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Benedict Cumberbatch

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

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

#TBT: Steven Moffat on ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Doctor Who’

Arts, Culture & Media
Oscar theater

Trying to figure out who will walk away with an Oscar? Let us help

Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing

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

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

Why is China obsessed with ‘Sherlock’?

Arts, Culture & Media
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