Going Wilde With Olivia in Paris

Olivia Wilde, who is currently shooting Welcome to the People in Los Angeles, left the House and popped into Paris for a quick trip this week. On her "To Do List": the Giorgio Armani Privé fashion show. Wilde, decked out in a glittering gold and silver Armani dress, sat in the front row, along with Jodie Foster, at the Espace Vendome, where spacey metallic hats and bright, shiny gowns beamed on the runway.

Another night, Wilde glammed it up in Gucci at the Vogue dinner hosted by Carine Roitfeld in honor of Gucci's Creative Director, Frida Giannini, at Hotel de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville.

Wilde has been on a wild working spree. Besides Welcome to the People, she's also shot Now, The Change-Up, and Cowboys & Aliens.

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Polanski Customizes Paris

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and Matt Dillon, are slated to star in Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play, "God of Carnage," in Paris this February. After their boys get into a fight at school, the parents meet to assuage the situation. Unfortunately, the meeting quickly slides down hill as each set of parents attacks the other for their poor parenting skills. Then, they turn on themselves, exposing a host of marital issues.

The upcoming film isn't the only thing rife with drama. Although the movie is set in Brooklyn, Polanski, who fled the U.S. before he was sentenced for having unlawful sexual conduct with a 13-year-old in the 70s, is shooting this American story in France. Don't expect romantic shots of Paris. He's customizing the City of Light so that it doubles for New York!

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Haute-cuisine Heaven in Paris

After watching Top Chef for numerous seasons, you're quite the armchair culinary queen. Time to learn by doing. O Magazine is running a delicious Paris Culinary Extravaganza Sweepstakes. The winner receives two roundtrip business seat tickets to Paris from OpenSkies, along with two nights in a deluxe room at the luxurious Hôtel Plaza Athénée, where the likes of Josephine Baker and Rudolph Valentino have stayed. Your room will face Avenue Montaigne, so watch the film named after this fashionable street before you go. Start each morning with their complimentary breakfast (including champagne) before you hit the rue to shop. Save time for one private meeting/lesson with Hôtel Plaza Athénée's "Champion of Pastries." Sweet! Now you can discover how to make delectable French desserts. You'll also be treated to dinner for two in the private dining room of the acclaimed Alain Ducasse, where the prices are as outstanding as the restaurant.

And if that isn't enough, you will be transported to the opulent Hôtel Le Meurice, where Beyonce, Jay-Z, and Jodie Foster, have all slept. Now, you and your significant other can bed down for two nights in a Charles Jouffre redesigned suite with a view of Les Tuileries. After breakfast, which includes champagne each day, you may want walk it off in the gorgeous gardens built by Catherine de Medici. Then, return to the hotel for a private visit of the kitchen and a meeting with Yannick Alléno, the three-Michelin-star chef of Hôtel Le Meurice. Alléno will gift you with a signed copy of his book, so you can try his recipes at home. You will also be treated to lunch for two at the Restaurant Le Meurice, which could easily pass for Versailles. Indulge your taste buds with the Terroir Parisien menu, featuring wines selected by their sommelier. In the evening, people-watch as you sip complimentary cocktails in Hôtel Le Meurice's plush Bar 228, where the fashion crowd rendez-vous after work. Think this sounds heavenly? Butter up and enter.

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