London,
(ANI):
Gwyneth
Paltrow
has
credited
superstar
pals
Beyonce
and
Faith
Hill
with
helping
her
to
shake
off
her
nerves
ahead
of
her
singing
debut
at
Wednesday
night's
Country
Music
Association
Awards.
The
Oscar-winner
hit
the
stage
with
Vince
Gill
to
belt
out
the
theme
tune
to
her
new
movie
Country
Strong,
in
which
she
plays
Tim
McGraw's
alcoholic
wife,
reports
the
Daily
Express.
The
performance,
Paltrow's
first
major
live
show
as
a
singer,
earned
her
a
standing
ovation
at
the
Bridgestone
Arena
in
the
country
music
mecca
of
Nashville,
Tennessee.
And
the
actress
reveals
she's
lucky
to
know
superstars
Beyonce
and
Hill
in
real
life
-
because
they
were
instrumental
in
teaching
her
how
to
overcome
her
fears.
"I
kind
of
asked
my
girl
singer
friends
(for
advice).
I
asked
Faith
(Hill)
a
lot
of
questions
and
Beyonce,
actually,
too," Paltrow
told
U.S.
news
programme
Access
Hollywood.
The
actress
also
admitted
she
had
studied
the
Halo
hitmaker's
previous
live
shows
to
pick
up
tips
on
how
to
appear
confident
onstage.