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This week, Paris has been filled with the whimsy and fantasy of haute couture and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier’s collection has been no exception. His collection of hour-glass, pin-up vamp clothes in homage to the late Amy Winehouse has sparked controversy and accolades from everyone from the music community to fashionistas.

Turkey’s ambassador is returning to Paris after he was recalled for consultations in response to a draft French law that would make it illegal to deny that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide.

“He’s coming back this weekend and will be in the embassy on Monday,” a Turkish embassy official in Paris told Reuters.

A Qatari-funded plan to propel French football club Paris Saint-Germain into the elite ranks of European soccer accelerated on Friday with the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian former manager of Chelsea and AC Milan, as coach.

“I think PSG is a fantastic club. I think I can do great work to help PSG become a big club in Europe,” Mr Ancelotti told a news conference in Paris.

U.S. Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano said Friday that the risk of “lone wolf” attackers, with no ties to known extremist networks or grand conspiracies, is on the rise as the global terrorist threat has shifted.

Such risks, Napolitano said in an interview in Paris, heighten the need to keep dangerous travelers from reaching the United States, and she urged European partners to finalize a deal on sharing passenger data that has met resistance over privacy concerns.

Favourite of Ernest Hemingway, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, haunt of generations of expat Americans in Paris – there are few watering holes that can boast the legacy of Harry’s New York Bar.

And as the venerable establishment marks its 100th birthday, Harry’s Bar remains what it has always been, a small corner of Manhattan in the heart of Paris.

“Every time I’m in Paris I have to come here to get a cocktail,” former New Yorker Michael Formosa said sipping a Gibson – a Martini with a pickled onion instead of an olive.

World champion Patrick Chan overcame a tumble at the start of his short program to take the lead from Song Nan of China at the Trophee Bompard on Friday. More >

THE French branch of Scientology is back in court for an appeal against a 2009 trial which found it guilty of “fraud in an organised gang”.

The Paris criminal court fined Scientology’s two main structures, the Paris Celebrity Center and SEL bookshop, €400,000 and €200,000 respectively, while the French leader Alain Rosenberg was fined €30,000 and given a two-year suspended sentence. Several other members were also fined.

They were said to have taken advantage of the vulnerability of several former members to take large sums of money from them.

According to Hollywood Life, Rob will soon be meeting up with co-star Ashley Greene, as the two promote the release of Breaking Dawn in Paris. He is likely disappointed that Kristen Stewart couldn’t be with him, but in addition to filming Snow White and the Huntsman, she was also injured on the set last week.

Rob looked a bit scruffy ashe walked hurriedly walked through Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Do you think this is a new Robert Pattinson look with his several days worth of beard growth or just a bit of negligence on his behalf ? More >