John Travolta Wins Germany’s Golden Camera Award

John Travolta and Kelly Preston
John Travolta and Kelly Preston

The famous Saturday Night Fever star John Travolta will be honored a German Golden Camera Award. Golden Camera Award is Germany’s top entertainment award that will be honored to John Travolta on the 46th German Golden Camera Award Ceremony.

John Travolta has been well known ever since he performed in the TV Series Welcome Back, Kotter and also gained much popularity as a result of box office hits such as Grease and Saturday Night fever. He has also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is an all in one personality.  He is an actor, producer, dancer, singer and a writer.

This is not the first time the versatile John Travolta has been hitting the screen with millions awaiting. He has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor twice. But this award is indeed an honor for the pulp fiction star.

Germany’s Golden Camera is basically a Film and Television award that is honored annually. It is awarded by the TV magazine ‘HORZU’. The model of the award was created by Wolfram Beck, a German artist. The award weighs approximately 900 grams and is 10 inches high. It is gold plated. Initially in the late 1960’s, it was awarded for Television purposes. It was in 1987, when the award included both film and television.

The 46th Golden Camera Award will honor John Travolta with the best international actor. The award ceremony will be held at Berlin on 5th February. HORZU magazine recognizes John Travolta as the best actor in the world.

The HORZU magazine also said that John Travolta astonishes audience with his versatile roles and he is very sensible at picking his roles. His versatility shows his courage. HORZU have not yet announced the recipient of other international awards. Other categories include best music artist, best actress and lifetime achievement award.

John Travolta said that this award is a huge honor for him. He also said that he was proud of his work and it was wonderful to get his work recognized in such a way. Travolta is bonded with Kelly Preston who has been a well wisher for Travolta. She has been through thick and thin, even at the death of their child Jett at Bahamas during a holiday vacation.

The Golden Camera will honor film and TV at the 46th ceremony. The award is gold plated replica of the first electronic TV camera and weighs 18 carat.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston had a baby boy ‘Benjamin’ last November. John Travolta also said that many positive things have happened to him and his family in the last few months.

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