ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS GWYNETH PALTROW HOSTS “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” ON JANUARY 15 WITH GRAMMY WINNING MUSICAL GUEST CEE LO GREEN
New York, NY – January 4, 2011 – “Saturday Night Live” celebrates the new year with back-to-back shows starting January 8 with Jim Carrey and musical guest The Black Keys. On January 15, actress Gwyneth Paltrow returns as host with musical guest Cee Lo Green.
Gwyneth Paltrow will take her third turn at hosting, and can next be seen in the feature film, “Country Song” due out January 7. Paltrow garnered worldwide recognition for her performance in “Shakespeare in Love,” for which she won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her past film credits include “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Proof,” and the box office sensation “Iron Man.”
Cee Lo Green will make his SNL debut as a solo performer. With the November release of the Grammy winner’s third studio album, “The Lady Killer,” the hit single “F**k You” has already received four Grammy nominations including “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year” and topped the Billboard and iTunes top 100 charts.
“Saturday Night Live” is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.
Nashville, TN — Two Sony Music Nashville related recordings are among today’s 2011 Golden Globe nominations in the category of “Best Original Song – Motion Picture”: “Coming Home” performed by Gwyneth Paltrow and featured on the original motion picture soundtrack of “Country Strong” and “There’s A Place For Us” performed and co-written by Carrie Underwood from “Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.” All nominated songs in this category and their respective songwriter information are listed below.
Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood joined Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk to announce the nominations for The 68th Annual Golden Globe® Awards this morning at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The 68th Annual Golden Globe® Awards will air LIVE coast-to-coast on Sunday, January 16, 2011 on NBC from 5:00-8:00 p.m. (PST) /8:00-11:00 p.m. (EST) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel with host Ricky Gervais. The 68th Annual Golden Globe® Awards will be seen in more than 160 countries and is produced by dick clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“BOUND TO YOU” — BURLESQUE
Music by: Samuel DixonLyrics by: Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler
“COMING HOME” — COUNTRY STRONG
Music & Lyrics by: Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges
“I SEE THE LIGHT” — TANGLED
Music by: Alan Menken Lyrics by: Glenn Slater
“THERE’S A PLACE FOR US” — CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
Music & Lyrics by: Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey
“YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF ME” — BURLESQUE
Music & Lyrics by: Diane Warren
In what was arguably the most talked-about and widely scrutinized live-performance debut of a country singer ever, Gwyneth Paltrow proved her country chops at the 44th annual CMA Awards. The Oscar-winning actress belted the title track to her new movie, ‘Country Strong,’ in what was an impressive performance for a sold-out arena full of music industry insiders and fans, plus a TV viewing audience of millions.
Strumming a Gibson acoustic guitar, as Vince Gill joined on rhythm guitar and harmony, the blond beauty battled obvious nerves (and some discernible technical issues with audio equipment). Still, she triumphed, gaining better vocal ground — and managing to appear a lot more confident — by mid-song.
Click HERE for the full article and video of her performance.
Paltrow’s latest role as a faded country singer is a gamble for an actress known more for art-house fare. But her upcoming CMA awards spot and other high-profile moves are a step in the right direction for building credibility.
This summer, programmers at Go Country 105 radio in Los Angeles unveiled a new single called “Country Strong” and asked listeners to guess who was the twangy alto belting out lines about how she’s “hard to break, like the ground I grew up on.” Click HERE to read the full article.
