James Bond taught me how to shoot my gun: Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde has revealed that while starring in her latest movie 'Cowboys and Aliens' she got a lesson on how to shoot a gun from her co-star and the current 007 star Daniel Craig.

The 27-year-old actress plays Ella Swenson in the sci-fi thriller, where she had to fire a weapon.

And she was glad that Craig, who currently plays the lead role in the 'James Bond' movies, offered her the much-needed support.

"Daniel taught me how to shoot my gun. Which was cool 'cos now I can always say that James Bond taught me how," Stuff.co.nz quoted her as telling Cover Media.

"It was cool, the guns were really beautiful. I'm not a big gun person - I'm a pacifist, I don't really love guns in general.

"But I love these antique guns, they were so interesting but not easy to shoot," she added.

Olivia Wilde Wardrobe Malfunction At Cowboys and Aliens Premier

Olivia Wilde was out in full force for the Cowboys and Aliens UK premiere with Daniel Craig. She wore a long- sleeved black color polka maxi dress on the premier of her film at London. She looked very moderate and very stunning.

She posed with film star Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and her own film director who also looked very good Jon Favreau. But all the eyes on one particular human being and that person was only Olivia.

Olivia Wilde was just-this-side of a dreaded wardrobe malfunction when she turned up on the red carpet in a black and white polka dot Gucci dress with sheer side panels. She said, “ Daniel is so kind and he is very humble and very great actor and she further said that she is very close fan of the Craig, because she wanted to learn from him a tips and techniques of acting.

Most Ultimate Douchebags

So I’m working in the wine section, and I notice this guy and his girlfriend walking through the domestic merlot aisle:

I’m interested at first by the fact that it’s such an obvious and incredible case of “butter guy.”  I mean, this guy is at least 20 years her elder, bald, sweaty and has awful teeth (not pictured), and SHE is just completely smokin.  As I work my way closer to them, to deliver the ubiquitous “Finding everything alright?”, I begin to overhear their conversation. He seems upset:

“This is ridiculous! Their selection is pathetic!”

Now, I don’t know what kind of mega-monster wine emporium warehouse he’s accustomed to shopping in, but my store has roughly 2500 different wines from hundreds of different countries, regions, and wineries.  It seems to me that this gentleman may not be completely aware that we carry anything other than merlot.  So I make my approach. 

“Hi!  Can I help you find anything?”  I ask, all customer service.

“Well -*exasperated scoff*- I mean, I don’t know; do you have any actual WINE in your WINE STORE?” he demands, his brow seeming to redouble it’s moistening efforts about his cheeks and former hairline at this total outrage.

I’ve seen all this before.  I mean, wine snobs are a dime a dozen when you work at a wine shop, I’m not shocked that this guy is a douchebag.  (Take note, self-satisfied wine snobs:  you’re not impressing anyone.) 

“Indeed we do!  Were you looking for anything in particular?” I respond cheerfully.

“Yes, but you don’t have it, I already looked,” he says dismissively, waving his fat, sweaty hand vaguely. 

“Try me.”

“Well all I need is some decent French wine, and you don’t have ANY French wine!” he cries in frustration.

False.

“Well, as a matter of fact, we DO have some french wine!  Right this way!”  I show him to France, even though he’s really insisting that there’s no such place.  I mean, he LOOKED!  He was actually pretty close, it’s just a few aisles over.  I point out the section, and now he goes about the business of peering at the labels and scoffing dramatically occasionally.  It’s at this point that his unreasonably hot girlfriend starts conversing with him in German.  To this point, I assumed that they were just your regular run of the mill American wine snobs, but now I can see that one of them is European.  I might have known.  We meet again, euro-douche.

He seems incapable of reading any of the signage in the store, so he keeps asking me how much things cost, making me read off the price-tags to him as he points, seemingly randomly, to different bottles on the shelves.  This behavior is a widely practiced one among nightmare customers, effective in making my day a little crappier in that it forces me to stay with them indefinitely, thereby preventing me from helping any other customers, throwing any freight, or otherwise working.

While he’s asking the prices of things, his girl will periodically ask him a question in German, which he then asks me.  I answer the questions, and he says the answers in German.  This goes on for a time, mostly questions like “Is this ALL the French wine you carry?” (no man, we heard you were coming and hid the good shit) or “Why don’t you have [whatever random wine I had one time at this tiny random winery in France 22 years ago]…[when my girlfriend was 3]?” (Because I know exactly what wine you mean, and I hate it) and so on.  Eventually, after roughly 5 minutes of this, I suggest that they try a California wine.

“You know, we really don’t have a huge French section, you’re right.  But you know what we do have?  Hundreds and hundreds of California wines, many of which are modeled very closely after French wines!”  This is all true, many California wineries make only Bordeaux-style blends, which have, in blind tastings, fooled real-life French wine experts.

“HAH!” his says, having himself a chuckle.  “You mean you expect me to buy an AMERICAN wine?  To SERVE?? Heh, right, sure.  No, I’m not going to serve my guests Carlo Rossi, thanks anyway.”

This guy just keeps on outdoing himself with feats of douchebaggery.  He goes on to reveal that he actually lives in France full time, and that he’s rented a “chateau” in town while he’s visiting some friends of his who (god only knows why) moved to dreary, boring San Fransisco, and he’s NOT going to embarrass himself by bringing AMERICAN wine to their home. 

All the things I’ve said thus far very securely place these people in the top 10 percentile of high grade douchebags, but what I see next was truly astounding.

The girl begins to talk to the guy in perfect, American English.  This girl, totally an American, was having her guy translate for her, because what?  She couldn’t be bothered to speak English herself?  Of all the pointless, arrogant nonsense. It’s especially stupid when combined with the complete refusal to believe that California can produce good wine (FYI: it can).  I mean, you LIVE in France!  Drink French wine there!  But you’re on vacation in California, man!  Try some California wine!

Let it be known:  The only thing more arrogantly self-righteous than a genuine European wine snob is an American who desperately wants to be a European wine snob.

Retail tip of the day:  Just because you looked for it and didn’t find it doesn’t mean it’s not there!

Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello bring Hollywood to Haiti

After the devastating earthquake rocked Haiti earlier this year, food and medical aid poured into the island country, but in the months that followed a pair of Hollywood actresses and their friends had another idea. They wanted to build a movie theater.

It may seem like a far-fetched notion, but since it opened in September, the Sun City Picture House has become a place that generates smiles on the faces of children and adults. It also has been used as a community center and school, and it helped spawned two similar buildings in different camps.

Maria Bello, who starred Adam Sandler comedy "Grown Ups," and "Tron" actress Olivia Wilde, have documented the efforts of the group of people that brought the theater to life in a new, short documentary they expect to screen at festivals throughout the upcoming year.

"The thing that's needed most in Haiti right now, besides the immediate relief efforts, is joy. And that's what this movie is about," Bello said.

The movie, "Sun City Picture House," focuses on Haitian aid worker Raphael Louigene -- whose dream was to build a movie theater -- and the two American aid workers who helped him realize that dream by constructing it in just four days: Bryn Mooser from Artists for Peace and Justice, and Dave Darg, who works for Operation Blessing.

Darg directed the documentary. Mooser produced, and they hired a student from Haiti's only film school, Cine Institute, to shoot it.

Bello, 43, and Wilde, 26, both advisory board members of Artists for Peace and Justice, had volunteered in Haiti before January's earthquake, and even then, theaters were in short supply. Wilde remembers one night standing with "40 or so Haitians as we projected 'Home Alone' onto a sheet slung over a wall, creating an impromptu late-night outdoor theater smack in the middle of the slums known as Cite Soleil, or Sun City."

Watching their faces in the light from a projector was an important moment for Wilde. "That's when I understood the need for an Artist for Peace and Justice Film Project," she said.

The Sun City theater project came to fruition when, during their earthquake relief work, Louigene shared his dream of building a theater, and Darg and Mooser said they would help.

After the quake, the pair were working full-time in Haiti on standard relief efforts, building homes and schools and bringing in medical, water, clothing and other supplies to what became known as "tent cities."

Bello and Wilde were making regular trips to pitch in, and they all realized it was time to take their efforts beyond the basics to a different level.

"The next logical step was rebuilding some of the society and some of the culture," said Mooser. "It became apparent right away that it was important to give Haitian kids something to do -- especially as we saw increasing violence, rape and all the alcohol and drug use going on. These tent cities are pitch black at night and can become dangerous places."

Artists for Peace and Justice paid for the construction and villagers helped with the building.

On the fourth day, the theater's grand opening, Bello provided the inaugural movie, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," the 2008 film in which she starred.

"We had 200 kids that night with little bags of popcorn and juice," Bello recalled. "Their parents stood in the back, watching them have some joy for the first time."

In the months since it opened, the Sun City Picture House has impacted the 5000-plus community beyond just showing films, Darg said. "It's also become a community center for the whole camp. They use it for school and meetings. They've taken ownership of it and keep it looking beautiful and clean."

Wilde puts it this way: "The Sun City Picture House has created a space for stories, rather than fear and hunger."

Darg and Mooser have built two similar structures in other communities, and they are now planning to build more.