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Autopsy Confirms Jett Travolta Died of "Seizure," Body to Be Cremated
John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16-year-old son, Jett, who had a history of health problems, was killed by a "seizure," according to the death certificate issued today.
While the official results of an autopsy today have yet to been publicly announced, mortician Glen Campbell of the Restview Memorial Mortuary in the Bahamas confirmed to E! News that cause of death was a seizure and "there was no sign of head trauma."
"The body was in good condition," Campbell said.
A source close to the proceedings also told E! News that a preliminary report on Jett's death determined "there is no foul play," corroborating what a Travolta family lawyer initially stated last Friday.
"It is not a suspicious death. The body wouldn't already be turned over to the mortuary if there was anything suspicious," the source said. Autopsies are standard procedure in the Bahamas in cases of sudden death.
Bahamian Minister of Health Hubert Minnis did not say when, or if, the autopsy findings would be made public. Bahamian official and close Travolta family friend Obie Wilchcombe tells E! News that the autopsy was completed at 12 p.m. local time.
Mortuary director Keith McSweeney also confirmed that Jett's body is being cremated. "The remains will be turned over to his family tomorrow," he said.
Lindsay Blogs About Not Breaking Up
Lindsay Lohan has used her blog to do some important stuff, like support Obama and diss her dad. And now she's using it to deny that she and her frequent sparring partner, Samantha Ronson, have broken up.
In an entry titled "Rumors" and dated Monday, Lohan writes on her MySpace Celebrity blog:
"little piece of TRUE information...we did NOT break up!"
A source close to the actress told E! News today that the rumors weren't true, but the missive follows a statement she made to Life & Style denying the split after Access Hollywood, TMZ.com and various celeb-gossip landing sites reported that the two were over.
"access hollywood, extra, et, every tabloid, page six... AND every GOSSIP website," Lohan continues. "Get your stories straight please. It's really annoying to have all of your friends emailing you saying, i saw, i read, etc... NOT TRUE
":) xoxox Lindsay"
Well, at least she's still in good enough humor to write "xoxox."
Spoiler Chat: Guess Who May Have a Secret Son?
Oh, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, you sneaky devil. You always keep us guessing—even from beyond the grave!
Even though he is fully dead on Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural and Weeds, that didn't stop JDM from schtupping Izzie (Katherine Heigl), and now, bearing fruit to one of the biggest, jaw-dropping, show-changing plot twists we've heard all TV season long. (Honest engine.)
Turns out, Jeffrey may be a daddy to a secret son on a certain show, and this certain show will be changed forever because of this upcoming plot twist.
So which show is it? And what else is in store for faves like Lost, 24, Private Practice, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl? Here's the exclusive scoop, courtesy of your Q's...
Patricia Arquette Cuts Her Husband Loose
On the job, Patricia Arquette sees dead people. In real life, she sees divorce lawyers.
The Medium star has filed for divorce from her husband of two and a half years, Punisher hero Thomas Jane. (View the petition.)
She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, according to documents filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The duo, who swapped vows May 15, 2006, have a 5-year-old daughter, Harlow Olivia Calliope. Per her petition, Arquette is requesting sole legal and physical custody of the child, with visitation privileges for Jane.
Update
What's a Scientology Funeral Like?
Given the sad news about Jett Travolta, I got to wondering: What is a Scientology funeral like?
—Deb, Skokie, Ill.
There are funerary customs specific to Scientology, the longtime religion of John Travolta and his family. (FYI: Other superfamous Scientology adherents include Tom Cruise, Beck and My Name Is Earl castmates Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee.) A hallmark of Scientology is the belief that humans are immortal spirits, or thetans—beings who have lived many lifetimes and whose potential is unlimited.
A funeral, therefore, focuses on the departed like this...
Afternoon Fix: Is This What Courtney Love Wears When She Crazy Blogs?
• If it blogs like a crazy blogger and looks like a crazy blogger, it's probably Courtney Love. No doubt, we would blog thousands of words of nonsense if we wore this to work.
• Sharon Osbourne demonstrates how to solve arguments the Charm School way: Pour wine on the smack talker, then yank out her weave.
• Gwyneth Paltrow cares enough about our holiday weight gain to offer up her personal detox menu. Everyone say thanks, Gwynnie.
• Now is not the time for this, Tom Cruise.
• It's the Obama girls' first day of school and, yes, the pictures are adorbs.
• Katie Holmes dropping $14 million in New York City over the past six months is not enough to save the economy—apparently, she needs to step it up and cut it out with all the real estate.
Party's Over for Jennifer Love Hewitt and Fiancé
Ghost Whisperer Jennifer Love Hewitt's engagement to Ross McCall has fizzled into silence.
"They broke up over the holidays and have ended their engagement," a source close to the couple told People. "They're both really sad about this. Even their friends are surprised; they seemed really happy. Everyone just wants the best for both of them."
The actress, 29, got engaged to the Band of Brothers star in November 2007 after two years of dating. The pair never set a wedding date—or, if they did, they only spoke of it in hushed tones.
With her immortalized (in song, at least) wonderland bod back in shape, surely there will be plenty of men who can't hardly wait to spend time with Love.
Tim Allen Offers Condolences to Travoltas
As a father himself with another child on the way, Tim Allen can sympathize with John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
Allen, who costarred in the hit biker comedy Wild Hogs with Travolta, today expressed his heartfelt prayers to his friend in the wake of Jett Travolta's unexpected death Friday.
"Jane, Kate and I wanted to extend our condolences to John, Kelly and Ella. We know how much they loved and adored Jett, and words cannot express how sad we were to hear about his passing," Allen said.
Al Franken Squeaking Into Senate Seat
Apparently Al Franken is good enough and smart enough—and at least 225 people like him more than the other guy.
The political humorist and former Saturday Night Live writer-actor is poised to join Congress as a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota after the state's Canvassing Board on Monday finally certified the results of his hard-fought battle against incumbent Republican challenger, Norm Coleman.
The final tally showed Franken 225 votes ahead of Coleman, the teensiest of margins compared with the millions of votes that usually separate two candidates.
Briefly addressing reporters outside his Minneapolis home, Franken said he was "humbled" and prepared for the job.
But while the Senate might want to brace itself for a whiff of Air America, Coleman is unwilling to go down without a fight. Another fight, that is.
Attorneys for the one-term senator told the Minnesota Star-Tribune that they will be filing a lawsuit opposing the results within 24 hours, calling the numbers "invalid and unreliable."
Superstars of Dance Clicks; Lipstick Jungle Doesn't
Weekend TV's Big Winners: Dancers, or, as they should now be called, Prime Time's Most Bankable Kind of People.
Last night's two-hour premiere of NBC's Superstars of Dance (10.5 million overall viewers, per Nielsen estimates) drew more eyeballs at 10 p.m. than either CBS' all-new The Unit (9.7 million) or ABC's all-new Brothers & Sisters (9.2 million). The latter show won the hour in the 18-49 demo.
Weekend TV's Shakiest Return: Oh, sure, ABC's Desperate Housewives (14.3 million) was down nearly 2 million viewers from its last new episode, but that's nothing—after all, excluding football, the series was Sunday's No. 1 show in viewers and adults 18-49.
No, the shakiest return was posted on Friday by NBC's Lipstick Jungle (4.2 million).





