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41-year-old Colombian superstar and hitmaker Shakira and her 31-year-old soccer star Gerard Pique, were  seen arriving at Barcelona airport on Sunday, December 23, for a lavish trip to Finland. The couple brought along their two children, and the children's grandparents. The pop star looked happy, relaxed and stylish, sporting black fitted trousers, a blue denim jacket, a pair of dark sunglasses and a burgundy bobble hat atop her golden locks. Pique, casually dressed wore a grey hoodie, dark jeans and a pair of black Nike trainers. See the photos below.

'Nada' is the fifth and most likely final single from Shakira's eleventh studio album, El Dorado. She debuted the video on the large screens at the final concert of her El Dorado World Tour, and made the video available worldwide with its YouTube release. She had earlier announced on Instagram, that the video clip would be exclusively released during the ultimate concert of El Dorado Tour in Bogota, Colombia. With the wrap of her sixth tour in Colombia, the Colombian pop star shared a post on her social media accounts thanking her fans. It read, "We've reached the end of this road. Your friendship and affection are my treasure. After searching and searching thanks to you I’ve found El Dorado. Shak”  View this post on Instagram Hemos llegado al final de esta ruta. Su amistad y cariño son mi tesoro. Después de buscar y buscar, por ustedes encontré El Dorado We’ve reached the end of this road. Your friendshi

Like her hips, Shakira's humanitarian work does not lie, and her bare feet never stray far from her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia. Prior to wrapping her El Dorado tour in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday night, the Colombian hitmaker and philanthropist laid the first stone for the construction of two new Pies Descalzos schools - one in Barranquilla and the other in nearby Cartagena.  Each of the schools cost more than $4 million, and are being built by Shakira's Fundacion Pies Descalzos in partnership with Costa Cruceros, the National ministry of Education (Colombia), the mayor's office of Barranquilla, the mayor's office of Cartagena, Fundacion FC Barcelona, LCI Education Foundation and the Swiss Embassy in Colombia. The two new schools will be built in the neighborhoods of Nuevo Bosque in Barranquilla and Aranjuez in Cartagena. The happy Colombian music legend proudly left her hand and footprints on a cement cornerstone to mark the event. She

Shakira took to her social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus) yesterday to thank fans after wrapping up her sold-out 'El Dorado' World Tour in Europe, Asia, and North America. The Colombian hitmaker posted a two-plus-minute video thanking her fans for all their love and support, expressing gratitude for the unforgettable concerts and told fans each and every of the shows felt like the first one. Highlights of the tour are featured in the video. She captioned the post: " Muchas gracias Europa, Canadá y USA por acompañarme en esta increíble ruta de El Dorado! America Latina los veo muy pronto! /  Thank you, Europe and North America, for accompanying me on this incredible journey to El Dorado! Latin America, I'll see you very soon!" This is the post below. View this post on Instagram Muchas gracias Europa, Canadá y USA por acompañarme en esta increíble ruta de El Dorado! America Latina

The 2018 People's Choice Awards finalists were announced Monday September 24. This announcement marked the beginning of the second round of voting, which ends on October 19. You can vote  here . 43 categories (with five finalists each) are up for the coveted People's Choice Awards trophies. Ariana Grande and BTS lead the nominations in music with four nominations each. Cardi B, Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes are next in line with three nods each.  Grey's Anatomy  and  Shadowhunters  lead nominations in the TV acts with five nominations a piece.  13 Reasons Why  and  Riverdale  follow closely with four nominations each.  The Big Bang Theory  and  This Is Us follow  with three nominations each. Actresses like Viola Davis and Mandy Moore are among the nominees in the Female TV Star of 2018 category. The 2018 People's Choice Awards air live on E! from the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, on November 11.  Check out the full list of categories and nomi