ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF "DRIVE" & SIGNED RYAN GOSLING PHOTO

I promised, I deliver.  Partnering for the first-time ever with Thomas Allen & Son Limited, Mr. Will-W.:Pop Maven wants to give one lucky Reader a chance to win a copy of James Sallis' Novel, Drive, paired with a signed Ryan Gosling Photo. The stellar Film Adaptation starring Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Carey Mulligan is now in theatres via Alliance Films.

See Photos & Video from the TIFF 2011 Premiere of Drive here.

See Photos of Gosling arriving in Toronto for TIFF here.

To qualify for the win, you must "like" the Mr. Will-W.:Pop Maven Facebook Page and leave a comment under this Post answering the question, does the Director of Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, actually know how to drive?   You have until October 22, 2011 to qualify.  Good luck, Mavenati!  (Hint: Video on my Drive Premiere Post).

Even if you don't win, don't fret as I'll be giving away additional copies of Drive here also...

RYAN GOSLING AT TIFF FOR "DRIVE" - PREMIERE PHOTOS & VIDEO

Ryan Gosling at Toronto Premiere of Drive

Drawing loud shrieks from Fans who queued for hours to see him at Ryerson Theatre tonight, Ryan Gosling demonstrated v. well why it is that he can be mentioned in the same breath as your George Clooneys and Brad Pitts, who have been omnipresent at TIFF 2011.  Gosling currently is receiving tons of Oscar buzz for his work on not one, but two titles to be released this Fall and I was lucky enough to attend the Premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive this evening.  I can confirm that it's nothing like anything I've ever seen.  It quite possibly is the most  stylish, serene, yet violent Film I've ever seen - chalk full of enthralling Action and Driving sequences.  Gosling is brilliant without ever really saying much.  Everything about him here is communicated through his eyes and  facial movements.

Refn tells the Audience, which included Gosling's immediate Family, that he wanted always to be in a John Hughes Brat Pack Film and models his Films after those of that Filmmaker, being a Child of the '80s.

Watch a Video extracted from this evening's Q&A with Gosling's Co-stars Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks:

ALBERT BROOKS AT TIFF FOR "DRIVE"

Albert Brooks & Mr. Will-W.

You know and love him for his work in The Simpsons (Series and Movie), plus Films like Finding Nemo and Broadcast News and by fluke I ran into the amazing Albert Brooks today.  Brooks is in-town promoting Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.