Shakira's fiance told her to tone it down

Colombian singer Shakira has revealed that her fiance told her to tone down her sexy image.

The 32-year-old Latin singer is engaged to Antonio de la Rua, 36, who is the son of the former Argentine president Fernando, 72.

In the video for her single She Wolf, she dances in a cage and appears to dance in just high heels and a black belt.

She said: "He did not expect that at all. When he saw me in my flesh-toned leotard bodysuit, he was like: 'Could you not have worn a scarf at least?'"

She added: "I kept my cage from my She Wolf video. I may use it some other time.

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Aventura premieres new video 'Dile al amor'

Their album, The Last, was certified double-platinum and held the no. 1 spot on the charts for a record 15 weeks; they performed for the president and first lady during last month’s Fiesta Latina at the White House; and their upcoming shows have already sold out on both coasts. Is there anything these Dominican bachateros can’t do? Well, their supremacy will be tested this weekend during the American Music Awards when they face off against Wisin y Yandel and Luis Fonsi for the title of “Favorite Latin Music Artist.”

In the meantime, the Bronx-based boys have just released another single from their top-selling album. The song, titled “Dile al Amor,” has lead vocalist Romeo singing, “I don’t need no love in my life” as he gives up on finding the perfect woman because of all his failed relationships. The video for the track was shot mostly in Brooklyn, with the bridges in the background. It opens with Romeo sleeping soundly while a beautiful raven-haired cupid (or is it cupida?) aims her arrow at him. Flashback scenes reveal the many disillusions our hero has suffered and why he’s determined to stay single.



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Ricky Martin raises money for kids

Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in his native Puerto Rico.

Multi-Grammy winning artist Martin told The AP he is joining RTL on a telethon to raise money to build the center in Loiza, near the capital, San Juan.

"The idea is to build a center, a safe haven for children that are at risk of exploitation, which is the main mission of my foundation."

The RTL telethon Thursday and Friday is also raising money for other international and German children's charities.

The center in Loiza will be able to accommodate 150 children and will offer them art classes, meditation,
martial arts and yoga, Martin said. It has been designed by University of Puerto Rico architecture students, and construction is to get under way next year.

"It's just to show them another aspect of life they don't know because of the way that they live," he said, adding that the town has a 50 percent dropout rate in its schools.

"We need to show them the beauty of having a dignified life."

The "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer said his own twin boys, born in 2008 to a surrogate mother, would be regulars at the center themselves.

Martin said it would be valuable for the boys, Valentino and Matteo, to be able to mix with other people who had different lives.

"They're 16-month-old beautiful boys. They're healthy and surrounded by love. I learn something from them every day."

Martin said his Ricky Martin Foundation, founded in 2004, is also working on other projects like helping victims of human trafficking.

"Thousands of children are trafficked around the world," he said. "This isn't necessarily a problem of poverty but an issue of values. It's the slavery of a new era and I hope to abolish it."

Martin said he'd be back in Germany on a tour next September. He's currently in the studio working on a new album and expects a single as well as a book he's working on to be released next spring.

Ricky Martin Foundation: http://www.rickymartinfoundation.org

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Alejandro Sanz boards Paraiso Express

Alejandro Sanz is, in some ways, the thinking fan's Latin-pop star. His odes to love and confesiones del corazón have always boasted thoughtful lyrics and interesting, intricate arrangements. He never goes for the obvious, but he's still managed to keep the swoon factor high over the span of seven studio albums.
Even current single Looking For Paradise -- a joyous,bilingual duet with Alicia Keys -- has become a social statement of sorts. Sanz encouraged fans and friends (incuding Shakira, Juanes, Ricky Martin and Eva Longoria Parker) to upload videos of themselves describing their ideal paradise.



Paraiso Express, online and in stores Tuesday, continues the trend. And it finds Sanz a bit more relaxed in his overall approach and delivery. The breezy tone is largely thanks to lush, lovely production from Tommy Torres (an accomplished singer in his own right). Sanz says he ruled out the flamenco he often favors, going instead for a more international, rock-based sound.
One of Sanz's biggest assets is his unmistakable vocal rasp -- it adds a world weariness to every tune he tackles. He's filled Paraiso Express with mature ballads and soulful midtempos that find him looking, yearning, hoping for love.
Mala lurches along, all guitars and horns, like the titular femme fatale; and Tu No Tienes La Culpa details, with real ache, a complex relationship where no one is to blame.

Desde Cuando, Pero Esta Tarde No Te Vas and Nuestro Amor Sera Leyenda are vocal master classes -- gorgeous exercises in holding back and going full-throttle heartbreak at just the right moments.
He gets playful during kickoff track Mi Peter Punk, but for the most part, Paraiso Express finds Sanz on a slow, steady journey through the many aspects of love.

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Billboard Latin Music Awards Move to PR

The Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place in Puerto Rico in 2010.

It'll be the first time the prize giving has been held outside Florida in its 20-year history and Latino stars are thrilled by the news, which was announced at a press conference on Tuesday morning (17Nov09).
Colombian star Juanes tells Billboard.com, "I celebrate with great joy the fact that Puerto Rico will be the location for the Billboard Latin Music Awards. All the music in the region, in the island of music."

Enrique Iglesias adds, "What great news, the Billboard Latin music awards in the island. I'm sure that they will be historic."  And Puerto Rico native Ricky Martin states, "My island has always been witness to important musical events and for it to be the location for the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards brings great pride to our culture."

The awards will take place on 04/ 29/ 2010 at the Conrad in San Juan.

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J-LO NERVOUS ABOUT AMA PERFORMANCE

SHE might be one of music’s biggest stars — but Jennifer Lopez still gets nervous!

The Do It Well hitmaker admits she’s terrified about performing her new single, Louboutins, at Sunday night’s American Music Awards.

Lopez’s performance will include fireworks and an on-stage costume change.

“Dancing again, singing, the lights and the costumes — it all feels like second nature,” said Lopez of her first live TV performance in quite some time.

“You know what you’re doing and you feel very good about it, but at the same time, you wouldn’t be human if you’re not afraid,” she added.

Other artists set to perform at the 37th annual American Music Awards include Rihanna, Adam Lambert, Whitney Houston, Green Day, Lil’ Wayne, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Keith Urban, Jay-Z and Carrie Underwood.

40-year-old Lopez — who welcomed twins Max and Emme in February last year — recently revealed that becoming a mom has made her “glow from within”.

“Right now, I am at a place in my life where I feel immense happiness and fulfillment,” she said in October.

“It’s the kind of happiness that makes you glow from within, just like the special glow women get when they’re pregnant and when they’re falling in love with their babies.

“Being a mother has changed the way I look at my work in a very positive way. I want to be able to create and be part of things that I know my children will be proud of one day.

“It has really helped me stay focused on what is important and what is right for me.”

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(ABC) What would you do? Latino Hate Crime

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Lopez Tonight averages 1.6 Million viewers

TBS’s “The George Lopez Show” averaged 1.6 million viewers its first week, a very solid week based on modest expectations.

TBS sent out a release gleaning the best data from the first week. His viewers’ median age was 33, the youngest among late-night talk shows.

Among 18-49 and 18-34 demographics, he beat season-to-date averages of shows such as “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” (Kimmel is on at 12:05 a.m. and Ferguson starts at 12:35 a.m. but Stewart is head to head with Lopez.)

About one-third of his audience came from Hispanics and 24% came from African Americans.

The four-day total on TBS was 1.8 million Monday, 1.4 million Tuesday, 2 million on Wednesday (after Tyler Perry’s shows) and 1.3 million Thursday.

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YouTube + Univision = TuTube

YouTube said Monday that it reached an agreement with Univision, the most-watched Spanish language television network in the United States, to make a wide range of its programs available on the video sharing site.

YouTube described the deal, the latest in a series of agreements with owners of professionally-produced programming, as one of its most comprehensive agreements for TV content. The agreement is nonexclusive and includes short clips as well as full-length TV shows from Univision’s three networks, Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision.

YouTube has been on a quest to acquire rights to more professionally-produced content, which is more attractive to advertisers than clips uploaded by users.

The agreement, however, does not include content from Televisa, a Mexican media company that owns rights to some of the most popular telenovelas and serialized dramas that are broadcast on Univision. (Univision and Televisa recently settled a lawsuit in which the Mexican company accused Univision of breaching the companies’ revenue-sharing contract.)

Chris Maxcy, the head of content partnerships at YouTube, said the deal would appeal to one of YouTube’s fastest growing audiences, Latinos in the United States. YouTube already has content from some TV networks and producers in Latin America and Spain.

Kevin Conroy, president of Univision Interactive Media, said the network would upload to YouTube a combination of catalog content and new programming, including popular shows like Nuestra Belleza Latina, El Show de Cristina, Don Francsico Presenta and Escandalo TV.

YouTube and Univision refused to disclose financial details of the agreement. But YouTube said the two companies would share revenue generated through advertising.

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Shakira Feat. Lil Wayne "Give it up to me"

Check out Shakira's new single Feat. Lil Wayne.  Let us know what you think.