- Is turning her attention back to singing after wrapping up her role in THE STEPFORD WIVES. (December 2, 2003)
- Hill's first movie role in the remake of the 1975 thriller THE STEPFORD WIVES is whipping the superstar into tip-top shape -- Hill's workout begins at 4 a.m and her grueling regimen includes running, rowing, riding and weight lifting, and that's before she even sets foot onto the film's closed set in New York. (July 23, 2003)
- Hill will be featured on a Nickelodeon special called My Family Is Different, which airs on the cable network this Sunday (July 13) at 8:30 p.m. ET -- For the special, the superstar sat down this past May with host Linda Ellerbee to discuss her story of being adopted as an infant. (July 12, 2003)
- Hill's first-ever DVD Faith Hill: When the Lights Go Down arrives in stores on May 6 -- The DVD features Hill's performance of Breathe with guitarist Carlos Santana. (April 22, 2003)
- Hill has been given her first movie role in the upcoming STEPFORD WIVES remake, joining Nicole Kidman, John & Joan Cusack and Chirstopher Walken -- Hill will play one of the wives, idealized, carbon-copied and almost indistinguishable from each other. (April 12, 2003)
- Hill has reportedly auditioned for a role in the upcoming remake of the 1975 thriller, THE STEPFORD WIVES -- Hill has made no secret of her desire to act in films and has read for several parts. (March 12, 2003)
- Hill supports troops being deployed to the Middle East with performance -- More than 10,000 men and women stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina showed up to see her perform a free concert at Hedrick Stadium and outside the stadium, thousands lined the street hoping to catch a glimpse of Hill. (February 15, 2003)
- Hill just returned from a two-day trip to Germany to promote her current album, Cry - the singer performed on Europe's biggest television show called Wetten Das; the show, which aired Saturday (January 25), drew an audience of 20 million viewers, as the one-hour show only airs six times a year. (January 29, 2003)
- Hill's new chart-topping album, "Cry," took more than a year to make from beginning to end since the singer was focused on two things: motherhood and the studio. (November 18, 2002)
- The magazine InStyle features Hill on its cover this month. (November 9, 2002)
- With her new album Cry, Hill knocked the King of Rock 'N Roll off his throne, replacing Elvis Presley at the top of album sales tallies on Wednesday - the album sells 472,000 copies in its first week of release ended Oct. 20, nearly doubling her record-breaking 1999 Breathe debut. (October 24, 2002)
- Hill is moving ahead to with plans to star in the movies, saying she's been reading movie scripts and auditioning for parts. (October 18, 2002)
- Hill's newest album, Cry, released Tuesday (Oct. 15), is laced with R&B and rock, completing her transformation from country ingenue to full-blown pop diva. (October 17, 2002)
- Hill and her husband, Tim McGraw, thought last September 11 would be like any other day at home in Nashville with their children; in fact, they were into their usual routine of taking their kids to school when news of the terrorist attacks in New York reached them. (September 12, 2002)
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (2000) and (1997)
- After completing a 50-city tour-her first headline series of performances-she found herself back in the studio with barely six weeks to finish Breathe, the follow-up to the now quadruple-platinum 1998 release, Faith.
- In just six years, Hill has sold more than 11 million records, garnered eight No. 1 singles and ten No. 1 videos.
- She had the role of Mel Gibson's wife in WE WERE SOLDIERS (2002), but left the film and was replaced by Madeleine Stowe
- Had a new little baby girl on Dec 6 2001 named Audrey Caoline McGraw
- She was adopted
- Her birth mother is a painter
- Her baby Audrey had complications when born (a month early) with her underdevoped lungs
- Was pregant with her first child before she was ever married.
- Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Song from a Movie in 1999 for PRACTICAL MAGIC
- Hill first heard her new single, Cry, on a fellow artist's album -- singer/songwriter Angie Aparo wrote and recorded the song for his The American album, which was released in 2000. That project wound up in Hill's hands while listening to material for her forthcoming album. (September 2002)
Quotes- "As an artist that is who I am. I've always tried to achieve and to do better."
- "In order to succeed you can't be afraid to fail."
- "This past year has been a complete whirlwind. I haven't had time to take a breath. But I was on a creative high, I already had a few songs that I had recorded, and if you can believe it, I felt that the time was right to make another record."
- "I always said I wanted huge breasts. I used to think that was the most important quality."
Awards- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Performer (ties) (2004)
- Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance, "Cry" (2003)
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