Dec
8
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.
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Jul
22
Tim McGraw photo courtesy of timmcgraw.com.
Tim McGraw has quite a nice side career going. He’s dedicated to keeping music his top priority, yet he keeps finding his way into films, including Friday Night Lights, Four Christmases and The Blind Side, where he formed a friendship with co-star Sandra Bullock.
He’s averaged one movie a year since 2004, which is a pretty good pace for someone who tours a lot, makes albums and still spends time with his family. But the motion-picture opportunities keep coming, and Tim keeps taking the handful that actually make sense.
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May
24
Tim McGraw photo courtesy of timmcgraw.com.
With his work in The Blind Side, Friday Night Lights and Four Christmases, Tim McGraw has set himself up nicely as an actor if the music thing should ever fall by the wayside.
The music is, he continues to say, his primary interest. But the acting allows him to channel the same sort of creative energy that informs an album into a completely different medium.
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Mar
29
Tim McGraw photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Curb Records.
He’s touring, he’s finished work on a movie and has yet another on the way. Now Tim McGraw’s been added to the lineup for a concert TV special and there’s speculation that he — or another of his fellow country stars — could become the halftime entertainment at next year’s Super Bowl.
Fitting in more recording sessions might be difficult, but you can bet Tim will be doing that, too.
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Mar
9
LeAnn Rimes photo courtesy of Curb Nashville.
Ryan Bingham earned a lot of attention for country music when he picked up an Oscar award for the theme from Crazy Heart this weekend, but he’s hardly alone among country recording artists participating in current film projects.
LeAnn Rimes, Dwight Yoakam and Miley Cyrus all have roles in titles that are on the way. Tim McGraw just finished working on another film, and Taylor Swift has racked up more sales for her work on a recent soundtrack.
Here’s a rundown on country’s current ties to Hollywood:
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Jan
12
Billy Ray Cyrus photo courtesy of Walt Disney Records.
Billy Ray Cyrus’ next film just had its premiere, Kenny Chesney is in production on his upcoming 3-D picture, and Tim McGraw’s next movie starts shooting in Middle Tennessee this week.
Country artists have a hand in every part of Hollywood’s business these days, from the initial roll of the camera to the glitter of the post-release awards-show circuit.
Here’s what’s up for country’s stars on film:
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Dec
2
Tim McGraw photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Curb Records.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester will star in the upcoming drama, ”Love Don’t Let Me Down,” with production set to begin in January 2010 in Nashville.
The magazine says Hedlund will play ”a young rising singer-songwriter who becomes involved with a fallen country singer played by Paltrow. They embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband-manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester). Romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.” Continue Reading
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