Derek Cianfrance director of the 2010 Sundance hit, Blue Valentine has publicly announced his distaste for Hollywood's use of excessive graphic violence, calling moviemakers "irresponsible" for portraying onscreen use of guns as "cool."

Constant debate has raged over how guns are, or should be, portrayed in movies, sparked by the tragedy that happened in Newtown, Conn., last December when 20 children and six adults died after they were gunned down at the Sandy Hook elementary school. Since then, politicians and many others have taken  sides on the reignited gun control debate - a debate t...

Ryan Gosling regretted festooning his face with a fake tattoo for new movie The Place Beyond The Pines as he couldn't bear to look in the mirror afterwards.

The Drive star plays a motorbike rider in a traveling circus who turns to crime to help support his baby, and Gosling wanted to show his character's questionable lifestyle choices through his tattoos.

However, the actor hated the eventual design choice, a dagger dripping blood by his left eye, and even complained to director Derek Cianfrance. Nonetheless, Cianfrance was unsympathetic and ordered Gosling to put up with the fake inkin...

Following director Derek Cianfrance's harsh portrayal of love in "Blue Valentine," this film, "The Place Beyond The Pines," starts off like what seems to be a crime drama. The film however shifts into a dark tale on relationships between fathers and sons and the horrible legacies left behind.

The film is divided into three short-film-like-acts. Act one follows carnival stunt rider Luke (Ryan Gosling), who is visited after a show in Schenectady, NY by Romina (Eva Mendes); with whom he had a fling with the last time his carnival passed through the city.

A spark reignites but she rejects ...

In order to play a haggard, single mom in upcoming film "The Place Beyond The Pines," Eva Mendes shaved back her eyebrows and dug out ill-fitting jean shorts from her teenage years.

She told WENN, "I wanted to make sure that you could see it on her face and on her body. I did certain little tricks that I'd like to keep secret to make sure I looked haggard and that time had its way with me. I did the obvious greying of my hair, but one of the tricks I did was to shave down my eyebrows to a very, very thin point which I don't really recommend for an every day look.
 
"When you want to change...

Ryan Gosling appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival with his film The Place Beyond the Pines, reuniting him with Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance.

Gosling plays a motorcyclist who robs banks to support his son. On stage after the premiere screening in Toronto, Gosling admitted he's always wanted to rob a bank.

"This has always been a fantasy of mine to rob a bank but I'm scared of jail so I'm not going to ever do that," Gosling said. "But I rob them in my mind all the time, especially when I’m in them. Derek gave me the opportunity to do that."

Shooting the bank r...

Sexy Cuban actress Eva Mendes is Marie Claire magazine's March cover girl, and as expected she looks fantastic. The actress talks about Ryan Gosling, her boyfriend and co-star in upcoming film "The Place Beyond the Pines," as well as her looks and Hollywood idols.

On working with Ryan, she said, "He's your dream costar. I have never felt so creatively satisfied on a film." Their movie centers on a motorcycle stunt rider who considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child. This decision puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

The stunning star ...

Eva Mendes appears to have found a new sweetheart in Ryan Gosling - the cute couple was spotted holding hands and kissing at Disneyland in California over the Labor Day weekend.

The pair has become close while shooting new movie The Place Beyond the Pines together - after a longtime friendship reportedly blossomed into romance. And they weren't hiding their feelings for each other at the happiest place on earth on Saturday.

An onlooker tells Us Weekly magazine, "They were very playful. Eva was skipping around like a little girl... She would lean into him and she held his arm the entire ...