John Travolta, Kelly Preston: "We Are Heartbroken"

John Travolta, Kelly Preston and their 8-year-old daughter Ella released a statement Sunday afternoon thanking fans for the outpouring of support after their son Jett's Friday death.

"We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences," the statement said.

"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.

"We have received many messages of condolence from around the world and we want to thank everyone for their prayers and support. It has meant so much to us. It is a beautiful reminder of the inherent goodness in the human spirit that gives us hope for a brighter future."

They signed off: "With love, John, Kelly and Ella."

Jett died Friday morning at his family's vacation home in the Bahamas.

"John is distraught. He is trying to understand and reconcile this," Travolta's lawyer and confidant, Michael McDermott, and Michael Ossi, the family's attorney, told Us Saturday in an phone interview in which they asked to be jointly attributed.

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. The Bahamas' health minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis, told the Associated Press said that a second, U.S.-certified pathologist will fly in at dawn Monday to assist.

"I have spoken to [Travolta] and informed him that the government is doing everything it can," Minnis said Sunday.
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Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston: Church Mates

Spending another day side-by-side, Miley Cyrus was spotted out to church with her underwear model beau Justin Gaston on Sunday morning (January 4).

Also accompanied by Miley’s parents, Billy Ray and Tish, the cute couple made their way into the Montrose Church in Pasadena for the day’s sermon.

Showing off their sense of style, the “Hannah Montana” starlet and her “Nashville Star” boyfriend complimented one another’s outfits - as Miley toted wore a purple headband and toted a sparkly purple purse to match Justin’s hoodie.

Spending more and more time together as of late, Miley and Justin were out with the Cyrus parents for a daytime lunch outing at Paty’s Diner yesterday afternoon, as well.
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Katie Holmes: Final Week On Broadway!

Entering what’s the final week of her “All My Sons” stage duties, Katie Holmes was spotted toting around daughter Suri Cruise as she gave her Sunday evening performance earlier tonight (January 4).

Signing autographs for awaiting fans prior to the show, Katie was all smiles while Suri drank from her sippy cup as she showed off her purple flower clip and fancy braids.

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Oprah Reaches Out to John Travolta

Oprah Winfrey is among the celebrities reaching out to John Travolta and Kelly Preston following the tragic death of their beloved son Jett in the Bahamas.

Travolta's attorney, Mike Ossi, who is with John and Kelly Preston in the Bahamas, says, "Everybody has reached out. It seems like the world has reached out and feels the pain that John and Kelly are going through. Thousands and thousands of phone calls have been received. Oprah has called. You name it, they've called."

The attorney also revealed Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise have reached out to the grieving stars.

"John is in the process of preparing a thank you to all those people, and the world, who have grieved along with him. It's very difficult for anyone to imagine the pain John and Kelly are going through with this shocking death of their son. An unanticipated, shocking death after a beautiful day on the water with beautiful pictures taken. Jett loved the water, and that was the last time he spent with his father," said a somber Mike Ossi.
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Barack Obama Moves His Family to Washington

President-elect Barack Obama landed in Washington D.C. today where he joined his wife and two daughters ahead of his inauguration later this month.

"Well guys, I am looking forward to seeing you guys in Washington. I gotta say I choked up a little bit leaving my house today," Obama said while on a plane to D.C.

Michelle Obama flew into the capital a day earlier along with daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, who are scheduled to begin classes Monday at the prestigious Sidwell Friends School, which has become famous for educating the children of U.S. presidents.

"Malia's friend had dropped off an album of the two of them together. They had been friends since preschool and I just looked thru the pages and the house was empty and it was a little tough, it got me," the President-elect said.

The incoming first family's temporary home will be the luxurious Hay-Adams Hotel, which overlooks their permanent home -- The White House -- where the family will move after the January 20 inauguration. The Obamas had been vacationing in Hawaii over the holidays.
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Regis and Kelly to Debut Updated Look Monday

Live with Regis and Kelly is getting a makeover for 2009. On Monday, the chatty morning show will debut a crisp new high-definition look and a new theme song.

Stars Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will also appear in a revamped opening segment that works more New York City scenes into the picture, according to producers. But one element that will not change a bit is the show's Central Park-view backdrop. Producers opted to keep the mesh piece instead of upgrading to a hi-def version to keep a touch of softness.

To remake the show's theme song, Live conducted a contest, and received more than 3,000 submissions from pros and amateurs alike. The winner is Gabriel Saientz, a 35-year-old professional pianist from Argentina, who lives in Miami. In December, Saientz was presented with a $100,000 check for winning.

Producers have kept the new tune under wraps, but Saientz describes it is "a lively, happy theme song that goes with [Regis and Kelly's] personalities."

Anne Hathaway will be a guest on Monday's show where she'll talk about her new movie Bride Wars.
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Jennifer Aniston Dog Tale Nabs Another B.O. Win

The dog days of winter are here to stay, apparently.

For the second time, Marley & Me, the Jennifer Aniston-Owen Wilson-Lab love story, finished atop the weekend box office, with a $24.1 million Friday-Sunday gross, per studio estimates compiled today by Exhibitor Relations.

On Saturday, the movie became the 25th release of 2008 to cross the $100 million mark overall, and sometime soon it should become Aniston's highest-grossing Jennifer Aniston movie, not counting Bruce Almighty, which was, after all, a Jim Carrey movie.
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Dancing With the Stars' Karina & Maksim Engaged!

Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are looking to perfect their pas de deux.

The Dancing With the Stars pros took the whole ringing in the new year literally, getting engaged just before the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, a source confirms.

Chmerkovskiy sealed the deal with a Harry Winston number.

The betrothal came between DWTS tour dates in Salt Lake City and Tulsa, Okla.—and a little more than six months after Smirnoff, 30, announced she and former Dancing partner Mario Lopez had ended their two-year relationship.

She and fellow Ukraine native Chmerkovskiy, 28, hooked up shortly thereafter.

Chermkovskiy joined DWTS in season two and last season partnered with Misty May-Treanor. Smirnoff has been on since season three, most recently teaming with Rocco DiSpirito.

No word on a wedding date, but both are expected back when season eight kicks off March 9.
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Critics Choice Awards Nominees

BEST PICTURE
Nominees:• Changeling• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• The Dark Knight• Doubt• Frost/Nixon• Milk• The Reader• Slumdog Millionaire• Wall-E• The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR
Nominees:• Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino• Richard Jenkins - The Visitor• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon• Sean Penn - Milk• Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Nominees:• Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth• Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married• Angelina Jolie - Changeling• Melissa Leo - Frozen River• Meryl Streep - Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominees:• Josh Brolin - Milk• Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight• James Franco - Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominees:• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona• Viola Davis - Doubt • Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler• Kate Winslet - The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Nominees:• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• The Dark Knight• Doubt• Milk• Rachel Getting Married

BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees:• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire• David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon• Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight• Gus Van Sant - Milk

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay)
Nominees:• Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire• Dustin Lance Black - Milk• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon• Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Nominees:• Bolt• Kung Fu Panda• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa• Wall-E• Waltz With Bashir

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
Nominees:• Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees• David Kross - The Reader• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire• Brandon Walters - Australia

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Nominees:• The Dark Knight• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull• Iron Man• Quantum of Solace• Wanted

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Nominees:• Burn After Reading• Forgetting Sarah Marshall• Role Models• Tropic Thunder• Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Nominees:• John Adams • Recount• Coco Chanel

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Nominees:• A Christmas Tale• Gomorrah• I’ve Loved You So Long• Let the Right One In• Mongol• Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominees:• I.O.U.S.A.• Man On Wire• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired• Standard Operating Procedure• Young At Heart

BEST SONG
Nominees:• "Another Way to Die" (performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, written by Jack White) - Quantum of Solace• "Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) - Wall-E• "I Thought I Lost You" (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele) - Bolt• "Jaiho" (performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) - Slumdog Millionaire• "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen) - The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
Nominees:• Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Clint Eastwood - Changeling• Danny Elfman - Milk• Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight• A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
© 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association
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Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Attend Inauguration Ceremony In Puerto Rico

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony went to Governor Luis Fortuno's inauguration ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday.

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Steven Spielberg To Recive Cecil B. DeMille Award For Lifetime Achievement At Golden Globes

Steven Spielberg will recieve the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year's Golden Globes. He was supposed to receive the honor last year, but the Globes were cancelled due to the the writer's strike.

Spielberg has received six Golden Globes; for Best Director for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan," for Best Motion Picture (Drama) for "E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial," "Schindler's List," and "Saving Private Ryan;" and for Best Foreign Language Film For "Letters From Iwo Jima." He received 12 additional Golden Globe nominations; eight as Best Director for "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial," "The Color Purple," "Amistad," "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" and "Munich," three as a producer on Best Motion Picture (Drama) nominees "The Color Purple," "Empire of the Sun," and "Amistad," and one for his screenplay for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

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Rumer Willis Is Miss Golden Globe

With parents like Demi Moore and Bruce Willis (not to mention step-dad Ashton Kutcher), it's no surprise that Rumer Willis is a natural It Girl. The up-and-coming actress was appointed Miss Golden Globe in 2008, a role traditionally held by the offspring of Hollywood royalty, when the cancellation of the ceremony led to a postponement of the honor.

Rumer will be Miss Golden Globe this year, next Sunday night, due to the fact that she the show was canelled last year.

In the meantime, Willis has had a very stylish year, starring in ensemble comedy The House Bunny, being honored as one of People's Most Beautiful stars and stealing the spotlight with some killer clothes.

Beyonce Enjoys New Years In St. Barts

Newlyweds Jay-Z and Beyoncé take to the waves for a warm and sunny New Year's Eve in St. Bart's.

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Jennifer Garner And Her Violet

Look-alikes Jennifer Garner and 3-year-old daughter Violet have a nose for cute as the two run errands on New Year's Eve in Brentwood, Calif.

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Will Smith Top Money-Maker Of 2008

The Hancock and Seven Pounds actor has been voted the top money-making movie star of 2008, knocking Johnny Depp out of the top spot in the Quigley Poll. Jada Pinkett Smith's husband is only the second African-American actor to top the poll in its 76 year history. Sidney Poitier placed first in 1968.

The Quigley Poll is an annual survey of motion theater owners and film buyers, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theaters during the year. Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale, Shia LaBeouf and Harrison Ford rounded out the top five.

In addition to being a bankable actor, Will is also one of Hollywood's most charitable stars. As we reported in the Jan. 5 issue of Star, the Oscar nominated talent recently visited St. Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri and spent time with 12-year-old car accident victim John Bryer and some other patients.

"As a parent, the way he took the time to raise John's spirits — and those of all the children in the room — is something I'll never forget," John's father, Wiley Bryer, told Star. "He's a special guy!"
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