Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch's One Failing...

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

It may surprise you to learn that Benedict Cumberbatch has a weakness. Strange, but true. It turns out he of the all-conquering, big-screen-small-...

Secrets of the Buffyverse - The Eureka Moment

James Christie | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
James Christie

Clara Oswald's secret is shortly due to be revealed on Doctor Who (unless America blurts it out before Saturday night) and we've just found out the id...

Bendedict Cumberbatch - Eight Steps To Stardom...

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Benedict Cumberbatch has done the geeky man everywhere a massive favour. On Graham Norton's show last week, if the differing distances travelled by ad...

Lib Dems Are MASSIVE Trekkies

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Politics

It's three years into the Nick Clegg's five year mission to boldly go where no Lib Dems have gone before - into government - and the polls are not loo...

Caroline Frost

INTERVIEW: 'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals His Only Fear

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

The many fans of Benedict Cumberbatch - including the ones of the adoring, mostly female, variety, the 'Cumberbitches' as he reluctantly acknowledged ...

Film Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Jack Pelling | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Jack Pelling

J. J. Abrams' second voyage into the Star Trek universe is a bigger, brighter, but not necessarily better affair, but fans of the 2009 movie will be happy to hear that there is just as much fun to be had second time around.

WATCH: Cumberbatch's 'Beam Me Up, Scotty' Impression

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

'Star Trek Into Darkness' star Benedict Cumberbatch has given his best "beam me up, Scotty" impression - in a French accent. The actor at first ref...

JJ Abrams And Star Trek 3?

PA | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

JJ Abrams has promised if there is a third 'Star Trek' film he will produce the movie, and would love to direct again. The 'Star Trek Into Darkness...

Review: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Thomas Patrick | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Thomas Patrick

JJ Abrams keeps things bright and breezy, and other than a staggering over-use of lens flare directs with a sure hand. Pitched at the opposite end of the blockbuster spectrum to Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek Into Darkness forgoes desolation, loneliness and struggle in favour of a light-hearted approach...

Star Trekkers Big Secret - So What Went On?!

PA | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Simon Pegg has revealed that his 'Star Trek' co-stars went on a mission to party while shooting the latest movie together. New recruit Benedict Cum...

Michael Rundle

Star Trek: Into Darkness IMAX Review: To Boldly Blow Your Mind?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Tech

As a spectacle of lights, sounds, 3D graphics and amazing IMAX-customised visuals, Star Trek: Into Darkness is an absolute blast. As a movie, it's ...

'Sherlock Hype Like Beatlemania'

PA | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Martin Freeman has joked the hype surrounding BBC drama 'Sherlock' feels like Beatlemania. 'The Hobbit' star plays Dr John Watson in the cult hit, ...

A Class-Defying Desire To Succeed

Endeavour Press | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Endeavour Press

I've spent the first part of the year digging away at his life to write the new biography Benedict Cumberbatch: Behind the Scenes. I found someone who's got a class-defying desire to succeed. A man whose job very nearly got himself killed in a South African car-jacking. And a man who's professional life hides a very real sadness at home.

LOOK: We're Not Sure About The Poster For The New Star Trek Movie

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Comedy

(Poster adapted for HuffPost UK Comedy by David Beresford and Robin Flavell) More TOPICALOLs: Abu Qatada To Be Handed Over To Glamour Model ...

Cumberbatch's Menacing 'Star Trek' Poster

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Benedict Cumberbatch has appeared in a new poster for 'Star Trek Into Darkness' - and he's looking pretty damn scary. The 'Sherlock' actor stands ...

Chris Pine: 'Star Trek Didn't Excite Me'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Entertainment

Chris Pine is the man for the reboot. As Captain Kirk, the sun-kissed Californian is the linchpin of JJ Abrams' Star Trek reinvention, and he's about ...

WATCH: New Star Trek Trailer - 'A Crime I Cannot Forgive'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

The latest trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness has dropped, showing Benedict Cumberbatch slithering around in his villainy glory, leaving a wake of d...

'Sherlock' Star Looking Forward To Getting Hair In Place...

PA | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Benedict Cumberbatch has picked up another award for his starring role in 'Sherlock' and said he was looking forward to getting his teeth back into th...

British Comedy and Drama in Rude Health as Winners of the BPG Awards Are Announced

John Plunkett | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
John Plunkett

Rarely has the comedy and drama output of UK television been in such rude health, and I speak as someone who helped whittle down the longlists of 30 or so programmes in each category to a shortlist on which our members (made up of people who write about TV and radio) could vote.

Sherlock Star Turns Real-Life Detective

thesun.co.uk | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

'Sherlock'star Benedict Cumberbatch turned real-life detective when a nosey neighbour began tweeting his every move. The TV sleuth was stunned to s...

'Star Trek' Still Isn't Finished

PA | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK Entertainment

JJ Abrams will be working flat out for the next eight weeks to finish 'Star Trek: Into The Darkness' in time for its premiere in London on May 2 2013....

In Defence of the 'Public School Elite'

Sarah Aston | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Sarah Aston

Discrimination is discrimination and like it or not, students from public schools do suffer at the hands of it. Why? When is any of this information relevant to whether or not you are a good enough candidate for a place at university or a job? The answer is never.

Too Famous For 'Sherlock'?

thesun.co.uk | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

'Sherlock' co-creator Steven Moffat has admitted he fears stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will become too famous to film the TV show. ...

National Theatre To Invite Biggest Stars Back For 50th Anniversary

PA | Posted 01.04.2013 | Home

Some of the biggest stars to ever tread the boards at the National Theatre will be invited back for a special 50th anniversary show. The theatre's ...

Assange Calls Cumberbatch Film As 'Massive Propaganda Attack'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Julian Assange has hit out at a Hollywood film about WikiLeaks as a "massive propaganda attack" after acquiring a script of the film which stars Bened...