The Beard Is Gone!!!

This is reason to celebrate!

Ryan Gosling looks like a new man. The actor, who had been sporting serious scruff for what seemed like the last twelve months, emerged clean-shaven on Tuesday.

Up until this past weekend at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, he was bearded out.

He looks so much better now, don’t you think????

Oh, yeah, Ryan was honored with the Independent Award Tribute at the 2008 Santa Barbara Film Festival yesterday.

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