Posts with tag "kelly preston"

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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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 ...

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Tom and Katie Celebrate With Travoltas at Secret Scientology Event

Posted Oct 21st 2009 at 06:15 AM by PopEater Staff

Over the weekend, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri reunited with John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston -- plus over 6,500 Scientologists and their guests celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists in England on Oct. 16, Usmagazine has confirmed. They were surprise guests at the 25th anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists. ...

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Travolta: Bahamas Medic Threatened Me

Posted Oct 1st 2009 at 10:00 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

John Travolta testified Wednesday that Bahamas paramedic Tarino Lightbourne threatened to sell stories to the media suggesting the actor was at fault in the death of his 16-year-old son. Travolta said the paramedic, who is now on trial for extortion, demanded $25 million. If Travolta refused, Lightbourne said he would release a consent document that the actor initially signed refusing to have his ...

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Travolta Recounts Attempt to Save Son, Acknowledges He Was Autistic

Posted Sep 23rd 2009 at 12:42 PM by PopEater / Wire Services

John Travolta described Wednesday how he desperately tried to save the life of his seizure-prone son and made perhaps his first public description of the teen as autistic as he testified in the trial of two people accused of trying to blackmail him. With his wife, Kelly Preston, looking on inside the Nassau, Bahamas courtroom, Travolta said that he performed CPR on his son after a nanny alerted ...

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Travoltas Make First Public Appearance Since Death of Jett

Posted Sep 13th 2009 at 09:19 AM by PopEater Staff

Marking the first time the Travolta family has attended a public event since the death of their 16-year-old son Jett in January, John Travolta, Kelly Preston and their daughter Ella Bleu gathered on stage to present the Disney film 'Old Dogs,' in which all three members appear. It was a brief and mostly mum appearance for the family. Travolta spoke to the crowd, saying: "I always appreciate the ...

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Public Speech 'Too Soon' for Kelly Preston

Posted Aug 30th 2009 at 10:04 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

Kelly Preston is pulling out of the annual Women's Conference, where she was to break her silence about the death of her teenage son with John Travolta. The actress said in a statement Friday that she is "still deeply in the process of healing, and it's just too soon." ...