Zoolander ending explained (spoilers)

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Derek unleashes his Magnum look in order to stop Mugatu from killing the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Derek retires from male modeling and establishes the The Derek Zoolander Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too. Derek and Matilda decide to get married and later have a baby, Derek Jr.

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Aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) runs into jazz musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) when she hears him playing piano; but he blows her off. When she runs into him again at a party, the two bond over a dance number while walking to their car. She leaves her boyfriend for him and they inspire each other to follow their dreams #150; he encourages her to write a play for herself to act in and she encourages him to open up his own jazz club.

To raise money for the club, Sebastian joins a band which ends up becoming very successful while, simultaneously, Miarsquo;s one-woman show flops.

Mia moves back to Nevada, but the play has caught the eye of a casting director who reaches out to Sebastian when she canrsquo;t get a hold of Mia. He drives hours to Nevada and brings her back to L.A. for the audition.

Five years later, we learn that Mia has become a huge movie star and he has opened a very successful jazz club but they did not end up with each other.

In an epilogue, we see what their life could have been, depicted in a ten minute song-and-dance.