John Travolta and Kelly Preston have announced via their website that…..Kelly is pregnant!

“It’s impossible to keep a secret … especially one as wonderful as this,” they say in a statement. “We want to be the first to share this great news with everyone that we are expecting a new addition to our family.

Love, John, Kelly and Ella”

Travolta, 56, and Preston, 47, are also parents to Ella Bleu, 10. The family endured a tragedy when 16-year-old Jett, died of a seizure in January 2009.

A big congratulations to the Travolta family!

(Image via Travolta.com)

Two of John Travolta ‘s dogs were killed at a Maine airport Thursday night (May 13).

A vehicle at Bangor International Airport was driving to the plane to service it when it ran over the dogs.

Travolta, who often pilots his own plane often, fuels up at the airport while en route to his home in Islesboro, off the Maine coast.

In January 2009, Travolta and wife Kelly Preston‘s 16-year-old son, Jett, died at the family’s vacation home at the Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.

Our condolences to the Travolta family.

Ella Bleu Travolta, daughter of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, makes her debut in the film ‘ Old Dogs.’

Robin Williams said, “It was fun to watch them watch her because it was her first movie.” Also, Williams’ daughter Zelda, an up-and-coming actress appears in the movie!

‘Old Dogs’ is a family film that is getting rave reviews.  It hits theaters on November 25th.

The two people accused of attempting to extort millions from John Travolta  and his wife Kelly Preston after the death of their son Jett, pled not guilty in a Bahamian court on Tuesday.

Former Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater, who was charged with abatement to extort, and paramedic Tarino Lightbourne, who was charged with attempted extortion, were arraigned together, according to E! Online.

Various previous reports have alleged that the two claimed to have very personal information related to Jett’s death. They allegedly were seeking $25 million from the grieving family.

During today’s court proceeding, prosecutors also revealed they plan to call John Travolta as a key witness in the trial.

The case is set to begin on September 21.

Three people have been arrested in the alleged extortion plot against John Travolta and Kelly Preston.

Police in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in the extortion case.  Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames says Senator Pleasant Bridgewater has been held since Thursday in the case.

Dames also stated that a second suspect is ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, who was detained on Friday.

Obie Wilchcombe, the former Minister of Tourism and member of the Bahamian Parliament, was one of three arrested.   Wilchcombe was a very close friend to the Travolta family and actually spoke about the investigation.

Wilchcombe had said he was approached about the extortion plot early last week and passed along the information to Travolta’s lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott.

“The irony was that the Travolta family just sent a letter of gratitude — it happened that afternoon,” said Wilchcombe, referring to a Jan. 12 statement issued by McDermott, Travolta’s lawyer, thanking the people of the Bahamas for their support.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston sent a letter to the Ocala Star-Banner this morning via their attorney, Michael McDermott.  Following, is the letter, in regards to the death of their 16 year-old son, Jett Travolta.

“To The People of Ocala:

The enormous amount of love, support and condolence we have received from this community has been most humbling. Comforting words, thoughts and prayers of Ocala’s citizens have made an impossibly painful situation, a little less painful.

“The actions of Ocala’s community leaders, its law enforcement professionals, our neighbors at Jumbolair and its surrounding communities have offered us the dignity to grieve the loss of our son and Ella’s brother in peace. For this we will always be grateful.

“From the people who drove hours to drop off cards and flowers at our doorstep, to the service providers who made Jett’s ceremony so beautiful, thank you. Every person who we have encountered has offered to do anything in their power to help us, but add that they feel powerless to do so. We want all of you to know that you have already helped us. By sharing our grief, you lessen our burden. For all of the people who have kept Jett in their prayers, know that those prayers have given us inspiration and strength.

“What we have experienced in Ocala transcends neighborly civility. We have been treated as family. Although we lost a good part of the joy and radiance of our family, your embracing us as a member of your own has helped us to contend with our loss.

“In parting, we want all of you to cherish your loved ones and your friends like there was no tomorrow, to live your lives to the fullest by continuing to help one another, and to be true to yourselves.

Love,

John, Kelly and Ella.”

John Travolta and Kelly Preston are going to have the body of their son, Jett Travolta, cremated in the Bahamas, reports state.

The ashes will be on their way to Florida within the next 24 hours, flown on a plane by John.

Earlier in the day on Monday, it was revealed the cause of death listed on the teen’s death certificate was “seizure.”

Although it was initially thought that Jett had died after suffering a seizure and hitting his head on the bathtub inside the bathroom of the family’s residence at the Old Bahama Bay, an official at Restview reportedly told The Associated Press that Jett’s body showed no signs of head trauma.

Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston died Friday morning. 

The Travolta family arrived on a private plane Tuesday and had been vacationing at their home in the Old Bahama Bay resort community.

Jett died after falling ill and hitting his head at his family’s vacation home, police said Friday. A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning. He was taken by ambulance to a Freeport hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a statement from chief police superintendent Basil Rahming.

The teenager had last been seen going into the bathroom on Thursday and had a history of seizures, according to the statement. Police said they are planning an autopsy to determine the cause of death.  It was apparant that he had hit his head on the bathtub.

“At this point, we know that John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s only son, Jett, had a seizure at around 10 a.m. this morning,” Travolta’s attorney Michael Ossi said. “All attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.”

Jett Travolta had a developmental disability that his parents, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, have linked to Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory disorder of the artery walls that most commonly occurs in young children and can lead to heart disease.

A spokeswoman for Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport said she could not release any information because of privacy concerns.