Earlier today, during Your Daily Gosling, Sarah gave you guys a little quote where Daniel Radcliffe announced that he had a “talent crush” on Ryan Gosling. And that got me to thinking a little bit, and I came to a very odd conclusion: I think Daniel Radcliffe is my new Ryan Gosling.

I KNOW! How could I, after all we’ve been through with Ryan? He’s perfect, isn’t he? He loves ballet and Disneyland, and then there’s his face. Ryan Gosling should be my new Ryan Gosling!

But my heart is leading me in a different direction, and that direction is straight towards the most adorable boy who lived, and this little interview with Attitude magazine did nothing but drive me closer to him.

On gay marriage: “Don’t define yourself by your sexuality, don’t define as straight or gay, define yourself as people and help another person if they’re in trouble. The ultimate reason gay marriage should be legalized everywhere is because, as a kid, you look to your mum and dad and they’re married, then you look at the gay couple who’ve been together for the same amount of time, but because they can’t get married their relationship doesn’t seem the same. Yes, gay marriage is about symbolically blessing a relationship, but the larger issue is about transmitting a fundamental message about equality. Gay people should have equality in law everywhere. If you grow up as a young gay man knowing you dont’ have the same opportuniteies as everyone else, you’re going to feel victimised and massive prejudice towards you.”

On religion: “I’m not religious, I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation. We need sex education in schools. Schools have to talk to kids from a young age about relationships, gay and straight.”

On the Republican presidential candidates: “…they disgusted me less than candidates like Rick Perry, who made that ridiculous advert wearing ‘the Brokeback jacket’, and I think pretend to be homophobic just to win votes.”

On wishing Obama would support gay marriage more: “Yes, I do, but can he really? Of course he’s in favour of it, but he has to be careful about saying so. I’d rather have someone like him in the White House than the alternative.”

Is he gay? “No. I can quite happily say someone is handsome, good-looking, and I can see why someone would want to f**k them, but I’ve never felt that way about a man myself. There is that moment in your late teens when you ask yourself the question, ‘Am I?’ but I wasn’t…Well, this year I have a talent crush on Ryan Gosling. I think he’s fantastic and…(ahem) you know he’d be nice afterwards. He seems smart. If I was gay, I would go for a smart man.”

Do you see what I mean? I haven’t heard anything charming from Ryan Gosling in a pretty long time, but here lately Daniel has been just pumping out the charm. Not to mention that Daniel looks way cuter in a suit.

So where do you guys stand on this one?

So I didn’t watch the Super Bowl yesterday. However, instead of doing all the awesome things I was planning on doing yesterday, I had to go down to the urgent care clinic because I’ve been having a hard time walking, moving, and existing. It turns out that my kidneys don’t like me very much right now, and I’ve spent most of yesterday and today rolling around in bed, crying, and trying to figure out if I should go to the emergency room or just watch another Pokemon movie. So yeah, no Super Bowl anything for me.

I did read Jenn’s recap of the halftime show this morning though, so that’s something. I still can’t bring myself to watch Madonna‘s performance, but I did see the clip of M.I.A. flipping the bird during her bit. I thought it was pretty “whatever,” but apparently the internet is acting like this is the worst thing to ever happen in the history of forever. In particular, the Parents Television Council has their panties in a bunch. What’s new though, right?

From TMZ:

A powerful parents TV watchdog claims NBC failed the American public by “enabling”M.I.A. to flip off the camera during the Super Bowl halftime show yesterday … and now the group is demanding punishment.

The Parents Television Council has released a statement on the incident … saying, “It is unfortunate that a spectacular sporting event was overshadowed once again by broadcasting the selfish acts of a desperate performer.”

The PTC claims NBC and the NFL knew full well what could happen … especially because they chose a lineup filled with “performers who have based their careers on shock profanity and titillation.”

The PTC also rips NBC for failing to block the image from broadcast … especially since Janet Jackson’s nipplegate incident on CBS 8 years ago.

The group is NOT asking for an apology — insisting one would simply “[ring] hollow after yet another slap in the face to families.”

Instead, the group wants ACTION — saying, “Either the NFL and NBC will take immediate steps to hold those accountable for this offensive material in front of a hundred million Americans, or they will feebly sit back and do nothing.”

Can someone take a moment to explain what the problem is here?  I mean, I know that showing your middle finger on television is against the rules, but why? And if this happens during live television, why can’t everyone just shrug it off and move on with their lives? If these parents are mad because their kids saw M.I.A.’s middle finger, then, uh, not a huge deal. If you’re a parent with kids old enough to want to watch the Super Bowl, wouldn’t you know that a Madonna show might be a little racy and plan ahead for that?

Either way, if the FCC decides to issue a fine for this, then M.I.A. is the one who will have to pay. As for this apparently damnable action, she hasn’t made any kind of statement about it, but a source close to her said “that her actions were caused by ‘adrenaline and nerves,’ a result of getting ‘caught up in the moment,’ and weren’t an attempt to make any kind of statement.’” Fair enough.

Do you guys think people are overreacting to this, or were you offended by what M.I.A. did?

Ok, I’m going to get real right quick: if I have to see Lindsay Lohan done up like Marilyn Monroe or compare herself to Marilyn Monroe one more time, I’m going to have to take some drastic measures. Like, I might have to tweet about it, and I haven’t tweeted anything since July when I set a small fire in my kitchen. That’s how seriously I feel about this.

It’s like all Lindsay can do these days is look busted, and it’s really sad. I watched Mean Girls a couple weeks back, and you guys, she was so pretty, and she was funny, and she had so much going for her. I’m not saying that she could have ever won that Oscar she keeps going on about, but she could have made some good movies. Instead, she chose cocaine and a “career” in “modelling.” It’s disappointing.

Oh, and by the way, that modelling career? It doesn’t seem like it’s going too hot. These photos of Lindsay looking like a meth-faced Marilyn appear in this month’s issue of Love magazine. Do you want to see the cover of the issue?

She didn’t even get the cover, guys. She got her name in small print next to Linda Evangelista’s face. That is how important Lindsay is these days. And that’s sad.

What do you think about these photos? Are you digging them at all, or are you as sick of Lindsay’s modelling as I am?

So, yeah. We haven’t done a ‘Daily Gosling’ around here in a few weeks, and that’s only because there hasn’t been much interesting stuff going on. And while I love-ish Ryan Gosling, I just can’t justify posting the same photos of him leaving his MMA training sessions barefoot over and over and over again. Honestly, it does nothing for me, and I’m sorry.

Today, however, we’ve actually got some real Ryan Gosling news to report. Time Warner Cable? You’ve heard of them, right? Well all this month, they’ve decided to put Ryan Gosling movies On Demand. Yep, that’s right. You can head to your television sets and watch Ryan Gosling films like Lars and the Real Girl, The Notebook, and Murder by Numbers ’til your eyes bleed. Or until February ends, whichever happens to arrive first (I’m betting on the bloody orbits part, me).

From Time Warner:

Time Warner Cable Digital TV customers have instant access to Ryan Gosling this month on Movies On Demand. Drive will be available the same day as the DVD release. Customers can also get their fix and re-watch a collection of films featuring the popular actor including the award-nominated Crazy, Stupid Love and The Ides of March, along with several other hits. Ryan Gosling On Demand will be available through February 27 and includes the following films:

Drive
The Ides of March
Crazy, Stupid Love
Lars and the Real Girl
Fracture
The Notebook
Murder By Numbers
Remember the Titans

Drive is also available in Spanish (SAP). Customers can watch any of these movies by going to the Movies On Demand channel, selecting “BY GENRE” and clicking on “Ryan Gosling”.

Well. It quite literally looks like the masses have spoken and the media has responded. Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Tell me that wasn’t good planning on TW’s part. Even our darling Daniel Radcliffe is getting in on the action. Just recently he admitted to having his own sort of crush on Ryan:

“This year I have a talent crush on Ryan Gosling. I think he’s fantastic and … you know he’d be nice afterwards. He seems smart. If I was gay, I would go for a smart man.”

So come on. Can an entire television technology scam as well as Harry Potter both be wrong?

Somehow I just don’t think so.

I’ve been listening to OK Go since before I entered college—even before their debut album, you guys!—and for some reason, I am still subscribed to the band’s email list. So I did actually know the erstwhile Chicago foursome had a new music video on the way, thanks to a recent email blast.

But what a video! Ever since “A Million Ways“—it was choreographed by one of the bandmembers’ sister—the band’s videos have been getting more and more elaborate, all while tending toward single long takes. (“Here It Goes Again” was the video that really put the band on the map, of course.)

Now that the band is Hot Malarkey, they’re teaming up with Chevy for their music videos. The scoop from the YouTube page:

A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of “Needing/Getting,” singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian [Kulash] took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they’d play the right note no matter where they were struck.

No, I am not being paid to tell you this: I would love the video even more if it had been shot from inside a Chevy Cruze instead. You guys, I love my Cruze. It is a tiny four-door car with a spacious interior and a surprisingly deep trunk. It gets terrific highway gas mileage, too, and it has a 5-star safety rating. Like, why wouldn’t you drive through a musical obstacle course in one of those? I ask you.

P.S. My Cruze’s name is Clyde; I just remembered I’ve actually written about my car here before.

Ready? Set? Bug your eyes out, flare your nostrils, and slightly part your lips. Got it? Good. Then you’ve got Jennifer Aniston‘s signature face that is seen somewhere in every. single. photo shoot. ever. Congratulations!

So here are a few choice quotes from Jen’s latest interview with InStyle magazine, and if you can also say “vanilla” along with the above facial contortionist accomplishment, then you probably are Jennifer Aniston. And if that’s the case, lay off lady. I have good lawyers, too, and last I checked, it’s a free country. We’re still allowed to say what we want to a certain extent, right?

In the interview, Jen talks about her life’s second passion (no, “not” her boyfriend, “directing), a Greek cooking trick that she’s not sharing, and probably ending up a crazy cat-lady recluse because she says that leaving the house is a risk.

Jennifer on her inherited culinary skills:

“I’d love to say I’m an accomplished cook, but I don’t have any signature dishes. I’m good at breakfast – I make great eggs. My father gave me a little recipe. It’s all in the seasoning. But it’s a Greek secret. I won’t give it away!”

Jennifer on what she finds to be the public’s most annoying preconception:

“Which one? There are so many. I would say the triangle with my ex-husband – and that there’s a feud there. It’s constant. It’s a story headline that won’t go away, but it’s a money thing – [people make money off] a story that has nothing to do with reality.”

On copying every current boyfriend’s style (yes, EVERY. Don’t you remember when Brad Pitt went all hippie-chic a few years back and to complement his style, Jen donned dreadlocks for awhile):

“First of all, he [boyfriend Justin Theroux] has great style – it’s very specific, and it has been his style forever. Has it influenced mine? No, but I know people say it has.’Oh, look, you’re dressing alike.’ And I think, no I’m not. I’ve had this jacket for three years!”

Sure. It’s just that she hadn’t worn it ’til she realized that it matched her boyfriend’s.

Jennifer on what she’d do if she ever left acting (ahem, Angelina Jolie):

“Directing. I was very proud of producing and directing for the beautiful project ‘Five.’ Or I’d love to be a dermatologist. I’d be so obsessive about it. I’m fascinated by skin, products, and lasers. I go on the Internet and read all about it. I call it ‘laser porn.’”

Jennifer on risk-taking and paranoia and what her life’s biggest risk has been up to this point:

“I’m not sure. Just walking out of the house can be a risk!”

So, there you have it, ladies and gents. I’m waiting and wondering when we’re going to get a real, honest, candid interview from Jennifer Aniston, but I’m afraid this is it. In this case, what you see really is what you get, and if that’s a disappointment to you, let me tell you – you’re not alone.

Hey. At least she’s photogenic, right? That’s got to count for something in this business, doesn’t it?