The Travolta family came out for the premiere of their new Disney movie, Old Dogs, in LA last night. The film is a rag tag buddy comedy starring Travolta, Robin Williams, and Seth Green. John Travolta’s daughter, Ella Bleu, 9, makes her movie debut in the film, and mom Kelly Preston also appears. This marks the Travoltas first red carpet appearance since the tragic loss of their 16 year-old son, Jett, to a head injury he suffered during a seizure in January.

John said during a press conference for the film that his family is coping with Jett’s death with daily religious counseling sessions through their church, Scientology. Scientology was just convicted of fraud in France. The cult has been under fire for their aggressive tactics with detractors along with their deceptive recruitment practices. It is thought that Travolta may be under pressure to publicly declare his support for Scientology, but his remarks could also be genuine. A lot of people turn to religion during tough times:

John Travolta stepped on his first red carpet since the death of son Jett to promote his new film, Old Dogs, in which his 9-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu, makes her screen debut.

Travolta was joined at the Hollywood premiere Monday night by some of Tinseltown’s top names, including Robin Williams, Tom Hanks and Seth Green.

“John just makes you feel wonderful, there’s a thing about him that you see him and you start to go ‘Wow’, it’s a warmth,” Williams said of his Old Dogs co-star. “I’ve kind of joked that he’s a human panda, you see him and you go, ‘Ahhhh’ and he’s very sweet that way, there’s a kindness that I think radiates from him.”

Travolta broke his silence Monday, as the A-lister said family, friends, religion and therapy have been filling his days, in his first interview since the tragic death.

“We’ve been working very hard every day as a family to heal,” the Pulp Fiction star told USA Today. “We have our own way of doing it, and it has been helping; You need your friends a lot in times like that.”

Jett died at the age of 16 on Jan. 2 from a seizure at the family’s vacation home on Grand Bahama island. The month-long trial of an ambulance driver and a former Bahamian senator accused of attempting to extort $25 million from actor was declared a last month.

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Ella looks so sweet and it’s nice to see this family out together. You can tell that they’re close knit and have a lot of love for each other.

I’m kind of disappointed that Travolta is talking up Scientology, but he didn’t say much about it except that counseling was helping him. To each their own, I guess, and I can’t fault the guy for turning to his religion in a terrible time. When it comes to such a destructive and criminal organization you wish that celebrities would have the sense to break ties, though.

On a lighter note, what is going on with Kelly Preston’s poofy hair? She looks gorgeous and around 10 years younger than her age, 47, but her hair is messy looking and not that cute. At least her outfit isn’t terrible. The dress is kind of plain and sack-like, but she’s worn worse. Remember what she wore to the 2007 Oscars?

Here’s the trailer for Old Dogs. It looks goofy but I laughed a few times.

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