NME - The Daily Download — Marina Diamandis is back in action. The singer, who just rounded up a tour (and associated Twitter love-in) with Katy Perry just released a new track on YouTube under the pseudonym Electra Heart. She explains the alter ego on a new blog post that in... more info

ContactMusic — Superstar Shakira has teamed up with her boyfriend Gerard Pique's Spanish soccer team for a new charity mission. The Colombian singer's Barefoot Foundation has joined forces with Pique's club, FC Barcelona, in an effort to fund and better support Ymc... more info

Perez Hilton — So sweet! Shakira Shakira has done something really special for Nick Jr. in celebration of their new show, Dora's Explorer Girls. Check out her latest MUSIC VIDEO (above) featuring Dora The Explorer called Todos Juntos! U like??? more info

Guardian Music — Colombian star of the 1980s salsa revivalJoe Arroyo, the Colombian salsa singer, who has died of multiple organ failure aged 55, used to tell the story of how he was discovered singing in a brothel at the age of eight by the local bishop and persuade... more info

We Like it Lossless! — 2011ItM,ItC, their first full-length with Atlantic Records, sees P0rtugal. The Man reprise the sort of vaguely insurrectionist hippie jams they’ve cranked out over the years on such memorable tracks as “The Woods” and “60 Years”. Rather tha... more info

ContactMusic — Shakira is preparing her "scent-sual" new fragrance, S by Shakira Eau Florale. The 'She Wolf' singer has worked with her perfumer to make a scent which inspires different feelings in the people who smell it, and she was surprised at how closely relat... more info

Perez Hilton — Nah! Just another one of those fun loving rumors peeps like to get started! The latest gossip to come out of Idol territory is that Jennifer Lopez isn't interested in returning to the show for a second season and that producers are looking for someon... more info

ContactMusic — Shakira missed out on another U. S. number one when personal matters forced her to turn down rapper Pitbull's request to join him on his new hit Give Me Everything. The Latino hip-hop star reveals the Colombian was his first choice as a partner on th... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — • Shakira might replace Jennifer Lopez as an American Idol host next season. (Celeb Dirty Laundry) • Now that the Harry Potter kids have defeated the Dark Lord, let's send them to an even more harrowing experience: University! (College Candy) �... more info

ContactMusic — Jennifer Lopez is continuing to stall her contract negotiations with American Idol, but her plans could backfire as television executives begin to search for her replacement, according to the UK's Daily Mail. Lopez is the only judge yet to sign on fo... more info