Menlo Park, NJ (WFN) -- Sammy Sosa's corked bat may have gotten him suspended but 50 percent of Americans still consider him a good role model, according to a new study by Knowledge Networks marketing research.

LONDON -- Renee Zellweger has a strict diet in order to get ready for her new film, "Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason:" 20 doughnuts a day. According to peoplenews.com, Zellweger also eats a Big Mac and fries for breakfast; pizza for lunch and large bowls of spaghetti and potatoes for dinner.

LONDON -- Michael Jackson is inspiring other entertainers -- not for his music, but for his amusement park. Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher tells the British tabloid "The Star" that he wants to open his own version of Jackson's "Neverland" as a way to "give something back."

LOS ANGELES -- Did the right man win "American Idol?" The "New York Post" reports that "AI" runner-up Clay Aiken's first single, "Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is The Night" is currently outselling winner Ruben Studdard's release "Flying Without Wings."

NEW YORK -- Joey Fatone has cemented his reputation as the biggest bad boy of *NSYNC with a new film role in which he's surrounded by naked breasts. He appears as a lounge singer who is flanked by topless dancers in the movie "The Cooler," which just premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Fatone tells MTV he enjoyed the scene but thinks it "ruined that whole wholesome thing I had going on."

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