Here’s Ryan Gosling with his special lady, Eva Mendes, in Paris. Of course he’s holding a rose that he picked for her. “Hey, girl. Sure I scratched my hand on those thorns, but it’s a small price to pay to show you I care.” |WWTDD|

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SITE NEWS: Get excited, we’ve got a fresh Scene Breakdown from Danger Guerrero (KARATE DOG!) AND a brand new This Week in Posters. Get excited. That’s right, I said it twice, because I mean it.

Have you listened to the latest Frotcast? You should. It has koi prank calls. |Frotcast|

So Long and Thanks for All the Puppies. Go pay your respects to your departing WG editor, Matt Ufford. And meet your new editors!  |Warming Glow|

Crossface Chickenwing Rhymes: 7 Hip-Hop Lines About Bob Backlund. (I have no idea what any of this means). |Smoking Section|

I absolutely love watching these two old dudes kick the crap out of each other. |With Leather|

Meme Watch: Hippo Coworker Is On The Other Side Of Your Cubicle Wall |UPROXX|

7 Popular Songs That Are Too Rapey. Please, there’s no such thing as TOO rapey. |Buzzfeed|

“Where are the great movies?” asks the director of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |FARK|

Damn, the Stath’s sister sounds pissed. DON’T MAKE ME PUT DOWN THIS BABY! |TheDailyWhat|

Anne Hathaway is engaged to this chode smuggler. |TheSuperficial|

Charlize Theron totally got bullied in school, you guys. Probably for being so pretty. |Videogum|

10 words of the year that didn’t catch on. Not listed? “Dingleberry.” Dingleberry is here to stay. You could set your watch to dingleberry. |MentalFloss|

6 fictional retailers that are probably better than Best Buy. |ScreenJunkies|

Louis CK Explains Racial Slurs |DogAndPony|

This awkward couple’s first kiss legitimately makes me nauseous. |HolyTaco|

Let Miss Leila alllmost show you her gash. |GorillaMask|

A Collection of Masked Movie Posters |Unreality|

Check out Talib Kweli in this new DeStorm video. Did you know: The Uproxx guys used to own Talib Kweli’s record label? It’s true. (*more you know music plays*)

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"Hey girl, trust me, this is in self defense."

FilmDrunk favorite and gentleman snuggler Ryan Gosling is currently filming Lawless, a gangster film directed by Terrence Malick and co-starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Lawless is actually one of two new Malick projects in the works – both starring Bale but only one starring Baby Goose :( – but at least it is the only one that lets us witness Gosling with a machine gun. Is there nothing sexier on this planet, ladies? Actually, I suppose it would be better if he were shirtless and riding a lion like He-Man with Bale in a sidecar made of biceps, but we’re gonna have to settle for this.

The banner image is one of a few new stills that were recently released from the set of Lawless, but most of them were just Baby Goose being his lovable, charming self and mingling with the crew and fans. It’s good that he was being so affable with everyone, though, because rumor has it that Bale was actually firing a machine gun into the crowds. I don’t know if that is true or not, but it just sounds right.

[Editor's Note: The machine gun pictures are actually from Gangster Squad, from Ruben Fleischer (hopefully it's better than 30 Minutes or Less). Don't worry, I'll be sure to tan Burnsy's ass for this error.]

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(Thanks to John N for the photo)

This was our first week with the new commenting system. We’ve still got some upgrades to come with that, and at some point we may be able to decide our Comments of the Week winner through voting, but for now, we’re still stuck with the old method. Once again, the way that works is, you nominate your favorite comments throughout the week by copy and pasting them into the comments section below. You can always find the CoTW link on the sidebar to your right, or linked at the bottom of Morning Links.

Now then. I had to give Chareth Cutestory the nod this week for his comment in the post about the lady who sued Drive for not being enough like Fast and Furious. This is just an effective visual.

Chareth Cutestory says:
*smash cut to trial*
“Your Honor, please. Mr. Gosling should not be allowed to bring a kitten onto the witness stand.”
“…I’ll allow it.”
“But he even put a tiny little scorpion jacket on it!”
*bangs gavel*
“CASE DISMISSED.”

Meanwhile, showing what FilmDrunk is all about, Bubb Rubb gets the assist by creating the Photoshop:

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Probably the best part of Drive was the embroidered scorpion jacket Baby Goose wore everywhere he went. They never made any attempt to explain it or give it any kind of context*, because why would they? It’s a satin quilted scorpion jacket. Someone wanting to wear that all the time is self-explanatory. In fact, I think the first thing I said after I got out of Drive was “I want that scorpion jacket.”  And since I’m predictable and unoriginal, now they’re on sale.

I wish I was rich so I could buy them out of these and I’d have the only one. What? Just because I like Baby Goose doesn’t mean I have to share his views on sharing.

The off-white varsity-style jacket, embroidered with the yellow insect [Editor's Note: scorpions are arachnids, asshole] on its back, is being sold by vintage specialists, Steady Clothing, for $159.99.
With a sale date expected on 15th November, the site is now taking pre-orders.
The replica stays true to the original, as worn by Gosling’s unnamed and largely silent character known only as Driver.
The film’s costume designer, Erin Benach, told GQ magazine recently that the inspiration for the jacket style came in part from Gosling:
‘Ryan was really inspired by these Korean souvenir jackets from the Fifties. We got to this idea of a white quilted satin jacket with a scorpion on the back. The scorpion came a little later – that was inspired by this Kenneth Anger video Scorpio.’
‘We built the jacket from scratch. We used a tailor in Los Angeles… We had maybe ten different styles tested: we had a baseball cut for the shoulders, then we had a regular sleeve cut. We tried so many styles to nail the one that fitted and looked the best,’ Benach told the magazine.
The colour, an off-white creamy silver, was especially chosen to work with lighting and photography – Benach explained that white would have been too harsh for the scenes.
And it was almost scrapped altogether. ‘At one point we just thought, “Let’s go back and make it olive green or red” – but in the end we all fought for saving the white jacket because we loved so much.’ |DailyMail|

“Here I am, girl. Rock you like a hurricane. But only if you want me to, girl. …Here, you can wear this if it gets chilly.”

*A few people have now pointed out that late in the movie, Baby Goose’s character makes reference to the story of the scorpion and the frog (as a metaphor for his character, no doubt), which probably explains the jacket. You’re probably right but… “He wears a scorpion because he’s the scorpion, get it?? Hurrrr…” It seems kind of lame to me. I like my version better, where he wears a righteous jacket because it’s a righteous jacket.

"So, Brutus, have I told you about my best friend, Patches? I think you two would get along super."

Ryan Gosling, who most recently made psychopathy huggable in Drive, made headlines this week when he gave his special lady, Eva Mendes a gift certificate (because that’s the kind of thing In Touch reports on) to a restaurant he co-owns. Wait, what?

The Drive actor has gifted his new love, Eva Mendes, 37, with free food – for life – in the form of a VIP card for Tagine, the Moroccan restaurant that he co-owns.
“Eva and Ryan are both foodies, so he surprised her with the unlimited gift certificate,” a friend of the actor tells In Touch.
“He’s looking for something permanent, and he’s hoping that he has found it with Eva. She’s everything he wants.” [InTouch via Celebitchy]

As Dan Hopper at BestWeekEver points out, a gift certificate generally isn’t the greatest gift, and hey, if he owns the restaurant, wouldn’t she be eating there for free anyway? Those are understandable questions. As an Exalted Carebear of Huggalo Nation (I was recently promoted), I feel it’s my duty to explain. See, people are reading too much into this “gift” thing. Baby Goose just really likes giving gift certificates. Gift certificates for hugs, gift certificates for three free foot massages, complimentary dog walking, buy one smooch get one free, three compliments for the price of one — he was going to do all that stuff anyway, a gift certificate is just a super neat excuse to write a personalized note.

“Here, girl, I got us I front row seats to the double-dutch match down the street. I drew them myself.”