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"Everything happens for a reason? Ryan Gosling revealed in a new interview that he missed an opportunity to join the Backstreet Boys before they got big.\r\n&amp;quot;When I was doing the Mickey Mouse Club we were living in the same place as that guy A.J. [McLean] from the Backstreet Boys,&amp;quot; the Gangster Squad actor, 32, explained to Celebuzz. &amp;quot;And so he was always talking about the Backstreet Boys, but they were just forming that band so he was saying how big they were going to be -- and he had a poster of them in his house.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We were like . . . that&amp;apos;s never going to happen,&amp;quot; Gosling recalled. &amp;quot;Didn&amp;apos;t they already do that with New Kids [On the Block]? You&amp;apos;re a little late. Cut to . . . I was wrong.&amp;quot;\r\nDoes he regret not trying to get an invitation to join their band when he had the chance? &amp;quot;I can&amp;apos;t live in the past. I&amp;apos;ve got to live in the now,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;That ship has sailed.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAnd he hasn&amp;apos;t kept in touch with the band, but not by choice. &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re not returning my calls,&amp;quot; he joked.\r\n&amp;quot;I am so sorry I didn&amp;apos;t call you back, dude,&amp;quot; McLean, 35, told TMZ in response Monday, Jan. 14, adding he doesn&amp;apos;t have the actor&amp;apos;s number. But if he gets his number, McLean said, &amp;quot;If we ever want a sixth Backstreet Boy, I&amp;apos;m going to call you.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn other Gosling news, actress Anna Kendrick tweeted a critique of his latest film Gangster Squad on Monday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Ugh -- NEVER going to a Ryan Gosling movie in a theater again. Apparently masturbating in the back row is still considered &amp;apos;inappropriate,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; the actress, 27, joked.\r\nThe racy tweet must have resonated with her fans as it earned her over 20,000 favorites and 23,000 retweets."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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