Grammy-winning country star Dwight Yoakam, an artist who has transcended the country music genre to become a multi-slash innovator, entrepreneur and actor, will be the Superstar Keynote Q&A; at the 3rd Annual Billboard Country Music Summit, set for June 4-5 at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville. He joins a growing slate of announced BCMS attendees, including Luke Bryan, Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Thompson Square and CAA's Rob Light.

Rob Light, head of the Music department, a partner, and Managing Director of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), will sit with veteran Billboard live entertainment writer Ray Waddell for an in-depth discussion at the Billboard Country Music Summit at the Cannery Ballroom June 4-5. CAA's Nashville's roster includes Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Shooter Jennings, Kings of Leon, Gilbert">Brantley Gilbert, Martina McBride, My Morning Jacket, Trace Adkins, and Willie Nelson.

Kendrick Lamar returns with yet another example of his artful lyricism in “War Is My Love”. The latest track from the Compton rapper appears in the third-person shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, due out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow before hitting PCs in June. Kendrick Lamar’s debut full-length, Good Kid in [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com

Sure, Bullfrog’s 1993 tactical masterpiece and Starbreeze’s 2012 first-person shooter reboot are both Syndicate games — in the same way that a Great Dane and a Pekingese are both dogs. Both bark and slobber and occasionally eat their own poop, but the similarities end there....

The case of slain 17 year-old Trayvon Martin has taken an interesting twist with new evidence revealing an intense fight occurring with shooter George Zimmerman moments prior to the fatal shooting.

A pair of sessions will examine the role of touring in the country music business at the 3rd Annual Billboard Country Music Summit, June 4-5 at the newly-renovated Cannery Ballroom in Nashville. The list of panelists includes Live Nation's Brian O'Connell, TMG/AEG's Ali Harnell, singer/songwriter Shooter Jennings, Ryman Auditorium's Sally Williams, WME's Rob Beckham, Paradigm's Curt Motley and CAA's Marc Dennis.

The man responsible for slaying 17 year-old Trayvon Martin could face the death penalty if found guilty with reports claiming federal hate crime charges may be added to his second-degree murder case.

Headhunters Dir. Morten Tyldum [Magnolia Pictures; 2012] by Alex Peterson Rating: The world has been led down some bad roads by powerful men with inadequacy issues. However vaguely he conceptualizes them, Norwegian director Morten Tyldum aims to put a roadblock in front of as many as possible with Headhunters , a bizarrely comic, occasionally torture-porn-y morality play that zealously punishes one man just for having an inferiority complex. The man in question — professional corporate headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) — remedies his complex a bit more elaborately than most. Roger is much shorter than he’d like to be, but he does ...

The shooter of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin has reportedly used the power of the Internet to rally up over $200,000 in donations since making headlines over the controversial February slaying.

Friday’s fun: ► Delta Spirit visits the Fonda Theatre behind the release of their third album. Waters and Tijuana Panthers open. ► Sydney, Australia’s the Jezabels play a sold-out show at the Troubadour, supported by Imagine Dragons and Benjamin Francis Leftwich. ► L.A. experimental rock outfit Tes Elations celebrate their album release at the Bootleg [...]

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After watching this action-packed new trailer for the forthcoming first-person-shooter N.O.V.A. 3, you might be inclined to agree that several years ago, we would have thought graphics and gameplay of this caliber impossible on a mobile gaming platform. But in this reality, N.O.V.A. 3 is headed to every iteration of the iPad and iPhone from [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com

May is here and when you're in Myrtle Beach that means only one thing: Bike Week is Back! It's been a tumultous spring and the dates of this year's rallies have been a thing of much dispute locally, with some organizers from the Harley-Davidson rally wanting to move their rally closer to Memorial Day weekend and the county threatening to not issue vendor permits before giving in in the end. The "official" rally dates for the Cruisin' The Coast Spring Rally are now May 14-20, with many businesses also hosting events the previous weekend. On the other ...

I have a confession to make: I am a pretty big geek. I've spent the weekend rebuilding my computer, watching anime, and playing video games. Not the first-person shooter types; RPGs and "artsy" games. I have a decent grasp of the sci-fi world, so when a (similarly geeky) friend showed me that io9 was doing a countdown of the "100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To," my ears perked up. I won't spend much time explaining how io9 is a haven for those interested in this kind of thing. You can check them out ...

We can expect a lot of hype surrounding B.o.B 's Strange Clouds this week. Will the rapper successfully sail past the sophomore slump? Little Broken Hearts from Norah Jones is sure to be the talk of the town as well. But, of course, that's not the only record on our radar. The Spinto Band 's Shy Pursuit is another interesting album--the band have chosen to release it on their own Spintonic label. Pieces from Charlene Kaye 's Animal Love have sounded very impressive, and Carina Round always delivers pleasing songs. All the new releases we know about ...