Published 15:45 11 Mar 2024 GMT
Fans can't seem to stop talking about this one moment during Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' Oscars performance - and let's just say we're all clutching our pearls after seeing it.
On March 10, we saw some of the world's best actors and actresses gather at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to celebrate all things cinema.
From history-making first-time wins to seeing some of the notable greats re-claim the top spot in their respective categories, we were treated to some great moments throughout the event.
And let me just add, this year's 'fits - straight fire.
But one man really stole the show with his performance of the 2023 Barbie hit 'I'm Just Ken' live at the Oscars and of course, we're talking about Ryan Gosling.
Have a look at the full performance below:
Naturally, a lot of people couldn't help but obsess over the star, his hot pink suit, his sunglasses, his charisma, and every other little addition to the performance, but after watching it close to a hundred times, some eagle-eyed fans have noticed a slightly NSFW moment with one of the dancers.
Approximately 45 seconds into the song, when Gosling is lying down singing, one of the dancers puts his hands a little close to his you know what as part of the choreography.
"Shout out to this dancer who saw his moment and went for it," wrote one X-user who reposted a clip of the moment to the social media platform.
"Going to be bragging about that to the other gays for decades," added another user.
A third also stated that the dancer "was ready to risk it all."
I mean, aren't we all?
It comes after there was intense speculation around whether the La La Land actor would be performing his iconic hit at the awards.
A month before the ceremony, Gosling stated that he had not yet asked to perform at the prestigious event, but emphasized that he was totally up for the gig.
"It might be too much of a risk to have me do it," he said in an interview with Variety. "I don’t know how that would work. But I’m open to it."
Songwriter and producer Mark Ronson, who wrote the song along with Andrew Wyatt, stated that he would love to see Gosling, and Gosling only, perform the song at the Oscars.
"...I think if Ryan doesn’t do it then we’re not doing it," he added when discussing the prospect of someone else taking the actor's place.
I guess everyone's dreams came true last night then!
In terms of the awards themselves, 'I'm Just Ken' lost out on the Oscar to fellow Barbie tune 'What Was I Made For?' by Billie Eilish and Finneas on the night.
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Published 01:56 11 Mar 2024 GMT
Well... that was certainly Kenough.
With the 96th annual Academy Awards in full swing, the show needed a little something to give the show a little "oomph" to see it over the finish line. And it turns out that "little something" was a dose of Kenergy.
It was the moment we'd all been waiting for ever since it was first announced that Ryan Gosling would be performing his 2023 Barbie hit 'I'm Just Ken' live at the Oscars.
And it was better than any of us could have imagined. Check it out below:
From the performance starting in the crowd to Margot's serenade to Slash to the other Kens to the brief La La Land reunion - it was superb. In fact, many viewers are calling it the "best Oscars moment ever".
"And the winner for BEST OSCAR MOMENT EVER goes to Ryan Gosling," one person tweeted.
Another X user wrote: "This is probably the best thing that ever happened in Oscars history! Ryan Gosling you’re THE moment! You sound so great live too!"
"This is single handedly the best Oscars moment ever," another X user added.
One viewer gushed: "Thank f**ing God Ryan Gosling agreed to perform I'm Just Ken live at the Oscars. Probably one of the best Oscar moments like ever."
Sadly, shortly after the performance, Gosling missed out on the Oscar for Best Original Song to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell.
The song was 'What Was I Made For?' which was part of the Barbie soundtrack.
Let's just see if the rest of the show can top it.
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Published 13:01 27 Feb 2024 GMT
Ryan Gosling is about to show everyone how it's done after it has been claimed that he will be performing ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the Oscars.
Now, this year's Oscars Awards is already set to be one of the biggest nights in the entertainment calendar, but it might have just got that little bit better after it was confirmed that Ryan Gosling, one of the leading stars in Greta Gerwig's Barbie, will be performing his iconic song from the movie.
While the Academy refused to give us any spoilers - boo! - Variety reported that insiders with knowledge of the line-up confirmed that the 43-year-old, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the prestigious event, will be singing 'I'm Just Ken' on March 10.
We're really hoping it's true!
It comes after Gosling revealed that he had not yet been asked to perform at the Oscars during his cover story with the outlet last month.
"It might be too much of a risk to have me do it," he said. "I don’t know how that would work. But I’m open to it."
Songwriter and producer Mark Ronson, who wrote the song along with Andrew Wyatt, stated that he would love to see Gosling, and Gosling only, perform the song at the Oscars.
"...I think if Ryan doesn’t do it then we’re not doing it," he added when discussing the prospect of someone else taking the actor's place.
'I'm Just Ken' has previously been honored with a Critics Choice Award and is now up for an Oscar nomination, competing for the award alongside fellow Barbie track 'What Was I Made For?' by Billie Eilish and Finneas.
After clinching the victory back in January, Ronson and Wyatt went on stage to accept the trophy, with Ronson thanking Gosling for his delivery of the tune in the award-winning movie.
"This is as much your award as ours," he said. "You made the audience fall in love with this song with your matchless performance."
Ronson also thanked director Greta Gerwig, saying: "The fact that you carved out 11 minutes for this prog-rock, power ballad, dream ballet, shred-fest so the boys could cry and hold hands a little too, we’re really forever in your debt for that."
The Academy Awards will air on ABC on March 10 starting at 4 p.m. PT. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host.
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Published 11:14 15 Jan 2024 GMT
Ryan Gosling's hilarious reaction to his hit 'I'm Just Ken' winning a Critics' Choice Award has gone viral online and we're all absolutely loving it.
On Sunday, the 43-year-old actor became a hot talking point on social media after his hilariously confused reaction at the Critics' Choice Award show made viewers chuckle.
The event, which was held at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, was set to celebrate all things entertainment with some of the industry's biggest stars but it seems as though Gosling was surprised to discover that he was actually one of them.
When 'I'm Just Ken' from the Barbie soundtrack was called by Bella Ramsey, who was presenting the award alongside Anthony Ramos, his bewildered reaction had social media in stitches.
"Ryan Gosling giving us the best reaction of the night #CriticsChoiceAwards," wrote one user while another added: "I'm still laughing at Ryan Gosling's face hahahaha."
"Ryan Gosling reaction to I'm just ken winning the #CriticsChoice even [he] was weirded tf out," a third stated.
Others even thanked the star for giving them a new meme.
Have a look at the iconic moment below:After clinching the victory, writers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt went on stage to accept the honor, with Ronson thanking Gosling for his delivery of the tune in the award-winning movie.
"This is as much your award as ours," he said. "You made the audience fall in love with this song with your matchless performance."
Ronson also thanked director Greta Gerwig, saying: "The fact that you carved out 11 minutes for this prog-rock, power ballad, dream ballet, shred-fest so the boys could cry and hold hands a little too, we’re really forever in your debt for that."
The best song category included two other songs from the Barbie soundtrack, Barbie: The Album - Dua Lipa’s 'Dance the Night' and Billie Eilish’s 'What Was I Made For?'
The other nominees were The Super Mario Bros. Movie song 'Peaches,' sung by Jack Black in the animated film, Lenny Kravitz’s 'Road to Freedom' from Rustin, and the Julia Michaels-penned 'This Wish' track from Disney’s Wish.
The three nominations in the Best Song category meant that Barbie was the most-nominated title at the 2024 award show.
The hit blockbuster received a whopping 18 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, among a host of other categories.
Barbie managed to sweep up six of those awards, coming in second after Christopher Nolan's biopic drama film Oppenheimer which bagged a total of eight awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Score, and Best Acting Ensemble.
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Published 09:34 28 Jul 2023 GMT
Fans believe that Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu shared an awkward exchange on the red carpet while promoting Barbie.
Amid the ongoing fan craze over Greta Gerwig’s new blockbuster about the Mattel dolls, a video has resurfaced of Gosling (who plays Ken) brusquely brushing off co-star Liu (who plays another version of Ken) at a press day in Toronto, Canada last month.
In the now-deleted viral clip, the duo were posing for photographers when the 34-year-old Shang-Chi actor tried to innocuously slip his hand around the 42-year-old La La Land actor's waist.
It appears that Gosling wasn't too fond of the gesture as he seemingly said: "Don’t hold me there, man. I mean, do you want me to touch you like that?"
Watch the moment below:In response, the One True Loves star said: "You don’t what – oh, it’s too tender? Fair enough," before removing his arm away from the Blade Runner actor.
Naturally, fans were quick to weigh in on the awkward interaction via social media as one person said: "That video of Ryan Gosling & Simu Liu is so awkward to watch. Oh God."
Another remarked: "At first I felt awkward watching this but now I'm realizing this is literally just Ryan Gosling setting a boundary. Ppl are saying it's a joke or that he doesn't like Simu. But now I'm realizing that we scream about boundaries but get mad & uncomfortable when someone sets them."
Meanwhile, one user theorized that perhaps Gosling and Liu were just trying to play up their roles as the different Kens in the film.
"I think it’s their characters playing like they hate each other cause they are in competition with each other in the movie. It ain’t that deep," one user argued.
However, another person contended that the duo was probably trying to "figure out a pose".
Upon seeing all the responses to the viral clip, the Marvel actor took to his Instagram to set the record straight on his relationship with his castmate and fellow Ken.
Sharing a smiley photo of himself alongside Gosling at the event, Liu wrote: "I'd beach off with this Kenadian again in a heartbeat," which is a reference to a line in the movie.
He then gushed that Gosling is "the best human in every way," adding: "Especially when he jokes around with us on the carpet and on set, infecting all of us with his Kenergy."
"Now let's get back to the issues that matter, like supporting our striking actors and writers fighting for fair wages!" Liu added.
Everyone is praising Margot Robbie for her role as the titular character in the movie, as well as additional members of the cast, including Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Ncuti Gatwa, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, and Dua Lipa.
Released last weekend, Gerwig made history for having the biggest opening weekend for a film directed by a woman but has also managed to rake in a whopping $377 million during that time too.
The 39-year-old director's movie also claimed the top spot in North America (US and Canada combined) with a massive $155 million in ticket sales from 4,243 locations, surpassing The Super Mario Bros Movie and every Marvel film released this year to become the biggest opening of the year.
Barbie is available to watch in theaters now.
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Published 16:53 10 Mar 2024 GMT
'I'm Just Ken' might be the standout song from the Barbie movie - and up for an Oscar at tonight's awards - but the track almost didn't make it into the movie at all.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie was without a doubt the biggest movie of the past year, having gone head to head with Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at the box office when it was released in July 2023.
Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the two plastic dolls, Barbie and Ken, ended up smashing Oppenheimer out of the part with its huge box office success due to its heartfelt story, killer visuals, and infectious soundtrack.
However, 'I'm Just Ken' was almost cut from the film by studio execs who believed it "wasn't working", leading Gerwig to have to fight to keep it in.
Mark Ronson, 48, the producer who co-wrote the track with Andrew Wyatt, told the Sunday Times that it was touch and go whether the song would make it after execs suggested that Gerwig leave that scene out of the film.
He explained: "I thought, 'God, I hope we don’t ruin it.' At that first screening the song wasn’t working. I panicked. The humour wasn’t translating and Greta had to fight.
"The studio asked her how much she really needed it and she said, 'With every inch of my body.' And then there was a big swing."
Thankfully, the song went on to be a huge success, even being nominated for an Academy Award for the track.
Ronson added that he believes the song, while light-hearted on the surface, has an important message to "help young boys".
He explained: "Ken is ridiculous. But Greta’s point was that nobody should ever be laughing at a character. We feel their pain, as crazy as that sounds about a guy wearing a white mink and two pairs of sunglasses. I never wanted to write a song for a cheap laugh. You want something to get under people’s skin.
"I know I’ll sound like David Brent [from the UK version of The Office], but the song helped young boys. My friend’s eight-year-old got broken up with and he said, 'It’s OK, because Ken got broken up with by Barbie.'"
Ronson added: "The song tells boys that it’s OK to be runner-up. The internet’s caused a level of isolation in boys and this idea of male camaraderie and sharing your feelings is a nice and unexpected thing to come out of it."
He also compared the song to previous emotional ballads such as Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart', adding: "It’s unbridled. Like 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. These are songs in which someone takes their emotions so seriously that they feel comfortable taking up a huge amount of space to make sure everyone knows they are upset."
If it takes home an Oscar tonight, those execs will well and truly be eating their words.
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