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Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. Born and raised in Canada, he rose to prominence at age 13 for being a child star on the Disney Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995), and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs, including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1996). His first film role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he went on to star in several independent films, including Murder by Numbers (2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002), and The United States of Leland (2003). Gosling gained wider recognition and stardom for the 2004 romance film The Notebook. This was followed by starring roles in a string of critically acclaimed independent dramas including Half Nelson (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Gosling co-starred in three mainstream films in 2011, the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love and the action drama Drive, all of which were critical and commercial successes. He then starred in the acclaimed financial satire The Big Short (2015) and the romantic musical La La Land (2016), the latter of which won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further acclaim followed with the science fiction thriller Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the biopic First Man (2018). In addition to acting, he made his directorial debut in 2014's Lost River.
The story begins when the ancient demon mother Lilith escapes from her millennia-long imprisonment inside the belly of the Leviathan. Seeking to conquer Earth and reclaim her dark kingdom, she summons her grotesque demon children, the Lilin, to help her tear open a rift between realms and unleash hell on mankind. Ghost Rider Danny Ketch and his partner Johnny Blaze receive terrible prophetic visions warning them of Lilith's resurrection and the impending demonic invasion. Realizing that the forces of Earth's traditional heroes are ill-equipped to battle purely supernatural evil, they set out to recruit a loosely aligned coalition of dark, occult antiheroes to stand against her. Their search brings together the vampire hunter Blade and his monster-hunting allies in the Nightstalkers, The Punisher, Moon Knight, Doctor Strange, Magik, and the mystical guardians known as the Darkhold Redeemers. Guided from behind the scenes by Doctor Strange, these reluctant allies initially clash due to their volatile personalities, conflicting instincts, and deep mistrust of one another. However, as Lilith's hordes launch a coordinated assault to slaughter the heroes before they can unite, the group is forced to band together under the moniker of the Midnight Suns. Fighting through city streets infested with nightmarish beasts, the team uncovers Lilith's plan to use magical artifacts and blood rituals to bring her full army through into Earth's dimension. In a chaotic and bloody showdown, the Midnight Suns combine their hellfire, mystic powers, and combat prowess to destroy Lilith's generals, seal the magical rift, and banish her forces back into the shadow realm. Though victorious, the heroes recognize that the threat of the occult will never truly vanish, prompting them to forge a lasting pact to assemble whenever dark forces threaten humanity.
