If you know anything about the upcoming film Country Strong, it’s probably that Gwyneth Paltrow stars and that Gwyneth Paltrow sings country songs and that Gwyneth Paltrow sang at the Country Music Awards and that Gwyneth Paltrow was on Glee and that Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to buy this $6,000 umbrella with a handle crafted from the wood of Noah’s Ark. But it turns out that other people are in Country Strong, including Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Hedlund plays a country singer on the rise who teams up with Paltrow, and I’m sure they go on some kind of awesome journey of self discovery, giant belt buckles, spitting chaw, and domestic violence, but the real story here is Leighton Meester and how she should date me. Moviefone posted an exclusive clip of Meester and Hedlund singing a duet for Country Strong, and while I am not much of a country fan – I once pretended to like Garth Brooks for a handy on a hay ride – I can appreciate Meester’s talents, but mainly that she makes me want to be a better person and do things like volunteer at orphanages and pay my taxes.

Rootin’ tootin’ yeehaw jamboree after the jump, pardners…

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After The Dark Knight and Iron Man made for a pretty solid comic-book-movie summer, it’s sad to remember that the X-Men franchise is still in the hands of the studio who made The Happening, Babylon A.D., Meet Dave, X-Files 2, Mirrors, Space Chimps, Max Payne, Jumper, and The Rocker.  The latest news is that they’re developing something called X-Men: First Class with The OC/Gossip Girls creator Josh Schwartz (who was offered the directing job but declined).  And yes, the concept is basically Muppet Babies.

Fox has been leaning toward using the younger characters introduced in the previous pics in future installments — teenagers with powers taught at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.  [Of course they have, Fox is terrible.  Just be thankful they haven't figured out how to write the Jonas Brothers into this.  -Ed.]

Pic joins other “X-Men”-related projects already in the works at the studio. Fox is actively developing a standalone “Magneto” pic, as well as considering a “Deadpool” spinoff, based on a character played by Ryan Reynolds in “Wolverine.” Shuler Donner is producing “Magneto.”

Regular slate of “X-Men” pics would provide Fox with a reliable series of movies that perform at the B.O. and not repeat a dismal summer sesh like the studio experienced this year. [Variety]

Superheroes!  Teen drama!  Together!  How could it not work?  Oh I can already picture it.  Mutant High, first day of school:

OMG! Did you guys see the new kid?

Yeah, he’s like, hot.  I wonder his mutation is?

He’s from Chino.