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Jennifer Aniston is all smiles at the 2009 Women in Film Awards in Los Angeles on June 12, 2009 FilmMagicAccess Hollywood
NEW YORK, New York -- Lisa Kudrow shared her voice while performing "Smelly Cat" on television, and now, her former "Friends" co-star, Jennifer Aniston, is finally set to unleash her own pipes in an upcoming film.
Michael Sucsy, the director of Jennifer's next movie, "The Goree Girls," told E! News columnist Marc Malkin that the actress will share her vocal skills in the movie.
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"She can sing," Sucsy said of Jennifer. "And she's going to learn how to play the Dobro [an acoustic guitar with metal parts]."
The movie, which is out in 2010, focuses on the real-life story of The Goree Girls All String Band. Eight imprisoned women in Texas formed the band in the early 1940s. The women wrote and performed music, which became popular on the radio.
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According to Texas Monthly, seven million Americans would tune their antennas to hear the girl group every Wednesday evening.
"These women learned to harmonize and they learned to play instruments," Sucsy told E!. "They weren't these amazing, accomplished singers who banded together. That's what's interesting about it.
"It's not just like, 'Hey, you can play the guitar, I can play the piano, I can play the harmonica. Let's put a band together.' It's like, 'We have to get out of jail, and if we have to put a band together to do that, then that's what we're going to do,'" he added.
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Although Jennifer has signed on for the role, her fellow bandmates have yet to be cast.
"The Goree Girls" is just one of several projects the former "Friends" star has lined up. She recently filmed "The Baster" alongside Jason Bateman and Patrick Wilson and was most recently spotted alongside Gerard Butler filming "The Bounty."
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rick gJen I play dobro in a band and would be glad to teach you the dobro or just about anything else....rick the old dobro guyreport abuseposted September 16, 2009 9:58 PM PDT
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luckykittyJAZZY G JENNIFER IS NOT A BULLDIGER LIKE ANGELINA SHE IS A LADYreport abuseposted August 21, 2009 4:54 PM PDT
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Jonohh great.. now she has another way to make me puuuurrrrreport abuseposted August 20, 2009 1:16 AM PDT
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kimberlyhey jen yiu are more of a woman then angelina. you get preatter as time gose by. she will look real old befor you do. makes me mad woman use there bodys to get what they want. boy her kids will be proud of there mom couldnt get her own man had to go aftar someone elses good luck your and i would want my daughter to be like youreport abuseposted August 18, 2009 3:13 PM PDT
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Brak Gelbekiargpearlman53-Wow, you got issues. You aren't a fan, but you keep spamming her stories??? Hey haters, free country and all, but it's lame that you spam her stories with hate as if you h ave nothing better to do than hate on a woman you know nothing about, nor ever will. She's an actress, not your personal punching bag. GET A LIFE.report abuseposted August 17, 2009 7:24 PM PDT
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Brak GelbekiarYOU GO GIRL!! Can't wait to see her in this. I thought she rocked her role in Derailed, and did not receive the acclaim she deserved b/c the paps are so determined to make her into a villian for what, I have no clue. I've loved everything she's done.report abuseposted August 17, 2009 7:23 PM PDT
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Antoinettehi jen, im antoinette from st.louis glad to see u look so pretty, keep up the good work,just want u to know that ur speacial, and dont let nothing stop u from bieng happy, angelina looks cheapand frail, but ur pretty and lucky, u dont have to put up with that stuff of hers, she is crazyto sneak behind another womans back to get a man, u dont find ur own happiness and live long and stay truthfulreport abuseposted August 16, 2009 7:18 PM PDT
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Monajennifer aniston we love u very very much hope u wl sing lovesongs and have cd.. u look younger than ur age and jolie looks like ur grandma really bell and stefreport abuseposted August 16, 2009 1:50 PM PDT
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Monajennifer aniston we love u very very much hope u wl sing lovesongs and have cd.. u look younger than ur age and jolie looks like ur grandma really bell and stefreport abuseposted August 16, 2009 1:50 PM PDT
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