Hank Williams

A number of country music's biggest stars have taken on new personas to flush out new creative opportunities, and not all of these alter egos were meant as jokes. Sure, one can't imagine Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum pursuing a full-time career as Dick Fantastic, but several superstars did just that.

The Hank Williams biopic 'I Saw the Light' just got a lot more star power. 'The Avengers' star Elizabeth Olsen has signed on to play Williams' wife, Audrey Mae. Olsen will join Tom Hiddleston in the film, which is expected to start shooting in Louisiana next month.

When Loki isn't pestering the Asgardians or waging war against Earth with his Chitauri army, he's making unannounced appearances at country music festivals to belt out some songs. No, seriously! Actor Tom Hiddleston crashed the Wheatland Music Festival in Michigan this past weekend to sing a couple Hank Williams covers ahead of his upcoming role as the country music legend in the biopic 'I Saw the Light.'

Actor Tom Hiddleston is set to portray Hank Williams in the new film 'I Saw the Light.'

Jett Williams -- the 61-year-old daughter of country legend Hank Williams, Sr. and a country singer herself -- was arrested on Tuesday morning (Feb. 25) in Lebanon, Tenn. on charges of driving under the influence.

Kids, a lot of us out there are big fans of the original country music, or as the young people today say, "the old stuff."  I know that a lot of you are big fans of people like Hank Williams Sr., who was a pioneer in a lot of ways to the sounds we know today.

Braxton Schuffert, who was an original member of Hank Williams' backing band the Drifting Cowboys, has died.

22-year-old country singer Janelle Arthur progressed to the next round during Hollywood Week on 'American Idol' Wednesday night (Feb 13), performing the Hank Williams classic 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' to universal praise from the judges.

With the bevy of country stars set to perform during tomorrow’s (June 6) 2012 CMT Music Awards live telecast, show producers seem rather excited about the performance from one of country music’s living legends, Hank Williams, Jr. The member of the country music’s royal family will take the stage to pay tribute to his father, Hank Williams, who was one of the most iconic artists in county music his

Hank Williams, Jr. has set a release date for his latest studio album, ‘Old School, New Rules.’ The new tunes — the entertainer’s first studio effort since his 2009 album ’127 Rose Avenue’ — will hit store shelves and digital retailers on July 10.