Jett Travolta’s body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a “seizure,” an undertaker, as the 16-year-old’s celebrity parents prepared for a Florida funeral.

Glen Campbell, Assistant Director of the Bahamian funeral home handling the remains of John Travolta’s son, said that the body is in “great condition,” despite police officials who had said the teen hit his head on a bathtub.

Authorities didn’t release the results of an autopsy performed yesterday (January 5), but Campbell saw the body and the death certificate, which was based on its findings.

“The only cause of death that was listed was ’seizure’,” he said.

Yesterday, a black hearse traveled from the funeral home to the airport after the family said it would bury the teen near their home in Ocala, Florida. Two white jets waited as police in dress uniforms blocked access to the tarmac.

Jett Travolta had a history of seizures and was found unconscious in a bathroom Friday at a family vacation home on Grand Bahama Island.

“We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief,” actor parents John Travolta and Kelly Preston said Sunday in a public statement. “We will cherish the time we had with him for the rest of our lives.”

Travolta tried CPR to revive his son, who may have died in his arms before an emergency medical technician took over, Usmagazine.com reported, citing Travolta attorneys Michael McDermott and Michael Ossi.

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Earlier it was reported that the band had planned to embark on a world tour in March this year to promote their latest release, the ‘Chinese Democracy’, with a series of live performances across the globe.

A US newspaper had reported quoting Fortus that the band would be performing a number of free gigs as part of the tour.

But Fortus has now issued a statement clarifying his comments, insisting his interview with ‘The Telegraph.com’ was taken out of context, the Contactmusic reported.

He said, “OK, it seems that I am being misquoted once again. I never said that ‘Guns and Roses’ would be playing St Louis, nor did I say that we will be doing free shows or that we are starting a two-year tour in March! Selective hearing. Never said it.”

The band which enjoyed cult status during the 1980’s, released ‘Chinese Democracy’ last year with much fanfare. The album is one of the most expensive recording ever made having taken some 17 years to complete.

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Earlier Rihanna had caused a frenzy in the tabloids when she was seen sporting a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger.

Rihanna broke her tradition of spending Christmas in her native place in Barbados celebrating her first Christmas away from Barbados at Brown’s family home in Goochland, Virginia, the Contactmusic reported.

The’Disturbia’ crooner took some of her own family along for the trip, and a series of personal photographs from the holiday have surfaced on the Internet.

The pictures show the star relaxing in a striped knitted dress and hugging Brown while posing for numerous family shots.

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The actor credits the success of his happy 32-year long marriage with French artist Micheline Roquebrune to his inability to speak the same language as his wife, the Contactmusic reported.
       
“I don’t speak a word of French but often think that what should be a handicap is actually a godsend,” the veteran actor said.
       
Connery married Roquebrune in 1975 after a whirlwind romance.
       
Connery said, “She may be half my size, but she’s got a few snappy comebacks. We’re total opposites - that’s what has kept us together all these years.”
       
While playing James Bond, the actor was paired with some of the most glamorous women of all times including Ursula Andress and Jane Seymour.

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‘Nobody’s Daughter’, the sequel to 2004’s ‘America’s Sweetheart’ was due for release on New Year’s Eve, through Love’s official website. But the release has been re-scheduled for next month after “paranormal” events forced the album’s producer Michael Beinhorn to abandon the studio, the Contactmusic reported.

In the latest posting on her MySpace.com page, a representative for Love wrote, “The studio that Courtney and her band were using to record had some paranormal technical issues and had to be moved from one studio to another studio right around the holidays due to some technical sound issues that Beinhorn, who is a master and a genius, was not happy with.”

“The team faced problems like being unable to hear between the guitars and the acoustics were also out of control,” the representative said in the posting. 

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Jett, who had a history of seizures, was found unconscious in a bathroom at his family’s home at the Old Bahama Bay resort on Grand Bahama Island on Friday morning.

He was pronounced dead after being taken by ambulance to Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport and an autopsy to determine the cause of death is due to be performed in the Bahamas on Monday.

“Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered,” Travolta said in a statement posted on his website www.travolta.com.

“We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time that we had with him for the rest of our lives.”

The statement did not refer to Jett’s medical history or possible cause of death. But Travolta’s lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott, were quoted on Sunday as saying Jett apparently suffered from grand mal, a type of epilepsy marked by convulsions and loss of consciousness.

He was on an anti-seizure medication called Depakote for several years, Ossi and McDermott told the celebrity website TMZ.

They said the drug was suspended after it lost its effectiveness amid concern about side effects, however, and Jett had been suffering about one extremely serious seizure a week.

Travolta and his wife have said previously that Jett became very sick when he was a toddler and was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, which leads to inflammation of the blood vessels in young children.

Ossi and McDermott did not immediately return calls from Reuters on Sunday seeking comment. Travolta’s publicists have declined to comment on autopsy or funeral plans for the actor’s teenage son. 

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The 27-year-old actress, who is currently battling cervical cancer, is said to have hired the white dress back in April 2006, along with an Indiana Jones outfit for boyfriend Jack Tweed for over USD 2000, the ‘Mirror’ reported.

Owner of Aladdins Party Centre, in Rayleigh, Essex, Kathy Coombes says Jade told her the costume was “at the bottom of my wardrobe” but still never returned it.

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The ‘Umbrella’ singer is reportedly engaged to Chris Brown of the ‘Run It!’ fame.
       
Friends close to the couple say that when 19-year-old Brown popped the question over the New Year 20-year-old Rihanna agreed to the proposal.
      
The singer showed off the ring while she was performing in London, the Sun reported.

Despite the cold, she wore fingerless gloves and held her hand to her chest so people could clock the rock.

“Rihanna was wearing the biggest diamond you can imagine,” a source said.

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“Madagascar 2,” which began its slow international rollout in late October, earned an estimated $32.2 million from 60 territories during the weekend. It opened at No. 1 in Poland with $3.8 million. Territory totals include Germany ($4 million), France ($39.5 million), and Italy.

In its second weekend on the international circuit, “Australia” drew an estimated $21.7 million from 51 territories for an international total of $82.7 million. The period epic topped the charts in Germany, Spain, Sweden and Denmark.

Third was “Bedtime Stories,” the family feature with Adam Sandler, which registered $21.2 million from 22 markets for an overseas total of $44 million.

Tied for the fourth spot were the sci-fi remake “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and the Jim Carrey comedy “Yes Man,” with each drawing an estimated $12 million. “Earth,” now in 63 territories, boasts an international total of $128.6 million. “Yes Man” has pulled in $34 million from 21 markets; it opened at No. 1 in Australia with $3 million.

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The film, which centres around the story of a dog, made USD 24 million at the box office over the weekend, keeping Adam Sandler’s comedy ‘Bedtime Stories’ and Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett’s drama ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, off the top, the Los Angeles Times reported.

‘Valkyrie’, in which Tom Cruise plays a German military officer, who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler, was fourth with a collection of over USD 14 million. Funnyman Jim Carrey’s comedy film ‘Yes Man’ made it to the fifth position.

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She is currently busy promoting her upcoming film “Chandni Chowk to China”, co-starring Akshay Kumar, that releases on January 16. 

Deepika, who plays a double role in the film, will be seen in an action-oriented role for the first time. After being involved in some dare-devil scenes, the actress had labelled herself as the “female Akshay Kumar of Bollywood”. 

Though she was accompanied by legendary father  Prakash and mother Ujjwala, beau Ranbir Kapoor was not there. 

Ranbir is busy shooting with Katrina Kaif in Mumbai for Rajkumar Santoshi’s “Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani”.

Ranbir and Katrina are also being paired opposite each other in Prakash Jha’s ‘Rajniti’ which goes on  floors shortly. 

Deepika’s last film with Ranbir was “Bachna Aae Haseeno” which did moderate business at the box office. 

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In fact, according to Prof Rupert Till of Huddersfield University, Stonehenge was actually created as a “dance arena” for listening to “trance-style” music, and the standing stones had the ideal acoustics to amplify a repetitive trance rhythm.

“We were able to get some interesting results when we visited the replica by using computer-based acoustic analysis software, a 3D soundfield microphone, a dodecahedronic speaker and a huge bass speaker from a PA company.

“By comparing results from paper calculations, computer simulations based on digital models, and results from concrete Stonehenge copy, we were able to come up with some of these theories about the uses of Stonehenge.

“We have also been able to reproduce the sound of someone speaking or clapping in Stonehenge 5,000 years ago.

The most interesting thing is that we managed to get the whole space (at Maryhill) to resonate, almost like a wine glass will ring if you run a finger round it.

“While that was happening a simple drum beat sounded incredibly dramatic. The space had real character; it felt we had gone somewhere special,” Prof Till was quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as saying.

Stonehenge, located in the county of Wiltshire, is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the centre of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

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The 72-year-old Swiss-born actress, who starred opposite Sean Connery in the film, is adamant she will never pose for a camera in broad daylight again, because she doesn’t want to spoil people’s memories of her, the Contactmusic reported. 

The former beauty now suffers from brittle bone disease. 

She says, “Forty-five years ago looking like that was easy, now it is hard. These days I prefer a little more darkness and to keep the old photos going.”

The original Bond girl had beat out competition from Halle Berry and Kim Basinger to be named the best Bond girl ever, in an online poll last year. 

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The Libyan dictator’s son, 36-year-old Saif offered Carey one million for only four songs that she sang at the Nikki Beach Club on Caribbean island St Barts.
       
The 38-year-old singer dismissed pregnancy rumours sipping champagne and eating oysters with her husband Nick Cannon at the party, the Sun reported.
       
Hip-hop stars Timbaland and Jay-Z also performed.

“They all had a great time,” one guest said.

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The fire raced through the two-story Santika Club, engulfing many in flames. Others died in a stampede as hundreds of revelers tried to escape through the club’s main door.

Police have said the owner of a Thai nightclub will face criminal charges over the blaze, which was likely sparked by a countdown fireworks display.

Police Lt. Col. Prawit Kangwol said today that the death toll had reached 64, including a Japanese national who died at Chulalongkorn Hospital on Sunday night. He did not have details on the other victim.

The hospital identified the Japanese man as 25-year-old Keiichi Wad, who had burns over more than 60 percent of his body.

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Ghazab Kahaani at Madh Island recently.

A unit hand said, “It was an emotional scene. It so happened that Ranbir Kapoor was supposed to slap her in the scene. He missed the mark and ended up hurting Katrina. Santoshi asked her to take a day off to rest. But Katrina was back at work the next day.” After that, Katrina met with accident yet again and this time it was on the sets of De Dhana Dhan. A source close to the actress says, “Katrina was to shoot an underwater sequence for the film. But while doing that she badly injured her leg. It began bleeding profusely.”

When Katrina returned to shoot the next day the wound had not healed and began bleeding profusely once again. However, She managed to complete the shoot. We hope, she has an accident-free year ahead.

Ash has currently got some big projects in her kitty, like Sanjay Leela Bhasali’s next with Hrithik Roshan and a movie with Akshay Kumar based on Back to the Future, along with Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ravana’ with hubby Abhi and Shankar’s ‘Robot’.

Reports reveal that Kareena has been following Ash’s career closely these days, and says that this is the pattern she would love to follow after her marriage. Well, with that plan, marriage certainly seems to be somewhere on Bebo’s mind. And nevertheless, Saif is already getting a special apartment ready and it would be complete soon!

All we can say is that it would be very intelligent of Kareena to take some career tips from Aishwarya and not from her loving sister!

“I was very little when Mr. Bachchan started his superstardom…and hats off to him to carry it off till date..I dont think anyone else can do it,” Aamir said.

Speaking on the occasssion Big B said, “I feel embarsased to stand here and talk about a book on myself, but it is a very emotional moment for me.”

Megastar, superstar, actor, producer, politician, Bollywood’s Shehanshah - it’s sometimes hard to describe Amitabh Bachchan’s four-decade-long career. But author Bhavna Somaiya clearly didn’t have a problem. “It was a nostalgia trip for me all over again to put together what he has achieved and I am honoured that he has supported me so much,” she said.

It’s slated to be the biggest and most expensive Bollywood film for 2009 — starring Kareena, Akshay and cameos by Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brendan Routh. But for producer Sajid Nadiadwala, spending 80 crores on his dream project, ‘Kambakht Ishq’ still doesn’t compare to his first meeting with Rambo!

Sajid Nadiadwala tells us about his first meeting with Sly Stallone,”My first meeting with Sylvester Stallone was like a dream come true, I mean we’ve grown-up on him, there wasn’t one single day when we’ve gone to the gym without listening to ‘Eye of the Tiger’. So when I was sitting with him and talking to him, I was literally shivering.”

“I don’t feel that there is a risk element, and I am very fortunate to have a team like this and my director — Sabir Khan, he is a new director, and I can get a premise where I can watch all of my dreams coming to light,” added Sajid.

With a backdrop of two Indian strugglers in a Hollywood setting, the script does sound far fetched. However, Nadiadwala’s calculated move to include many faces from Hollywood lends it authenticity. The unheard of budget though does make it a very risky venture.

Directed by debutant director, Sabir Khan, ‘Kambakht Ishq’ is positively one of the most risky films of 2009. But Akshay and Kareena’s powerpacked combination might just make this love story click at the box office.

(By Ilika Srivastava)

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