With The 81st Annual Academy Awards airing this Sunday, February 22nd (8pm, ET, on ABC), we thought it was a perfect time to celebrate the silver screen with acting and movie-related thoughts from some of your favorite country stars. In addition to the new bites below, we’ve included links to a few past movie favorites! …And remember, you can always search our site’s audio archive for timely stories that may be just what you need!

Keith Anderson
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2008/08/21/keith-anderson-but-hes-not-sure-about-the-kilt/

  Jason Michael Carroll says that the things he used to laugh at in movies have become his life. (:23)
“I think it’s escaping reality, of course…now, today’s movies…really, the older I get, the more I realize the movies that I loved growing up and I thought were an escape from reality, become reality (laughs), you know, like the relationship movies and stuff like that, the stuff I laughed at. You know, it’s like, ‘Oh, God, look at those two; they’re idiots,’ and then to the point of life becomes a comedy on its own.”

Craig Morgan
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2009/01/15/craig-morgan-you-oughta-be-in-pictures/

  It may not have been an Oscar-winner, but golf-lover Jake Owen pegs his all-time favorite golf movie. (:03)
“Caddyshack for sure. Caddyshack is definitely my favorite golf movie.”

  Kellie Pickler may be the ultimate movie fan because she allows herself to become completely involved in what she’s watching. (:30)
“I cry in every movie. It does not matter if it’s scary. I cry in Disney movies. I cry at almost every movie. I get really emotional. I get attached to the characters, and I feel like I know the character, and I want the character to do well, and I want good things to happen to it, and so if anyone dies, I’m devastated. So I will laugh and cry and just go on this journey.”

Kellie Pickler
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2009/01/22/kellie-pickler-groovy-movies/

Kellie Pickler
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2008/09/18/kellie-pickler-lights-camera/

The Lost Trailers
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2008/09/18/the-lost-trailers-what-a-hootand-a-tip-of-the-ears-to-birthday-mickey/

Chuck Wicks
http://prep.hearsomethingcountry.com/2008/06/26/chuck-wicks-as-long-as-its-dark-and-theres-popcorn/