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.

Ice bucket challenge to Ben.

Tom Hiddleston just challenged Benedict to the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS.  I've linked it via the Tweet as well as the direct link, just in case.  ;)

Hello @NathanFillion. In reply. #IceBucketChallenge for #ASL. All yours Benedict & @TheRealLukevans. Please donate a… http://t.co/0WEkqxAXa4
— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) August 18, 2014

Of course, nothing is complete unless Sherlock's challenged too.  So The Woman took care of that.  She was... inspired by Tom.  Clearly.  8)

*Texts Sherlock* Nominated you for the #IceBucketChallenge. Paid all necessary donations. Wear white. Or nothing. Nothing works best. IA
— Irene Adler (@The_Whip_Hand) August 18, 2014

S3 speculation, shipping, fic...

Includes S3 spoilers!

Some January 2014 speculation on His Last Vow before it came out.

AU Sherlock fic Hitting the Water at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy, set before s3 came out, but occurring after Sherlock returns.  Very well written.  Features Mummy Holmes.

More s3 shipping from The Empty Hearse, via tumblr.

So, about Hamlet selling out--!

Barbican Hamlet website.  Remember that although they are sold out, some tickets will become available, so keep an eye on that site and their FB page.

They sold out on 11-August-2014, going by their FB.

But the £10 tickets will still be available in 2015.  That's 100 tickets for each performance, including a surcharge, per their official box office site.

Cumberbatch's Hamlet most in-demand show of all time at the Telegraph.  Plus Benedict Cumberbatch: a Hamlet worth waiting for.

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

LFCC, 2014 Emmy list, s3...

ETA:  Radio Times is doing a TV Champions poll.  Right now is the Finals -- it's Benedict against David Tennant.  

Really close; do be sure to vote before 6-August-14!

Did you want to see all the 2014 Emmy nominations Sherlock got?

The list of 12 #Sherlock Emmy nominations. SO PROUD. pic.twitter.com/b0uPszClIM
— Hannah (Sherlock) (@hmmSHERLOCK) July 11, 2014

A video from the London Film and Comic Con 2014 that includes Sue, Mark, and Steven.  Possibly has spoilers, but knowing them, probably just teasers.  This is a preview of the Sherlocked convention also.  8)