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Saturday, July 30, 2011

{allcanada} Gosling most stylish off screen

LOS ANGELES -- Once in a while, a Hollywood actor or actress looks just as marvelous strolling down the street as they do on screen.

This doesn't happen very often. Catch Julia Roberts or Robert Pattison, Britney Spears or Ryan Philippe, even Cher or Keanu Reeves dashing into a local coffee joint and they look as regular as the cup of joe they're being served.

Then you have the refreshing exception to the rule. The perpetually polished star who can make a crowd gasp in awe as he shows up at a gas station to fill up the tank or walk down the beach eating an ice cream. Now, that's real star power.

Stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant and Marcello Mastrioanni were known for their style on and off screen. Always sharp, always manicured "¦ and always surprising.

Today, it's our man Ryan Gosling. With his combination of classic, form-fitting suits and refreshing, highly stylized modern wear, he's the main talk of international style watchers. Gosling was even made the cover boy of January's GQ. But what Gosling wears to his movie premieres -- such as the fantastic fitted Gucci suit at the debut of his new movie, Crazy, Stupid, Love -- gets fashion watchers into a frenzy.

"Gosling has showcased an endless line of splendid red-carpet looks and daywear getups," one noted fashion writer penned last week. "Gosling is definitely prime Style Watch material."

Said another blogger: "He can be playful, like in NYC when he unexpectedly paired a paisley scarf with a badass leather jacket worn with tweed trousers, but is just as capable of sporting more proper attire."

London, Ont.-born Gosling, just 31, is a great actor. He deliberately chooses well-written indie films such as Blue Valentine, Half Nelson (which garnered him a best actor Oscar) and Lars and the Real Girl because he clearly seems not desperate to make a quick Hollywood buck.

The methodical intelligence he uses in choosing his films mirrors his fashion sense. The man just knows what to do.

And Gosling's quiet, unassuming personality and lopsided grin is, frankly, totally cool.

This Canadian kid from The Notebook is officially evolving into iconic Steve McQueen territory.

SHATNER RULES: The impossibly energetic Montreal thespian William Shatner was at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery this past Monday. He was showing his new feature-length documentary, which he wrote and directed, called The Captains. It's about the lead officer role in Star Trek that catapulted Shatner and five other actors, including Patrick Stewart, into Trekkie lore.

Days before, he hosted a Shatnerpalooza at Comic-Con in San Diego to also show The Captains. While there, he played another documentary he directed called Gonzo Ballet -- about the Milwaukee Ballet Company choreographing some songs Shatner co-wrote.

In between shooting and scoring these movies (and starring in Shakespearean plays and syndicated TV shows), Shatner's pitches for Priceline has helped the stock soar from $175 per share last year to its current $530 per share price -- a better valuation than even Apple Computer or Google has enjoyed.

So, QMI Agency had to ask the 80-year-old actor just one question: How are you able to always do so much?

"I just do what I find interesting," said Shatner, who also wants fans to know he's writing another book, this one called Shatner Rules.

"I feel lucky."