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It was a Latino music festival at the Super Bowl Halftime show. The rhythms were irresistible. Shakira and J-Lo sang with exultant voices and danced fiercely through a quick-cutting mix of their mega hits. Guest performers Bad Bunny from Puerto Rico and J Balvin from Colombia accompanied the shimmying pop conquistadoras. It was an exhilarating Puerto Rican and Colombian show all through! Shakira opened the show with "She Wolf", then a medley of her hit songs including "Empire", "Whenever, Wherever", "Chantaje" and "Hips Don't Lie". To the surprise of many, the Colombian songstress launched into Cardi B and J Balvin's "I Like It", singing it with Bad Bunny. Cardi B was in Hard Rock stadium watching live. Shakira sang in both English and Spanish, belly-danced, danced to a variety of Afro-Latin musical genres and crowd-surfed. She also performed a traditional Arab vocal expression known as a "zaghrouta...

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez will be joined on stage at the Super Bowl LIV Halftime show by reggaeton superstars J Balvin and Bad Bunny, and Jennifer Lopez's 11-year-old daughter Emme, who has been popping up at J-Lo's most recent tour.  Shakira in a press conference on January 31st confirmed there was a plan to honor the late Kobe Bryant (who died in a helicopter crash on January 26th) at Hard Rock Stadium.  “We’ll all be remembering Kobe on Sunday and celebrating life and diversity in this country. I’m sure he’d be very proud to see the message we are trying to convey on stage that day,” she said. Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem. Shakira and J-Lo have expressed a lot of enthusiasm since being selected to perform at the show in September.  J-Lo shared similar excitement during her and Shakira's press conference, saying: " Ever since I saw Diana Ross fly off into the sky at the Halftime Show, I dreamed of performing at the Super Bowl. "And ...

Jennifer Lopez aged 50, just stunned the fashion world, reviving the iconic green Versace dress that lead to the invention of Google Images. Lopez modeled the modern version of the dress at Versace's S/S 2020 show, making an incredible surprise appearance at the at Milan Fashion week, at the city's Piazza Sei Febbraio venue. The dress she wore at the show was an even more revealing version of the jungle dress she wore to the 42nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 23, 2000.  The original jungle dress the ageless Lopez wore in 2000 inspired tech giant Google to create Google Images, as millions searched the internet in a bid to see the dress. At the time, it was the most popular search query Google had ever had. #VersaceSS20 honors fashion inspiring innovation, with #DonatellaVersace and the Google Assistant calling for @jlo in the Jungle dress. #MFW pic.twitter.com/9L1m8ETTkD — VERSACE (@Versace) September 20, 2019 The Versace S/S 2020 show which held ...

The 2018 MTV Music Video Awards were handed at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Monday, August 20. Childish Gambino won the most awards - three - for "This is America". Camila Cabello took home the two biggest awards - Video of the Year for "Havana" and Artist of the Year. Jennifer Lopez was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Cardi B who was the most nominated artist - with ten nominations - took home the Song of the Summer award and Best New Artist award. Late Swedish EDM producer and former DJ Avicii posthumously won the Best Dance Video award for "Lonely Together" featuring Rita Ora. Shockingly, Drake's "God's Plan" won in none of the four categories in which it was nominated. The complete list of winners is available below. Video of the Year: Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” [ft. Cardi B] WINNER: Camila Cabello – “Havana” [ft. Young Thug] The Carters – “APES**T” Childish...