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John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor. He began acting in television before transitioning into a leading man in films. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and an Honorary Palme d'Or, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Actor Awards.
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Born 18 February 1954 · Q80938
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2026· 3 entries
Awarded Honorary Palme d'Or (2026).
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Videos that surfaced in April 2024 claimed that John Travolta’s "daughter finally confirms what we thought all along."” Unfounded.
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2023· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “John Travolta Promoted Hair Growth Product 'RenewHair-X'” Fake Promo.
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Snopes rated the claim “John Travolta died at the very end of 2022.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “As of April 2021, John Travolta had remarried after the death of his wife Kelly Preston.” False.
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2020· 2 entries
Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, died at the age of 57, at their home in Clearwater, Florida, two years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer
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Costarred in the Quibi action-comedy web series Die Hart, and received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination
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2019· 1 entry
Travolta debuted a new shaved head look after receiving advice from Pitbull to do so
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2017· 1 entry
Travolta donated the Boeing 707 to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) near Wollongong, Australia
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2016· 1 entry
Returned to television in the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, titled The People v
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2014· 2 entries
Received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema
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Travolta made headlines for mispronouncing the name of Idina Menzel by calling her "Adele Dazeem" during the live broadcast of the 86th Academy Awards; he subsequently apologized and expressed embarrassment for the error
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2012· 4 entries
Released album “This Christmas”.
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Malcolm Mackey dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Travolta and his attorney Marty Singer by writer Robert Randolph because he found that a letter, written by Singer in response to all
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Awarded Donostia Award (2012).
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After learning through a tip that Gotterba was planning to release a book about his time working for Travolta between 1981 and 1987, during which period Gotterba claims to have had a homosexual extramarital affair with T
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
During the first episode of the final season of her talk show, Oprah Winfrey announced that she would be taking her entire studio audience on an eight-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Australia, with Travolta serving as pi
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Released album “Never Gonna Fall In Love Again”.
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2009· 2 entries
Released ep “Dicotology!”.
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Jett died at age sixteen while on a Christmas vacation in The Bahamas
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2007· 2 entries
Travolta played Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease
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And acts as the award show's official ambassador
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “You Set My Dreams to Music”.
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2000· 1 entry
Travolta starred in and co-produced the science fiction film Battlefield Earth, based on the novel of the same name by L
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1998· 1 entry
Released ep “Grease (The Remix EP)”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Reflections of John Travolta”.
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Released album “Slow Dancing”.
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1996· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Get Shorty (1996).
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Released album “The Best of John Travolta / Let Her In”.
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Released album “John Travolta Sings”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Sandy”.
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Greased Lightnin’”.
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1992· 1 entry
Travolta was piloting his Gulfstream N728T at night above a solid undercast when he experienced a total electrical system failure while flying under instrument flight rules into Washington National Airport
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1990· 1 entry
Released ep “The Grease Megamix”.
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1989· 1 entry
Travolta starred with Kirstie Alley in Look Who's Talking, which grossed $297 million, making it his most successful film since Grease
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1988· 1 entry
While filming The Experts, Travolta met actress Kelly Preston, whom he married in Paris in 1991
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1984· 1 entry
Travolta was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement and presented with the Golden Plate Award by Awards Council member General Chuck Yeager, USAF
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “John Travolta (La grande storia del rock)”.
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When Hubbard wrote to him to try to help make a film adaptation
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1980· 2 entries
Riding a nationwide country music craze that followed on the heels of his hit film Urban Cowboy, in which he starred with Debra Winger
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Travolta dated French actress Catherine Deneuve
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “Travolta Fever”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Can’t Let You Go”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “John Travolta”.
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1954· 2 entries
In Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City
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Born 1954-02-18.
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