One of the biggest cultural phenomenons of the past few years has been the emergence of the hipster in Hollywood - whether it's the actors and actresses themselves, or the roles they're playing.
Robert Lanham's The Hipster Handbook, describes a member of the tribe everyone loves to hate as, "One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2 per cent body fat." Alternatively, according to everyone else on the planet, a hipster is "Someone who listens to bands you've never heard of, wears ironic T-shirts, and believes they are better than you."
And with Hollywood currently awash with hipsters, Scene has put together an invaluable guide to knowing who's, y'know, who. Now, did you hear the one about the hipster fish? It left the sea because it was too current...
King Hipster
Ryan Gosling
Hipster credentials 2004's The Notebook aside, it wasn't until Ryan's 2006 indie movie, Half Nelson, which he followed up with the under-the-radar-but-critically-acclaimed likes of Lars And The Real Girl, Blue Valentine and 2011's Drive, that the 31-year-old Canadian became the go-to guy for hip flicks.
They say "I don't like that man. Mr Tall and Handsome, but I'm told he'll grow out of it" - George Clooney
Nod to irony Ryan's date venue of choice is none other than Disneyland, where he has so far taken Thor actress, Kat Dennings, Blake Lively and current girlfriend, Eva Mendes.
Challenge to hipster cred Ryan's former Mickey Mouse Club pal, Justin Timberlake, has been accused of attempting to sabotage Ryan's hipness, after Ryan revealed he'd "slept on Justin's couch as kid". "So he tried to make it seem like he was bohemian even back then?" sniped JT on Jimmy Fallon's talkshow.
Hipster talk "[Being recognised is] like being in a dream. You don't know anybody, but everybody knows you, everybody reacts to you… everything seems to be a response to your presence. When you think that acknowledging that will make it easier, it inevitably becomes a nightmare."
Overkill After he created a diorama as part of an interview for Esquire, the journalist revealed, "Gosling included an unlabelled CD and the instruction ‘Play.' It's an obscure album called Ghetto Reality, recorded in 1969 by a Rochester, New York, elementary-school teacher, Nancy Dupree, and her music students."
Queen Hipster
Zooey Deschanel
Hipster credentials Her starring role in so-self-aware-it-hurts indie movie (500) Days Of Summer. Plus, her band, She & Him - who've named their albums Volume 1 and Volume 2 because, "We wanted… as vague a reference as possible to who we were to keep the focus more on the music."
They say "Zooey Deschanel, the hipster labradoodle with bangs, is a sort of love it or hate it proposition. Either people are into her Williamsburg boho approximation of a Lisa Frank folder with giant eyes and twee giggles, or they want to punch her in the face." - Gawker.com
Nod to irony Her new TV show, New Girl. TV? Totes retro.
Challenge to hipster cred Thought Zooey had come out of nowhere to build a successful career for herself? Not a bit of it! Daddy is Caleb Deschanel, a five-time Academy Award nominee for his work as a cinematographer on the likes of The Patriot, and National Treasure; and mummy is Twin Peaks actress, Mary Jo Weir. Nepotism much?
Hipster talk "I think for any kind of art-making you have to do it for the process and not the reaction, not in anticipation of anybody's response."
Overkill The video of herself and fellow hipster, Joseph Gordon-Levitt on her twee-ly entitled blog, Hello Giggles, singing What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? together. Watch it here.
Adorable Hipster
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Hipster credentials After starring roles in 3rd Rock From The Sun, (500) Days Of Summer, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, 50/50, etc… JGL is a fanboy (and girl's) dream star.
They say "He's handsome, intelligent and funny, but his demeanour always seems a little aloof, as if he's hiding a secret or smiling at a private joke." - Salon.com
Nod to irony A millionaire actor at the Occupy Wall Street protests? He's not one of the 99 per cent we're assuming?
Challenge to hipster cred That rumoured post-Ryan-Reynolds-split fling with Scarlett Johansson, who used to be hipster but is now worryingly mainstream.
Hipster talk "I think a hipster is someone who is trying to be hip with no substance behind it. And personally, I don't think that applies to me."
Overkill Joseph's website, hitrecord.org. It opens with the spiel, "Hello, Regular Joe here…" Erm…
Princess Hipster
Kristen Stewart
Hipster credentials Self-aware social awkwardness, faux hatred of fame, skinny jeans, wearing Rob's T-shirts, starring in a movie version of hipster's bible On The Road, chronic lip-biting and eye-rolling, overall vibe of ‘no one understands me', etc…
They say "She's cool"- Robert Pattinson
Nod to irony "It's funny that she's the one doing this huge… thing [Twilight]." - Robert Pattinson, again.
Challenge to hipster cred Bella Swan.
Hipster talk "I play guitar, and I love playing it with my friends. But I hate the idea of something that's mine... I'm used to making movies and having people take that from me."
Overkill "I listen to The Shins and Radiohead and Interpol," says K-Stew. "And we saw Band of Horses last night, and that was awesome, because they're, like, my favourite band right now. I love Camera Obscura and Jenny Lewis."
Brit Hipster
Ed Westwick
Hipster credentials The New York Observer, spilled of bumping into Ed, "Outside of Williamsburg dive bar Zablozki last night we were grabbed by what first appeared to be a homeless hipster trying to bum a cigarette."
They say "It's common knowledge among hipsters in the USA that our allies across the Pond have a better taste in music than we ever will" - uncyclopedia.wikia.com
Nod to irony A hipster on one of the world's most mainstream shows, Gossip Girl? Hipsters' heads explode over this on a daily basis.
Challenge to hipster cred Chuck Bass.
Hipster talk "I had a band [The Filthy Youth], that was a little while ago, we broke up a long time ago. I just mess around on the side and play music on my own now."
Overkill "Hipster or homeless person: Ed Westwick edition," says the New York Daily News of Ed's style. What is this obsession with homeless people?!
Smart-mouth Hipster
Ellen Page
Hipster credentials One word: Juno.
They say "In 2007's Juno, Page came out victorious as a spunky yet sarcastic pregnant teen. (‘Ha! It's funny because she's a knocked-up teen who's not totally tragic... and talks to adults like they're her equals. ****, that's cool.')" - stuffhipstershate.tumblr.
Nod to irony After escaping her small-town roots, at 24, she's back home. "It usually happens later in life, a return, but I guess I started out earlier than most."
Challenge to hipster cred Ellen's writing an anti-hipster TV show, Stitch N' *****, about the "perils of hipsterdom".
Hipster talk As Juno MacGuff: "Oh, and my mother inexplicably mails me a cactus every Valentine's Day. And I'm like, ‘Thanks a heap, coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings even worse than your abandonment.'"
Overkill Her next movie is Nero Fiddled, helmed by hipster icon, Woody Allen.
