SELENA GOMEZ

WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE – One of Disney Channel’s most beloved stars — Selena Gomez — and one of its most successful series ever, the multiple Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning “Wizards of Waverly Place,” are set to return in an exciting new television event that begins production next month in Los Angeles. Ms. Gomez, an actress and platinum-selling recording artist, will executive-produce and star along with Jake T. Austin, Jennifer Stone, Maria Canals-Barrera, David DeLuise and Gregg Sulkin reprising the roles they made popular. The one hour television event is scheduled for premiere in early 2013. (DISNEY CHANNEL/BOB D’AMICO)