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Apr 6
'09
Tom Cruise & John Travolta might remake Butch Cassidy

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Tom Cruise is looking to team up with John Travolta to remake the classic 1960′s western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Tom would play the part of Sundance, originally Robert Redford’s part, and John Travolta would take up Paul Newman’s role as Butch. The movie has been one of Tom’s favorites since he was a little boy and this would be a “labor of love” for him.

The surrogate father of Scientology plans to produce the remake through his United Artists Studio and is currently in talks with scriptwriters, a new report claims.

A source tells The Daily Mirror: “Butch and Sundance is a labor of love for Tom. He was eight years old when he saw the original and it made an impression that has stayed with him all his life. He can’t wait to get to work.”

Tom hopes to revive the role of Sundance–played by Robert Redford in the original film–while 55-year-old John is expected to play Cassidy.

The 46-year-old star even got the blessing of Paul Newman – who originally played the role of Cassidy in the film about a pair of lovable bank robbers–before he died of lung cancer last September, tattles tell the tab.

“It has been a pet project of his that has been on the back-burner for years. But now he’s ready to go, and will most likely happily eschew the enormous salary that he normally commands.”

[From Pop Crunch]

No, Tom Cruise. Just no.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I don’t pay it respect by trying to film a remake; I have a poster of it on my wall and I own the DVD.

If this report is true, you can bet there are going to be some interesting stories from on set. With the two stars being devout Scientologists, you just know there are going to be some strange demands and goings-on. They’ll set up a makeshift church in the studio lot, or require everyone on set to get an E-meter reading.

Tom needs to rethink his career, and the first step would probably be to stop fancying himself as an action star, and find some roles where he plays the bad guy. He did it in Collateral with Jamie Foxx, and was pretty believable. What do you guys think – should Tom take more villain roles?

Posted in John Travolta, Movies, Tom Cruise

Written by SamHill         49 Comments »
Apr 1
'09
Jonathan Rhys Meyers praises John Travolta’s generosity on set

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Rhys Meyers and Travolta on set in December. Credit: WENN.com
Johnathan Rhys Meyers, 31, worked with John Travolta on the recently-wrapped film From Paris With Love. Meyers praised his co-star Travolta and called him generous and friendly. He also told an anecdote about a time that Travolta ordered sushi to the set when they were working into the early hours of the morning:

Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers became firm friends with his From Paris With Love costar John Travolta – because the Hollywood legend is “so generous”.
The pair finished filming in January 2009 – but managed to bond over their Irish roots; Travolta’s mother was Irish-American.
Jonathan, 31, says, “I’ve met a lot of people in my career, but I’ve never met anyone so generous. I’d been doing nightshoots and at 3 o’ clock in the morning, plates of sushi would turn up on set. He was ordering them from the hotel. He’d say, ‘We’re Irish – we’ve got to eat!’”
Meyers also revealed how he comforted the Grease star after the death of his teenage son Jett.
He adds, “I spoke to John. It’s a very trying time for his family. Jett was a beautiful boy.
“John is strong and smart and he has a good support system around him.”

[From Showbizspy via Gossip Rocks]

The first thing that came to mind when I read this was that Travolta was trying to recruit Meyers into Scientology. It’s probably unfair to be suspicious of every kind act by someone just because they’re a cult member, but it definitely comes up. It’s like that “love bombing” thing that cults do as a way to make people feel welcome and surrender their cash and free will. Maybe Travolta is just a nice guy, though, and likes making friends with his co-workers. It’s better than eating in your trailer like Aniston. We’ll know what Travolta’s motivation was if Myers starts spouting off about how Scientology is 98% similar to the Bible.

John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Myers are shown on set on 12/18/08. Credit: WENN.com. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is also shown at the season 3 launch party for The Tudors on 3/30/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

Posted in John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Written by Celebitchy         13 Comments »
Jan 28
'09
Travolta extortion plot said to focus on “refusal to transport” document

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TMZ claims to have the details of the document that a paramedic and Bahamian official allegedly tried to use to extort millions from John Travolta. If their facts are right, it doesn’t sound that damning to Travolta. The document is a “refusal to transport,” which concerns Travolta’s initial request to fly his 16 year-old son, Jett, to Florida to receive treatment after he suffered the seizure and fall in the Bahamas that resulted in his tragic death. As a concerned dad trying to make the best decision for his son, Travolta initially thought that he could fly him to Florida in the same amount of time, 45 minutes, that it would take to get him to the hospital in the Bahamas via ambulance.

We’ve now gotten to the bottom of the mystery document that was the basis for the alleged extortion plot in the John Travolta case.

Sources connected with the investigation tell us John Travolta told EMT workers he wanted to fly his son to Florida rather than drive by ambulance to the hospital….which was 45 minutes away.

There was a disagreement over which course would be better. John felt initially it might take the same amount of time to get his son to Florida where he might get better care.

The document at issue would have released emergency services from any liability if Travolta elected the Florida route.

In the end John realized the hospital was Jett’s best hope.

[From TMZ]

If this is true, you can’t blame Travolta for trying to get top care for his son. Out of concern for Jett he questioned whether he could get him to Florida to be seen by doctors he knew and trusted in the same amount of time, which seems like something any parent in that situation might do.

The ambulance driver who is implicated in the extortion plot, Tarino Lightbourne, has been arrested along with his lawyer. The lawyer, Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater, resigned her position in the Bahamian senate due to the allegations and is now out on $40,000 bail. She maintains her innocence and issued a statement suggesting that there was no extortion plot. “How these innocent actions can be so misconstrued, so perversely twisted to mean something other than it was, is a mystery.” Obie Wilchcombe, a friend of the Travoltas and a former tourism minister for the Bahamas, was also arrested and has been released.

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Posted in Deaths, Jett Travolta, John Travolta, Kelly Preston

Written by Celebitchy         13 Comments »
Jan 26
'09
Ambulance driver detained in Travolta extortion plot

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Last week it was revealed that John Travolta and Kelly Preston were being extorted for $20 million by a politician and two other people in the Bahamas. The rumor was that they had photos of Jett Travolta right before or after he died, and they were trying to get money from the family in exchange for them. Now the three identities of the people involved have been revealed, and it includes “local lawmaker and attorney Pleasant Bridgewater, a Bahama senator,” the ambulance driver who took John and Jett to the hospital, and the former Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe, who claimed that he was a friend of the family and acted as their spokesperson.

Of course they have all denied any wrongdoing.

Two of the three people arrested in the Bahamas last week in connection with an alleged extortion scheme targeting John Travolta claimed to have been by the Travoltas’ side in the moments leading up to and right after the death of their son, Jett.

Bahamian authorities have said little this morning about the alleged extortion scheme that targeted John Travolta. But, according to previous media reports, a group of people wanted as much as $20 million in exchange for a cell phone picture taken of Jett on the way to the hospital minutes before his death from a seizure Jan. 2.

Two prominent Bahamian citizens and a paramedic were detained last week in the Bahamas in connection with the alleged plot. One was Tarino Lightbourne, the paramedic who drove the ambulance to the hospital after Jett collapsed.

“It was me, him and Jett,” Lightbourne told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Jan. 5. “I’ll never forget this day. I saw him lean over and hug his son and kiss his son and tell him he loved him and I did everything I could. I saw love in his eyes, I saw love. [Travolta] hugged him, put his arm around him, kissed him on the forehead and the cheek and told him he loved him. He then turned to me and gave me a hug and said, you guys did a wonderful job.”

Lightbourne was detained Friday for attempted extortion and, according to news reports, was still in custody Sunday.

[From ABC News]

Wilchcombe also vehemently denied any involvement in the extortion, and claimed Bridgewater was innocent as well.

Wilchcombe tells Us he was approached early last week by Bridgewater who alerted him that “someone was doing something untowards” and that he passed this information to Travolta’s lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott. “She knew I was close to the Travolta’s. She wanted to bring something to my attention.” He says this was the topic of his questioning by investigators.

Asked if he sought or expected any compensation from the Travoltas Wilchcombe was adamant: “Never once, asking for anything! Never once, expecting anything! This is ridiculous and absurd. The Travolta’s are suffering, it’s just outright foolish. Never did I ask for anything, no one can say that. We had a friend in my country who lost a son. It was one single individual [who tried to take advantage of the family], the Bahamian people have been very kind to the Travoltas.”

[From US Weekly]

It’s impossible to say what went down, but it sounds like the ambulance driver had the opportunity to take the cell phone picture – and he’s the only one still in custody. Still, that doesn’t mean that two more powerful people – Wilchcombe and Bridgewater – weren’t trying to take advantage of him in some way.

This whole situation is so sad for the Travoltas, who shouldn’t have to deal with this kind of stuff right now. Their lawyers have said they won’t be releasing a statement on the matter, and frankly I think that’s good. This crap is probably the last thing on their minds, and should be dealt with by the authorities.

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Posted in Crime, Deaths, Jett Travolta, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Legal Issues

Written by JayBird         9 Comments »
Jan 21
'09
John Travolta and Kelly Preston in extortion plot from Bahamian official

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John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son Jett, 16, passed away in early January after suffering a seizure and hitting his head in the bathroom at his parents’ vacation home in the Bahamas. The family has only stated publicly that their son suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome, a chemically-induced childhood disorder that does not explain all of Jett’s symptoms. Jett was nonverbal and has been photographed walking on his tip toes. There was speculation that he was autistic, although that was never confirmed by the Travoltas.

Jett’s death was controversial due to the fact that his parents are members of the Church of Scientology, which does not believe in psychiatric illness and strongly discourages followers from using any form of psychiatric drugs. Fellow Scientologists maintain that physical illnesses, like autism, are permitted to be treated under their belief system. The Travoltas say they did treat Jett’s seizures with the drug Depakote, but that it simply stopped working for him after several years and he was taken off it under the guidance of a neurologist. What’s more is that Jett had a full time nanny, but the man wasn’t thought to be trained in childcare and works as a photographer.

It’s unlikely that we’ll ever know if Jett would have had the seizure that led to his death if he was on another drug or if someone with formal training was watching him. There’s been enough speculation about his death by people who aren’t affected by it. His parents are probably heartbroken wondering if there was anything they could have done differently to have saved their son.

Now there’s news that two people in the Bahamas, including a “politician” who may be involved in the investigation into Jett’s death, have tried to extort millions from the Travoltas. It’s unknown what kind of damning information they claim to have:

John Travolta lawyers fighting extortion demands made after the death of son Jett.

Bahamas based newspaper, TheTribune, reported police are investigating two co-conspirators “one believed to be a politician” in an ongoing investigation.

Travolta’s attorneys, Mike Ossi and Howard Butler, released a statement in Jacksonville, Florida after returning from the Bahamas: “Regrettably in a time of such terrible grief there are often a few individuals who attempt to make false claims in hopes of making millions of dollars.

“We will never let that happen.”

Ossi and Butler’s said they have “the utmost confidence in the Bahamian police and government” as it investigates the alleged extortion attempt.

The barristers then declined further comment.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son Jett,15, died at their Grand Bahama vacation home. Official cause of death was listed as “seizure” after the teen was found unconscious in the Travolta family bathroom.

[From The National Enquirer's website]

Initial reports by TMZ, which were said to have been confirmed by Bahamian police, had Jett hitting his head in the bathroom the night before he was discovered. The family strongly denied these claims and said he suffered the accident in the morning not long before he was found.

The entire investigation is now compromised by this extortion attempt. If the police had any information that may cast doubt on the Travolta’s account of Jett’s death, it’s not like they’re going to be able to do much with the case now that it’s been tainted. Blackmail from an official will pretty much negate any findings that may implicate the Travoltas and cast doubt on the integrity of all the evidence. So now we have a grieving family that has to endure these claims, whatever they may be, and an investigation that’s shot.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston are shown at The Oscars last year. Credit: WENN

Posted in John Travolta, Kelly Preston

Written by Celebitchy         25 Comments »
Jan 6
'09
Jett Travolta’s cause of death is confirmed, friends talk about the tragedy

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Jett Travolta has died as a result of a seizure, his death certificate has confirmed. There are no suspicious circumstances and his body has been returned to his family. The autopsy results may or may not be released to the pubic.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son, Jett, who had a history of health problems, was killed by a “seizure,” according to the death certificate issued today.

While the official results of an autopsy today have yet to been publicly announced, mortician Glen Campbell of the Restview Memorial Mortuary in the Bahamas confirmed to E! News that cause of death was a seizure and “there was no sign of head trauma.”

“The body was in good condition,” Campbell said.

A source close to the proceedings also told E! News that a preliminary report on Jett’s death determined “there is no foul play,” corroborating what a Travolta family lawyer initially stated last Friday.

“It is not a suspicious death. The body wouldn’t already be turned over to the mortuary if there was anything suspicious,” the source said. Autopsies are standard procedure in the Bahamas in cases of sudden death.

E! News

I don’t think there was much question of Jett’s cause of death, given his medical history, but an autopsy stops any questions that might linger for the family. Please note that the ‘no sign of head trauma’ comment is from the mortician, not the pathologist, who would know more accurately the signs of head trauma. This does not mean that Jett didn’t hit his head, as reported earlier. Death certificates can be strange in their causes – my grandfather died of cancer, but on his death certificate it says ‘heart failure’ because that was technically his cause of death.

The lawyers of the Travolta family have given a statement suggesting that Jett may have died in his father’s arms.

“He never dreamed of this – their relationship was so close,” says family attorney Mike Ossi, who is in the Bahamas with the actor. “He always said ‘I’m happy as long as my kids are happy.’ He is heartbroken … To bury your son is the worst thing you can ever do.”

According to Ossi, 16-year-old Jett was discovered by a nanny on Friday morning around 10 a.m. After the nanny called 911, John Travolta tried in vain to resuscitate his son.

“He didn’t want anything to happen to that boy, and he kept on trying to revive him,” said Ossi. “He did mouth-to-mouth until they had to physically remove John to take Jett to the hospital.”

The teen, who is the only son of Travolta, 54, and Preston, 46, has a history of having seizures. Police spokeswoman Loretta Mackey told the Associated Press that Jett hit his head in a bathtub Friday morning and was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital.

According to Ossi, around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, John said goodnight to his son, who was tired from a long day spent on the water with his family. Jett went to his room with his nanny. “He always had a nanny by his side because he had a history of seizures,” says Ossi. “John took extra precautions. [Jett] was never alone.”

Mike McDermott, John’s corporate counsel, adds, “John did everything in his power to revive [his son.] John and Jett had a very strong relationship. Words cannot explain how close they were. This will take a lot of time. His life will never be the same again.”

People

I hope this is true, because, as Ossi points out, this is the worst case scenario for any parent. Being with them when they died would be the best outcome you could possibly hope for in these circumstances.

Yesterday the emergency crew spoke about the scene, saying that both John and his wife Kelly Preston traveled with Jett in the ambulance to the hospital, where they were speaking to him.

This is just such a tragedy. People magazine have dug up an interview with John Travolta where he says in 1994 that he can’t imagine life without his son. No parent wants to think about what life would be like without them, it’s just too horrifying. I’m hugging my kids a little tighter today; my heart goes out to the Travolta family.

Photos courtesy of Travolta.com

Posted in Jett Travolta, John Travolta, Kelly Preston

Written by Helen         29 Comments »
Jan 4
'09
Jett Travolta’s death is a tragedy people shouldn’t blame his parents for

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Jett Travolta, 16, died after suffering a seizure and a fall in the bathroom of his parents’ vacation home in the Bahamas. His body was discovered on Friday morning. Police sources have him falling and drowning in the bathtub late Thursday night, a claim his parents deny. They say he fell in the morning right before he was found and that he was well cared for and watched by two in-house nannies. Jett leaves behind his parents, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, and sister Ella, 8.

Jett was rumored to have suffered from autism, which often co-exists with a seizure disorder but does not have seizures listed among the symptoms. Jett’s mother, Kelly Preston, has only stated that her son had Kawasaki disease, a rare immune disorder caused by early childhood exposure to toxic chemicals.

In May of 2007, a story came out that John Travolta and Kelly Preston were ignoring their son Jett’s autism. It was based on an interview with one of their neighbors, a restaurant owner who happened to have a four year-old autistic child and recognized some of the symptoms in Jett when the family came in to his establishment to eat. The neighbor told Hollywood, Interrupted that he asked Travolta to get involved in autism fundraisers and was rebuffed. According to this guy’s diagnosis from afar, John and Kelly weren’t getting the proper therapy for their child and were letting him eat junk food and play video games. The neighbor didn’t explain how he knew that John Travolta and Kelly Preston were neglecting Jett, and it seemed to be based on just seeing them in his restaurant and getting handed a Scientology booklet by Travolta.

Scientology does not recognize autism
John Travolta and Kelly Preston are Scientologists. Scientology is a well-documented harmful cult that does not recognize autism as a disorder, does not allow followers to use psychiatric medication, and often blames sufferers for mental illness.

We don’t know if Jett had autism or what his care was like
All we have is rumor and one guy’s questionable assessment that suggests Jett had poor care. We don’t know if he had autism, if he was receiving therapy or treatment, or if his parent’s belief system contributed to his death in any way. From the reports that Travolta’s people are giving TMZ, it sounds like Jett had very good care and that it was a terrible accident.

Jett was on anti-convulsant medication for a long time
According to the Travoltas, Jett was on anti-convulsant medication for years but it eventually stopped working for him. They say they met with neurologists who decided to take him off the medication as it was no longer effective. Even with medication people can still suffer from seizures and accidents do happen. Hunter Tylo’s son died last year at 19 after having a seizure and falling into a pool and no one blamed her or her husband for his death.

There’s little reason to blame the parents and it’s hurtful
Now that John and Kelly have suffered an immeasurable loss, people are making the unjustified logical leap that they must be responsible in some way since their “religion” doesn’t recognize autism as a disorder and preaches against the use of psychiatric drugs. I’m as against Scientology as the next person, but you can’t take some small pieces of information and jump to conclusions. It’s fine to speculate when it involves someone’s love life, but when it involves the death of child it can be hurtful to say the least.

We don’t know all the details surrounding his condition or his death, some early stories have been inaccurate, and even the medical experts among us couldn’t pass judgment without being privy to the facts.

Let’s not blame this suffering family for something we have no clue about. They’ve already lost their son and none of us know the circumstances of their home life or what happened that led to their son’s death.

John Travolta has issued a statement on his website about his son’s death. He says, in part: “Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered. We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time we had with him for the rest of our lives.”

Update: Many of you have pointed out that John Travolta’s brother Joey made a documentary about autism in 2006 called “Normal People Scare Me,” in which John and Jett were not involved. It was thought to have been directed in some way at his brother.

The skepticism about Jett’s treatment is completely understandable given his parent’s involvement in Scientology. Of course there needs to be a thorough investigation and maybe the increased focused on the very dangerous practices of Scientology will finally help bring this criminal organization down. They need to be tried under the RICO act in the US.

All that said, I’m very disappointed at other media outlets’ rush to judgment. Look at what happened with the Heath Ledger case. The initial details were wrong and people condemned and dismissed him as a drug addict. That was a full grown man who had died from a drug interaction, and this is a teen boy who was disabled and suffered seizures. He’s barely dead and people are already saying “His parents are Scientologists, told you so.”

Posted in Deaths, Jett Travolta, John Travolta, Kelly Preston

Written by Celebitchy         65 Comments »
Jan 2
'09
John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son Jett dies (Update)

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John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son Jett has died, according to TMZ. No details have been released about the cause of death or when it happened – all that’s known is that the family was vacationing in the Bahamas, and a hospital there has confirmed Jett’s passing.

Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas tells TMZ the son of John Travolta died today.

We’re told 16-year-old Jett was vacationing with Travolta and wife Kelly Preston. We do not know the circumstances of his death.

There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease.

[From TMZ]

We will keep this story updated as more information becomes available. Our hearts go out to the Travolta/Preston family.

Update: MSNBC said that Jett suffered a seizure during which he hit his head on the bathtub.

The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family’s lawyer.

Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said. According to Access Hollywood, Jett fell and hit his head on the bathtub in his hotel room.

Attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene, Ossi said.

Jett, who had a history of seizures, was the eldest child of Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston. They also have a daughter, Ella Blue, who was born in 2000.

[From MSNBC]

Here’s John Travolta, Kelly Preston with kids Jett and Ella Bleu, leaving an airport in Rome on November 5th, 2005. Images thanks to Splash.

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Written by JayBird         113 Comments »
Dec 1
'08
John Travolta: “I gave Tom Hanks and Richard Gere a career”


John Travolta has an interview with Reuters in which he promotes Bolt, his new animated film in which he plays the lead dog. The film came in second at the box office this holiday, falling behind the Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon comedy Four Christmases. Travolta waxes poetic about all the great roles he’s turned down in his career, but he has no regrets because he realizes he had to step aside to let other actors shine. According to Travolta, he’s personally responsible for the careers of Tom Hanks and Richard Gere because he turned down big roles that subsequently went to them:

Q: You have four more movies coming out in 2009. Is quality or quantity most important to you?

A: “You can’t control the quality of projects that are coming to you, so if you get several in a row that are quality you take them. The money has been made. I just need to do good work now. You put as many positive eggs in the basket and hope for the best and that the basket doesn’t fall. I was offered several big movies recently that I just couldn’t do anything with, so I turned them down. And I was proud of myself.”

Q: Which parts do you most regret turning down?

A; “‘Chicago’ probably (Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn). I wasn’t all that into the stage show. It was a lot of women who hated men and I like women who like men. (laughs) The stage show was kind of vicious but the movie had a heart. ‘Green Mile’ I probably should have said yes to and ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’. But I gave Richard Gere and Tom Hanks a career! What you turn down can be a gift to someone else. There is enough to go around.”

He doesn’t just say he’s glad that the roles were filled by talented actors, he says “I gave Richard Gere and Tom Hanks a career.” As Courtney Hazlett at MSNBC’s The Scoop points out, Chicago and Officer and a Gentleman were seminal roles for Gere, but Tom Hanks would have had a great career without Green Mile. At least Travolta is able to magnify his greatness in his own mind. They probably teach that in Scientology lessons. The Scientologists are the only ones who can achieve greatness. All success in non-Scientologists can be attributed to a cult member deciding to forgo some achievement out of the kindness of his heart.

John Travolta is shown at the Bolt premiere in Hollywood with Miley Cyrus on 11/17/08. Credit: David Gabber / PR Photos

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Nov 18
'08
Billy Ray says his daughter Miley and 20 yo bf “write songs together”

According to dad Billy Ray, 15-year-old Miley Cyrus’ relationship with 20-year-old model Justin Gaston is just as perfect as can be. He talks about what a great team they are, and how they’re so in sync that they write songs together. As Celebitchy quipped, “So that’s what they’re doing up there in her bedroom at night.” Billy Ray doesn’t know how to do anything but talk about Miley in super cheese ball fashion, and it’s getting to the point where it’s making me sort of ill.

Billy Ray Cyrus says his 15-year-old daughter Miley and 20-year-old underwear model Justin Gaston are making sweet music together. “I’ll tell you what – they are great friends, and they make a good team,” he told Usmagazine.com at Monday’s Bolt premiere in L.A. “They write a lot of songs together, and they sing – it’s incredible.” He called his daughter’s latest big screen effort, the animated Bolt, “amazing.”

“It’s going to be a great night,” said the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer, who walked the carpet with wife Tish. “I’m looking forward to seeing the film.” What advice does he have for his daughter? “Make good choices. Do the best you can do – mostly have fun,” he told Us. “I always tell her that as long as she’s having fun, then it’s working.

“When it starts being work, then it ain’t working,” he added. “She loves what she’s doing. She has a real passion for making music as an artist. She loves being an actress, and we all feel very fortunate being in the Disney family and getting to do both of our loves.”

[From Us Weekly]

Wow, talk about towing the Disney party line. Billy Ray seems to be saying a lot of good things about Disney lately. It could be because Miley’s 8-year-old sister Noah wants to get into show business too, and Disney would be a good way to go. Billy Ray is sending a pretty bad message in terms of a work ethic. It makes sense that Miley should have fun while she’s young, but if she’s taught that it “ain’t working” if it feels like work and she carries that mentality into adulthood, that’s not a great lesson.

Miley’s costar in “Bolt” is John Travolta, who was donning some interesting new hair. A week ago he was totally bald, and it didn’t appear to be a cap. Now he’s back to a full head of hair, and I find it utterly confusing. And we’re supposed to act like we haven’t noticed. Miley, however, had nothing but nice things to say about John, and managed not to comment on his follicle situation.

Miley is not only achieving a teenage milestone this year, she’s maturing as a performer as well, co-starring with John Travolta in Bolt. She calls working with the actor “a dream come true” adding that, “[John was] an actor I had wanted to work with for a long time, so I got to do that so I’m really happy,” she says.

It also fulfilled her mother’s dream! “My mom was so happy I got to work with him…so happy. She said, ‘You won’t believe I had posters of him on my wall,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, you keep that to yourself when you meet him. Zip that tight!’”

[From OK!]

Miley was born right around the “Look Who’s Talking” years, so she probably is too young to remember lame John Travolta and only knows about cool, “Pulp Fiction” comeback Travolta. Otherwise I seriously doubt anyone would have wanted to work with him for a long time. Sorry, I just want to make fun of him for his hair and I’m trying not to, so I have to go back to bad talking baby mockery.

Photo Credit: WENN

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