Buzz Update: Travolta Extortion Case Begins in the Bahamas, Pearl Jam’s Backspacer Release, Heavy Rains Pound Georgia!

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Lolita Carrico

Travolta Extortion Case Begins in the Bahamas: John Travolta and his family have suffered the worst nightmare of every parent and now they have to go through a legal nightmare!  A court in the Bahamas convened this morning in the extortion case involving the January death of John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son, Jett.  Prosecutors said today that a paramedic who treated John Travolta’s son before he died threatened to release private information unless the movie star paid nearly $25 million dollars. This poor family, my heart goes out to the entire Travolta family.

Pearl Jam’s new release of  Backspacer, the band’s ninth studio CD has grunge fans in heaven!   The band had Brendan O’Brien on board for Backspacer and he has produced some of rock’s greatest albums.

Georgia Floods: Parts of Georgia are under water and seven people have died in the state due to flooding.  The loss of life and property isn’t known at this point but areas around Atlanta were pounded with 15 to 20 inches of rain in the past 3 days.