John Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, released a statement on Preston’s official website on Sunday.

It is the couple’s first public words since the tragic and sudden death of their 16-year-old son, Jett, on Friday.

They say:

We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences.

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 ahope for a brighter future.

With love,
John, Kelly and Ella

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday in the Bahamas.

But, by multiple accounts, Jett’s death was just an unfortunate and horrible accident.

Our thoughts go out to the Travoltas and their family.

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These celebrities were born on January 4:

Dave Foley is 46
Kathy Forester is 54
Bernard Sumner is 53
Ann Magnuson is 53
Patty Loveless is 52
Michael Stipe is 49
Julia Ormond is 44
Deana Carter is 43
Benjamin Darvill is 42
Jeremy Licht is 38
Jill Marie Jones is 34.

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What was the top TV story of the year? The choice was obvious to all of us, and probably all of you, too: The election. The 2008 race for the White House was not only historic, it was dramatic and played out more on TV with recognizable star personas than any election in recent memory.

And like a great TV show, it was a season-long run of highs and lows, tension and release, defeat and victory. Along the way, Americans made a choice about who will run the country for the next four years, but they were also entertained by a near constant barrage of media coverage in the form of maximum cable news, thousands of commercials, daily political commentary both serious and comic, a plethora of debates, and — naturally — Saturday Night Live’s take on it all.

It all started about a year ago in the cold of Iowa and New Hampshire…

Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2008: The election - VIDEOS

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• Bravo has a Project Runway marathon all night.
• Comedy Central has a South Park marathon all night.
• There’s a Deadliest Catch marathon on Discovery.
• At 8, NBC has Greatest Holiday Moments: Hilarious Home Video Countdown, then new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Momma’s Boys.
• ESPN has the Valero Alamo Bowl at 8.
• TCM has Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film at 8.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• MTV has a new Bromance at 9.
• A&E has a new Intervention at 9.
• Hallmark has the movie A Grandpa For Christmas at 9, followed by the movie A Town Without Christmas.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

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Tom Brady proposed to Gisele Bundchen on Christmas Eve aboard a private jet.

In addition to Tom and Gisele, Bundchen’s parents were also on the plane.

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Scarlett Johansson’s Christmas tradition is watching ”Goodfellas” on Christmas Day.The 24-year-old actress - who married “Definitely, Maybe” star Ryan Reynolds earlier this year - is looking forward to cuddling up with her new husband and watching the Mafia drama.

She said: “We like to watch ‘Goodfellas’ on Christmas. Kind of a Christmas tradition. I don’t know how that became one though!”

“We just do the regular ‘eat as much as you can’ kind of thing until you fall asleep and then wake up and then eat some more on Christmas.”

Scarlett - who can soon be seen starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Mendes in “The Spirit” - also revealed which superpower she would love to have.

She added: “I want to be able to fly, but teleportation is good too.”

“Maybe I’d be Jeannie from ‘I Dream of Jeannie’, but without the master!”

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Nicole Scherzinger is planning a romantic New Year in Hawaii for her boyfriend, Lewis Hamilton.

The Pussycat Dolls singer is taking Formula One racing champion Lewis for a romantic break to the tropical paradise where she was born.

A friend of the 30-year-old beauty said: “Nicole is really excited about taking Lewis home to Hawaii. She’s thinking of hiring a private luxury yacht to celebrate his birthday with his friends and family. Then they’ll get to see the whole island together.”

Nicole wants her and Lewis to spend some time with her mother before their work commitments begin again in the new year.

A source added: “It’s the perfect chance for them to unwind properly before Nicole’s world tour with the Pussycat Dolls and Lewis’ 2009 Formula One racing season.”

Nicole recently said she was happier than she has ever been, and is already planning her future with 23-year-old Lewis.

She said: “We’d love to have beautiful angel babies together. We’d sing ‘Don’t Cha’ to them. Lewis knows all the words.”

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Page Six is reporting that Jennifer Lopez was so concerned that Marc Anthony might cheat on her while he was on tour, she sent her assistants along with him:

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have recently been photographed without their wedding rings, but the marital discord apparently started much earlier.
“Despite the fact that the couple renewed its vows in October, a source tells Page Six that Lopez used to send her assistant on tour with Anthony while she stayed at home with their twins.

“She wanted reports back so he didn’t cheat on her,” says our source.

“Lopez and Anthony are also reportedly selling the $8.5 million Bel Air estate where they were wed in June 2004. Lopez’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.”

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Reese Witherspoon used to dare her brother to touch skinned raccoons in their freezer.The “Four Christmases” actress was terrified of the dead animals her doctor father sometimes received as payment from his Tennessee patients, but the animal corpses inspired a popular game between her and sibling John.

She is quoted as saying: “One year, a man brought my father a dead skinned squirrel and a dead raccoon.”

“My father put them in the freezer. My brother and I were so scared of them.”

“We were afraid to go near the freezer because my dad kept them in there for three years.”

“We’d dare each other to touch them and look at them. It was very scary.”

Reese - who has two children with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe - also revealed the presents she likes to give people at Christmas.

She added: “I like to give plants. I know that sounds really boring. But I like to give lemon trees and other trees that bear fruit.”

“Fruit trees are really nice gifts to give because they keep on giving and they’re not something that’s just taking up space.”

“They’re nice things to have in your garden.”

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