Jason Aldean stopped by for a guest appearance on GAC's Top 20 County Countdown. Photo credit GAC staff.
After a taking a short holiday break, GAC is back with our first Top 20 Country Countdown of 2011. And to help get things started in a big way, we asked superstar Jason Aldean to stop by the studio and join host Nan Kelley for the show. Plus, hot new ACM nominated duo the JaneDear girls drop in to talk about their new music and help count down the videos you voted for at GACTV.com!
Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.
If you’re one of the lucky few who’ve seen the movie Country Strong (the movie’s been in limited release since Dec. 22 and opens nationally Jan. 7), you may have noticed Tim McGraw‘s character’s distinguished “beard and turtleneck” look. It turns out Tim — who plays the husband/manager of Gwyneth Paltrow’s character, a country singer – looked to none other than Reba McEntire‘s stylish husband/manager, Narvel Blackstock, for visual inspiration.
GAC’s Storme Warren recently interviewed Tim on the red carpet at the Nashville premiere of Country Strong. In the interview, Tim ribbed Storme, saying, “Hey your dad’s missing his jacket.” Watch the clip below for Storme’s retort, plus Tim’s confession of his character’s “stolen identity.” Continue Reading
Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.
From Crazy Heart to Country Strong, Hollywood and Nashville were tightly linked in 2010.
Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.
When Tim McGraw agreed to appear in the movie Country Strong as the husband and manager of a fading country star, he unwittingly set himself up for what might be his best on-screen performance to date.
The movie’s lead character — Kelly Canter, played by Gwyneth Paltrow — is struggling with an addiction that played itself out in front of her fans, and Tim’s character sees it as his duty to help her revitalize her career. As a result, he runs through a lot of emotions during the course of the picture, and in one particular moment, it requires Tim to do something that even fulltime actors find difficult.
Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Show Dog-Universal Music.
Kix Brooks, Trace Adkins and Buddy Jewell are among the latest acts taking time from their schedules to honor the soldiers who put their lives on the line for their country.
Kix is in the midst of a Middle East tour, Buddy just headed out with with a package of country singers that will visit four countries, and Trace is set to appear on a TV special with a military theme before his own USO journey.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was honored this past Monday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her co-star in the upcoming film “Country Strong,”Tim McGraw, was there as the featured guest speaker. Faith Hill was also on hand to help honor her new friend. Gwyneth’s star is the 2,427th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category of Motion Pictures and can be found at at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard in front of Madame Tussaud’s Hollywood.
Gwyneth’s role in the 1998 film “Shakespear In Love” catapulted her into awards stardom with Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Academy Awards. Since then she’s been in a number of critically acclaimed independent and blockbuster hits like the recent “Iron Man” franchise. Continue Reading
Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.
Ever since he appeared in the 2004 films Black Cloud and Friday Night Lights, Tim McGraw has had a fairly regular supply of roles in the movies.
The latest news in that department: He’ll appear in the spy drama Safe House, set to start shooting in South Africa, according to comingsoon.net. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington. Tim revealed his involvement during an interview for Country Strong, the film in which Gwyneth Paltrow plays a country star.
In that picture, set for national release Jan. 7, Tim portrays the husband/manager of Gwyneth’s character, Kelly Canter, taking the struggling singer out of rehab early in an attempt to jump-start her career before she loses her fan base.
GAC recently spoke to Tim, Gwyneth and other cast members at the red carpet premiere in Nashville. Check out our red carpet photos and exclusive interviews with all of them HERE and watch Tim’s interview below:
Because of the subject matter, Tim’s role with Country Strong went deeper than usual. Country music is, after all, a world he knows quite well.
Chris Young photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
It’s been a big year for Chris Young, who got New Artist nominations from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association and is up for his first Grammy Award for “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song).”
But one other major moment came when he recorded “Love Don’t Let Me Down,” a duet with Patty Loveless that appears on the Country Strong soundtrack. The movie, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, comes out nationally Jan. 7, and the duet is something of a milestone for Chris.
Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley rehearse on Monday, Nov. 8 at the Bridgestone Arena in Downtown Nashville for “The 44th Annual CMA Awards,” which will broadcast live on the ABC Television Network on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 8-11PM/ET. Photographer: John Russell / CMA.
Brad walked off with Entertainer of the Year, Miranda won three times, Blake and Lady A took home two trophies apiece, and the CMA show featured a load of performances from Kenny Chesney, George Strait, The Band Perry, Reba McEntire and Rascal Flatts. If that ain’t enough, you had Sissy Spacek helping pay homage to Loretta Lynn on the same night Gwyneth Paltrow made her live debut as a country singer.
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton on the Black Carpet at the 44th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 10, 2010 in Nashville. Photo by Brian Kaplan Photography.
In a night that was short on surprises, Blake Shelton had one big moment that injected a shocking new name into the proceedings at the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards and helped keep some parity in his future family.
As expected, Blake’s fiancee, Miranda Lambert, won Album of the Year from the CMA for Revolution, and she added to her first-time haul by picking up Female Vocalist and the Music Video trophy, for “The House That Built Me.”
Not surprisingly, Blake’s “Hillbilly Bone,” a collaboration with Trace Adkins, also swiped the Musical Event of the Year. But when Blake took Male Vocalist of the Year in the show’s final hour — well, who the heck saw that coming?
Certainly not Blake, who stood in a surreal state of disbelief before he stomped up the steps at the Bridgestone Arena to claim his prize.
