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Cameron likes her alter ego

Cameron Diaz says she was impressed with the animated version of herself created for the movie "Shrek."

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was this, this person that didn't look anything like me, but it shared the same gestures and movements and voice, and sort of the essence, like the light behind the eyes in the character," she said.

The 28-year-old actress, who voices the character of Princess Fiona in the animated fairy tale, said her favorite scene involves the torture of the Gingerbread Man. "It killed me. I mean, I just fell over," Diaz said. "It comes completely out of nowhere and it's so devious, and, like, so wrong. I loved it."

Boss surprises birthday bash

A legendary Jersey Shore rock club had a special guest at its birthday party over the weekend: Bruce Springsteen. The Boss made a surprise appearance Sunday night before about 2,500 fans at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.

The show, which marked the one-year anniversary of the club's reopening, featured another shore favorite, Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes, and rocker Graham Parker. Springsteen showed up on stage around 8:40 p.m. and performed with the band and Parker for about an hour. The set featured several Springsteen songs and some Southside staples, along with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revivals' "Born on the Bayou."

Duchovny longs for lingerie

Now that he's put "The X-Files" behind him, David Duchovny is dying to get back into fishnets again, reports Empire magazine. Answering readers' questions in the July issue, Duchovny admits to fond memories of his role as a transvestite FBI agent in "Twin Peaks."

"I loved creating that character," Duchovny said. "I was only on it for a few days, shaving my legs, surrounded by the strangeness � I wish I could do something like that again."

Duchovny is typically noncommittal on whether we'll see him reprise his X-Files persona on the big screen. "I don't have a script. I haven't been asked to do it. But I imagine there will be one at some point. I don't know when."

Clapton comes in from the road

Two weeks into the stateside leg of his Reptile Tour, veteran guitar man Eric Clapton says his touring days are over. Clapton told his people that this tour would be his last. "It doesn't work for me anymore. I will leave the door open for a couple of projects, to play the odd theater, but I'd say this is near the end," he said. "Anyone I talk to about it goes, 'Oh, you'll never stop.' I won't, in truth. I will always want to express something. But I don't need to do it like this anymore."

"Since I got sober, I've just been trying to develop a career with dignity," Clapton said.