A former employee is threatening a Shakira sex tape blackmail scandal if money is not paid to squash the threat. That's the report from Kickette, a soccer-themed news outlet, with an unverified scoop rumor, started by TV Notas, stating that a former, so far unidentified, employee of Shakira's, allegedly filmed the Brazilian pop star and soccer star boyfriend Gerard Pique having sex. The report states the filming was consensual. Huh? Now that's a personal assistant...

But it goes on to say that the Shakira sex tape will be released by the employee unless the couple come up with an unspecified amount of money as a blackmail demand. What a crazy story. How can this work? Going public with a blackmail threat can't help this person get the money he or she wants. So it does seem rather dubious and suspicious.

Shakira, of course, is a sexy bombshell hit maker and a sex tape may actually enhance her image with fans. Look what it did for Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton who were virtual unknowns outside their celebrity social circles until unauthorized (?) sex tapes of them were released on the web. It even got them both in to recording studios with varying degrees of success on Pop Charts.

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Is Shakira the latest star to feature in a homemade sex tape?

That's the rumor according to several Spanish sources, who claim that a member of the Colombian singer's staff videotaped her giving oral sex to footballer boyfriend Gerard Pique. Apparently the staff member has made the couple aware of the video tape and has asked for a substantial sum of money to ensure it doesn't hit the web. The video is only about a minute and a half long, according to the Mexican publication TVNotas, but surely that's more than long enough to cause quite a public scandal.

The sex tape rumor comes just days after another rumor involving the couple hit the press: that Shakira and Pique are engaged.

If there is a sex tape featuring Ms. Waka Waka and FC Barcelona star Pique then it's hardly a surprising turn of events. The pair are often the object of ridicule (though not necessarily malicious in nature) for their very public displays of affection, and last year photographers caught snaps of Shakira and a very naked Pique through the open windows of a Barcelona hotel.

However that doesn't excuse the staff member's actions. Regardless of how public the couple has been with their relationship they have a right not to have pornographic videos of them distributed online.

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Colombian superstar Shakira gets an invitation to parade with samba school ''Renascer'' in the world-famous Rio Carnaval next month. Renascer, whose performance opens the spectacular carnival parades on February 19, also invited the legendary snake-hipped actor John Travolta to join them.

''The invitation is made. Now we have to wait for a gap in their schedules," said Renascer's artistic director, Edson Pereira. Renascer, a small school which recently entered Rio's elite category, is dedicating this year's parade to a Brazilian artist Romero Britto, a personal friend of Shakire and Travolta, according to Pereira.

One of the theme's of the parade will be ''Art of consumption and the consumption of art'," which will include a dance imitating those in the musical ''Grease,'' which starred Travolta.

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Shakira is red hot in a strapless Furne One gown at the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2011 on Monday (January 9) held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. The 34-year-old Colombian singer, who attended with boyfriend Gerard Pique, hit the stage to present one of the evening’s awards.

At the gala, Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and was named FIFA’s Player of the Year. Shakira congratulated Lionel on stage and also met up with football legend, Pele, who gave her a kiss on the cheek!

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Shakira really knows how to pull out all the stops. She attened the FIFA Ballon D’Or Gala yesterday along with boyfriend, footballer Gerard Pique. You couldn’t miss her, with that sequined strapless, fishtail red gown. It’s a tad OTT, but Shaki pulls it off. Possibly because her make-up was so discreet, and her new bob was coiffed so well. We’re totally digging the soft waves. You can’t beat the slihouette on her, either. Besides, the man attached to her arm, ain’t too shabby at all. All together, her entire ensemble and styling is so vintage. Do you like Shakira’s retro-vixen look?

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Colombian singing sensation Shakira will croon and also possibly act in a feature film whose cast will comprise some leading names of Indian and Bangladeshi cinema, the film's director Enamul Karim Nirjhar of Bangladesh said today. Shakira will lend her voice to five songs and the music will be composed by India's Debajyoti Mishra for the proposed film.

Titled Desire The Flying Butter, the film will be co-produced by a friend of mine, Nirjhar told PTI from Dhaka. Nirjhar chose to keep the cast of the film under a wrap but said, "it will have some known and little-known actors from India and Bangladesh".

Replying to a question, he said efforts were also on to rope in Shakira to act in the film that will be shot in India, Bangladesh, Scotland and some other countries. The director, an architect by qualification and profession, also declined to share the storyline of the film saying "we will disclose everything gradually".

"We are keeping mum right now on the cast and story of the film for strategic reasons but we will let you know everything in course of time", said Nirjhar. Asked about the subject of the movie, he said, "it is going to be unlike ten other films. It will be a different kind of film.""All that I can say now is that we want to prove our existence, our desire and friendship of the sub-continent so that we in this region stand with our heads held high."

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It has even been confirmed that Love and Rock will not be used by any of the two, Shakira or Miley Cyrus, in their upcoming or current music albums. The song is being recorded for solely serving the charity propose and not commercial ones! The song will be revealed on the Valentines’ Day.

Interestingly, this will be Miley Cyrus’s latest music release since 2010! Though her Gypsy tour did gather headlines last year, after ‘Can’t be tamed’, not much about Miley Cyrus has been heard in terms of her music! Anyhow, Miley and Shakira teaming up for charity does not come as much of a surprise, to be honest! After all, both the talented divas are known for their charitable works!

While Shakira is the founder of Barefoot Foundation, which helps the poor and impoverished children, Miley Cyrus’s support for the Starkey Hearing Foundation was notable in 2011! Not only this, both the divas even feature on the DoSomething.org’s Top 20 Celebs Gone Good 2011 list!

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The best that Colombia and the U.S. have to offer in pint sized popstars are to join forces for a very worthy cause. Colombia's northern belle Shakira and U.S. teen sensation Miley Cyrus have announced they will come together to record a duet, titled "Love & Rock." The single will raise money for children with heart problems, and is due to be released on St. Valentine's Day.

The song is to be performed at a charity gala on February 14, and fingers are crossed that the stars will release a video to accompany the song, which is described by Shakira's sources as "for charity and not commercial."

This will be Shakira's second collaboration with a U.S. star, and no doubt she is hoping to repeat the 2007 success of "Beautiful Liar," her hip-shaking duet with Beyonce. Given her gyration-tastic performances in last summer's "Gypsy Heart" tour, Miley should have no problem keeping up.

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Colombian singing sensation Shakira has been caught on camera ringing in the New Year with illegal fireworks, reports Colombian magazine Cromos. The dimunitive popstar was filmed playing with the famous "butterfly sparklers" while standing close to a large lit rocket. The sparklers, along with all other fireworks, are illegal in Colombia unless being handled by professionals.

To make matters worse, the footage sees Shakira surrounded by children as she waves the sparklers dangerously close to their faces, causing a media outcry. The star has been criticised for flying in the face of extensive campaigning in Colombia around firework burn prevention, targeted particularly at young people. Figures indicate that hundreds of people were injured by fireworks this holiday season, over half of them minors.

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Shakira was one-year-old when she was found severely burned and near death in a trash can in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The girl had been left to die after she was badly wounded by an alleged U.S. drone attack in 2009. Yet Shakira was saved by a group of doctors, and now she is set to receive reconstructive surgery in Shriner's Hospital in Galveston, Texas, CNN reports.

Shakira was brought to the United States by Hasmat Effendi, her caretaker and one of the doctors who found her and two other girls in that trash can several years ago. The doctors took the three young girls to a nearby hospital, but could only save one of them. She was named 'Shakira,' which means 'thankful,' according to CNN.

In Galveston, doctors agreed to treat Shakira for free. They will operate on the scars on her face and body, although she will never fully heal from her wounds. According to The Daily Mail, it will take Shakira up to a year to recover.

Although the U.S. has not publicly confirmed its drone program in Pakistan, the country is believed to frequently use the small, pilotless aircrafts in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia to target suspected militants and terrorists.

The number of drone strikes in Pakistan has increased significantly under the Obama administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Under President Obama, the CIA has expanded the drone war to target anyone in Pakistan's tribal areas it considers a potential threat. The CIA has authority to fire at will, without authorization from outside the agency, as long as targets are in approved geographic "boxes" near the Afghan border," the newspaper writes.

In August, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism issued a report showing that over 160 children have died in the United States' drone strikes on Pakistan. In December, Wired.com published rare, graphic photos that purportedly show children injured in drone attacks.

According to The Guardian, Pakistan is believed to have supported the drones in the past, despite public condemnations. Yet the program is extremely unpopular with the population and the Pakistani government recently demanded that the U.S. shut down a suspected drone base.

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