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JOHN Travolta might have to attend a second extortion trial in the Bahamas over his son's death after the judge declared jury misconduct.

From his dancing days in "Saturday Night Fever" to his dramatic turns in "Primary Colors" and "Face/Off," this actor thrives on versatility.

The photo looks like John Travolta or Divine playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. News and notes about Marion County's favorite celebrity, John Travolta.

John Travolta's family has been brought closer together by the tragic death of 16-year-old son Jett earlier this year.

JOHN TRAVOLTA is hoping to transfer his extortion case to the U.S., after a judge in the Bahamas ordered a retrial.

A Bahamas judge is asking a lawmaker to explain remarks that led to a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case.

It's going to be awhile before John Travolta slips into a housecoat again. Hairspray director Adam Shankman tells me the sequel to his 2007 musical box office hit is far from being a done deal... "We are looking for a writer right now," he said.

A mistrial was not the result John Travolta expected when it came to the alleged extortion plot surrounding the death of his son Jett.

Raleigh-based Red Truck Films once again played host to celebrity talent, working with John Travolta and Robin Williams to co-produce TV promos for Walt Disney Pictures' " Old Dogs ," in theaters Nov.

A judge in the Bahamas has ordered a retrial in the John Travolta extortion case because of possible juror misconduct.

John Travolta: A look at his next two movies, "From Paris with love," and "Old dogs" October 20, 11:44 PM LA Movie Examiner Jaimie Mancham-Case John Travolta has three movies coming out soon, " Old Dogs ," " From Paris with Love ," and "Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride." Three different kinds of movie, but John gets to do what he does best and that is ...

Disney has released a new trailer for the new Walt Becker-directed comedy Old Dogs on MSN .

Director/choreographe Adam Shankman is no stranger to Broadway musicals as he brought the peppy 60's musical Hairspray to the big screen back in 2007.

However you spell it, Grease/Greece is the word this weekend and next as students in the Greece Athena Show Choir present the musical Grease to help raise funds for their trip to Athens, Greece, next spring and to help a Greece student recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Courtesy David James/New Line Productions. John Travolta stars as "Edna Turnblad" and Nicole Blonsky stars as "Tracy Turnblad" in New Line Cinema's HAIRSPRAY.

Since many of the standard-bearers of Parkview High's drama productions graduated last year, department director Donald Krudwig knew this would be a rebuilding year.

CARDIFF'S Noel Sullivan will be living his dream when he dons the T-Birds leather jacket to play Danny Zuko in his West End debut.

From his dancing days in "Saturday Night Fever" to his dramatic turns in "Primary Colors" and "Face/Off," this actor thrives on versatility.

John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston leaving the Bahamas courthouse. The paramedic accused of trying to blackmail John Travolta after his son's death insisted rigor mortis had started to set in before the ambulance even arrived.

When John Woo headed to America after the international success of his high-octane movies - 1990's Bullet in the Head and 1992's Hard Boiled - the formidable Hong Kong director breathed a gust of fresh air into Hollywood action flicks.

Since breaking out in the mid-'90s with the hip-hop-flavored "Friday" and the young-women-robbing-banks urban thriller "Set It Off," F. Gary Gray has established himself among the handful of former music video directors who graduated to helming big-budget projects.

ARTSY BURGERS: Has the big dog of fast-food franchises finally gone over the line? McDonald's has been serving up food in France for 30 years.

Burns definitely relishes the use of 80s cinema for his 80s tracks. His last video "Turbo" used clips from the movie 'Breakin" and for "First Move," scenes from John Travolta's 'Urban Cowboy' are synced to the soundtracky feeling track "First Move." Elements of fidget, electro and lo fi disco are mashed together with guitars and a sample reminscent ...

One of the defendants in the John Travolta extortion case burned a key document, it has been claimed.

Remember the 2004 version of The Punisher that starred Thomas Jane and an over the top John Travolta ? The film was critically panned, and easily forgotten by fans but that didn't stop the studio from making a sequel.

Can't believe it -- we get to use our " Ugh, More New About the Dallas Movie " slug again, long after that remake died a slow death some time in '07. Only this time, according to The New York Times , J.R. Ewing's not getting the big-screen makeover, courtesy John Travolta or whoever was on deck to play the oilman way back when, but a TV do-over.

John Travolta's lawyer stunned a Bahamas courtroom by channelling Jack Nicholson as he took to the stand on Tuesday - shouting out the actor's famous "You can't handle the truth" catchphrase from A Few Good Men.

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Caption: Former Bahamas Senator Pleasant Bridgewater outside court at the extortion trial over the death of John Travolta 's son Jett Nassau, Bahamas .... The paramedic accused of trying to extort money from JOHN TRAVOLTA following the death of his son wanted to become the "Bahamian Robin Hood", according to secret footage viewed by jurors on ...

Matthew du Plessis: There's a scene in the movie Phenomenon where John Travolta shows Kyra Sedgwick how he finds peace in watching trees blowing in the wind.

To millions of movie fans Olivia Newton-John will always be Sandy from Grease in those Spandex jeans that looked like they'd been sprayed on.

John Travolta's attorney warned a former Bahamas senator she wouldn't get away with blackmailing the actor.

Broken-hearted Hollywood star John Travolta told a court on Wednesday how a paramedic threatened to claim the actor was responsible for his son's death unless he handed over 15 million.

John Travolta has told a court that the people charged with blackmailing him threatened to claim he was responsible for his son's death unless he paid them 18 million in cash.