Sure. But I bet her sexed-up photo shoot in Russia's Heat mag didn't hurt, either.
Tidbits 'n' pieces
Gossiper TMZ writes - with great shock and awe - that New Yorkers on Tuesday were witness to "one of the most bizarre incidents" like, ever: Madonna taking the subway. "The super-fit 52-year-old really does like to train," the report says, with much wit. . . . TMZ also says Charlie Sheen's estranged wife Brooke Mueller is in "a stress management facility" - not rehab, mind you - preparing for an upcoming reality show about "lifestyles" which will costar Paris Hilton. . . . Newly returned View cohost Barbara Walters told show audiences she's shocked that Bristol Palin is considered a celeb: "She's a 17-year-old who got pregnant and wasn't married." . . . Rolling Stone says Glee's season premiere on Sept. 21 will be all hip-hop-tolized with renditions of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" and Lady Gaga's "Telephone," and metalized with Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." . . . In Touch Weekly says Jesse James has gifted his gal, fellow tattoo aficionada Kat Von D, with a baby. . . . People has pics of Halle Berry smooching her Dark Tide costar, sizzling Frenchman Olivier Martinez, 44, on a Paris street. . . . Jane Fonda, 72, tells Entertainment Tonight she recently had plastic surgery. "I don't want to have bags under my eyes that make me look tired," she says. Fonda decided to come clean because she's writing a book about aging. . . . Amy Winehouse will warble on record for the first time in five years on Quincy Jones' Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, a CD marking Jones' career. Winehouse will sing on "It's My Party," a '63 Lesley Gore tune produced by Jones.Latin Grammy nominations
Established songwriters Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz picked up four nominations each for the Latin Grammy Awards on Wednesday. Two new acts, Uruguayan Jorge Drexler and Mario Domm, front man for the Mexican band Camila, also picked up four noms each. The kudosfest is set for Nov. 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.This article contains information from Inquirer wire services and from websites. Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com.