Awards: Ben's CBE! Moff's OBE.

Wayyyy too many Tweets... maybe a link or two as well.  ;b

Congratulations again, Mr. Cumberbatch. Hope you will be a sir one day! #CBE pic.twitter.com/VvWcCukG2A

— Cumbercat (@catpat23) November 10, 2015

The BBC on Honours, including CBE.  Ben's agency says "Congratulations to our newest "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" (and no, I didn't know what CBE stood for either!).

small vid of #BenedictCumberbatch at Buckingham Palace #CBE https://t.co/byhY6wigh4 pic.twitter.com/RLWcBKAdCd

— lichtblickpink (@lichtblickpink) November 12, 2015

Cumberbaby and CBE: whoo!

Congratulations to Benedict Cumberbatch and wife Sophie Hunter who had a baby boy on Saturday.#Cumberbaby pic.twitter.com/qhA3aZukrY

— t2 (@t2telegraph) June 14, 2015

Cumbercupcake: Welcome to the world babybatch ! #cumberbaby #BenedictCumberbatch #SophieHunter pic.twitter.com/Vjv12ckfou

— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) June 13, 2015

That is all.

Easter candy -- chocolate, honest!

There is a 6-foot sculpture in chocolate of Benedict, per Good Housekeeping.  I am not making this up!  Apparently it isn't an April Fools Day joke either...

Methinks someone thought they could outdo Pei's Cumbercupcakes.  Of course not.

Do you dare to take on Dave? #PenguinsMovie pic.twitter.com/fCFE7Sn0CM
— DreamWorks Animation (@DWAnimation) March 30, 2015

I finally saw Penglings!  Err... Penguins of Madagascar.  Twice.

TIG won an Oscar!

The Oscar for Adapted Screenplay goes to... pic.twitter.com/ebrIEUbl7w
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 23, 2015

HuffPo:  Graham Moore Gives The Oscars' Most Moving Acceptance Speech.

Graham Moore's beautiful #Oscars acceptance speech pic.twitter.com/wrxTIiRuCk
— Bustle (@bustle) February 23, 2015

Setlock: London wrap.

That's a London Wrap!! Thanks for being considerate with the filming #setlock - big love from the locations team.
— Jeremy DeCoursey (@DeCoursey) February 8, 2015

The setlock tag at londonophile's tumblr.

Remember that random spoilers have been pretty serious for over a week:  be wary what you click on!

From the other side.... #shSpesh #setlock pic.twitter.com/GwumLhYWeI
— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) February 7, 2015

Radio 4 loves you: Merry Christmas!

'Marke well the fate of alle who meddle with suche as theye do notte understande'. #GoodOmens ep. 3, tonight 23.30 pic.twitter.com/hbkHJcswCO
— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) December 23, 2014

Did you miss any eps of Good Omens?  They're up on the BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks, unless they haven't aired yet.  In which case, they will be... soon.  8)

RT: @neilhimself To listen again, or even for the first time, to the first two episodes of #GoodOmens: http://t.co/KjAmZaUi1A
— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) December 23, 2014

Films, 'cupcakes, and more!

Christmas cheer is already here for some fans.  :D  Want goodies?  Have a bunch!

News from Marvel and James Bond -- vids from Penguins and The Hobbit -- the Oscars and interviews... plus Cumbercupcakes.  Make sure you tip over the stocking and get everything out, now; it's pretty full.

On the first day of Christmas, my #Sherlock gave to me... pic.twitter.com/1TYLBMGlZX
— Irene Adler (@The_Whip_Hand) December 4, 2014

Official news from Marvel:  Benedict will play Doctor Strange.

His Doctor Strange Cumbercupcake.  Check out People's "The 'Cumbercupcake' Exists" and THR's See Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston as Cupcakes if you haven't seen Pei's work yet.

Congrats: Ben's engaged!

Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter are engaged.  Isn't that wonderful?  So happy for them both.  (The Telegraph has a shorter piece here.)

MTV says Benedict Cumberbatch Is Engaged, So Why Is The Internet Still Working?

A sampling of Tweets... along with the NY Post's Twitter reacts to Benedict Cumberbatch's engagement.  Which is not how everyone's taking it, but hey, they want to focus on unhappy weeping, then that's their choice.  Bustle is surprised by tumblr's reaction.

The Graham Norton Show... again. 8D

Ben's doing the interview whirl for The Imitation Game.

More great pics of #BenedictCumberbatch recording @TheGNShow tonight #spoilers pic.twitter.com/dqGuhqJ1He
— AnythingCumberbatch (@Anythingbatch) October 23, 2014

Unfortunately, the vid isn't up... yet.  But I expect it will be.  Give BBC One time.

I'll post the show vid when I find it.  :D

(ETA:  The show airs on BBC One Friday night, 24-Oct-2014, at 10.35pm BST.)

Benedict Cumberbatch examines his Madame Tussauds waxwork during Graham Norton #cumberpeople #cumberwax @yuimok pic.twitter.com/Dz53si9Bjz
— PA Picture Desk (@PAPictureDesk) October 23, 2014

Pics and Tweets, oh my.

💜💙💚 pic.twitter.com/9dWSZZWZFC
— James Rhodes (@JRhodesPianist) September 27, 2014

The early pictures from Ben shooting The Hollow Crown as Richard III are up; the Independent has an article here.

More on-set pics, from the silly to the strange, via Londonphile's tumblr.  Yes... Ben IS wearing a wig.

Benedict wins the IB Challenge!

I take it back, I should have known that Ben would have a load of fun taking on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Tom.  The chance to ham it up on screen for us all and tease fandom like crazy?  Perfect opportunity!



He made his video (above) into the best little movie with as much fun as possible.  If he wasn't the director as well as the plotter-in-chief, I'd be terribly shocked.

The Daily Mail has screen shots and his dialog there, in case you couldn't hear Ben speak very well (certainly I couldn't).  I love the final lonely ice cube sliding down his car!

Cumbercupcake: first #BenedictCumberbatch #IceBucketChallenge more to come lol, donate here http://t.co/L16eNjjx1l pic.twitter.com/QowwHXjZOX
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) August 22, 2014

More Cumbercupcakes of his video here.  8)  They are mildly NSFW, in case you're wondering.

Hamlet and auction news.

From the Telegraph: Benedict Cumberbatch: a Hamlet worth waiting for.  They also note that production will run from 6 August to 31 October 2015.

Cumbercupcake: New Hamletbatch #BenedictCumberbatch #HamletBarbican pic.twitter.com/VQ2ruuqQLs
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) August 1, 2014

SDCC 2014, tumblr, etc.

Also #Sherlock playing his violin #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/xsIteQNA6Y
— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) July 29, 2014

More SDCC 2014.

Comic-Con: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch talk Sherlock, ‘Penguins’ and more.

Cumbercupcake: Ben with the penguin!!#SDCC2014 #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/yvg3qTIaTq
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) July 24, 2014

Cumberbirthday 2014.

So, how did you celebrate Ben's 38th birthday on Saturday?

Image via the Baker Street Babes and company.  

Radio Times points out that Ben's birthday trended on Twitter... worldwide.  Well done, fandom!  8D

Online birthday wishes; plus cake!

There's a tumblr for online messages to Ben, Happy Birthday Benedict.  This was activated in 2013.  You don't have to speak English or have a tumblr account to use it.

If you were thinking about Benedict and wanted to find a way to help him celebrate his birthday this year, nineteen days from now... he has ideas about that.  He'd far prefer you help someone out.  (Here's my master post of the 2014 charity fundraisers that fans are doing for Ben.)

Birthday charities for Benedict.

We love to support Benedict in his charities.  We do.

I know of three currently active for summer 2014:  ALS/MND and Prince's Trust, and soon the Annos Africa auction.

(If you know any more, please shout out on Twitter.)

Here's the Prince's Trust.  They've passed 95% 102% of their goal as of today.  8)

(ETA for correction; not sure why I was getting the previous number.)

Makeup secrets, birthday fund, and World Cup... cake.

Cumbercupcake: B and World Cup ball hehe hmm... #WorldCup2014 #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/kEgDPdVxay
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) June 15, 2014

A few more images of Ben and that ball, via enerJax's tumblr and 'The World at His Feet' vid where Ben narrates... well, go check it out.  8)

A bit of Cumberbatch candy.

Gary Oldman -- his costar in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy -- interviews Benedict.

Lovely interview!

@ninja_CE // A pumpkin muffin? Yum! But I drool over the Cumbermuffins that @vereentjoeng makes! She's awesome! pic.twitter.com/dQ5yuN0c6Z
— Chloe Webber (OOC) (@LustfulSloth) June 12, 2014

From Cumbercake to Cumberclay.

The answer. This man deserves a medal for everything he does. Just. #BenedictCumberbatch pic.twitter.com/LAEGgVb5HP
— Hannah (Sherlock) (@hmmSHERLOCK) May 15, 2014

Have some Cumbercupcakes to go with that, a little SmaugBatch and... cute Sherlock with violin.  Of course.