CountryStrong

Dierks Bentley got his 2012 Country & Cold Cans Tour off to a running start Friday, April 13 in Los Angeles. He was joined by openers the Eli Young Band and Will Hoge, in addition to a few famous friends. Music Row reports that Foo Fighters' lead guitarist Chirs Shiflett came out for the group's "Big Me," as well as for the Flying Burrito Brothers' cover, "Sin City." A... R

'Country Strong' spawned a chart-topping soundtrack with songs by everyone from the film's stars, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, to Faith Hill, Trace Adkins, Sara Evans and several other Nashville celebs. One track on the compilation has the priceless distinction of being Oscar-nominated -- the song, 'Coming Home,' recorded by Gwyneth and written by Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges (p

Sony Pictures To celebrate the DVD release of 'Country Strong,' in stores this week, The Boot has an exclusive deleted scene from the flick, which co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester and Garrett Hedlund. Below is a clip you couldn't see in the theater, featuring a dramatic moment with Gwyneth and Garrett...

The Boot sat down with songwriters Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, who wrote 'Coming Home' for the 'Country Strong' soundtrack with Tom Douglas and Bob DiPiero, to talk about the inception of the tune. 'Coming Home' was nominated for Best Original Song at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and was performed on the Oscars broadcast by Gwyneth Paltrow, who also recorded it for the soundtrack... Read Mo

For the second year in a row, country music is a strong contender at the Academy Awards. The Oscar nominees were announced Tuesday morning (January 25), with 'Coming Home' from the film 'Country Strong' receiving a nod in the Best Original Song category...

Gwyneth Paltrow became a student of country music to prepare for her role in the film, 'Country Strong.' She lived in Nashville, learned to play guitar, went to several honky-tonks and loaded her stereo with country music, from Faith Hill to Dolly Parton, Shelby Lynn to Loretta Lynn...

While Taylor Swift retains her hold on the top spot of both the country album chart and the Billboard 200 this week as her 'Speak Now' sells another 52,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the big story for the week is the not-entirely-unexpected surge in sales for the 'Country Strong' soundtrack, now that the film is in theaters nationwide...

Gwyneth Paltrow is a woman of many talents -- she is an Oscar-winning actress, a wife, a mother, a singer and a great cook. In fact, she has turned one of her favorite hobbies -- cooking -- into a book, which was influenced by her late father, producer Bruce Paltrow...

It was only fitting that 'Country Strong' premiere in the city where it was filmed -- Nashville, Tenn. Music City USA was the first to see the new movie, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as a fresh-out-of-rehab country star, trying to make a professional and personal comeback...

Garrett Hedlund knows how to create a stink on a movie set, but not in the way you'd think. Just ask Leighton Meester. In the movie 'Country Strong,' the characters played by Garrett and Leighton fall in love. "Garrett is really awesome...