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(CNN) - It's official - music superstar Mariah Carey will join "American Idol!" The five-time Grammy winner is set to make her debut on the judges panel this upcoming January. The 43-year-old pop diva released a statement Monday saying quote "As a singer, songwriter and producer, it's going to be fun and rewarding to help find new talent and give back with 'American Idol'.

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(CNN) - Former presidential candidate John McCain will make his cameo on a sitcom. He will join fellow Republican Olympia Snowe and Democrat Barbara Boxer on an episode of the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation." Amy Poehler's character heads to Capitol Hill in an episode titled "Ms. Knope Goes to Washington," airing in late September.

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(CBS) - Weekend box numbers are out and the latest batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises" took in $161 million dollars. It's the third biggest opening on record -- but less than expected following Friday's theater massacre in Colorado. Movie studios did not release official box office results until now out of respect for the victims.