I guess Gwyneth Paltrow is quitting her day job after all. The star of Country Strong is poised to sign a record deal with Atlantic Records for a country album, according to the New York Post.

Paltrow, in my humble opinion, is a great actress, but she was not made for music. Here she is performing "Forget You" with the charismatic Cee-Lo Green at the Grammys. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Paltrow's performance as painfully--distressingly--embarrassing to watch:

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And here is her performance of that same song on the hit-television show, Glee.

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And here she is at the Country Music Awards, performing the title song, Country Strong. This performance isn't as bad as the two above, but this may be a case of damning something by faint praise. In any case, where is her stage presence?

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Sigh, remember when Gwyneth Paltrow was an amazing actress? I do. But Glee-TV and Hollywood's take on country music are not doing her talents justice. This is the woman who once hit it out of the park as Jane Austen's Emma.

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So why is she trying to be the Christina Aguilera of pop-country?