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John Travolta Defends Friend Tom Cruise | John Travolta, Tom Cruise

John Travolta Defends Tom Cruise

Originally posted 01/21/2008 02:10PM

John Travolta is coming to the aid of friend – and fellow Scientologist – Tom Cruise following last week's leaked video.

The much-discussed clip, still making the rounds on the Web, shows the Mission: Impossible megastar praising the Church of Scientology and saying that followers have "the ability to create new and better realities." (His rep says the footage was filmed for a private church event in 2004.)

Travolta, 53, claims the intense media scrutiny has gone too far. "[Tom] has – we all have – the right to practice how we feel," he told PEOPLE Saturday at Australia.com's G'Day L.A. gala celebrating Australia Week 2008. "It finally becomes unfair."

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Travolta Family Christmas: Sledding in Maine, Horses for Ella | Kelly Preston

Travolta Family Christmas: Sledding in Maine, Horses for Ella

Originally posted 12/03/2007 01:00PM

The John Travolta-Kelly Preston household isn't just dreaming of a White Christmas this year – the family's bound to get one.

"We go to our home in Maine every year," Preston, 45, told PEOPLE Saturday at the Scientology Celebrity Centre's 15th Annual "Christmas Stories" Fundraiser for the Hollywood Police Activities League youth programs. "I take the kids sledding, Johnny comes [and] we all love to sled down the backyard."

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Now You, Too, Can Have 'Travolta Fever' | John Travolta

Now You, Too, Can Have 'Travolta Fever'

Originally posted 11/09/2007 02:05PM

Want to own a piece of pop culture history? Good news: John Travolta's custom-designed Pontiac Firebird – dubbed "Travolta Fever" – is on the online auction block.

Sure, Travolta has moved on to piloting his own jet, but back in his '70s-heyday, the Saturday Night Fever star had this hot ride, designed by George Barris (who also designed the Batmobile) to promote the actor's rising career.

The car underwent a slight transformation after Travolta's hit Urban Cowboy when Barris adjusted its interior to reflect the flick's Western aesthetic. (Translation: There's cowhide seats and a saddle in the center console.) Now privately owned, the car is being auctioned online. The current bid is $25,000 and will remain on the block until Nov. 18. So, if you want to catch the Fever, get in gear!

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John Travolta, Kelly Preston Hoping for Baby No. 3 | John Travolta, Kelly Preston

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John Travolta, Kelly Preston Hoping for Baby No. 3

Originally posted 05/30/2007 09:15AM

He hinted at it earlier this year, and now John Travolta says he and wife Kelly Preston definitely want to expand their brood.

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John Travolta & Kelly Preston May Expand Family | John Travolta, Kelly Preston

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John Travolta & Kelly Preston May Expand Family

Originally posted 03/16/2007 03:50PM

John Travolta would like to expand his family – if his wife, actress Kelly Preston, will allow it, the actor tells PEOPLE.

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Travolta, J.Lo Offered Leads in Dallas | Jennifer Lopez

Travolta, J.Lo Offered Leads in Dallas

Originally posted 03/15/2006 08:15AM

The '80s live again: John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez have been offered the leading roles in a screen remake of the Reagan era's TV favorite Dallas – Travolta as the heavy, J.R. Ewing, and J.Lo as Sue Ellen, reports Variety.

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At Home with Lost's Maggie Grace | Maggie Grace

At Home with Lost's Maggie Grace

Originally posted 01/26/2005 06:00AM

She certainly has her share of troubles on the small screen as Shannon on the ABC hit Lost, but in her downtime, actress Maggie Grace is all smiles. "I try to take advantage of as much as I can on my days off living in Hawaii. It's absolutely surreal. I'm from Ohio, so I'm loving it," she tells us. "I learned to surf. I'm not very good yet but I did get my first wave a while ago. I've been hiking and we went deep sea fishing a few times. I did better than the boys, actually."

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How John Travolta Keeps It Hot | John Travolta

How John Travolta Keeps It Hot

Originally posted 12/10/2004 10:00AM

John Travolta and Kelly Preston have one of Hollywood's enduring marriages, having been hitched since 1991. So, how do they keep their spark? "Sometimes I make him be Bud," his character from 1980's Urban Cowboy, Preston told the audience at a special salute to Travolta by the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. "And I'm (Debra Winger character) Sissy." Hey, whatever works. Also at the event was James Gandolfini, who had this to say about Travolta: "We grew up about 15 minutes away from each other in New Jersey, and his father used to own a tire store. My father used to buy tires from his father. And we'd go in there and there'd be a picture of John, in the white suit and all. And I'm saying, 'If this man can do this – forgetting that he was like three times better looking than I was – so can I.' " Gandolfini eventually got to work with Travolta in 1995's Get Shorty, in which Travolta "beat the crap out of me." Others who paid tribute to the star: Oprah Winfrey; Ron Palillo, who played Horshack on Welcome Back Kotter; Grease stars Jeff Conaway and Didi Conn; Entourage's Jeremy Piven, who claims Travolta's was the first autograph he ever got; Kathy Bates, his costar in 1998's Primary Colors; and Kyra Sedgwick, who shared the big screen with Travolta in 1996's Phenomenon. The tribute airs on the USA Network on Dec. 12.

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Report: Travoltas Under Heavy Security | John Travolta, Kelly Preston

Report: Travoltas Under Heavy Security

Originally posted 10/20/2004 08:00AM

PROTECTED: John Travolta, 50, and wife Kelly Preston, 42, are under heavy security after receiving undisclosed threats, USA Today reports. "I think the best thing to say is 'no comment,'" the actor's publicist, Paul Bloch, tells the paper. Guards reportedly have been in place around the couple and their children for at least a month. At Sunday night's opening of Travolta's new movie A Love Song for Bobby Long, Travolta and Preston arrived after two bomb-sniffing dogs checked guests – who were also required to remove all pens from their pockets. At the post-premiere party, men's wallets were searched, the paper says.

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John Travolta | John Travolta

John Travolta

Originally posted 10/01/2004 06:00AM

Always the leading man, John Travolta takes charge in Ladder 49, fronting – and inspiring – a company of firefighters, including Joaquin Phoenix. "They're so modest," Travolta, 50, says of his character's real-life counterparts. The actor, who trained alongside firehouse rookies, recently talked about battling the flames, becoming an author and taking direction from his 4-year-old.

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