Posts with tag "johntravolta"

Lindsay Lohan in Talks to Play Victoria Gotti

Posted Apr 7th 2011 at 11:15 AM by Maggie Coughlan

Lindsay Lohan's association with crime isn't quite over yet. The troubled star is in "final talks" to play Victoria Gotti in 'Gotti: Three Generations,' the upcoming biopic about Victoria's mafioso father, John, TMZ reports. If finalized, Lohan would join John Travolta, who has signed on to play John Gotti. Rumors have also been swirling that Kim Kardashian recently met with executive ...

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John Travolta Says Family, Scientology Helped Him Deal With Son's Death

Posted Jan 29th 2010 at 06:53 AM by PopEater Staff

Following the death of his 16-year-old son Jett last year, John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston turned to the Church of Scientology for guidance during those tough times, the actor said. While promoting his new film 'From Paris With Love,' Travolta said that he and Preston "work hard every day with our church on healing." ...

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Tim Tebow to Appear in Controversial Super Bowl Ad

Posted Jan 26th 2010 at 08:50 AM by Sam Brand

The outspoken all-American has never been shy about his conservative leanings. On Feb. 7, Tim Tebow will make his most public political proclamation yet in a 30-second spot that may be the most controversial in the Super Bowl's history. In other news, Corinne Bailey Rae's new album The Sea is dedicated to her recently deceased husband Jason. And John Travolta is delivering aid to Haiti in the form ...

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You Voted: 'Butch' Remake With John Travolta, Tom Cruise Not Wanted

Posted Nov 13th 2009 at 09:14 AM by PopEater Staff

After reports surfaced that John Travolta wanted to do a remake of the classic film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' PopEater teamed up with Access Hollywood's AH Nation to see if people liked the idea. However, 41K votes were cast and a whopping 81 percent said "leave this masterpiece alone." Watch It ...

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VOTE: A 'Butch Cassidy' Remake With John Travolta and Tom Cruise?

Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 08:30 PM by PopEater Staff

John Travolta is excited about possibly starring in a remake of the classic 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with buddy Tom Cruise. "Someone came up with a good idea - it was a remake of 'Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid' - and there was a rumor that we were gonna do that, and I said to Tom, 'It's not a terrible rumor, it's not a bad idea,'" the 'Grease' star said. ...

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Travolta Family Makes First Red Carpet Appearance Since Jett's Death

Posted Nov 10th 2009 at 09:30 AM by PopEater Staff

On Monday, John Travolta made his first red carpet appearance since the death of his son Jett in January. Travolta showed up with wife Kelly Preston and their daughter, Ella Bleu, at the LA premiere of 'Old Dogs,' Ella's first movie in which she stars alongside her dad. "We decided it was OK to come out and promote, to introduce her to the world and to give her a beautiful future in film," said ...

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Travoltas Use Family, Religion and Therapy to Cope With Jett's Death

Posted Nov 9th 2009 at 01:45 PM by Dino Sossi

The long road to emotional recovery has been a difficult process for the Travolta family after the tragic loss of their son but they are improving. "We've been working very hard every day as a family to heal," said John Travolta in his first interview (with USA Today) since his son Jett's death. "We partake in spiritual counseling pretty much daily," said his wife Kelly Preston. Jett Travolta ...

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Bahamian Politician Says Sorry to Judge... But Not to Travoltas

Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 07:55 AM by PopEater Staff

Picewell Forbes, the lawmaker whose public slip-up caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case, has apologized to the judge and the people of the Bahamas - but there was no "sorry" for the Travolta family. "My statements were reckless and interfered with the course of justice in that case and were further capable of bringing disrepute to the whole administration of justice," Forbes ...

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Scientology Helping John Travolta Deal With Son's Death

Posted Oct 23rd 2009 at 07:10 AM by PopEater Staff

John Travolta's faith in Scientology has given him strength to deal with his son's death, his close friends told PEOPLE. "John goes to Clearwater, Fla., [where Scientology has a center] four days a week. He flies [the 15-minute distance] in his little plane every night, and it's helped him." Over the weekend, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri reunited with Travolta and wife Kelly ...

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John Travolta Extortion Case Ends

Posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 06:33 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants. Senior Justice Anita Allen said she was reluctantly ordering a new trial "in the interest of justice" because the politician's statement, in a speech broadcast on ...