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Benedict Cumberbatch plays an imitation game, SNL teases Twitter, Willow and Jayden Smith confuse almost everyone. 

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing

Benedict Cumberbatch takes on another brilliantly awkward role as the man who brought computers to the world

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Homes (L) and Martin Freeman as John Watson.

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