Ryan Gosling has joined celebrities waging war against the bosses of fast food chain KFC over the conditions in their poultry slaughterhouses.

The Oscar-nominated actor has fired off a letter on behalf of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to John Bitove, who oversees KFC Canada, urging him to stop the ongoing abuse of fowl supplied to his restaurants.

Gosling calls on Bitove to implement meaningful animal welfare reforms, stating, “The time is ripe to do the right thing.

He adds, “By adopting the basic recommendations made by PETA and scientific experts (including raising birds in a more natural manner and employing less cruel slaughter methods), you could dramatically improve the lives and deaths of chickens raised and killed for KFC Canada.”

Celebrities who have fired off letters about the KFC abuses in the past include pop star Pink and Pamela Anderson.

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Recently rehabbed party girl Kirsten Dunst was spotted in New York over the weekend canoodling with her All Good Things co-star Ryan Gosling. She and Gosling were seen at Lower East Side eatery Freeman’s on Saturday afternoon and, reports a source to Page Six, “They were definitely acting like they were on a date. They lingered there for hours and were both dressed kind of shabby.” Kiki checked herself into Lindsay Lohan’s fave rehab spot, Cirque Lodge, back in February.

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Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams share the honor of being recent Oscar nominees. But are they sharing a bit more these days?

The actors, both 27, were spotted walking along Bleecker Street in New York’s Greenwich Village on Tuesday night, stopping for some photos with fans near Sullivan Street.

Gosling, a nominee for Half Nelson, was back in New York after running into Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere – and exchanging numbers – at a restaurant in L.A. over the weekend, according to the New York Daily News. Gosling recently split with actress Rachel McAdams.

Williams, an Oscar nominee for Brokeback Mountain, is also recently single, she split with Heath Ledger, with whom she has a 2-year-old daughter, Matilda.

The actors’ reps did not return calls for comment.

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He’s so hot.

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“I think, people are making it a far more interesting story than it actually is,” he says. “The age of the character versus my real age was always a concern of mine. Peter and I tried to make it work and ultimately it just didn’t. I think the film is much better off with Mark Walhberg in that role. Peter Jackson is an incredible filmmaker and I’m here to tell you that he has things up his sleeve that are going to blow peoples’ minds. I’m going to be the first person in line to buy tickets.”

As for the report that he was difficult to work with, Gosling says, “The media always slant things in a negative direction. If somebody said I was easy to work with, they’d make that sound bad, too.”

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It’s a sight you never thought you’d see - a stark naked Philip Seymour Hoffman in the very first frame of Sidney Lumet’s latest, “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.”

The Oscar-winning actor and an equally nude Marisa Tomei kick off the harrowing thriller with a steamy sex scene that had everyone talking Wednesday night at the Cinema Society screening of Lumet’s 45th film.

Hoffman, Tomei and co-star Ethan Hawke were on hand for the Sagatiba Rum-sponsored showing and the star-studded after-party on the roof lounge of the Gramercy Park Hotel.

Among those enthralled by the tale of a robbery gone horribly awry were Lauren Bacall, Sheryl Crow, Patricia Clarkson, Tommy Hilfiger, Rachel Roy, Cynthia Rowley, Sante D’Orazio, newly pregnant Julianna Margulies and supermodel Hana Soukupova (whose apartment was used for one of the grittier scenes).

Meanwhile, guests downstairs at the Rose Bar were getting a scene of their own. Ryan Gosling proved he’s over his ex, Rachel McAdams, by cozying up to a “hot brunette who kept showing him her phone.”

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Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead:

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all itself. Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hanks actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep. Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei plays Hoffmans trophy wife, who is having a clandestine affair with Hawke, and the stellar cast also includes Albert Finney as the family patriarch who pursues justice at all costs, completely unaware that the culprits he is hunting are his own sons. A classy, classic heist-gone-wrong drama in the tradition of The Killing and Lumets own The Anderson Tapes, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOW YOURE DEAD is smart enough to know that we often have the most to fear from those who are near and dear.

Yesterday I reported that Mark Wahlberg had been called in the day before shooting began to replace Ryan Gosling. The reason given was “creative differences”. Well, looks like Ryan may have been replaced because he was too difficult? Here is what Page Six had to say:

Those old “creative differences” are to blame for director Peter Jackson’s firing of Ryan Gosling from “Lovely Bones.” “Peter couldn’t stand Ryan,” said one source. Though Variety reported that Gosling had “stepped down” and was replaced by Mark Wahlberg, our source said, “Ryan cut his own hair, and was fighting with wardrobe. He was so demanding . . . Peter booted him two days before filming started.” The flick is based on the best-selling novel by Alice Sebold. A rep for Gosling did not return calls.

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UPDATE: Ryan too fat for the part, according to Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson was said to be quite surprised that Gosling had showed up to start work on “The Lovely Bones” looking like he’d donned a fat suit. According to sources, the 26-year-old Gosling had apparently told the director he was going to gain weight to age himself up to play the part of a grieving father, but Jackson was still expecting some movie star allure — not paunch and a beard. By Friday, Gosling had left the high-profile production over those pesky “creative differences,” and, by Sunday, he’d been replaced by 36-year-old Mark Wahlberg, who actually could be old enough to father a teenager.

Gosling’s departure comes on the heels of his indie pic “Lars and the Real Girl,” which, according to Boxofficemojo.com cost $12 million. So far the film has earned $316,000, and will go wide this weekend. A DreamWorks representative declined to comment, as did Gosling’s manager.

Still, “The Lovely Bones,” which starts shooting today in Pennsylvania, will continue relatively unhampered.
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