It may have taken singing and dancing to launch Ryan Gosling into Hollywood’s acting elite.
Gosling has long been a major star and respected actor, but entry into the upper echelon of award-winners and legends-in-the-making has thus far eluded him.
He’s as well-known and beloved for his appearances viral social media memes like \u00ab\u00a0Hey Girl\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0Ryan Gosling Doesn’t Want To Eat His Cereal\u00a0\u00bb than for his movie performances. His award victories have been on the level \u00ab\u00a0Best Kiss\u00a0\u00bb for 2005’s \u00ab\u00a0The Notebook. \u00a0\u00bb
Gosling’s Golden Globe on Sunday night for best actor in a musical or comedy for his turn as a striving jazz pianist in \u00ab\u00a0La La Land\u00a0\u00bb may be the beginning of the end of his status as mere heartthrob and former \u00ab\u00a0Mickey Mouse Club\u00a0\u00bb star alongside Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake.
It took five nominations for Gosling to win his first Golden Globe, and it’s extremely likely to lead to a trip to the Oscars, where he could be the favorite for best actor.
An Academy Award nomination would be his second \u2014 Gosling was nominated more than a decade ago for \u00ab\u00a0Half Nelson\u00a0\u00bb in 2006. It seemed that nod would lead to a steady stream of such nominations, but instead it led to a drought of more than a decade.
Enter \u00ab\u00a0La La Land,\u00a0\u00bb where Gosling got to tap and croon alongside Emma Stone, using some of those same talents he learned on \u00ab\u00a0The Mickey Mouse Club. \u00a0\u00bb At one point he literally dances his way into the stars at an observatory, an apt metaphor for his current career trajectory.
He was quick to give credit to \u00ab\u00a0La-La Land\u00a0\u00bb writer-director Damien Chazelle and co-star Stone for the boost he got from the film.
\u00ab\u00a0Damien and Emma, this belongs to the three of us,\u00a0\u00bb Gosling said during his acceptance speech. \u00ab\u00a0I’ll chop it into three pieces if you want. \u00a0\u00bb
Given the glow around \u00ab\u00a0La La Land,\u00a0\u00bb Gosling seemed like a shoo-in for the award over fellow nominees Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, Jonah Hill and Ryan Reynolds, but the Globes are notorious for pulling surprises, and Gosling left open the possibility that his win was an error.
\u00ab\u00a0This isn’t the first time I’ve been mistaken for Ryan Reynolds,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n

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