Buzz News Roundup, 5/19
- For the fourth year in a row, Kenny Chesney won the award for entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, Billboard reports. He is now tied with Garth Brooks for the record.
- Sigourney Weaver will star in and produce a film for Lifetime called Prayers for Bobby, writes Zap2It.
- ComingSoon reports that Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon will star together as parents 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, 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, writes Variety.
- Billboard has the news that Neil Diamond's album Home Before Dark takes the top spot on the U.K. Billboard charts.
- According to an AOL poll, Carrie Underwood is the most popular American Idol, with Kelly Clarkson coming in second place, writes Hollywood Reporter.
- Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackoff will join the cast of Nip/Tuck, Zap2It reports.
- According to Variety, Cillian Murphy and Eddie Redmayne have joined the cast of White Male Heart.
