Grease could have been the word today!
Classic big-screen couple John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John paid a visit to Ellen today to talk about their new charity Christmas album, featuring major guest stars like Barbra Streisand, James Taylor and Tony Bennett.
"Kenny G," added Newton-John, because who can forget Kenny G?
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"All the proceeds go to our charities. And they knew that so, once we told them that it was more impetus to help us," explained Travolta, whose cause is the Jett Travolta Foundation, in honor of his late son who died after suffering a seizure. Newton-John, meanwhile, is raising funds for her eponymous Cancer and Wellness Foundation.
"Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses,"
Travolta said, noting his organization's focus. "And I feel bad that there's so many people dealing with this and there are no answers for. So, I felt like starting a foundation that will help that. Plus, I widened it. It's also for handicapped children and the handicapped Olympics. It's also for underprivileged children. So I widened my purpose a bit there, too." The more people helped the merrier, especially at this time of year, right? Travolta, wearing a festive red and green plaid shirt, also stuck around to help Ellen out with her annual "12 Days of Giveaways." Asked about on of his favorite parts of the holiday, Travolta admitted to just loving hot chocolate (which he and Newton-John are holding cups of on their album cover). "It represents winter wonderlands, it represents Christmas," he gushed as the reason for the 10 little cups sitting in front of them started to reveal itself. "I've collected various types of cocoa from around the world," he said, offering up a sniff of Brazilian cocoa powder to demonstrate the "hint of cinnamon and pepper" that differentiates it from cocoa from Germany, Australia and so on. We've made you the ultimate holiday play list "Smells like chocolate," said an unconvinced Ellen. "Never blow on it," he continued as his host put on an exaggeratedly disturbed face. "Like a fine wine, it changes the quality of the chocolate. So, never, ever blow on it." "I'm going to interrupt for just one second, because this is incredibly boring," Ellen said. Maybe, but it was still pretty sweet.
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Travolta said, noting his organization's focus. "And I feel bad that there's so many people dealing with this and there are no answers for. So, I felt like starting a foundation that will help that. Plus, I widened it. It's also for handicapped children and the handicapped Olympics. It's also for underprivileged children. So I widened my purpose a bit there, too." The more people helped the merrier, especially at this time of year, right? Travolta, wearing a festive red and green plaid shirt, also stuck around to help Ellen out with her annual "12 Days of Giveaways." Asked about on of his favorite parts of the holiday, Travolta admitted to just loving hot chocolate (which he and Newton-John are holding cups of on their album cover). "It represents winter wonderlands, it represents Christmas," he gushed as the reason for the 10 little cups sitting in front of them started to reveal itself. "I've collected various types of cocoa from around the world," he said, offering up a sniff of Brazilian cocoa powder to demonstrate the "hint of cinnamon and pepper" that differentiates it from cocoa from Germany, Australia and so on. We've made you the ultimate holiday play list "Smells like chocolate," said an unconvinced Ellen. "Never blow on it," he continued as his host put on an exaggeratedly disturbed face. "Like a fine wine, it changes the quality of the chocolate. So, never, ever blow on it." "I'm going to interrupt for just one second, because this is incredibly boring," Ellen said. Maybe, but it was still pretty sweet.
JOHN TRAVOLTA has revealed he teamed up with Olivia Newton-John to record a festive album in a bid to ease some of the devastation he feels at Christmas about the loss of his son Jett.
Travolta and Newton-John have recorded together for the first time in 30 years for their album This Christmas, which includes a new track by John Farrar, the writer behind their Grease smash hit You're the One That I Want. But aside from celebrating their roles in Grease, their decision to work together was motivated by Travolta's desire to honour his son, who died in 2009, aged 16.
Travolta said Christmas was never an easy time of year for his family. ''Doing something for him makes it easier, because you're doing something, you're proactive, you're raising money for the foundation that represents him,'' Travolta said.
He said guest artists including Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett and James Taylor were happy to be involved, knowing proceeds of the album are going to the Jett Travolta Foundation and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne.
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''It felt effortless,'' Travolta said. ''And everybody hopped on board effortlessly, we called Barbra and Tony and James and they all knew my son, so they just wanted to do this from their heart.''
Travolta was inspired by Paul Newman to raise money under Jett's name. ''Paul Newman did it through food, the Scott Newman foundation was to raise money for his son's foundation. People find different ways. I'm most comfortable doing it this way because I love to sing and I don't get a chance to do it a lot,'' he said.
''To join Olivia again, where we've succeeded at this level, to do that is a beautiful opportunity. I can't believe it.''
Both musicians, who spoke to Fairfax Media in a joint interview, are clearly thrilled to be working together again for the right reasons - and to acknowledge the influence Grease has had on popular culture. ''It came together in this really pure way, it has pure intentions. We still have little kids coming up to us who are discovering the movies; it's like three generations who love the movie, who are going to be thrilled to see Danny and Sandy, as they think of us, together again,'' Newton-John said.
''For us, it's a wonderful way of giving back to causes that we care about and we're also giving the fans back something.''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/danny-and-sandy-get-back-together-to-grease-the-wheels-of-charity-at-christmas-20121204-2at6r.html#ixzz2E9y1n2iP
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