Rhythmically directed by actor Scott Cooper, who adapted the screenplay from a novel by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart is largely the story of Jean and Bad's up-and-down romance. But the movie also ...

Written primarily by Burnett and Texas musician Stephen Bruton (who died of cancer at Burnett's home two weeks after finishing their "Crazy Heart" collaboration), the movie's songs not only ...

One of this awards season’s dark horse contenders is Crazy Heart, the Jeff Bridges-starring ... 100 years of music to put together just a few songs. We didn’t get hung up on it.

No matter the character, Bridges — who plays with his “Crazy Heart” band at Chateau Ste ... But despite the twang of the movie’s soundtrack, “Jeff Bridges” is more Tom Waits or ...

Also available is a limited-edition deluxe version that includes all 23 of the Fox Searchlight movie’s songs, a Digipak and a booklet with lyrics. Among the honors Bridges has received for his ...

FOR all of the on-screen drama that led “Crazy Heart” to three Academy Award nominations this week, an equally poignant tale is unfolding behind the scenes of the film in a battle over the ...

After Bridges and O’Brien both whipped out acoustic guitars to trade licks and lines on the rockabilly “Somebody Else,” a song on the Crazy Heart movie soundtrack, rock guitar hero Slash ...

How’s the movie? Well, first-time director ... Even when you know what’s coming, Crazy Heart haunts you like a classic country song. It’s a mesmerizer. So is Bad Blake.