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By Gaby Izarra, winner of MTV's Ultimate "Tourist" Guest Correspondent contest

Paris has been incredible so far -- and the best is yet to come. I arrived in style to the Westin Hotel and met the MTV Staff I would be working with to cover the press junket for the Johnny Depp-Angelina Jolie movie, "The Tourist." It's nice to have an experienced group to guide me during this film journalism adventure. We didn't linger long at the hotel, however, and were soon on our way to the most popular and iconic sites Paris has to offer: the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower. Even though my fingers and toes were numb the entire day from the extreme cold, the famous Paris landmarks were breathtaking (click on the photo below for a look at my day).

The snow began falling harder as the day progressed, however, and I was glad when it came time to get down to business (and into a warmer environment) for a screening of "The Tourist." The television press invited to the junket -- including yours truly -- got our own screening of "The Tourist" in a private cinema. We even got some hors 'd'oeuvres to nibble on before the film began. Read More...

Tags Angelina-Jolie, johnny depp, the tourist, the tourist contest

By Gaby Izarra

I won -- but it hasn't totally hit me yet. Once I step foot on French soil and realize that my Miami outerwear just won't cut it, then it'll begin to sink in. I'm that lucky girl who won MTV's Ultimate "Tourist" Guest Correspondent contest and is being flown out to Paris to cover the press junket for "The Tourist." That means I get to interview world-renowned actors Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Yeah, that's me. I'll repeat that a bunch of times in my head until the thought lodges itself in my brain and lays out some roots.

My name is Gaby Izarra and I'm sitting in seat 40C on an American Airlines flight to Paris, courtesy of MTV, Sony and Columbia Pictures. I've just had the best dessert -- a double chocolate crunch brownie -- I've ever had on any flight like this, so that must be a good sign. Paris is just across the Atlantic waiting for me to touch down and begin the glamorous experience of a TV journalist abroad on the assignment of a lifetime. Read More...

Tags Angelina-Jolie, johnny depp, the tourist, the tourist contest