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Jan 5, 2009 5:00 AM CST

Travolta: 'We're Heartbroken'

Jett was 'the most wonderful son,' anguished actor says on website

(Newser) - In his first public message on the tragic loss of his teenage son, anguished actor John Travolta said his family is "heartbroken" by Jett's death, but will "cherish" the too-brief time they had with him "for the rest of our lives." Jett was "the most...

Travolta Son Was Off His Meds: Lawyers

Jan 4, 2009 2:52 PM CST

Travolta Son Was Off His Meds: Lawyers

But had been removed from longtime drug to protect his health

(Newser) - Jett Travolta was no longer on anti-seizure medication when he died, but not because Scientology opposed the drug, TMZ reports. John Travolta's lawyers say Jett had taken Depakote for years until it gradually lost its effectiveness. When Jett's seizure rate increased again, his father and Kelly Preston consulted neurosurgeons and...

Did Scientology
Block Meds for
Travolta's Son?

Jan 4, 2009 9:01 AM CST

Did Scientology Block Meds for Travolta's Son?

Dogma suggests people can cure themselves by following church

(Newser) - Scientology dogma opposes medication for seizures and does not acknowledge the existence of autism, a condition that many believe John Travolta's son suffered, reports the New York Post. It's not known if Jett Travolta, who died suddenly in a Bahamas vacation condo, was taking medication for his seizures. But Scientology,...

'I'm Losing Him!'

Jan 4, 2009 6:36 AM CST

'I'm Losing Him!'

Paramedic tells of Travolta's desperate moments trying to save dying son

(Newser) - "Help me, help me, I'm losing him!" John Travolta pleaded with a paramedic who discovered the actor pumping the chest of his dying 16-year-old son at a Bahamas resort. As he struggled to save the boy, lying unconscious on the floor of his bathroom, the actor was anguished...

Blow to Head Killed
Travolta's Son: Report

Jan 3, 2009 2:24 PM CST

Blow to Head Killed Travolta's Son: Report

Police suggestions wrong, TMZ sources say

(Newser) - The official story on how Jett Travolta died is way off, sources tell TMZ. The family’s lawyers, who are with John Travolta in the Bahamas, say Travolta's 16-year-old son probably died from banging his head against a hotel bathtub or toilet, not from a seizure. They also deny the...

Desperate
Travolta Tried
to Save Son

Jan 3, 2009 8:19 AM CST

Desperate Travolta Tried to Save Son

Rare childhood disease didn't kill Jett: experts

(Newser) - John Travolta fought to revive his 16-year-old son by pounding his chest and giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but to no avail, Radar reports. A source says Travolta did everything he could after Jett was found unconscious by a caretaker yesterday. He and wife Kelly Preston spent 40 minutes in an ambulance...

Travolta's Son
Dead at 16

Jan 2, 2009 3:13 PM CST

Travolta's Son Dead at 16

(Newser) - John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, died today in the Bahamas, the actor's lawyer tells the TMZ website. Jett Travolta suffered a seizure while on vacation with his parents, Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, and could not be revived. Travolta and Preston also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella.

Bolt Is Fetching Fun

MOVIE REVIEW

Nov 21, 2008 1:18 PM CST

Bolt Is Fetching Fun

Critics say frisky Disney animation is its best effort in years

(Newser) - Disney's latest animated movie may not win prizes for originality, but Bolt is barking up the right tree for family entertainment, say critics. John Travolta voices with "terrific tenderness" the super-powered pooch who's unaware that his life has been a canine Truman Show, writes Michael Rechtshaffen in the Hollywood ...

Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

Dec 24, 2007 1:51 PM CST

Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

City battles to live down TV show, competes to be movie location

(Newser) - Dallas has tried for years to disassociate itself from 'Dallas,' the cheesy '80s soap opera that's so iconic that the fictional scheming oil baron JR Ewing is still the city's biggest celebrity—16 years after the show was canceled. So it's with considerable cringing that officials find themselves wooing...

Germans Spy on Scientologists

Mar 29, 2007 8:06 AM CDT

Germans Spy on Scientologists

They're wiretapping followers. Will Tom Cruise swoop in to save the day?

(Newser) - Celeb church-of-choice Scientology is under surveillance from German intelligence officials, alarmed at the recent opening of its new chapel in Berlin, just blocks from the Reichstag. Leaders' phones have been tapped. "This is a dangerous group… that wants to break the will of each of its members. That's why...