John Travolta has been acting for over 30 years since his burst onto the scene as hot disco stud Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. In the early 80s he went into an acting slump, starring in disappointing films left and right.

Actor Laurence Fishburne is returning to the Broadway stage for the first time since 1999 to play late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in Thurgood.

Princess Diana's impromptu dance with John Travolta at a White House function in 1985 has been voted the "Most Memorable Screen Dance Of All Time."

LOS ANGELES -- The Bee Gees were already established hitmakers in the U.S. and the U.K. when the group became an unstoppable musical force in 1975.

A shocked John Travolta was once asked to dance at a party by Sean Connery - and accepted because he couldn't turn down the James Bond legend. Following his breakout role in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, Travolta admits he was regularly asked to dance, but even he was taken aback when Connery popped the question at a posh bash in the 1980s.

Hollywood legend John Travolta has heaped praise on his Hairspray co-star Nikki Blonksy, predicting she will have a hugely successful career. The Saturday Night Fever actor plays super-sized Edna Turnbald in the latest adaptation of the kitsch musical - but he insists rookie Blonsky is the real star.

Actor John Travolta relished playing a woman in upcoming movie Hairspray - because he was groped by his cast mates. The Saturday Night Fever star plays super-sized woman Edna Turnblad in the latest adaptation of the infamous musical - and Travolta admits it was one of his favorite roles because he could behave like "a slut".

John Travolta hasn't left his disco days behind him - the Hollywood legend turned up at a fancy dress party sporting a familiar screen costume. The 53-year-old squeezed into his classic Saturday Night Fever suit for a 1970s-themed bash in the Bahamas at the weekend.

TV funnyman Ricky Gervais has won over John Travolta and convinced him to appear in the Christmas special edition of his show Extras.

John Travolta claims Justin Timberlake copied his dance moves from 1970s movie hits Grease and Saturday Night Fever. The actor is adamant he was the inspiration for Timberlake's choreography - but plans to raise the bar in new movie musical Hairspray.