JOHN TRAVOLTA'S DOGS GOT KILLED IN AN AIRPORT ACCIDENT

Tragedy has struck JOHN TRAVOLTA and his family again - the actor's pet dogs have been killed in a freak airport disaster in Maine.

According to local reports a service vehicle at Bangor International Airport struck and killed the dogs, while they were being walked after the Travoltas landed there early on Thursday (13May10).

A statement from city officials reads, "At approximately 1am on Thursday, May 13, 2010 an airplane carrying members of the John Travolta family landed at BIA.

"While there, two small dogs were taken for a walk by someone who is not a family member. An airport service pickup truck was approaching the airplane to service the airplane and did not see the dogs. Unfortunately, the dogs were struck and killed.

"The airport is investigating the accident."

Airport director Rebecca Hupp tells the Bangor Daily News, "This is an unfortunate accident. Our deepest sympathies are with the family."

The tragedy comes 16 months after Travolta and his actress wife Kelly Preston lost their teenage son Jett, who died after suffering a seizure at the family home in the Bahamas.

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FRANCO NERO FELL IN LOVE WITH VANESSA REDGRAVE

FRANCO NERO fell in love with his wife VANESSA REDGRAVE at second sight - he thought she was ugly the first time the British actress was pointed out to him.

The pair played lovers in 1967 movie Camelot and director Joshua Logan was hoping for an on-set romance to boost the couple's chemistry.

But when the filmmaker first pointed Redgrave out to his Lancelot, Nero felt sure the wrong woman had been cast as the alluring Guenevere.

He recalls, "I see this woman who is wearing blue jeans with holes, glasses and no make-up. I was sort of cold when he introduced us.

"I said later, 'Josh, are you sure you got the right actress? She's ugly!' He said, 'Don't worry, you'll see.' I was a young Italian boy who thought women had to be dark like Sophia Loren."

Nero was in for a shock the next time he saw Redgrave, after she invited him to join her for dinner.

He tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "I knocked on the door and a lady opens the door. She was a beautiful lady. Fantastic. I said, 'I was invited here by Vanessa Redgrave for dinner. She said, 'I am Vanessa Redgrave!' She was completely changed. Unbelievable."

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KARINA SMIRNOFF WANTS TONY BLAIR?

Top dancer KARINA SMIRNOFF hopes reports suggesting former British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR is set to waltz onto U.S. TV show DANCING WITH THE STARS are true - because she'd like to partner up with the former leader.

Ukraine-born Smirnoff, who once competed professionally for the U.K., would love to snag a Brit on the show - and has very fond memories of Englishmen during her 18-month stay in London over a decade ago.

And so the dancer has her fingers crossed for a ballroom blitz with Blair.

She tells WENN, "I read online that the producers were trying to get Tony Blair to do the show and I read that they would pair him with me, which would be pretty amazing.

"I could actually pick a world leader's brain. I really hope he's a closet ballroom dancer."

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JADA PINKETT SMITH and WILL SMITH'S FIGHT OVER JADEN!

Movie couple JADA PINKETT SMITH and WILL SMITH fought over their actor son JADEN's tough work schedule on the set of THE KARATE KID remake - because mum was convinced the 11 year old was too young for the extremes his dad had planned.

Will is the producer of the film and set his son a tough schedule of work-outs and filming, while Jada felt Jaden needed a break.

The I Am Legend star insists the whole project was akin to teaching his son to hunt - while his worried mum watched from afar on set in China.

In a family chat on U.S. TV show Oprah on Monday (17May10), Jada said, "I learned why, in African tribes, men would come to the village and remove their sons to initiate them into manhood, because, as a mother, it is an excruciating thing to watch... That mother instinct kicks in.

"It was a ferocious fight... I was like, 'My priority is Jaden'. It's a balance. I told Will, 'I understand that there's certain things you are trying to put in, but, at the end of the day, he's 11. We just had to find a nice balance. I'm telling you he's a different child from his experience in China."

In trying to explain his motives for working his son hard, Will added, "We've been having this passionate debate. I feel like greatness lives on the edge of destruction... The reason why someone is great is because they survived death."

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