We're pleased to report that Shakira has been nominated for the Latino Artist of the Year award at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. If you'd like to vote for her then please click here (you don't have to register first). Thanks very much!

We're pleased to report that Shakira is involved with several initiatives to help celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Dora the Explorer.

For starters, Shakira is one of 12 celebrities who have designed a one-off Dora backpack to be auctioned in aid of the Children's Defense Fund. The auction for the backpack (which is being displayed at Macy's in NYC) is underway. Click here if you'd like to bid for it (the auction closes on Thu, 2 Sep 2010 at 12:00:00 PM EDT).

Also, a song from Shakira, entitled Todos Juntos, features on a new CD called We Did It - Dora's Greatest Hits, which you can pre-order from Amazon ahead of its August 17th relesae by clicking here.

Then, in early October, a Dora book that Shakira wrote, called World School Day Adventure, will be made available to purchase.

Last but not least, Shakira will feature in a TV special on November 7th, called Dora's Explorer Girls, which will air on Nickelodeon.

As you'll have gathered, these two great Latina gals have forged quite a partnership!

We're very pleased to report that Shakira won the Best Activist Artist award at yesterday's Teen Choice awards. Huge thanks to all of you who voted for her to win - she couldn't have done it without you!