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John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a leading man in film. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Travolta came to prominence starring in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), followed by leading roles in Carrie (1976), Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), and Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Pulp Fiction (1994). His other notable films include Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), The General's Daughter (1999), The Punisher (2004), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008), and Savages (2012). Travolta returned to television, portraying lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He received an Emmy Award as a producer and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He was also Emmy-nominated for his role in the action-comedy web series Die Hart (2021). Travolta has released nine albums outside of acting, including four singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. His albums typically accompanied films he starred in, such as Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978), which topped the Billboard 200. Travolta is also a private pilot.
Film about former silent film star Anna Lafontaine's uncontrollable desire for a comeback. Film opens with a scene outside her house, the police arrive and find her dead body in living room in an armchair. The daughter of millionaire and director legend Cindy Parker runs away from her father because he won't let her marry a pizza delivery boy. On the train, he meets former director and screenwriter Rick Taylor, who burned out and is now a reporter. Rick kidnaps her to secure a sensational article, but then it occurs to him that he could demand that her father let him write the script for the movie. Out of desperation, Rick is hired by Anna to write a film for her with a role that will turn her into a star. Rick agrees, takes his old script for the movie he's been working on since he finished in Hollywood, and drops the kidnapping. He and Cindy become friends, takes her with him and introduces her to Anna. He gives Anna a script to read, which he says is his best work and way back. Anna calls on her old friends and recruits Thomas Holtby and Samuel Worthton for the movie Bumpy Road to Hollywood. Holby is a robust guy with inferiority complex and shyness and loves Anna. Rick and Cindy fall in love. Cindy gets a role too. They discover that Anna have no money. Film is paused. Enraged, Worthton, who had put his money into it, decided to revenge, came to Anna's house and shot her. The police arrive and Taylor calls out: cut! 7 months later, Anna wins an Oscar and they won 5 more.
