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.
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