Shakira recently took the time to chat with some of her fans on the El Heraldo website in Colombia.  Shaki revealed she will be starting work on her next studio album next February, but doesn’t know which direction she will go with the new material.

Shaki also talked about her “Latin Live Aid” concerts that will be staged simultaneously in Brazil, Spain, Argentina and the USA.

If you missed the chat, here are some of her answers:

• Hi everyone, i am really happy to chat live with you. responding to Amorvital: I know the song it’s being actually played in radio stations, it’s one of the songs I wrote and Produced for the movie “Love in the time of cholera”, the name of the song I am talking about is “Hay Amores”, and it is a Bolero that means a lot to me.

Shakira is among the nominations for a Peoples Choice Award for her collaboration with Beyonce on the track Beautiful Liar.

The duo have been nominated in the category of Favorite R&B Song at the ceremony to be held early next year. The 34th Peoples Choice Award will air live on CBS on Tuesday, January 8th from the Shine Auditorium.

You can vote for Shakira and Beyonce now by visiting the PCAvote.com website.

Two new Shakira tracks have been released on the soundtrack to the movie “Love In The Times Of Cholera”.

The songs are “Hay Amores” and “Despedida” and are available for download now, along with the rest of Antonio Pinto’s score, on the popular iTunes music store.

The movie is also  showing in theaters now.

Shakira’s brand new DVD shot during her sellout Oral Fixation World Tour is available in stores now!

The DVD features live footage and behind the scenes images from Shakira’s l40-city, 2006/07 world tour. The DVD features Shakira in l7 thrilling performances with guest performances from Alejandro Sanz and Wyclef Jean. Also included are three bonus video clips, behind the scenes footage and a documentary of Shakira’s visit to Colombia in support of her Pies Descalzos foundation which builds schools in poor areas of the country. A bonus CD of the live songs are also included.

Concert Footage:

1. Estoy Aqui
2. Te Dejo Madrid
3. Don’t Bother
4. Antologia
5. Hey You
6. Inevitable
7. Si Te Vas
8. La Tortura (Featuring Alejandro Sanz)
9. No
10. Whenever, Wherever
11. La Pared
12. Underneath Your Clothes
13. Pies Descalzos, Suenos Blancos
14. Ciega, Sordomuda
15. Ojos Asi
16. Hips Don’t Lie (Featuring Wyclef Jean)

Shakira will not be making be her movie debut anytime soon after abandoning plans to appear in LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA - because the role required her to get naked in front of the camera.

The film was released last Friday without Shakira playing a role in the adaption.

WENN quoted Shakira as explaining: “The script, the character, the director, it all has to come together to assure me that I’ll be protected.

“I have a responsibility to my public, so I don’t want to get into something that could fail.”

But the movie’s producer Scott Steindorff told the Los Angeles Times that an uncomfortable Shakira backed out after discovering some of the scenes required her to shoot without clothes.

The Colombian did still write and produce the soundtrack for the movie.