Benedict Cumberbatch and Keeley Hawes lead stars celebrating Helen McCrory in touching memorial

A whole host of celebs have paid tribute to the Queen and are among the millions of Brits celebrating her Platinum Jubilee. David Beckham was just one celeb who had thrown himself into the weekend's festivities and took to social media to praise Her Majesty for her incredible reign.The former footballer, 47, described the Queen’s time on the throne as "remarkable" and wrote on Instagram: "Today, we celebrate our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 70 years of service and inspirational leadership of our country.

The funny world of celebrity lookalikes always seem to catch the eye of the intrigued. Even someone you might know who may coincidentally look like your favourite celeb and you can’t help but freak out. Is that Selena Gomez or Demi Lovato? Are we seeing double right now? For some people, looking like a celebrity is enough to prove that it’s as close to actually being one.

Helen McCrory's life has been celebrated at a star-studded memorial, one year after her shock death. The 52-year-old actress passed away in 2021 after a secret battle with breast cancer and stars including Benedict Cumberbatch. Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, and Keeley Hawes came together with her husband Damian Lewis, 51, and children Manon, 15 and Gulliver, 14, this week, to celebrate her life.

As this year’s Cannes Film Festival gets underway, the marketplace for upcoming films that happens each year at the festival heats up too. And the crop at Cannes 2022 looks very appealing so far, with Cronenberg‘s “The Shrouds,” a couple of films starring Jessie Buckley, and Michel Gondry‘s first movie in seven years all up for sale.

EXCLUSIVE: A Cannes Market teeming with strong film packages adds a new one.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that he once turned down the opportunity to play a Marvel villain.Before taking on the role of the surgeon-turned-sorcerer, the actor was approached to play Malekith the Accursed in Thor: The Dark World, a part that ultimately went to Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston.Recalling the offer in an interview with BBC Radio 1, Cumberbatch admitted that he was “flattered” to be “invited to the party” but that he was holding out for “something a bit more juicy.”“[The Doctor Strange role] happened as an idea muted after, funnily enough, another little dance I did for another character in the MCU, a very brief character,” he said.“I was bold enough to say: ‘I’m really flattered to be invited to the party, but I’d rather hold out for something a bit more juicy.’”Cumberbatch explained that his decision to turn down the villainous role was partly down to the fact that he’d just finished playing an antagonist in Star Trek: Into Darkness.The actor portrayed the iconic Star Trek villain Khan in the 2013 film. His casting as Doctor Strange was announced a year later.

Arcade Fire have shared their performance of ‘End Of The Empire II’ from their appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend – watch below.The Canadian band featured on the hit US show on Saturday (May 7) in support of their sixth studio album ‘WE’, which came out the day before (May 6).Introduced by guest host Benedict Cumberbatch, Arcade Fire played their recent singles ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ and ‘The Lightning I, II’ in the legendary New York studio. Frontman Win Butler ended the powerful latter performance by speaking out about abortion rights.In a rare move, SNL allowed its most recent musical guests to play a third track.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Benedict Cumberbatch and members of the “Saturday Night Live” cast showed their support for women’s rights and Roe v.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her second BAFTA win last night for British drama Help, Killing Eve and The Last Duel star Jodie Comer has found her next project in the shape of feature thriller The End We Start From, which will be a hot package at next week’s Cannes market.

Regular viewers of “Saturday Night Live” already know that Chloe Fineman can deliver some uncannily accurate celebrity impressions.

Benedict Cumberbatch is back!

Benedict Cumberbatch returned to host “Saturday Night Live” for the second time over the weekend, and the celebrated actor kicked things off poking light fun at Will Smith’s Oscars controversy.

Benedict Cumberbatch and a number of stars took a political stand during the closing moments of the new episode over the weekend.As the host of this week's, Cumberbatch led the goodnights with the cast and musical guests, Arcade Fire, on stage.However, the star took a quiet stand against the ongoing political controversy surrounding the leaked Supreme Court decision draft that threatens to overturn Roe V. Wade and put women's abortion and reproductive rights at risk.Cumberbatch and cast members Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd and Cecily Strong all rocked white T-shirts with 1973 written across the front in blue and red.

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” goes to some odd places in the course of its runtime, ping-ponging beyond the MCU to places beyond.But it never stops in a game show universe.Thankfully, we corrected that. We asked the film’s stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong and Xochitl Gomez to play a Strange Quiz – a trivia game where every answer has the word “Strange” in it.

This Thursday was a very special one, with May 5 the annual Mexican day of celebration known as Cinco de Mayo.

Benedict Cumberbatch tried to decipher Ariana Grande lyrics during BBC Radio One’s ‘Unpopular Opinion’ segment with Greg James.Appearing on the show on Thursday (May 5), a listener called in to highlight how she couldn’t “understand Ariana Grande when she sings”.In response, Cumberbatch joked: “I know what you mean, and I feel my 45 years sometimes when I listen to a song going, ‘Yeah, I wonder if there’s a lyric sheet I can get online because I can’t understand a word.”To test the theory, a snippet from Grande’s track ‘Problem’ was played on the show, where she sings, “I should be wiser, and realise that I’ve got”.Asked to repeat the lyrics, Cumberbatch replied: “Something about a cat in an elevator?”James then played the chorus from track ‘Positions’ where Grande sings, “I’m in the Olympics, way I’m jumping through hoops.” In response, Cumberbatch said: “Poking through holes?”The actor however is a fan of Grande’s music, adding: “She is just an extraordinary, extraordinary vocal artist. Someone played me her music and I’m a huge, huge fan.

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