A photo of the the forthcoming marriages section of The Times newspaper which features an announcement that screen star Benedict Cumberbatch has become engaged to the theatre director Sophie Hunter, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. The 38-year-old actor known for his modern-day portrayal of the British sleuth is being praised for his role as code-breaking genius Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game.’’ Turing’s work cracking of German codes helped win World War II, but he was later prosecuted for homosexuality and committed suicide. (AP Photo, PA)
Internet, are you sitting down? I hope you’re sitting down.
Take a breath. Count to three. Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world where Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged.
Eight lines have broken many hearts.
“Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch has announced his engagement to theater director Sophie Hunter, making the news public with a minuscule eight-line announcement in The Times newspaper in London.
Hunter is known for avant-garde plays and studied theater in Paris and New York.
