Usher In The New Year In Paris

Bonne Et Heureuse Année!

About 235,000 people rang in 2011 on the Champs-Élysées, while another 35,000 celebrated around the Eiffel Tower.

Want to kick off this month with a big bang in Paris? Usher in the New Year with Usher. Sure, Usher has been snapped partying at the VIP Room, checking out the Dior show during Fashion Week, and promoting his sixth album, Raymond v. Raymond, at a press conference at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Paris, but now he's putting on a show.

Wish you could go? Rémy Martin & GQ are giving away two business class plane tickets to Paris, along with two tickets to see Usher in concert at Palais Omnisports de Bercy on January 24, 2011 in their Rémy Martin OMG Excursion Sweepstakes. You will also be treated to a private visit and tasting at the Rémy Martin Estate in Cognac, France. Two round trip train tickets from Paris to Cognac on January 25-26, 2011 are included, along with one night at a hotel.

Hurry! The deadline to enter is January 3rd. Unfortunately, California, New York, and Florida residents are excluded. Toast this opportunity and usher on over to the contest link.

Voilà - the link to the Rémy Martin OMG Excursion Sweepstakes:

http://www.gqconnects.com/win_martin.asp

Cheeky Gaga Leaves Onlookers Gaga

"I see London, I see France." Hmmm... Lady Gaga barely wears underpants.

Tricked out in not much more than ratty fishnets, a nude bodysuit that looked like a thong in the back, cripplingly high platform boots, and a black leather jacket, Gaga ignored the sub-zero Paris weather and showed off her ass-ets as she left the Park Hyatt to shop at Bruce Field. Burr. Or, should I say, bare?!?!

Butt... Even Lady Gaga's cheeky attire couldn't prevent her concert from being postponed when she got stuck on a bus, thanks to the snow, and 28 of her trucks for the Monster Ball were detained due to dangerous road conditions. To make up for it, "I promise to give u the nights of ure life. X" Gaga tweeted.

Oh, shoo. No, make that, shoe. Last night, Gaga was back on stage at Palais Omnisports de Bercy, where she surprized her little monsters by tossing her custom made Armani shoes (okay, platform boots!) into the crowd. Wonder whose going to walk a mile in those!

And speaking of shoes, Easy Spirit is giving away $1,000 and a new pair of Easy Spirit Anti-Gravity shoes in their Treat Your Feet Sweepstakes. Get started on the right foot, and use the money to stroll through Paris! Stride on over and enter.

Voilà - the link to Easy Spirit's Treat Your Feet Sweepstakes:

http://www.easyspirit.com/SWEEPSTAKES/SWEEPSTAKES,default,pg.html

Rap Sheet: The D.C. Housewives in Paris

Rap music isn't the first thing you associate with The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C., but this week's episode featured Stacie Turner and her husband Jason checking out Jason's brother, The Beat Assailant (aka Adam Turner), who had the Elysee Montmartre in Paris jumping. Besides the hip-hop concert, the "Foreign Relations" episode showcased tempting shots of the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. While the practical Turners checked into an understated hotel, the infamous White House party crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, swanned around the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome. This time they opened a bottle of Dom Perignon sans sabre to celebrate the occasion, and no one was assaulted by a cork. Though Tareq was presented at his own Real Housewives of Washington, D.C., premiere party with court papers by PR firm Brotman-Winter-Fried Communications, to whom the Salahi's allegedly owe upwards of $15,000, Michaele is weighed down with shopping bags as she strolls through Place de l'Étoile with Stacie. Zoot alors! While this episode won't satisfy a craving for Paris, it could pass as an amuse bouche.

Prefer a more covert affair? USA Network's new series, Covert Affairs, is giving away a 22-day trip across six continents, including a 3-night stay in Paris, in their Spy the World Sweepstakes. Hip hop on over and enter.

Voilà - the link to the Spy The World Sweepstakes:

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/covertaffairs/sweepstakes/spytheworld/entry.html

Baring It All

After the horrific earthquake in Haiti, you can't help but rethink what matters. Continue the pondering on a lighter note with Bare Escentuals. Answer 5 multiple choice questions, and you may win a trip for two to Paris, along with 7 nights at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, a double decker bus tour of the city, some meals, and $1,000.00 spending money. Every week 500 women will receive free bareMinerals goodies just for participating. Start rethinking and enter.

Voilà - the link the Rethink What Matters conversation:

http://www.rethinkwhatmatters.com/