Gwyeth goes country

DID GWYNETH WINNETH? YOU BE THE JUDGE: Last night at the CMAs, Gwyneth Paltrow went country, with the affable and confidence-inspiring Vince Gill alongside, as she sang “Country Strong,” the title track from the upcoming movie. The consensus is that Gwyneth cut the mustard. The N.Y. Times’ Jon Caramanica wrote that the surprise of Paltrow and Gill’s collaboration was “that she didn’t need his steadying hand nearly as much as some of the night’s other performers.” In the L.A. Times, Todd Martens offered that the urbane actress “mostly held her own. Heck, she could even cut a country album without embarrassing herself. Is a duet with husband Chris Martin of Coldplay far behind? (11/11a)