This image released by NBC shows Ryan Gosling with the award for best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for “La La Land,” at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. less This image released by NBC shows Ryan Gosling with the award for best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for “La La Land,” at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly … more Gosling has long been a major star and respected actor, but entry into the upper echelon of award-winners and legends-in-the-making has thus far eluded him.