- For the fourth year in a row, Kenny Chesney won the award for entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards [1], Billboard reports. He is now tied with Garth Brooks for the record.
- Sigourney Weaver will star in and produce a film for Lifetime [2] called Prayers for Bobby, writes Zap2It.
- ComingSoon reports that Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon will star together as parents [3] in a family drama titled The Greatest.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, RDF USA has obtained the rights to the old game show Queen for a Day [4], with plans to pitch an updated version to networks.
- Producer Stephen Byrd is planning to make a film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with the all-black cast currently starring on Broadway [5], writes Variety.
- Billboard has the news that Neil Diamond's album Home Before Dark takes the top spot [6] on the U.K. Billboard charts.
- According to an AOL poll, Carrie Underwood is the most popular American Idol [7], with Kelly Clarkson coming in second place, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackoff will join the cast of Nip/Tuck [8], Zap2It reports.
- According to Variety, Cillian Murphy and Eddie Redmayne have joined [9] the cast of White Male Heart.
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