Shakira has just started work on recording a new album to follow her hugely successful release Oral Fixation.

She touched down in Miami yesterday to hang out in the city with friends for a few days, and spoke briefly of plans to get back to the studio and continue laying down new material.

Shaki also told reporters she soon planned on taking a trip to China, but declined to elaborate further on the reasons.

It is expected Shakira’s latest album will drop sometime in 2009.

One of Shakira’s bras from her sellout Oral Fixation World Tour has been auctioned off for $5,000.

The singer donated a number of items from her wardrobe from the tour, and auctioned the proceeds off for for her Bare Feet Foundation. The jewelled bra, which Shakira wore on her Oral Fixation world tour in 2007, was designed by Roberto Cavalli.

So far the auction has raised more than $60,000, with one super fan paying as much as $14,100 for the chance to meet Shaki.

Other items that have sold include the purple wig Shakira used in the video Las De La Intuicion, and a shiny lavender skirt with turquoise and coral beading that she wore when performing her hit single Hips Dont Lie on tour.

The Bare Feet Foundation is currently building a school for poor children in Shakira’s native Colombia.

Shakira attended the Charity telethon “Ein Herz fuer Kinder” (A Heart For Children) in Berlin on Saturday, December 15, 2007.

Here are some pictures from the event:

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Shakira has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Original Song for a motion picture.

The song “Despedida” was written  by Shakira herself and is featured in the movie “Love In The Time of Cholera” with musical arrangements by Antonio Pinto.

The other nominations in the category are:

Grace Is Gone (Grace Is Gone) -  Clint Eastwood/Carole Bayer Sager
Guaranteed (Into The Wild) - EddieVedder
That’s How You Know (Enchanted) - Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz
Walk Hard (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) - Judd Apatow, Kasdan, John C. Reilly and Marshall Grenshaw.

Shakira’s duet performance with Beyonce in Beautiful Liar has led to a Grammy Award nomination at next year’s extraganza.

The pair will be up for the Best Pop Collaboration when the show airs live on CBS at 10pm, February 10th, 2007.

Shakira is already a two-time Grammy Award winner, and a four-time nominee. Sheis also a seven-time winner at the Latin Grammy’s.

Good luck Shaki!

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.