John Travolta overwhelmed with street honour in hometown

November 22nd, 2009 more images more imagesJOHN TRAVOLTA has been honoured by his adopted Florida hometown - the community named a street after his daughter ELLA BLEU. The Pulp Fiction star and his family paid tribute to the people of Ocala city for their support after the January (09) death of his 16-year-old son Jett, during an appearance at the Friday (20Nov09) premiere of their movie Old Dogs.

November 21st, 2009 more images more images more images more images John Travolta, family attend opening of new movie OCALA, Fla. — John Travolta and his family have helped raise money for charities in their home state of Florida with a screening of his new comedy The actor, his wife Kelly Preston and their daughter Ella Bleu greeted hundreds of fans on the red carpet Friday for Disney's 'Old Dogs.' The family expressed its appreciation to the community, ending their thanks with: "Love you, Ocala." The private gala raised money for five nonprofit agencies selected by Travolta: The Jett Travolta Foundation, Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council, Project Hope, the Marion County Public Safety Assistance Trust, and the Humane Society of Marion County.

November 21st, 2009 more images more images Travolta appears at fundraiser in Fla. hometown OCALA, Fla.

November 12th, 2009 LONDON - Hollwyood star John Travolta has become a midnight tennis lover and challenges members of his staff to night games. Travolta, who spent last one year confined at his home in Florida mourning the death of his teenage son, Jett, hasn't been sitting idle.

October 20th, 2009 TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES helped welcome JOHN TRAVOLTA back to public life, following the death of his son in January (09), at a top secret Church of Scientology party in England at the weekend (16Oct09). The actor and his wife Kelly Preston were guests of honour at the 25th anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists bash, held at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinsted, West Sussex on Friday night.

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - Olivia Newton-John may have turned 62, but the Grease actress is still pretty much in shape, and can easily slip into those Spandex jeans that had John Travolta getting all red. The Mirror quoted Olivia as saying: "I can still wear them...

October 1st, 2009 LONDON - American actor John Travolta has told a court that the paramedic involved in the blackmail case had threatened to blame him for his son's death unless he paid 18million pounds. Travolta, 55, claimed Tarino Lightbourne said that he would sell stories to the media if he did not get the cash.

September 30th, 2009 Paramedic Tarino Lightbourne outside court for the trial against him for trying to extort at least Nassau5 million from movie star John Travolta..more images more images

September 30th, 2009 more imagesParamedic Tarino Lightbourne outside court for the trial against him for trying to extort at least Nassau5 million from movie star John Travolta..

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star John Travolta is in the Bahamas and is ready to be the first witness in an extortion case linked to his 16-year-old son's death. Travolta heads the 14-member witness list against the defendants - a former Bahamas senator and an ambulance driver who allegedly threatened to release a document related to the treatment of his son Jett.

September 20th, 2009 JOHN TRAVOLTA is preparing to testify in court next week (beg21Sep09) against two people accused of attempting to extort millions of dollars from the star in the wake of his son's death. Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne were allegedly involved in a $25 million (£17.2 million) plot to bribe Travolta and his grieving wife Kelly Preston in the hours after their teenage son Jett died in January (09).

September 12th, 2009 Grieving couple JOHN TRAVOLTA and KELLY PRESTON made their first public appearance since the tragic death of their son JETT - to promote the film they star in alongside daughter ELLA BLEU. The pair was left distraught after 16 year old Jett died in January (09) after suffering a seizure while on a family vacation in the Bahamas.

June 19th, 2009 Kelly Preston takes first role since son's deathLOS ANGELES — Kelly Preston is returning to work after the death of her teenage son in January. Disney says Preston will co-star in its coming-of-age drama "The Last Song," which began filming this week in Savannah, Georgia.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star John Travolta, whose son Jett passed away five months ago, is still grieving his accidental death and has opted out from the promotions of his upcoming movie "The Taking of Pelham 123". Contactmusic.com reports that Travolta has left co-star Denzel Washington to do the media promotion as he is still struggling to cope with the tragedy.

May 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Denzel Washington has revealed he spoke at length with his pal-actor John Travolta, who is trying to cope with death of his 16-year-old son Jett. The two-time Oscar winner revealed he mostly listened while Travolta poured his heart out during their long phone chat.