Mariah Carey has had a very good year, and now she can put a little icing on the cake as she officially has America's best-selling album of 2005. Just one week ago, Mariah was trailing 50 Cent by a little less than 200,000 records, but being the resilient diva that she is, Mimi rebounded last week with sales of 290,000 to officially take the crown.

The latest addition to Brett Ratner's ever growing X-Men 3 mutant family is Psylocke. So far all that's known about Psylocke's part is that she'll be fighting with the Brotherhood of Mutants and she'll be played by the relatively unknown actress Mei Melancon.

Toy Story is among the latest batch of 25 films earmarked for inclusion into the National Film Registry. Fast Times at Ridgemont High also nabbed a spot on this year's list, being heralded as a "cultural film icon."

Nickelback have signed on as one of the supporters of Paul McCartney's Adopt a Minefield organization and have encouraged their fans to donate to Doctors Without Borders. Frontman Chad Kroeger also gave "a substantial amount" of his own money to tsunami relief earlier this year.

Scott Weiland will do a rare night of double duty next year, as he'll play with his current bandmates in Velvet Revolver and reunite with Stone Temple Pilots. The concert, set for August 18th at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, is another edition of VH1's Classic Decades Rock Live. This will be the first time Weiland, Robert and Dean Deleo and Eric Kretz have played on stage since opening for Aerosmith on October 30th, 2002.

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis is playing a 10 date solo acoustic tour of casinos while his bandmates rest up for their next tour leg, which begins January 29th. Lewis' solo set includes Staind songs and some covers. He says he doesn't decide what songs to play until he gets on stage. And Lewis says he'll record a solo album when the time is right.

The seventh and final Harry Potter book will soon be underway. As a Christmas gift to her fans, British author J.K. Rowling updated her official website with yuletide images and the message that she has begun plans for the last book in her wildly popular fantasy series.

NAMM International will host its fourth annual quest to find the World’s Fastest Drummer. This highly charged Interactive Event will be a feature at this year’s NAMM Winter Session in Anaheim, Ca. The contest consists of two categories, Fastest Hands and Fastest Feet.

Less than eight months after issuing a stinging, public vote of no confidence in its record company, Warner Music Group, the multiplatinum rap-rock act Linkin Park has signed a lucrative new pact with the recording giant. The band reached a deal with Warner calling for an estimated $15 million advance for the group's next album, executives involved in the contract negotiations said. The pact provides the company's Warner Brothers Records unit with an option for up to five more albums from the band, one more than had been called for in their original deal.