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According to the Los Angeles Times, Fox Searchlight has decided more or less at the last minute to make a major awards-season push for Crazy Heart, a small-budget indie drama starring Jeff Bridges as a burnt-out Country music artist who tries to jump-start his stalled career, Colin Farrell as a Country superstar who used to be Bridges’ protégé – and C&I favorite Robert Duvall as Bridges’ former mentor. Originally announced as a 2010 release, Crazy Heart now is scheduled to open Dec. 11 in Los Angeles and New York to qualify for year-end ten-best lists and, of course, Oscar nominations. Of course, if Bridges doesn't win the Best Actor prize for this film, he may get another shot at the gold next year when he takes on the Rooster Cogburn role in Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit remake.