This is one of the most beautiful performances of “Ojos Así” I’ve ever seen. I just love the red outfit, and the fire definitely gives it a wild touch. I hope you like it as much as do. Enjoy!
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Everybody is talking about the 10 Worst Spanish Songs, published by a digital magazine.
Shakira was number 8, with the Spanish version of Hips Don’t Lie.
I agree with most of the songs on the list, but I think this is BS, BIG TIME.
The magazine claims to have 3 million visitors. Would you please check the site - it’s in Spanish, but it doesn’t matter - and tell me if you think it looks like a website that would have 3 million visitors?
Their blog - where they asked readers to vote “to complement the poll where hundreds of readers voted by email an IM” - is hosted in blogspot, has one of the ugliest default layouts, and 30 posts in 2 years. Few comments. In fact, I think they just grabbed the songs mentioned in the 24 comments of that entry, and listed the 10 they hated the most.
Besides, the article where they supposedly published the list is nowhere to be found. And believe me, I’ve tried. I don’t know why all the Spanish press is repeating this ridiculous “news”. It’s all over the place, in MSN Latino, Terra, Univisión.
THIS IS BS!
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A lot of blogs and websites are reporting the same news about Shakira:
Shakira Learns Lesson From Paul McCartney-Mills Bitter Divorce.
All the news say the same BS:
Argentine newspapers are reporting that the hip-shaking singer asked her fiance of six years, Antonio de la Rua, to sign a prenuptial agreement before they marry in September.
A source was quoted as saying, “When you’re very much in love, you have plenty of people giving you advice, and none of them wants to see what happened to Paul McCartney happen to her.”
This one is from the New York Post, but there are many more repeating the same lies.
First of all, Shakira and Antonio have already signed a pre-nup, a few years ago. So, it makes no sense to ask Antonio to sign another pre-nuptial agreement.
Second of all, Antonio de la Rúa’s father, the Argentinian ex-president Fernando de la Rúa, has denied the rumors about Shakira and Antonio getting married in September.
And last but not least, the quoted “source” - supposedly the Argentine newspapers - has never been disclosed. Some of the reports say that the source is the Argentinian newspaper Clarín; but I haven’t found ANYTHING about this in Clarín.com - nor in any other source in Spanish.
So, all of this is BS, plain and simple. I don’t know where these people get this lies from; I guess they just come up with “news” they think will catch the reader’s attention. It’s ridiculous to publish this things, without checking the sources.
They are even saying that Shakira is pregnant, and the pregnancy would be pushing Shakira and Antonio to rush to get married. Oh, please. Give me a break.
I always check my sources, which are mostly in Spanish. You’ll be amazed to see how long it takes to the true news, published in Spanish, to get into the English news sources. And, as you can see here, how much of what is published in English, is BS.
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Shakira will participate in “Songs of Mass Destruction”, the new album of Annie Lennox.
Shakira and another 22 famous female singers will join their voices in the single “Sing”. According to Billboard.com, the Colombian will be singing with artists like Madonna, Celine Dion, Dido, Bonnie Raitt, Pink, Sarah McLachlan, Faith Hill and Melissa Etheridge.
The song has been inspired by the 46664 campaign, launched by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to fight against AIDS.
46664 is the prisoner number granted to Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment. Nelson Mandela gave the number to Dave Stewart, Annie Lennox’s partner in Eurythmics, who recorded 46664 (Long Walk to Freedom) with Bono, the vocalist of U2, to contribute to the cause. Since the recording, the concerts for the Foundation began and Lennox came back to sing with Stewart and her old group.
The album’s first single, Dark Road, will be released on September 24. Previously, on August 15, Annie Lennox will make an special performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Mermaid Theatre. I don’t know if she will be by herself, or joined by any of the artists mentioned above.
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A week ago, two of the most famous Colombians got together in Milan, Italy: Shakira and Fernando Botero, the famous Columbian Painter, known for his smooth, inflated/bloated shapes and people. Botero, as Shakira, has a very active social conscience - he has a Foundation, and has even donated a number of his valuable pieces for charity, twice.
So, Botero and Shakira are a very charitable duo, and they’ve come up with an original idea: the famous painter will be inspired by Shakira’s beauty and artistic career, to create a painting that will be sold - presumably for a big sum of money - with the purpose of raising money for their respective foundations.
It’s really nice that Shakira and Fernando Botero are joining efforts to benefit their social projects: the Pies Descalzos Foundation and the Botero Foundation.
I can’t wait to see the painting inspired by Shakira, painted by one of the greatest Colombian artists! Botero’s work is very interesting, as you can see in his version of the Mona Lisa:
Aren’t you at least curious to know how Shakira will look? I know I am!
Shakira made a quick stop in Milan, to meet with Fernando Botero before her presentation in “Live Earth Hamburg”, in Germany.
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Shakira has said that she would take a break after the Oral Fixation tour was finished. But her commitment with the creation of a better world has already delayed her vacations: a new altruistic cause brought Shakira back to the stage.
Shakira played in Nigeria, participating on the ThisDay Music Festival. The Festival not only boost the Nigerian music scene, but also has a positive impact in other areas, such as tourism and economy. ThisDay also has helped to create a positive image for the country.
Nigeria is the last country in which Shakira has performed, after a whole year of international success. Now she’s headed to her well deserved vacations, but I won’t be surprised if she comes back for more charity work. Shakira has already announced a new campaign to raise $200 million (£100 million) for the fight against juvenile malnutrition and hunger in Latin America.
Shakira has unveiled a new campaign to raise $200 million (£100 million) for the fight against juvenile malnutrition and hunger in Latin America.
The Colombian singer announced the initiative at an ALAS Foundation (Latin America in Solidarity Action) event at Panama’s Teatro Nacional earlier this month (Jul07).
Four concerts will be held in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and New York in 2007 in a bid to reach the sum - which will be pumped into joint initiatives with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Shakira says of the foundation, “ALAS came about because of a social emergency: 350 thousand children die each year due to avoidable causes, 40 million children work and live on the streets. We want an active Latin America, that doesn’t give up, united for our children.”
Source: PR Inside
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Shakira will record a duet with the Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, which will be part of Santana’s new album. The album will be a compilation of Santana’s “Greatest Hits”.
This compilation will contain three new songs, in addition to the the great hits: the duet with Shakira and the rapper Lil’ Wayne, a duet with Tina Turner (The Game of Love), and yet another duet with Nickelback’s vocalist, Chad Kroeguer.
Shakira and Santana had already worked together in the past; the guitarist plays the melody of Illegal, one of Shakira’s songs from the Oral Fixation Vol.2 album.
Watch the video: Shakira - Illegal - Oral Fixation Vol.2
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Here’s the rest of the Interview with Shakira! Sorry for the delay…
Q - A balance of you tour…
Shakira - This has been the more extensive tour of my career: an entire year playing an average of four times a week, we crossed five continents and we had great satisfactions, now I will take some months to recharge energies and to continue experimenting with new sounds and ideas.
Q – It’s already finished?
Shakira - I still have my last two concerts of the tour, in Turkey and Nigeria. After that I’m going to finish the music of one of the deepest histories of Literature, the movie version of Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez). It’s a huge challenge and a great feeling to add my own music to a piece of work that has so much music by itself.
Q - When will your next album be released?
Shakira - Right now I need to dedicate myself to be a person, to put the public figure aside for a few months and dedicate time to Antonio, my family, my dogs, to take care of the flowers in my garden, to read, to think, to create and even to study. I have plans to go to college, to study History. Later I will begin to record some ideas that I already have in mind for my next album. Even so, the creative process of an album is absolutely unpredictable, something like an empty canvas or a river with a changing course, which we never know where is going to end.
Q - We didn’t hear you last Thursday, when the entire country (Colombia) marched against the kidnappings and the violence… What is your message?
Shakira - What happens in my country, the case of the 11 deputies and the situation of the kidnapped, is a very great pain for all. But there are also symbols like professor Moncayo that show us that the colombian’s tenacity is not gone, nor it’s going to be when the time for demanding peace comes. Pies Descalzos, the Foundation, is my best message: let’s work so the children at risk in this country have better opportunities.
There a little more here (Source in Spanish): Shakira talks about her participation in Live Earth, peace and politics
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Shakira Received a Bomb Threat
Shakira had to be evacuated from an airplane in Turkey, after the authorities received a bomb threat, which was false.
Shakira and her fiance Antonio de la Rúa had arrived at that country coming from Hamburg, Germany, where she participated in the Live Earth concert - which was a HUGE success, by the way.
After the scary episode, Shakira went to Antalaya, a beach in the Turkish Mediterranean coast, while the police discovered that there were no explosives on the plane.
The Turkish newspaper Daily Vatan informed that after leaving the plane, Shakira went on and performed at the Kurucesme Arena, in Istambul, one of the last scheduled shows of her world-wide tour Oral Fixation.
Once the Oral Fixation Tour is finished, Shakira will go to Hollywood, and begin the shooting of her first movie, her debut in the silver screen.
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This is a translation of an interview Shakira gave to El Tiempo, last Saturday. The interview is a bit long, so I’ll divide it in two parts.
Q - Do this type of concerts have some sort of practical consequence?
Shakira: Ufff. “Live Earth” is in the same line of other two humanitarian megaconcerts that took place during the last 20 years: “Live Aid”, which rose 100 million dollars to relieve hunger in Africa, and the “Live 8 concert”, which hapenned hardly two years ago. For “Live 8″, the idea wasn’t to rise money but to touch the hearts of the leaders of the most powerful countries of the West, and the effect was very good: after the concert, the Group of the 8 forgave the debt of almost 20 African countries that were asphyxiated.
Now, what we are looking for with “Live Earth” is to create planetary conscience: 2.000 million people are going to listen to this world-wide roar that shouts “let’s save the world”. And the profits will go to a foundation that fights against the climatic change, led by the US ex- vice-president Al Gore.
Q - Is it possible to generate initiatives similar to “Live Earth”, such as concerts for environmental and social problems, in Colombia?
Shakira: Of course. And we are doing it, emphasizing the children’s education, not only in Colombia but in all of Latin America. That’s why we created the project Alas (Wings) last year in Panama, with a great group of artists. The concerts will happen in the first trimester of 2008. Along with Juanes, I have stayed very close to this project. Sadly, the life of many children in Latin America doesn’t seem to be very different from those tragedies that happen in Africa.
Don’t miss more of this interview, tomorrow!
Source (Spanish): Shakira talks about her participation in Live Earth, peace and politics
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Shakira was looking really hot, during the Live Earth concert in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2007. Check out the photos:
Shakira delighted the fans with four songs: Don't Bother, Inevitable, Dia Especial (feat. Gustavo Cerati) and (off course) Hips Don't Lie.
All the info about Shakira at Live Earth concert in Hamburg.
Watch the complete Live Earth Germany concert now!
Also recommended:
Live Earth.org
Official Live Earth Blog
(Images: AP)
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The regional delegation of the Music Authors and Writers Society (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de la Música - SACM), has filled a law suit in the Office of the Attorney General, (Procuraduría General de la República - PGR), against some executives and the National System for the Integrated Development of the Family (Sistema de Desarrollo Integral para la Familia - DIF).
The accused ones, are the organizers of Shakira’s concert in Aguas Calientes, on last May. The plaintiffs says they haven’t received the payment for the show - 10% of box office sales. The debt amount is 1.4 million Mexican Pesos - something about $130,000.
In interview with La Jornada, Samuel Fuentes, regional delegate of the SACM, said:
“I want to believe that the governor doesn’t know about this, but the truth is that they have a debt with us, for the concept of the Author’s Rights Federal Law, in which the suit is based. The total amount will raise, because taxes will be added, and the expenses that are caused, because they should have paid it since May 11.”
Fuentes also said that the issue goes beyond the Mexican borders, because from New York, the Society of Authors in charge of Shakira’s interests is also demanding the payment of royalties. “The subject is no longer only national, but international, because Broadcasting Music Incorporated (BMI) is requesting the payment of these concerts by law “.
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