We can now confirm that, following Shakira's appearance on Boston's Kiss 108 this morning, she's off to Washington DC to visit Hot 99.5, before rounding off the day in Philadelphia with interviews at Q102 and Wired 96.5. Should be a fun day!

We're very pleased to reveal that Shakira's new album, which will be released next month, is called She Wolf. And its artwork looks like this:

Shakira has a busy day lined up tomorrow, with a promo tour of Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia. She'll begin the day by popping into Matty in the Morning's show on Boston's Kiss 108 for a live interview around 8.15am. If you're in the US, you can listen live online at the station's website by clicking here.

Click here to check out a bunch of new pictures of Shakira and her band rehearsing in Miami this weekend. Look out for more this week...

We're asking you to create an original, animated video for She Wolf or Loba. You can use any medium of animation - be it cartoon, stop-motion, claymation, CGI etc - but it must be all your own work. To enter, add your video to YouTube.com/group/shewolfcontest before September 30th 2009.

The winner will then be selected by Shakira herself! One grand prize winner will receive the new Final Cut Studio, a $2,000 Apple giftcard, plus signed Shakira merch and CDs. What's more, the winning video will also be showcased across all of Shakira's sites. For all the contest info and rules, head to shakira.com/shewolfcontest.

Click here to listen to Shakira chatting to Minneapolis's KDWB radio last week.

Yesterday, Shakira was in Minneapolis, doing a special show for KDWB radio. Here are some pictures (also featuring Lucas, the DJ from KDWB):

If you're a Facebook user, you can now send a bunch of free She Wolf gifts to your Facebook friends. Click here to start the giving. You can also check out Shakira's Facebook page at facebook.com/shakira.

We're very pleased to report that Loba (the Spanish version of She Wolf) has hit Number One in the Billboard Latin Songs chart. This is actually Shakira's eighth Latin Number One in the US. Amazing.

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\r\nThis Thanksgiving, Nov 26th, CNN will announce the 2009 ìCNN Hero of the Yearî and honor the Top Ten CNN Heroes in a star-studded gala celebration from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. We're pleased to report that Shakira has been named as one of the Blue Ribbon Panel who will judge the awards. Other panelists include Colin Powell, Sir Elton John, Ted Turner and Mariane Pearl. The broadcast will air globally on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol.