Shakira

      Also appearing in one of three new songs on the set is Tina Turner, who performs a new version of Santana’s 2002 Michelle Branch-laced hit, "The Game of Love."      

      "We got a Grammy with Michelle, and Michelle brought her own spirit and her own innocence and purity," Santana tells Billboard, adding that Turner was the original intended guest on the track, but that label politics got in the way. "However, when you hear these notes that Tina hits, every hair on your body stands up."

Shakira

      The third new track, “Into the Night,” was written and sung by Chad Kroeger of therock group Nickelback. Santana says it has that "kind of chant in a coliseum when your team is ahead, like 'We Will Rock You.' I am very grateful that Chad has shared it with me."

We’ve always loved Madonna. From the controversial “black Jesus” video to the fledgling movie career to the middle aged love affair with her obviously gay trainer yoga, Madge has always been chock full of surprises.

Like the time she managed to dance up a storm with Shakira and Demi Moore and ignore Janet Jackson while simultaneously heading home before midnight with Jackson in tow.

From Ben Widdicombe’s Gatecrasher today:

Shortly after Madonna and Janet Jackson left the Lafayette St. hot spot around midnight, two giant black SUVs arrived and disgorged Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Penelope Cruz and Shakira. (It’s like the State of the Union Address: At least one high-ranking celebrity has to be in a secure location in case the place is bombed.)

The foursome rolled into the club arm in arm. Ashton dragged Penelope onto the top of a corner booth to dance to ’80s hits, while Demi and Shakira whispered to each other on the dance floor.

From Page Six today:

Madge was chummy with fellow singer Shakira at Butter Monday night (our spy said they showed up “hand in hand”) and was spotted dancing on banquettes with Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Penelope Cruz. But Jackson was holed up a few booths down and, “She was not invited to join Madonna’s crew,” said an onlooker, who told us the table drank “seven bottles of champagne and a ton of beer.”

We’re not the only ones who can’t figure out how Madge could dance on the banquettes with Demi, Ashton, and Penelope when the Material Girl… left before they arrived, right?

Or how Madonna and Janet Jackson could have left before Shakira got there while it could also be true that Madge was busy talking to Shakira and snubbing Janet?