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Every celebrity was having a blast during Ryan Gosling's performance of 'I'm Just Ken' at the 2024 Oscars

Ryan Gosling performs 'I'm Just Ken' from "Barbie" at the 96th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024
Ryan Gosling performs 'I'm Just Ken' from "Barbie" at the 96th Annual Oscars. Rich Polk/Variety/Getty Images
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Ryan Gosling definitely brought the Kenergy during a performance of "I'm Just Ken," a fan-favorite from the movie "Barbie," at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday.

And what a performance it was.

Gosling, wearing a sparkly hot-pink suit, had dozens of dancers, his costars, the song's co-writer Mark Ronson, Slash, and more onstage with him to give the song the full Oscars treatment.

A-listers in the audience were also very into Gosling's performance, judging by their dance moves.

Gosling even got director Greta Gerwig, "Barbie" costars Margot Robbie and America Ferrera, and "La La Land" costar Emma Stone to sing along.

Stone had so much fun during the performance that it apparently led to a wardrobe malfunction.

"My dress is broken," she said as she accepted the best actress Oscar for "Poor Things," adding: "I think it happened during 'I'm Just Ken.'"

The crowd went wild at "I'm Just Ken" at the 2024 Oscars.
The crowd went wild during "I'm Just Ken" at the 2024 Oscars.  Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

"I'm Just Ken," written by Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, was up for an Oscar for best original song, but it lost to another song from the "Barbie" soundtrack: "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell.

Gosling was nominated for best supporting actor for his role as Ken, but Robert Downey Jr. took the prize for his performance in "Oppenheimer." 

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