Tim McGraw On The Big Screen

Country Strong opens today at Allen Theatres’ Telshor 12. Tim McGraw plays “James Canter,” the music manager-husband of Gwyneth Paltrow’s character, “Kelly Canter.” Tim revealed that it was Reba McEntire’s manager-husband, and his good friend, Narvel Blackstock who was a small inspiration for his character. Tim said, “I did sort of start my look out for this character on Narvel Blackstock a little bit. Of course, the character is nothing like Narvel, but just sort of to get the ball rolling, I sort of had this image of Narvel when I was creating this character.” Gwyneth Paltrow talked about starring alongside Tim McGraw, “To be totally honest when they said 'What do you think about Tim for this part?' I had seen him in Friday Night Lights where he was brilliant. But then I thought, because you know we can all kind of do one thing and pull it off but then I thought does he really know what he's doing? And, he blew me away. I remember emailing Faith like 'You're husband is like seriously good. Like this is no joke. This man really knows what he's doing." From the gossip department, it’s interesting to compare the men that Gwyneth Paltrow has had a chance to kiss during her film career, including Jude Law, Brad Pitt, and most recently Tim McGraw and Garrett Hedlund in Country Strong. But, when Rachael Ray asked Gwyneth who her favorite was, she said it had to be Tom Cruise. “He was an amazing kisser,” she said on the Rachael Ray Show. Gwyneth had no comment on how her Country Strong co-stars matched up to Tom’s kissing style.

The 2011 Grammy Nominees album will be out on January 25th. It's a collection of artists and songs nominated for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, which air live on February 13th on CBS. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit the MusiCares Foundation and the GRAMMY Foundation.

2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES ALBUM TRACK LIST
1) Cee Lo Green – “Forget You”
2) B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ On You”
3) Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls”
4) Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce – “Telephone”
5) Eminem feat. Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
6) Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”
7) Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”
8) Adam Lambert – “Whataya Want From Me”
9) John Mayer – “Half of My Heart” (with Taylor Swift)
10) Michael Buble – “Haven’t Met You Yet”
11) Bruno Mars – “Just The Way You Are”
12) Michael Jackson – “This Is It”
13) Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs – “Beg Steal or Borrow”
14) Miranda Lambert – “House That Built Me”
15) Sade – “Babyfather”
16) Paramore – “The Only Exception”
17) Train – “Hey, Soul Sister”
18) Maroon 5 – “Misery”
19) Glee Cast – “Don’t Stop Believin’”

And finally, a cute story regarding Josh Turner, his wife, Jennifer, and their third son, Crawford Marion Turner. Josh says he and Jennifer have elected to call their newborn by his middle name, Marion. Why? "Marion came from one of my heroes, the Revolutionary War general Francis Marion," Josh said. "They called him the Swamp Fox, out of South Carolina. Our sense of this child was that he was going to be a warrior and a fighter and somebody that was able to overcome challenges. He looks like he's got that look in his eye.” Josh added that Marion is ironically the “calmest” of their three kids.