Joe Nichols

It's his big screen debut.

He was fired for playing country music!

The death of traditional country music may have been overstated.

And should Jennifer Aniston ever decide to take a holiday trip to Nashville, she'd better bring a bodyguard ...

If you were expecting answers such as spiders, ghosts, or slasher flicks -- think again!

They may be stars now, but some of country music's most popular performers really paid their dues in their early days.