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...Latin pop remains foreign to most American listeners. Between now and August, Sony hopes to change that with four major releases--English-language debuts by Puerto Rican-born Martin, East Harlem salsa and stage star Marc Anthony, Bronx native and Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez and the Colombian vocal powerhouse Shakira...
Although she's still unknown in the U.S., Shakira says her summer album will "demonstrate to the rest of the world that Latin people also can make good pop and good rock." Her captivating looks should play well on MTV, and her album is being produced by the godfather of Latin pop, Emilio Estefan. Of course, all the producing and marketing in the world won't carry a bad record across the street. Latin pop will do fine in the English market just so long as its producers don't turn the music's soulfulness and extravagant passion--two things...
...Colombian singer-songwriter is on her way up: she's topping Billboard's Latin charts; she recently won a Grammy nomination; and she's working on her first English-language album. The fuss over Shakira is justified. On her latest CD she charges Latin pop with rock 'n' roll to thrilling effect. Even when her music gets loud, Shakira's vibrant contralto remains sweet and expressive. The album's title translates as "Where are the thieves?" Missing out on this collection would be at least a misdemeanor...
...femme fatale. But no sooner had Patricia Meal's 17-year-old daughter dashed off to a fat farm to slim down by 20 Ibs. than she was replaced. It seems the scriptwriters had trouble working a Caucasian into the Asian epic. Instead, the role went to Shakira Baksh, 27, the Indian wife of Michael Caine, 41, who is co-starring in the movie now on location in Marrakesh. Said Caine, "It was a very strange experience working with my wife. Because I was pulling for her all the time, I forgot completely about my own personality and found...
...Model Pauline Stone, he for the third time, she for the second, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Next May: Olympic Swimming Champion Mark Spitz and U.C.L.A. Senior Susan Weiner. Sometime this summer: Boston Bruins Defenseman Bobby Orr and Schoolteacher Peggy Wood. Before the baby is born: Actor Michael Caine and Shakira Baksh, a former Miss Guyana, who said that they expect their child in June or July. As for Actress Jane Fonda and Antiwar Activist Tom Hayden, who had called a press conference in Manhattan to decry President Nixon's Viet Nam policy, when a reporter asked about their personal...