Olympics 2024: Looking for Nicole Kidman on a hot night in Paris

“I became blonde because of the white clay treatment. It seems to bring out the color of childhood hair. The seriousness of my interlocutor detailing his hair concerns contrasts with the lighthearted atmosphere of the evening I met him at Omega’s opening for the Olympics. This evening is a very special moment. we’ve been promised the presence of the brand’s muse, the formidable Nicole Kidman. In a promise that often obliges only those who receive it (the word of a psychologist…), we won’t bet that the Australian-Armenian actress will cancel at the last moment. The sweltering heat of the day was an excuse for everything, and due to the atmospheric pressure we were even almost dry. But the temptation to see Nicole up close was too great.

How do you expect the actress? Reviewing the leaders of the guests, trying to understand who is there, in the same excitement. And many people came. usually the evenings at the end of July are much sparser, almost empty. None of that here. We never stop meeting journalists, stylists, agents, fashion critics, newspaper or museum directors… Everyone is waiting, watching how Nicole Kidman will arrive. Just a few days after the start of the competition, the most active topics seem to focus on the least popular or even the least fascinating sports.

Waiting for an actress can sometimes make you say and hear nonsense, but that’s how things are going tonight. “I’m fascinated by the javelin,” quips a young woman who I would have thought was more of a swimmer. “I believe you, I also like beach volleyball, it’s very elegant, but the javelin is something else. I like the women who do it, they are the opposite of me, they have a rage and moves that make me angry. Exactly the same feeling as when I put Arte on to watch documentaries about monasteries. Will you think of me and the spear the next time you see me? The friend jumps at the waiter and instead of taking one of the quadrupeds from the tray in her hand, she grabs the flower that serves as a decoration. Eat it? “No way! But I would really like them to give me flowers instead of food. It would change my life.”

When Nicole Kidman arrives, it really is a flower that appears; all white, slim and straight, accompanied by her daughter Sunday, she says a few words. “If I only had an hour to spend in Paris, I’d spend it sitting and people-watching, absorbing the city.” He laughs a lot, smiles more and says he wants to see the skateboarding and ping pong events. When he disappears, we try to sit in an empty corner that was meant for him, and where we are cruelly forbidden to enter. The star could return at any time of the night. Meanwhile, a friend who is disillusioned with her latest romantic relationship admits: I don’t want that, I want to be in love.” The only answer we have to give is to see Wide closed eyes. Here again a night story of love and waiting. And when we love, we probably never expect enough.