Shakira rests hips to study at UCLA

Los Angeles: Shakira may get high grades in singing and swiveling her hips, but what about ancient Western history? For the past month, the Colombian pop star has attended a class at the University of California, Los Angeles, called "Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient

Civilizations from Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843."

"She went when she finished her tour, for the summer," Shakira's manager Fifi Kurzman told The Associated Press.

For years the 30-year-old has studied on her own, also taking tutorials on the history and languages of the countries she visits, Kurzman said.

The singer, known for last year's "Hips Don't Lie" and other hits, released her first album at age 14 and later took time off to finish high school.

She decided to take a musical rest this summer following her worldwide "Oral Fixation" tour to focus on social causes, Kurzman said

Salma Hayek voted Hottest Celebrity

Hollywood actress Salma Hayek has been voted the hottest celebrity in the world by an Internet poll.

A total of 3,000 celebrities were ranked by E-Poll, in which a whopping 65 percent of the US population felt Hayek was super glamorous, World Entertainment News Network reported.

The 40-year-old actress elbowed out Jessica Alba, who took the second spot. Carmen Electra finished third.

The top 15 celebrities and the percentage of the population who found them hot are as follows:

1. Salma Hayek - 65 percent
2. Jessica Alba - 64 percent
2. Carmen Electra - 64 percent
4. Shakira - 63 percent
5. Halle Berry - 59 percent
5. Beyonce Knowles - 59 percent
5. Eva Longoria - 59 percent
8. Catherine Zeta-Jones - 57 percent
9. Jessica Biel - 56 percent
9. Elizabeth Hurley - 56 percent
9. Raquel Welch - 56 percent
12. Jennifer Lopez - 54 percent
12. Alyssa Milano - 54 percent
14. Pamela Anderson - 53 percent
14. Angelina Jolie - 53 percent

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Shakira World Tour

Shakira - Oral Fixation World Tour

In June Shakira started her biggest tour ever, called the Oral Fixation Tour, which will last until the summer of 2007. Great tickets are available for her tour through Ticketmaster.On July 30th 2006 Hips Don't Lie was the last ever number one, and consequently, the last ever song played on the legendary British program Top of the Pops, seeing the track jump back from number three to the number one spot again, after spending seven weeks on the chart.Shakira's hit "Hips Don't Lie" made history in the first week of June 2006 as the most played song in the history of the radio, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.Shakira is the most nominated artist of the year for this year's MTV Video Music Awards '06. Her seven nominations are for "Hips Don't Lie", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video. Shakira is set to perform "Hips Don't Lie" to the dance moves of popular Indian Choreographer Farah Khan. The award show will be held on August 31st 2006 in Radio City Music Hall.Beyoncé has said that she would like to work with Shakira for more than a year. "I'm a big fan. Hopefully we can make it happen this year. I think her videos are really sexy and always sound so good."

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Shakira - Hips Don't Lie FT Wyclef Jean

Shakira - Hips Don't Lie FT Wyclef Jean (Oral Fixation Tour)

Shakira mtv music awards 2006

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Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (Bamboo) - Fifa World Cup 2006

Bamboo Hips Don't Lie - [2006 FIFA World Cup]

Video Shakira ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie FIFA World Cup

Just Beacuse Shakira..

Shakzilla takes a break from her world tour to work on her fitness and stay smokin' hot!

Mumbai Sways to Shakira

Mumbai: The crowds waited outside Mumbai's MMRDA grounds more than just to shake a leg.

In her first ever concert in India, Latin singer and performer Shakira got a 20,000 strong audience grooving to her tunes.“He wants to watch more than Shakira’s hips. He wants to watch all of her,” said one of the audience.

And when the diva came on stage and made her moves on Sunday evening she got the temperatures soaring.

The 10-time Grammy Award winner shook up the Mumbai's air with her songs and what she is best know for - her belly dancing. Seen in the hordes that came in were names like Farhan Akhtar, VijayMallya, Shahrukh Khan’s wife Gauri and children and choreographer Farah Khan.

Farah, who has incidentally has worked with Shakira in the past, was all praises for the Hips Don’t Lie singer.“Meeting her again was really very nice because she is a very warm and a sweet person. She sent me and husband passes in the morning,” she said.

In her first ever concert in India Shakira performed all her popular numbers from successful albums like Laundry Service and Oral Fixation. And she clearly left her fans fixated.“She is a dream. She is superb,” said actress Perizaad Zorabian.MTV VJ Sophie added, ”She is a wonderful performer and I have always been a very big fan of hers.”The three-hour concert where the Colombian pop star enthralled fans, was a huge sell out.“She was so serene, so unruffled, she was so tranquil, so inevitable that she created an illusion beyond imagination,” one of the audience said.

“I have come from Delhi. I missed my board exam just to see Shakira and it was worth it. I don’t mind sitting in class 12 for another year,” another fan added.

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