Breaking: Selena Gomez Quits 'Wizards of Waverly Place'

No, I'm not embarking on teenybopper blogging. It's just that Disney Channel is on around my place 24/7 (we're watching Ratatouille at the moment), so this is actually pretty big news. See Showbiz Spy:

SELENA Gomez is set to quit her role on US TV show Wizards of Waverly Place.

The actress — who plays Alex Russo on the hit Disney Channel series — will leave the smash hit kids’ program when its fourth season ends.

“Unfortunately, I’m doing my last season of my show, which I’m really heartbroken about. That’s gonna be a terrible time for me,” Gomez, 17, told MTV.

Well, she's growing up, so perhaps she'll be branching out to bigger and better things.