Sad news comes in big waves. Ryan Gosling having a baby. Ryan Reynolds having a baby. Justin Timberlake having a baby. And now, Benedict Cumberbatch, getting married to someone who is not you.

This is the announcement in today's edition of The Times:

The paper reported:

The actor’s engagement to Sophie Hunter, a theatre director, is announced in The Times today.
Cumberbatch, 38, who plays the title role in the BBC  drama Sherlock, and has become a global star with appearances in films such as 12 Years a Slave and The Imitation  Game, in which he plays Alan Turing, was listed by Tatler as one of Britain’s most eligible bachelors in 2012.

The pair met at least five years ago in the 2009 movie Burlesque Fairytales