Even though last week it was announced (through sources) that Ryan and Rachel were engaged – it’s looking like that might not be the case this week.

“It’s a break, not a breakup,” says one source, who adds that while McAdams is very dependent on Gosling, the recent Oscar nominee wants some distance so he can focus on his sizzling career.

“It’s a pivotal moment for him,” says the insider.

Still, McAdams “is taking it really hard because Ryan is everything to her,” says a source.

A third insider, who says the pair split several weeks ago, adds, “Ryan was in love with her, but it didn’t work out because of their conflicting work schedules.”

Says the pal, “They’re both miserable. Hopefully they’ll get back together soon.”

Rachel’s rep is denying the story…so here’s to hoping this isn’t true!

“She’s kind. She doesn’t need any help from me. She’s inspired me to do so much as well,” Gosling, 26, said Sunday when asked about McAdams’s comments at a junket for his new thriller Fracture.

McAdams, 30, told the magazine’s April issue that her beau – and costar in 2004’s The Notebook – “never does the same thing twice. He’s very brave.”

But Gosling, a Best Actor Oscar nominee for Half Nelson, says McAdams has good judgment in her own right: “She’s the most discerning person I’ve ever met. She’ll read a script 100 times. She’s relentless.”

And she’s not bad looking, either: Asked to comment on McAdams’s cover shot for the magazine, Gosling was momentarily tongue-tied.

“Oh … yeah …” he said. “She looks stunning! Absolutely – yeah!”

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You thought you had Rachel McAdams figured out. A wholesome America’s Sweetheart sort of actress headed down the rom-com track, following in the heel-prints of Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon.

Then she put pink stripes in her hair for fun, rolled up to an interview with Elle magazine in a dress made of edamame, and admitted she passed on Anne Hathaway’s role in The Devil Wears Prada and the romantic lead in Casino Royale. And another thing, she’s actually 28, not 30 as Imdb claims.

So talented is the young starlet that she inspired her costar in The Family Stone, Diane Keaton, to say, “I hadn’t been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.”

Find out more about the actress in the April issue of Elle, out March 6th. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview of the interview in which McAdams admits to an obsession with straightening pictures and books (hello, Howard Hughes!), and dishes about on-again boyfriend Ryan Gosling.

On her film choices:
“I’m not going to make movies just to make movies. I have to be passionate about it.”

On why she quit being a vegetarian:
“I stopped eating meat for a few years and got so tired I feel asleep during a Chris Rock show – live, front row. And I was like, ‘I’m picking up some bacon tomorrow!’”

On boyfriend Ryan Gosling:
“He’s very brave. I don’t think he sees the point [in taking a role] unless he can find out what he’s made of every time. He just doesn’t back off. He goes into everything from that place.”

On her idiosyncrasies:
“I have major anxiety about crooked pictures. They just make me mental. I’m spatially sensitive. In the shower, I have to have the shampoo bottles setup right. I don’t want the writing facing. I want the label facing out. I’m learning to relax about bookshelves. I think the books look nicer if the heights are mixed up.”

On dying:
“I don’t want to have a tombstone. You can now be made into a reef! I was reading that they can make your remains into a reef and put you in the ocean, and the fish can feed off you! I just want to go back into the earth the same way I came.”

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She looks absolutely gorgeous!!

Recognize that dress (above)?  Beyonce wore it to the Oscars!

Recognize this dress below?  Kirsten Dunst wore it to the Oscars!

Many more pics of Rachel after the cut! (more…)

After Katie Holmes turned down the next Batman movie, “The Dark Night”, it looks like Rachel McAdams has swooped in and gotten the role.  I think casting Rachel is a great move…I’m not a huge fan of Katie.

I was suprised how many of you guys said you like the pink hair (last time I posted her pic).  I just don’t get.  Maybe I’m too old.  Maybe I have no style (no comments, thanks).  But I seriously just don’t get it!? She would be so much prettier without it!

I was hoping that the pink hair was for a movie…it’s surfaced several times over the last couple months.  But I’m beginning to think she might actually like it.  You know Rach – I love ya…but the pink’s gotta go.  You’re going to have to be all hot and dressed up for the Oscars! (Her man’s been nominated for his role in Half Nelson).