award and cast his handprints. When the meeting ended, my friend and I were both thrilled and happy that we took part in it but at the same time we felt a bit sad that it was already over

However, we planned to go home in the evening so we still had some time left and decided to spend the afternoon in another cinema. We agreed that it would be great to see at least one more film before going back to Warsaw. We chose Nick Moran’s “The Kid”, a screening to which he invited us during the Little Favour’s Q&A. He said something like “come, we will all be there” but I somehow didn’t understand that he really meant them all. I mean, I didn’t expect them all to appear, I thought that what he said was just a manner of speech or sth

. Anyway we went to this screening room, it turned out to be really small, there were about 100 seats. I noticed a nice row to sit, but with a “reservation” sign on a few seats so I told my friend to sit in the row below but she said “no, come closer to the screen” and we moved two or three rows forwards. After about a quarter we suddenly heard a big applause from the outside of the building and a few moments later Nick Moran, Benedict, Adam Ackland and I think Adam Selves too, entered the room

And obviously they sat in the row behind the one we almost chose

We both felt really sorry for Benedict when everybody in front of us started to make hundreds of photos the moment he entered the room. We know that it is a part of his job and he is probably used to it but it must be really tiresome that you can’t go anywhere without being observed and photograpped

The film itself was so very moving, I almost cried. I really enjoyed it and was glad that I came to see it. I recommend it to you all.

At the end there was another Q&A - this time Nick Moran answered all the questions. I liked the atmosphere of this screening, it was something completely different to this big meeting in the morning, everything was much more..”cosy”? there was more room for interaction between the guest and the audience. Again, there were some funny moments and answers and we all laughed a bit

When the meeting started to end, I quietly hoped that maybe, just maybe, there would be a possibility to approach Benedict after the screening. I didn’t want photos or autographs, I just wanted to say a few words about how much I admire his work and how happy I am to see him in my country, but he and his friends quickly left the cinema after the Q&A. Still, I thought I was very lucky to be there, both at this screening and at the meeting in the morning. I appreciate all that and I think it was worth this little trip. Of course I felt a bit sad that there was no opportunity to talk to him and it’s still my dream to tell him personally how important his work is to me (it would be nothing new for him to hear but it would mean the world to me

but I am aware that there are so many people out there who would love to do so as well, and many others who wanted to come to Krakow too, but couldn’t make it. That’s why I’m incredibly grateful that I won the ticket, that I could come and take part in this event. And I still hope that some day I will have another opportunity to talk to my favourite actor

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Бенедикт Камбербэтч и Ванда Вентхем на Chelsea Flower Show

Зачем жить, если не чувствуешь, что живешь…

Бенедикт Камбербэтч и Bанда Вентхем (сын и мама) примут участие в Chelsea Flower Show (Шоу Цветов в Челси) (сайт выставки, wikipedia).
Фестиваль пройдет с 20 по 24 мая.

Бенедикт и Ванда дадут интервью из серии "Мама и я", в эфире это интервью можно будет увидеть 19 мая в 20.00 (по Лондону) на BBC2. (прямой эфир BBC2)

Бенедикт уже не в первый раз примет участие в Chelsea Flower Show.
В 2010 году он посетил одну из экспозиций выставки под названием "Сад Хокинга".