Where’s Ryan Gosling? The Oscar-nominated “Half Nelson” star was a surprise entry on the Oscar slate. But he’s been pretty much MIA from the campaign circuit. He wasn't even at the prestigious and essential campaign stop -- the Oscar Nominees Luncheon -- this week. Even Peter O'Toole showed up for that. Doesn't Ryan want to win?
According to Bonnie Abaunza of Amnesty International, Ryan is in Uganda scouting locations for “The Lord’s Resistance Army,” a film about child soldiers in East Africa. Gosling’s producing the film, co-writing the script, will direct and star in it. With him in Uganda are child soldier expert Jimmy Briggs, author of “Innocents Lost,” and John Prendergast, D.C-based senior advisor to the International Crisis Group. He’s the guy who took Angelina Jolie on her first trip to the eastern Congo in 2003 and helped George Clooney recently appear at the United Nations to seek help for Darfur’s thousands of dead and millions of displaced civil war victims.
While there, they visited some hospitals and aid centers funded by Nic Cage’s $2.5 million contribution to help rehabilitate child soldiers. Yesterday morning, Bonnie got a frantic call from Ryan, Jimmy and John asking for her help.
