Ryan Gosling

Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor and musician. He was born 12 November 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada. In 2007, Gosling made a solo recording called "Put Me in the Car" available for download on the Internet. Also that year, Gosling and his friend formed the indie rock band . The two first met in 2005 when Gosling was dating and Shields was dating her sister, . They initially conceived of the project as a monster-themed musical but settled on forming a band when they realized putting on a stage production would be too expensive.