When she took the stage for an unannounced performance on Thursday night (11.20,) Gwyneth Paltrow surprised the audience at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.
The Oscar-winning thespian made an unexpected appearance at the famed country music venue to perform with her friend, Holly Williams, and the country singer’s husband Chris Coleman.
Inviting Chris Martin’s former wife onto the stage, Williams told the audience, “Can y’all believe your luck? Y’all are used to those Nashville guests, but not those Oscar-winning Hollywood guests,” and following the trio’s performance of Holly’s 2013 ‘Drinkin’, the singer said, “Can y’all believe it? Isn’t it annoying when they can just do everything and they just walk out looking all like that, right? Looking real good.”
Williams told the crowd that she “had the great honor of meeting” the the superstar actress/entrepreneur years ago and falling “in love” with her “secret voice,” subsequent to which the trio’s performed ‘Waiting on June.’
Though the 53-year old Paltrow’s best known for acting and her lifestyle brand Goop, she’s shown off her vocal skills in the TV show Glee and the 2010 film Country Strong, in which she played country singer Kelly Canter. To prepare for the role, the Los Angeles-born actress trained with vocal coaches and Nashville musicians before recording several songs for the Country Strong soundtrack with her co-star Tim McGraw.
As it was nominated for Best Original Song that same year, Gwyneth performed the title track at the Country Music Association Awards (CMAs,) and sang ‘Coming Home’ during the 2011 Oscars.
In a 2012 interview, the daughter of fellow actress Blythe Danner named Williams, the granddaughter of country legend Hank Williams, as one of her favorite country artists, adding “and Holly Williams’ record, I love. I like that sort of older style, soulful country,” she praised. “When you can hear the pain in the woman’s voice, those are the women that I really connected with.”
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Author: Al Denté