Scarlett Newberry

Jeff Bridges is best known for his acting for good reason: the Oscar winner is one of the most talented actors of the last 40 years, having created a slew of remarkable characters including Starman, Bad Blake, and, of course, The Dude. But Bridges been making music as long as he's been acting...

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...

In the new movie, 'Country Strong,' Garrett Hedlund has to play a convincing star on the rise. That meant months of guitar and vocal lessons for Garrett, but he also took his inspiration from some unlikely sources. "I was looking at the back cover of vinyl and seeing pictures and getting the gist of the soul of what these guys were," he tells The Boot...

Leighton Meester discovered a lot about herself while making the new film, 'Country Strong,' including that, much to her surprise, she's depressed. In the movie, which opens January 7, Leighton plays Chiles Stanton, a country ingenue who goes on her own musical journey as she begins to write songs from her heart...

Love scenes can be awkward for even the most experienced actors, but 'Country Strong' star Garrett Hedlund says he just jumped right in when it came to his kissing scene with co-star Gwyneth Paltrow. Garrett's first meeting with Gwyneth was only shortly before their romantic scene...

Though Kelly Canter, the character Gywneth Paltrow plays in 'Country Strong,' is fragile throughout much of the film, she pulls it together and turns into a performing powerhouse for part of the film. To conjure up the required verve and brio, she studied one of music's most electrifying live artists, Beyoncé. "I w...

Cancer is no laughing matter, but even Gwyneth Paltrow had to giggle at herself when soreness over learning to play the guitar for her role in 'Country Strong' took her mind to a scary place. "I had bleeding fingers, cramps, shoulder problems," she told The Boot during a press roundtable for the film...

In 'Country Strong,' Tim McGraw plays James Canter, husband and manager of troubled country superstar, Kelly Canter, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. As the film opens, Kelly is leaving rehab to return to the road, despite have a very fragile relationship with sobriety...

Even though she was only playing a country music superstar in 'Country Strong,' Gywneth Paltrow got close enough to hardcore country fans to experience their ardency, and she liked it ... a lot. "I remember Faith telling me in country music people really feel like they know you...

Tim McGraw wants to get one thing straight: He is a country singer first and foremost. To be sure, his acting resume is beginning to look as impressive as his singing one, but he remains loyal to the music. "Oh, I'm a country singer," Tim said during a recent press junket for the upcoming film, 'Country Strong...