Taylor Swift is in talks to play Joni Mitchell in what would be her first big screen drama.

Variety reports that the pop star is in talks with Song Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures to play Mitchell in the big screen adaptation of Sheila Weller’s book “Girls Like Us.” The book examines the careers of Mitchell, as well as Carly Simon and Carle King.

The film news magazine reports that though Swift hasn’t received an official offer, she has been tied to the role for months. It is also reported that Alison Pill, known for her work in the most recent Woody Allen film “Midnight in Paris,” is in talks to play King.

The book has been optioned by Katie Jacobs, an executive producer of the Fox television show “House.” Jacobs is expected to direct, and the script of the book is written by John Sayles. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, recently known for his work on “Transformers,” will produce the movie. If the film is greenlit, production is expected to begin later this year.

Swift has previously appeared in the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” and lent her voice to “The Lorax.” She also made a cameo appearance as herself in the 2009 Miley Cyrus movie “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” It was reported late last year that Swift was in the running for the role of Eponine in the upcoming film version of “Les Miserables,” but she did not end up landing the part.

“Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation,” was released in 2008 and spent eight straight weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. According to the book’s official website, it “is loaded with fascinating stories of three women who helped a generation through good times and bad just by singing their beautiful and heartfelt songs with lyrics that resonated with all of us.”

If you watched the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2011 and then tuned in again to this year’s awards ceremony last night, you might have at times thought you were watching a rebroadcast of the 2011 show.

Multiple performers won the same ACM awards for consecutive years, including Taylor Swift, who took home the coveted “Entertainer of the Year” award for the second straight year. Similarly, Miranda Lambert won the “Female Vocalist of the Year” award for the third consecutive year. Lady Antebellum also once again took home a trophy.

Other big winners included Lambert’s husband Blake Shelton, who won “Male Vocalist for the Year,” though when speaking to the Associated Press said that he was not surprised that he lost the night’s top award to Swift.

“She deserved it,” said Shelton, who also served as co-host of the ceremony with Reba McEntire. “When those announcements came out who was nominated, I remember saying right then – I don’t think I said I hope Taylor wins because I hoped I would win – but Taylor deserves it. I don’t think there is anyone with half a brain that would say otherwise.”

Other “Entertainer of the Year” nominees along with Swift and Shelton were Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley.

Along with the awards came, as always for the ACM ceremony, some unique performances. Comedian and banjo player Steve Martin joined Rascal Flatts in paying tribute to the legendary bluegrass player Earl Scruggs, who died last week, before playing the group’s song “Banjo.”

Martina McBride teamed up with Train lead singer Pat Monahan on their hit single “Marry Me.” Making the performance one-of-a-kind, a New Jersey couple was married on-stage as the song was being performed.

Kelly Clarkson also appeared at the awards show as she won “Single Record of the Year” along with Jason Aldean for their duet, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

“Thank you for welcoming me from the pop world,” Clarkson said.

MTV’s hit show “Punk’d,” which has been on hiatus since 2007, will return this year, and a newly released preview shows pop star Justin Bieber punking country starlet Taylor Swift.

The new trailer shows Bieber acting as host, as Swift is convinced she has ruined a wedding that was taking place on a yacht. Bieber explains the reason Swift was chosen as a Target.

“I think we should start with Taylor,” he says in the preview, “she’s the sweetest girl ever.”

For her part, Swift watches in horror as the yacht catches fire before an entire wedding party falls out of a boat onto a beach. She says in the episode, “This is completely not ok.”

Bieber won’t be the full time host, like Ashton Kutcher was for the previous incarnation of the show. Instead, the host, or those performing the punking, will be a revolving cast of characters. MTV reports that Miley Cyrus, Bam Margera and “Twilight” star Kellan Lutz will fill the host role. Khloe Kardashian and Demi Lovato are among those set to be punk’d. The first show of the new season will air March 29.

The original version of the show premiered on MTV in 2003, and reruns have been airing on the TV Guide Channel since 2009. Based on other hidden camera shows like “Candid Camera,” “TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes” and “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment,” the show selects new celebrity targets for each episode. Among those that have been punk’d are Justin Timberlake, Tracy Morgan, Outkast, Beyonce, Kanye West, Zach Braff and Elijah Wood.

Former “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere also will be featured as a host, and was once punk’d herself by Kutcher. Though Kutcher will no longer host, he will remain involved in the show as a producer.

With a star-studded cast already lined up, it looks like the new film adaptation of “Les Misérables” will also feature Taylor Swift. It has been reported that Universal has offered Swift the role of Eponine in the film, and the announcement has already caused cheers and jeers from fans of film, Broadway and music. CBS News reports that Swift beat out Scarlett Johansson, Evan Rachel Wood and Lea Michele for the role. All of those names have significantly more acting experience than the country singer, as Johansson is a Tony Award winner, Michele is a Broadway veteran and Wood has starred in many films. Amanda Seyfried, star of “Mamma Mia!” also was offered a “Les Mis” role recently, that of Cosette.

If Swift joins the cast, which is reported to be likely, she will join an all-star group including Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier and Anne Hathaway as Fantine. The film is currently set to begin filming in March and has a tentative release date of December 7, 2012.

Swift’s acting experience has been relegated mainly to cameos in music videos, though she has been showing up in small roles on both the big and small screen recently. She has appeared in “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Valentine’s Day,” and it was recently announced that she will lend her voice to the upcoming animated movie, “The Lorax,” also set to be released in 2012.

In other Swift news, she recently was announced as Billboard magazine’s “Woman of the Year.” In her interview with the magazine about the honor, she explained a little about what her approach has been to her career.

“I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans,” she said in the interview. From the recent announcement, it would appear that acting might be the next step in that process.

Adele and Taylor Swift tied for the total number of wins at last night’s 39^th American Music Awards, but Swift would have to be called the big winner since she beat out Adele (as well as Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne and Katy Perry ) for Artist of the Year, which is the ceremony’s highest honor. The other two awards Swift took home were for favorite Country Female artist and favorite Country Album for her third record, Speak Now, which was released in 2010.

Adele’s three awards were favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Adult/Contemporary Artist and Pop/Rock Album for 21.

Other big winners included Nicki Minaj, who delivered an electrifying performance to kick off the show. She later picked up two awards, favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and favorite Rap/Hip-Hop album for her 2010 debut Pink Friday.

The awards show has become known for its spectacular performances, and this year’s show was no different. In addition to the aforementioned Minaj performance, Justin Bieber performed “Under the Mistletoe” from his recently released Christmas album, and Katy Perry accompanied herself on acoustic guitar. Other performers were Chris Brown, The Band Perry and Jennifer Lopez, who was joined during her performance by current rap sensation Pitbull. The last performance of the night was one of the most memorable, as Bieber returned to the stage to dance as LMFAO performed. While Bieber was wearing animal-print pants, the performance was stolen by David Hasselhoff, who stripped down to smiley-face underwear with the rest of the group (excluding Bieber).

At one of the few music awards shows where winners are determined by fans rather than industry insiders, other winners included Bruno Mars, Lady Antebellum, Foo Fighters and Rihanna for her album Loud, which won for favorite Soul/R&B Album. The singer’s follow-up album to Loud, Talk That Talk was released this week.  Hot Chelle Rae won for New Artist of the Year.

Taylor Swift will appear in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” this Sunday, November 20. The interview will be part of a profile of the 21-year-old country singer.

Fresh from receiving the Entertainer of the Year award at the year’s Country Music Association awards show last week, Swift sat down with Lesley Stahl to talk about her role as a celebrity, among other things.

“I definitely think about a million people when I am getting dressed in the morning,” Swift said in a clip of the show released online. “That’s just part of my life now. I think it’s my responsibility to know it and to be conscious of it”

She went on to elaborate on the importance of her role as a young, popular singer.

“It would be really easy to say, ‘I’m 21 now, I do what I want. You raise your kids,’” she said. “But that’s not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.”

In other Swift news, her latest single, “If This Was a Movie,” debuted this week in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The song was released as a single on iTunes and also on a bonus disc for singer’s latest record, Speak Now.

Speak Now was released in October 2010, and has gone on to sell more than 5.5 million copies worldwide and has been certified triple platinum in the United States.

Swift currently is finishing up tour dates for her year-long “Speak Now World Tour,” which will conclude in New York with two show at Madison Square Garden on November 21 and 22. The only other dates she currently has scheduled are 12 dates in Australia and New Zealand in March 2012.

U2, Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift were among the winners at the 8^th annual Billboard Touring Awards, held on November 10 at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel.

The touring awards celebrate excellence in touring, promotion and performance, and are based primarily on global box office numbers. This year’s awards were based on the period from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.

U2 was presented with both the Top Tour Award and Top Draw Award in honor of its 360 Tour, which was highest grossing and most attended tour of the year.

Jason Aldean received the breakthrough award. Aldean’s most recent record, My Kinda Party, was released in November 2010 and currently is the best-selling country album of 2011.

The Concert Marketing & Promotion Award was presented to Taylor Swift for her Speak Now World Tour 2011, which was sponsored by Covergirl. Swift’s 2010 album Speak Now, for which the tour was named, has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide.

Other winners at the ceremony included Live Nation for Top Promoter, C3 Presents for Top U.S. Indie Promoter and Front Line Management for Top Manager. The Coachella Music & Arts Festival was named best festival and the Comcast Center in Mansfield Main was named best amphitheater. The 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. won the award for Best Club, an honor that is based on attendance.

Journey was presented with the Legend of Live award, honoring the band’s 38 years of touring. Not merely focusing on music, there was also an award for top comedy tour, which went to Jeff Dunham.

In addition to the awards ceremony, the music trade magazine also hosted a two-day Touring Conference, which was highlighted by a keynote speech from Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell. Farrell also received the first Apple Award, which honors legendary concert promoter Bill Graham.

The Country Music Association named Taylor Swift the Entertainer of the Year at this year’s CMA Awards, held November 9 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. It was the first time the 21-year-old has won the award. Her 2010 album, Speak Now, was passed over for the Album of the Year award, however, with that honor going to Jason Aldean, for My Kind of Party, which was released in November 2010 and currently is the best selling country album of 2011.

Swift, who seemed shocked to win the award, thanked a wide variety of stars for appearing at her shows, including Justin Bieber, Usher, Tim McGraw and Nelly.

Other winners included the Band Perry, which won for new artist. The band’s single “If I Die Young” was picked for Song of the Year honors. Husband and wife team Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton won the female vocalist and male vocalist awards, respectively, and Lady Antebellum won vocal group of the year. 2011 marks the third consecutive year the band has won the award.

Other notable moments included Lionel Richie singing a medley of songs including “Deep River Feeling,” “Stuck on You” and “Dancing on the Ceiling.” Former Hootie and the Blowfish singer and current country star Darius Rucker joined Richie for “Stuck on You.” Richie’s appearance foreshadows his upcoming country duets album, which will be released later this year.

Co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood also performed a duet of “Remind Me,” which was a number one country hit for the two performers this summer.

The CMAs also spent time honoring country legend Glen Campbell, who announced earlier this year that he has Alzheimer’s disease. Vince Gill, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley took turns singing Campbell’s hits “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman” and “Galveston.” Campbell, who still has tour dates lined up, appeared on stage but did not perform.

Taylor Swift has led a charmed as well as awards-filled life. The talented and beautiful superstar now can tack another two accomplishments onto her resume. The country superstar is now able to claim two 2012 Guinness Book of World Record mentions. Taylor, congratulations on holding two Guinness World Records.

So what do Swift’s achievements refer to? Don’t worry, they have nothing to do with owning more red lipstick than anyone or baking the largest cupcake in the world, although someone is always achieving weird records like these. All of Swift’s mentions are career and music related. She currently holds the latest record as Female Artist with the fastest-selling digital album. In November 2010 her album “Speak Now” had 278,000 digital version sales. Swift’s second world record was for having Most Simultaneous Hot 100 U.S. Hits from a Female Artist. Swift has had 11 Hot 100 Hits in a row.

A note to all of the potential boyfriends of Taylor Swift: break her heart and she’ll write about it in her songs. She will enjoy the last laugh and break music records as well as break Guinness Book of World Records because of it. In the world of Taylor Swift, it’s reciprocal. She is able to turn the most sour lemons from life into a refreshing, tall glass of lemonade through her songs.

Taylor Swift, for the very first time since rising to the top of the country-pop music world, has had to go to the sidelines due to sickness. Swift has announced that four concerts will have to be canceled off her current tour due to bronchitis. According to Paula Erickson, Swift’s spokeswoman, this is the first time the 21-year-old singer, who is one of the top-selling songwriter-singers in the U.S., has had to cancel or postpone a show due to illness.

On June 25, Swift started to get sick after she performed in a hard rain at Gillette Stadium outside of Boston during her sold-out show. Six days later, she apologized to her fans in Knoxville for her hoarseness. The singer had to pull out of her Louisville, KY show scheduled for the next day. Swift has now announced she has been informed by her doctors that she can not perform in Charlotte, N.C. for three shows or in Atlanta this weekend. In a statement, Swift said, if I were able to physically perform those shows I wouldn’t cancel.

Taylor Swift’s schedule since February has been grueling. The tour involves 98 shows in a total of 17 different countries in support of “Speak Now,” her new, chart-topping album released in October. Since the beginning of the tour, Swift has performed 36 shows and traveled throughout Europe and Southeast Asia. In late May she returned to the U.S.

According to Erickson, Taylor is convalescing in her Nashville home and is hoping to return on July 14 where she is scheduled to perform in Montreal at Bell Center.