Shakira News

Shakira shakes up Oxford Union with address

Dec 7, 2009 11:00 am PST

Michael Jackson and Mother Teresa. Stephen Hawking and the Dalai Lama. And now Shakira. The Colombian pop singer — famous for hits like "Hips Don't Lie" and "Whenever, Wherever" — joined a diverse group of luminaries when she ...

Q&A: Shakira says new CD looks out for single gals

Nov 24, 2009 8:00 am PST

All the single ladies — Shakira is looking out for you! The Colombian-born singer says the songs on her new album "She Wolf," out this week, is a reflection of a woman who is looking for her prince charming. "It's very much a commo...

Shakira goes where wild things are with "She Wolf"

Oct 13, 2009 7:00 pm PDT

In Shakira's hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, there's a 15-foot metal statue of her, wearing bell bottoms and strumming a guitar. It was donated by a German sculptor in 2006, in the midst of the singer's wildly successful Or...

Shakira gets animalistic with new music

Jul 16, 2009 9:00 am PDT

Judging from the way she moves, you wouldn't think Shakira is inhibited at all. But the hip-swiveling bilingual singer says she's just now starting to get in touch with her desires as a woman, and that's reflected in her new animalistic s...

Shakira's gift: hometown school

Feb 5, 2009 3:00 am PST

As a teenager, the pop star Shakira fought illiteracy, teaching reading at a parochial school in the humble La Playa district of her hometown on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Her gift to La Playa is now considerably bigger. The multiple Gr...