Viddy App Allows You To Capture Life On Video

What has more than 450,000 downloads and just keeps growing and growing and growing? No surprises here that the answer is a great new phone app!

With a new way to pull the ‘viddy’ographer out in you, Viddy is a premier social mobile application presenting you with a unique way to create and share video. With the option to utilize multiple movie styles, the short films that you create will give you access to a cinematic aesthetic that you usually only see on the big screen... As you can imagine, it's all the rage here in Hollywood.

Once again, count on Paris Hilton to be at the cutting edge of another great new trend, as she gushed to me about how Viddy is her new favorite app, saying “You can make videos that look really old school... I love it.” But she isn’t the only one getting her film on. Lauren Conrad is a new fan; a friend of Pete Wentz’s actually helped create it; Snoop Dogg is down; and Charlie Sheen has announced that Viddy is winning! Considering the brand did very little to no advertising, they just turned it on and with the help of some very prestigious word-of-mouth, it became a hit!

Taking its rightful place amongst our virtual lives, Viddy is also described as being like Twitter with video updates instead of status updates; seems to me that using a video clip as a status update is a big step in a new and exciting direction. You can even follow other viddyographers in the community and see the world from their artistic point of view. The best part about it is that it costs nada -- you can make the same hot videos as the celebs for FREE!

If you're the type to always have a cell phone on you to capture those once in a lifetime moments, then you should most definitely consider checking out viddy.com, and be amazed at how awesome your videos can look and then share them with the world!

DJ Duo Manufactured Superstars Get The Party Started

I recently had the ultimate trendsetter, Paris Hilton, in the YH Studio, and she told me about her DJ friends Manufactured Superstars. As usual, Paris really knows her stuff.

Brad Roulier (aka B-Rad) and Shawn Sabo (aka DJ Sabotage) hail from Denver, Colorado, and are not only DJs but founders on an online music store called beatport.com, which is a haven for electronic music. In 2005, Brad and Shawn created Manufactured Superstars and began touring and haven’t stopped since, playing clubs and parties all over. Aiming to please and pleasing the party, this duo fulfills their quest in providing a killer dance environment where everyone can just let their freak flags fly and have a good time. But how can you not when the signature costumes are matching NASA suits and an MC dressed as a bear?

The main ingredient of a good DJ is the ability to get the crowd in that carefree dance-your-a**-off state of mind, and from the energy that Manufactured Superstars emits, they more than deliver!

Check out their music video for their first single “Take Me Over” off their untitled fourth-coming album and tell me it doesn’t get you excited; their The Hangover inspired music video says it all!

For more, visit http://www.manufacturedsuperstars.com, and keep an eye out for my chat with Paris!

Il Volo Puts Fresh, Young Spin on Classical Music

Oh, the gift of giving! We let Italy get a taste of the Jersey Shore and they bring us the sweet sounds of Il Volo -- seems like a fair exchange, don't you think?

Honestly, I do not think that I have ever been more impressed with the raw musical talent of a group of young men like this Italian trio. Piero Barone, Ignazio Bocshetto, and Gianluca Ginoble are all under the age of 18, and they are putting a classical spin on the "boy band"! The three got their starts in 2009 as individual contestants in a Italian music competition called "Ti Lascio Una Canzone", which the then 14-year-old Ginoble won. During the contest, the three were selected to perform the opera staple "O Sole Mio" together, which turned out to be a really great idea, because once legendary producer Tony Renis heard the collective of voices, he instantly reacted to their chemistry. Steve Leber, who managed the likes of Aerosmith and AC/DC, actually came out of retirement to support them as well!

Il Volo were the talk of the town last week after their appearance on "American Idol", but I would like to go on the record and point out that Young Hollywood had them first! Yes, even before "AI" got their hands on them, the boys hung out with us at the Royal Suite at the Four Seasons (we needed a grander venue to contain their amazing voices!), and they couldn't have been more charming and personable.

We are hooked. We don’t even know what they are saying, but talent is talent, and it will not be denied. The boys of Il Volo are certainly living up to their name, which means "flight", as they are most definitely taking off and soaring to great heights!

Check it out YH's exclusive interview with Il Volo below:

To further support these guys, go to ilvolomusic.com; but be forewarned that it is a high-trafficked area!

Skylar Grey Steps Into the Spotlight

The late Nate Dogg might have been the King of Hooks, but a new Queen seems to be only just beginning her reign.

Whether you're familiar with her name or not, there's a very good chance that, whenever you turn on the radio, you are hearing her crystal clear pipes coming through your speakers. Skylar Grey is the name (remember it!), and she has been a key player in hit after hit, and, believe it or not, it’s been going on for years!

Growing up in a folk duo with her mother in Wisconsin, music has been a part of Grey’s life for a long time. When she first hit the L.A. music scene, she went by the name Holly Brook. She was signed to Linkin Park’s label, Machine Shop Recordings, and once opportunity began to rise, so did her recognition. You might  remember her from one of the most unforgettable songs of 2006: Fort Minors’s “Where’d You Go”. She's also toured as an opening act for Jamie Cullum, k.d. lang, Daniel Powter, Teddy Geiger, and Duncan Shiek.

After releasing her album Like Blood Like Honey in 2006, Brook took on the new alias by which we know her today: Skylar Grey. Producer Alex da Kid gave Grey a production deal which led to her participation as a contributing writer for Eminem’s chart-topping hit featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”, and even received a Grammy Nomination for it. She co-wrote Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home” hook and “Castle Wall” by T.I. and Christina Aguilera. Grey's distinctive voice (reminiscent of The Cranberries's Dolores O'Riordan) also appears on Lupe Fiasco’s second single “Words I Never Said” from his latest album Lasers. Quite an impressive resume! We all got our first real look at Skylar when she performed live alongside Em and Dre at this year's Grammy Awards, singing the chorus to the smash hit "I Need a Doctor."

Since her arrival on the West Coast, Skylar Grey's contribution to the music we love has been invaluable. I'm psyched to see her finally breaking out on her own, premiering her own music at Lollapalooza this summer and giving mainstream audiences a proper introduction to this soon-to-be superstar!

Check out our interview with Skylar at the Studio, below:

True Food Kitchen Keeps It Real for Health-Conscious Foodies

Summer is upon us, guys, and I think it is about time to tell you about a restaurant whose bites taste as good as you'll look at the beach!

True Food Kitchen began in the “Valley of the Sun”, Phoenix, Arizona. The concept began when health guru and author Andrew Weil agreed to pair his “anti-inflammatory diet” with Fox Restaurant Concepts and skilled chef Michael Stebner. From this collaboration, a menu that focuses on preventative health care and based on integrative medicine was born. True Food Kitchen is a certified green restaurant, which means you are enjoying your food in a environmentally responsible space, following guidelines regarding water efficiency, waste reduction, sustainable furnishings and building material, sustainable food, etc. All of which compliments your happy taste buds and healthy eats!

The seasonal menu is chock full of unique savory dishes that use the freshest and highest quality ingredients, like edamame dumplings, spaghetti squash casserole, a panang curry, and even dairy-free organic chocolate pudding! Who knew such tasty combinations could be made from food that is so healthy? True Food Kitchen is also the only restaurant in the nation that has Olivello juice, a powerful antioxident and extract from sea buckthorn berries.

With three locations -- two in Arizona and one at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California -- I am psyched to share with you all that there is now a TFK in Santa Monica, near the corner of 2nd and Colorado!

If you love trying new and healthy ways of eating, visit http://www.truefoodkitchen.com/ and get excited about welcoming a new destination for brunch, lunch, dinner, and cocktails that will have you feeling good and looking better! See you there!

The Stagecoach Music Festival Arrives in Indio on the Heels of Coachella

The polo fields of Indio, California, sure are seeing a lot of traffic these days. First, the insanely popular Coachella Music Festival breezed through town; followed by The Big Four, which showcased the head-bangin' likes of Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, and Anthrax; then, finally, The Stagecoach Music Festival.

They had a very big field to fill, but country music lovers of the West Coast seemed to have no problem doing it, as the fifth year of Stagecoach went off without a hitch on the very same turf that Coachella occupies annually.

Saturday, April 30th, and Sunday, May 1st, collectively drew over 120,000 people bearing the warm weather for a good ol’ California get-down, and just like its more famous festival cousin, some big names hit the stage, including Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker (yes, of Hootie & the Blowfish!), Josh Turner, Easton Corbin k.d. lang, and Rascal Flatts, who announced to the crowd that Osama bin Laden had been killed... surely a memorable moment for the patriotic patrons. Even one of my favorites, the First Lady of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson (who actually dated Elvis once) joined in on the celebration.

Amongst all of the hootin’ and hollerin’, the '70s hippie fashion that was infused at Coachella was no doubt replaced by cowboy boots and hats, with the occasional farmer’s tan!

It was a very country couple of days, but that didn't mean that the influence of other genres weren't heard loud and clear -- The Gourds put on their rendition of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” and Mr. Rucker took the crowd back to the '90s with some old-school Hootie, all of which deserves a big Yee-haw!

I’m already shining my boots for next year.