Actress Gwyneth Paltrow to sing at CMA Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actress Gwyneth Paltrow will be taking the stage at next month's Country Music Association Awards — as a performer.

She'll sing the title track of her new movie, "Country Strong," and will be joined by Vince Gill.

Paltrow stars in the film with Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester. She plays a washed up country singer who gets romantically involved with a rising singer-songwriter (Hedlund). They try to resurrect her career with a major tour, headed up by her husband/manager (McGraw) and featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer (Meester.)

Paltrow says she researched a lot of country music history for this role.

"I sort of started at …