Friday Link Roundup: Entertainment, World News, Tech & more…

We’ve found a few great new articles this week! Enjoy a little music and entertainment news, stuff going on around the world, social media updates, beauty, fashion and more. If you have more, feel free to link us in a comment below.

Zoe Saldana in Colombiana via Remezcla

Music/Entertainment

Afro-punk Festival 2011 Cancelled for This Weekend | AFRO-PUNK

Why we’re optimistic about Colombiana | Remezcla

Ghostface Killah reviews Lil’ Wayne‘s Carter IV (probably the funniest thing you’ll read this weekend)

Baby’s Got Bass: Esperanza Spalding | NYTimes.com

Aaliyah: One In A Million BET Tribute – TV Catch-Up | SoulCulture

Lady Gaga & Katy Perry are banned in China for “being vulgar” | HYPETRAK

Rock The Bells 2011 in San Francisco This Saturday | The Young Kingz Daily 2.0

World News

Cherokees Vote: Slave Descendants Expelled | The Root

Human scars of Sri Lankan war neglected | Al Jazeera English

Haiti still in crisis a year and a half after earthquake | latimes.com

Social Media/Tech

Improve Your Facebook Success with 3 Simple Tactics | Kruse Control Inc.

Sims on Facebook is World’s Fastest-Growing Social Game | Mashable

Facebook Kills ‘Places’ – But location will soon be front and center in all posts | Newser

5 Reasons Social Media Measurement is Making You Lie to Yourself | Convince & Convert

Career

Job: Web Developer / Programmer in New York at Drive Taxi, Inc

Impact: The Primary Difference Between College and the Workplace | ProBlog

Beauty/Fashion

Beyond Fair and Lovely: A look into the culture of fair skin | Brown Girl Magazine

Rihanna In Yves Saint Laurent In Portofino, Italy | Beauty Is Diverse ™

Design

34 Examples Of Absolute Vodka Bottle Designs | DesignerTerminal

10 Steps to the Perfect Client Meeting | FreelanceFolder

25+ Useful Document and File Comparison Tools | Noupe

31 Crazy Character Designs | DesignM.ag

How To Become A Web Design Expert | Smashing Magazine

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Editor-in-Chief at Sinuous Magazine, designer, and founder of NYC-based boutique design firm theComplex Media & Design. I've been designing for 14 years, writing on the internet for about the same, and I appear on radio and podcasts under the name "Lanae Mc'Levans." Photographer and overall geek who is passionate about art, music, politics, technology, fashion, and women's issues. A serial day-dreamer. Foul-mouthed. Opinionated.