The Surprising Story Behind Stephen Dorff’s Country-Themed Movie “Wheeler”
STEPHEN DORFF’s new movie “Wheeler” came out over the weekend, and the story behind it is really cool. He came up with the idea of doing a pseudo-documentary about a country singer hoping to make it in Nashville.
Now, before you think you’ve seen this before, well, you haven’t. There was no script, just a 10-page treatment where Stephen would go undercover as an unknown country singer performing in real Nashville clubs. He wore prosthetics so no one would know.
And he fooled pretty much everyone. He played top clubs like The Bluebird, and was so good that agents were handing him their cards telling him to call. That part’s VERY important because, as we said, there was no script, just an idea.
So, when people believed he had the skills, THAT changed the movie. Regarding those skills, he has deep ties to Music City. His dad’s a respected Nashville songwriter, and so was his brother, Andrew Dorff, who passed away unexpectedly in December.
Stephen also co-wrote most of the songs in the film, including the first single, “Pour Me Out Of This Town”.
CNN Got It Wrong . . . Faith Hill is Not Releasing a Duets Album with Deceased Rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Did you know FAITH HILL is doing album with a dead rapper? Neither did she, but that’s what CNN Tweeted on Friday. They wrote, “Faith Hill is releasing an album of duets with THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., 20 years after his murder.”
She loved it so much she reTweeted it and wrote, “This sounds awesome.”
Obviously, CNN realized they screwed up, so they posted this, “Correction: FAITH EVANS is releasing an album of duets with The Notorious B.I.G., 20 years after his murder.”
For the one or two of you who AREN’T up on your rap history . . . she’s an R&B singer, and Biggie’s widow.
The ZAC BROWN BAND’s “My Old Man“ lyric video is filled with childhood photos of the band members spending time with their dads. It’s the first single from the album “Welcome Home”, which is due out May 12th.
SCOTTY MCCREERY performed George Strait’s “Check Yes Or No” at a Patriots Super Bowl pre-game party on Saturday. (Check out a clip, here.)
DAN + SHAY released the video to the song, “When I Pray For You“, which is from the movie “The Shack”. That’s the film starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Radha Mitchell, and Tim McGraw. It’ll be in theaters March 3rd.
In case you care, THE BAND PERRY has released “Stay In The Dark”. It’s the first single from their crossover pop album, “My Bad Imagination”, which is supposed to be out sometime this year. (People)