Pop stars Shakira and Prince Royce dominated Latin music's Premio Lo Nuestro Awards on Thursday, taking home four awards each.

The Hips Don't Lie hit-maker scored gold in the Pop categories for Artist of the Year - Female, Album of the Year for Sale El Sol, and Song of the Year for Rabiosa, while she was also presented with the prestigious Premio Lo Nuestro Artist of the Year honor.

Bachata star Prince Royce triumphed in the Tropical awards, earning Artist of the Year - Male, Tropical Traditional Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for El Amor Que Perdimos, and Collaboration of the Yea...

Shakira had a scary run-in with a big, bad sea lion. See how she escaped -- and her explanation for bothering the poor creature in the first place.

Shakira may be a "She Wolf," but she almost got eaten by a sea lion. The "Hips Don't Lie" singer told fans that she had a run-in with the fierce sea creature -- but her ultimate explanation for what happened doesn't sound quite right.

"Omg what just happened to me! I was attacked by a sea lion!" she wrote on her Facebook page.

"This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to ge...

Rihanna has beaten out models Kate Upton and Adriana Lima to be named the "Hottest Woman on Twitter" in a new magazine poll.

The R&B star's racy tweets and provocative snapshots helped her land the title on Complex magazine's countdown.

Upton comes in second, while Lima is third. Zoe Saldana and Nicole Scherzinger round out the top five.

Beyonce, Cassie, actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, Shakira and model Candice Swanepoel also make the top 10.

It's been another star-studded year on the red carpet, but before putting 2011 completely in the books, we thought we'd take a look back at some fashion standouts that occurred throughout the past 12 months.

While some of 2012's big events are right around the corner, let's take one last look back at some of the fashion hits from 2011. Check out the slideshow and enjoy!

Catherine Zeta-Jones gave her beloved New York Jets a boost on the red carpet at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards.

"Glee" star Lea Michele in pink at last year's Globes.

Shakira rocked the carpet Cannes France last...

Shakira attended the 40 Principales Awards in Madrid, Spain, over the weekend. The pop star showed off her shorter hairstyle in a sparkling silver mini dress. What do you think of her look?

Shakira was recently named the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. She is the youngest person to receive the prestigious award from the Latin Recording Academy.

Last month the charitable star flew to India to highlight the importance of education. The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador was pushing for better schooling facilities for young women.

Check out more photos of Shakira's new look in the foll...

Celebrity hairstyles go out of fashion quicker than celebrity weddings. Here are some of the new hairdos some of our favorite stars are sporting now.

Katy Perry went for a lighter pink this time, opting for a blonde bob with pink highlights. She previously had neon pink locks to go with her 50s outfit at the Europe Music Awards.

Shakira went for a shorter cut as well, but she sure took her time getting it. Photographers claim that the singer was behind closed doors at a high-end salon for 6 hours before she appeared with this look!

Watch the video for a peek at Kelly Osbourne's grey ha...

Pop superstar Shakira has met with youngsters in India to highlight the importance of education in the country.

The Hips Don't Lie hit-maker serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and she flew out to the nation earlier this month to push for better schooling facilities for young women.

Shakira visited a group of adolescent females in a residential education program in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where the literacy level is around five per cent for women, and the singer hopes her trip will highlight the need for improved learning.

She says, "My interaction with these adolescent girls was e...

While the Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 made Latin Grammy Awards history last night, fashion statements were made by several prominent musicians and celebrities on the red carpet prior to ceremony held in Los Vegas last night.

Demi Lovato's plunging neckline made the biggest statement last night along with the always gorgeous Shakira and a cast of others. Check out our fashion slideshow and of course see who all the winners were last night.

Sofia Vergara

Shakira

Adrienne Bailon

D'manti

Mayra Veronica

Natalia Jimenez

Paulina Rubio

Usher

Wilmer Valderra...

Puerto Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 made Latin Grammy Awards history in Las Vegas on Thursday night by picking up nine honors, including the coveted Album of the Year prize for Entren Los Que Quieran.

Stepbrothers Residente and Visitante, who led the nominations with 10, previously shared the record for most wins - five - with Juanes and Juan Luis Guerra.

The duo opened the show at the Mandalay Bay Hotel theatre with the performance of the night as the rappers teamed up with the Venezuela youth orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica Simon Bolivar, and superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel for a rend...

Shakira broke down in tears as her father serenaded her at a star-studded Las Vegas dinner celebrating her career on Wednesday.

Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo and Mexican rocker Alejandra Guzman also turned up to toast the Colombian singer as she was named the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year at the special tribute.

Venezuelan star Franco De Vita and salsa legend Gilberto Santa Rosa were among the acts who performed Shakira's hits, but the night's most poignant moment came as her dad William Mebarak stepped onstage to serenade her.

Shakira wiped away tears as Mebarak sang the c...

Born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll in Brranquilla Columbia, international pop superstar Shakira was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday, officially making her the first Colombian to receive such an honor.

Now immortalized forever in Hollywood with the 2,454th plaque on the Walk of Fame, Shakira's star can be found in front of the new W Hotel at the corner of the iconic Hollywood & Vine intersection.

"This is incredible. I would like to thank all of you," she said during the ceremony.

And the star unveiling - attended by hundreds of screaming fans - is just the beg...

Britney Spears has joined Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and the other Twitter high rollers after scoring 10 million followers last week.

Only six celebrities have reached the 10 million mark - Spears, Gaga, Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and President Barack Obama.

Gaga leads the pack with almost 14.4 million followers - 1 million more than second placed Bieber.

Shakira, Taylor Swift and Rihanna are expected to reach 10 million followers by the end of 2011.

President Barack Obama named pop star Shakira a member of his advisory commission on Hispanic education on Wednesday, for her continued work to aid children in Latin America.

It was a great day for Colombian pop star Shakira on Wednesday. President Obama named her a member of his advisory commission to help children in Latin America.

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, her given name, founded the Barefoot Foundation, which helps set up schools and education programs in Columbia, South Africa and Haiti.

It was just last year when Shakira joined the World Bank to set up a program to foster edu...

Singer Shakira has silenced rumors suggesting she has split from her soccer ace boyfriend Gerard Pique after sending the athlete a sweet Twitter.com message ahead of his match on Tuesday.

rumors of Pique's alleged infidelity led many to believe the romance was over, but Hips Don't Lie hitmaker Shakira has now spoken out to dismiss break-up claims.

Sending a note to the Spanish hunk, who plays for Barcelona, Shakira wrote, "Good luck to the Spanish national side and to my number 3, muah (kisses) @3gerardpique."

The singer's press manager in Colombia, Rodrigo Beltran, also issued a stateme...

Pop superstar Shakira has landed a special Latin Grammy award for her contribution to music and tireless charity work.

The Hips Don't Lie hit-maker has been named the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year, and she will collect the prize during a special gala on November 9th, a day before the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas.

The trophy has previously been awarded to Carlos Santana, Gloria Estefan, Julio Iglesias and Ricky Martin.

Shakira says, "It is truly an honor to be in the company of some of the greatest artists and legends of Latin Music."

Latin Recording Academy President Gab...

Calle 13 have landed a record 10 nominations for the upcoming 12th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.

The group is nominated in all the major categories including Album and Record of the Year for Entren Los Que Quieran and Latinoamerica, respectively.

Their haul also features nominations for Song Of The Year, Best Urban Music Album, Best Urban Song, Best Alternative Song, Best Tropical Song and Best Short Form Music Video.

The other Album of the Year nominees are Alex, Jorge Y Lena (Alex, Jorge Y Lena), Franco De Vita (En Primera Fila), Enrique Iglesias (Euphoria), and Shakira (...

Former Spice Girls star Melanie Chisholm has called on her fellow female singers to tone down their sexy stage routines to save their "dignity".

The Spice Up Your Life hit-maker makes a deliberate effort not to perform raunchy dance sequences during concerts, insisting it goes against her former band's notorious 'Girl Power' ethic.

And now she's urging other female singers such as Rihanna and Shakira to ditch their erotic routines and focus on their musical talents.

Chisholm tells British magazine Seven Days, "The majority of the most successful artists in the world today are women and...

Mena Suavari stopped by to check out celebrity fashion designer and couturier Marco Marco's Fashion's Night Out event at the Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood.

For the second year in a row, the Andaz, a favorite hotel of rock’n’roll royalty, displayed iconic fashion pieces in conjunction with a pop-up shop that showcased a variety of designer items available for purchase.

What were some of the amazing star style pieces by Marco Marco (he has created one-of-a-kind pieces for a slew of celebrities like Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Shakira, Leona Lewis and Fergie) on display?

The cupcake bra wor...

Justin Bieber's girlfriend Selena Gomez has topped a new list of lovely Latinas.

The singer/actress joins Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, Shakira and Jessica Alba in Latina magazine's new 15 Latinas We Love special and graces the cover with the other fiery stunners on the countdown.

Rosie Perez, America Ferrara, Daisy Fuentes and "Cowboys & Aliens" star Ana de la Reguera also make the 2011 list.

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 YMCA educational programs for Hispanic youths in Miami, Florida.

Announcing the partnership at a local school, the Hips Don't Lie hitmaker said, "Hispanics in the United States have everything to gain. We have the talent, we have the will. I truly think that with more education and more sports, we can achieve the unthinkable. We can have the ball on our si...

Latin pop star Prince Royce was the big winner at the Univision Network's Premios Juventud Awards in Miami, Florida on Thursday, walking away with four top honors.

The singer opened the show at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center in spectacular style with Daddy Yankee, performing the reggaeton rapper's song Ven conmigo (Come With Me) with 1,200 dancers taking part in a futuristic light show.

The night continued to go well for Royce as he walked away with accolades for Red Hot Artist, The Super Tour, My Tropical Artist and My Favorite Video for his hit Corazon sin Cara (Heart Wit...

Forest Whitaker is following in the footsteps of stars including Angelina Jolie and Shakira by taking up a post as a United Nations (U.N.) goodwill ambassador.

The Oscar-winning actor is to be affiliated with the organization's educational, scientific and cultural body, UNESCO, and will be officially inducted into his role as goodwill ambassador for peace and reconciliation at a ceremony on Tuesday.

Whitaker, who famously portrayed Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, has been offered the role in recognition of his "humanitarian and artistic commitment" with projects ...

Colombian pop superstar Shakira is heading to Israel next week to highlight the importance of education for children across the world.

The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Hips Don't Lie hit-maker has been invited to attend the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, where she will be a featured speaker at the three-day Facing Tomorrow 2011 event.

Shakira has been working to improve education and nutrition for kids from impoverished areas in Colombia, South Africa and Haiti via her Barefoot Foundation.

She will take part in the Conference's opening discussion, entitled My Recipe f...

Colombian songstress Shakira has drawn comparisons to fellow pop star Rihanna with the release of her racy new video, which premiered Tuesday.

In the video for "Rabiosa," the latest single from her 2010 album "Sale El Sol" (which features rapper Pitbull), a very scantily-clad Shakira performs some risque moves on a stripper pole.

After the new clip dropped, some have called out Shakira and likened her erotic stripper dance to Rihanna's recent doings, including the video for her single "S&M" and her performance at the Billboard Music Awards with Britney Spears. Rihanna also reportedly brou...

A representative for Shakira has clarified reports the pop star gave Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez an autographed guitar as a gift, admitting the singer had nothing to do with the present.

The controversial leader, who is recovering from a knee injury, publicly thanked the Colombian superstar at the weekend after he was presented with the red electric guitar, which he believed was sent by the "Hips Don't Lie" hitmaker.

But Shakira's publicist admits the special item was not from the star - the instrument was simply one of six gig organizers had asked her to sign during her concert in C...

Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Justin Bieber and Rihanna have helped to raise $5 million for Japan's earthquake/tsunami relief effort through the release of a charity compilation.

The pop stars were among a host of artists who offered up their hits for inclusion on "Songs for Japan," a digital-exclusive collection, with all profits going towards the Japanese Red Cross relief appeal.

The project, which also includes tracks by Bon Jovi, Shakira, Foo Fighters and Adele, has proven to be a huge success and Reuters reports that organizers handed over a check for $2 million last month, and another $3 mill...

Enrique Iglesias and Shakira were the toast of the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards as they each landed a haul of trophies.

Iglesias scooped nine honors, including Latin Artist of the Year, while his Euphoria disc was named Latin Album of the Year and Latin Pop Album of the Year.

Colombian superstar Shakira picked up six prizes included Latin Pop Airplay Solo Artist of the Year and Hot Latin Songs Female Artist.

Her track Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) was voted the Latin Digital Download of the Year.

Other big winners were newcomer Prince Royce, who took home four awards, Aventu...

Shakira flew back to her native Colombia this week to lay the first brick of a new school construction project in conjunction with her education charity.

The pop superstar took time out from her ongoing The Sun Comes Out World Tour to visit the project in the impoverished Loma del Peye region.

Shakira was photographed carrying concrete slabs and helping fix them in place to mark the beginning of construction on the Cartegena de Indias school, which is being funded by her Barefoot Foundation and will eventually accommodate 1,500 students.

Shakira says, "We are very happy to be laying t...

Colombian singer Shakira is continuing her charity efforts in Haiti by donating $400,000 to help rebuild a school which was damaged by the massive earthquake in the country last year.

The Hips Don't Lie hit-maker announced plans to team her Barefoot Foundation with the Architecture for Humanity charity to help renovate the Elie Dubois School in the capital Port-au-Prince shortly after the disaster hit in January, 2010.

She visited the country earlier this week and announced a deal with the Inter-American Development Bank, which will match her donation to rebuild the education facility. ...

Shakira has finally confirmed she is dating soccer star Gerard Pique by publishing a picture of the two of them embracing and calling him her "sunshine".

The Hips Don't Lie hit-maker has been rumored to be in a relationship with the sportsman since announcing her split from longtime boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua, in January.

Shakira claimed the break-up would be "temporary", but she sparked gossip about a new romance with the FC Barcelona star when they were pictured holding hands in February.

Speculation was fuelled further when the pop star appeared on the cover of Colombian magazine ...