First-time writer-director Scott Cooper set out to make a film that looked “lived-in and real.” That's what he achieved with “Crazy Heart,” a critically acclaimed, out-of-nowhere film starring Jeff ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When director Scott Cooper approached him with the script for "Crazy Heart," Jeff Bridges turned down the part of a lifetime. Cold. Sure, the role of outlaw country burnout Bad ...

His stage name is Bad Blake, but when it comes to singing and song-writing, Jeff Bridges ' character in the Oscar-nominated drama "Crazy Heart" is actually pretty darn good. Well, he was, anyway. It's ...

"Crazy Heart" opens with our hero, washed up country music star Bad Blake, dumping a jug of urine in the parking lot of a bowling alley in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico, quickly cluing you in on ...

Jeff Bridges didn't write the line in a Crazy Heart song that sums up his career: “I used to be somebody, now I am somebody else.” But those words capture the matter-of-factness of Bridges' work. He's ...

Crazy Heart, one of my favorite films of 2009, is in theaters. Bad Blake isn’t striking a pose. His life and his music are all of a piece. To my taste and temperament, most country music sounds ...