John Travolta faced a tragedy as the new year unfold, Chris Brown did the biggest mistake in his life and Natasha Richardson passed away during holiday.
- Dec 28, 2009
AceShowbiz - AceShowbiz, in a bid to mark the end of 2009 and to celebrate the new year, presents its readers with a list of the most memorable moments happening in Hollywood throughout the past 12 months. The list is compiled into Kaleidoscope that will cover happenings occurring in music, movie, TV, as well as the life of celebrities. The Kaleidoscope will be presented quarterly with the first one highlighting significant news happening in between January and March. In each of the months, there will be one highlighted event.
The first trimester of 2009 witnessed bad and good things taking place in the life of famous celebs. There were deaths, accident, run-in with the laws, and break-ups. However, there were also good news, like birth, engagement, and wedding. Not only those good and bad add spice to the famous people's life, but also they teach them one or two life lessons.
JANUARY
The beginning of 2009 turned out to be John Travolta and Kelly Preston's nightmare due to the sudden death of their young son Jett Travolta. The 16-year-old boy passed away during a family vacation in the Bahamas on January 2 after hitting his head on a bathtub while suffering a seizure. The exact cause of his death was ruled as seizure disorder instead of head trauma.
- Other major events of the month:
- Jan 02: John Travolta's young son, Jett Travolta, passed away of seizure disorder.
- Jan 05: Jennifer Love Hewitt and fiance Ross McCall ended their engagement.
- Jan 06: A representative for Alyssa Milano confirmed her engagement to boyfriend David Bugliari.
- Jan 06: Jennifer Garner gave birth to second daughter with husband Ben Affleck.
- Jan 08: Cristiano Ronaldo escaped serious injury in single fatal car crash near Manchester airport.
- Jan 10: Stacy Ferguson and longtime lover Josh Duhamel walked down the aisle.
- Jan 10: Joe Jonas and Camilla Belle made their first outing as lovers.
- Jan 15: Amanda Bynes' representative confirmed she has broken up with Doug Reinhardt.
- Jan 25: Jessica Simpson was mocked by media after displaying fuller figure during on-stage performance.
- Jan 29: Anna Faris' engagement to boyfriend Chris Pratt was confirmed by her representative.
- Jan 31: A shot showing Michael Phelps smoking marijuana from a cannabis pipe hit the web.
FEBRUARY
When the 51st Annual Grammy Awards was just around the corner, people were sent to shock with report of Chris Brown assaulting his lady love Rihanna during a heated argument inside a car in L.A.'s Hancock Park neighborhood on February 8. In between court hearings, another scandal popped out as the picture of Rihanna's battered face was leaked on February 19. Facing two felonies; assault and making criminal threats, Chris escaped jail time after his lawyer scored a plea deal, resulting in him being sentenced to 5 years probation and 180 days of community service.
- Other major events of the month:
- Feb 02: Miley Cyrus was accused to have mocked Asians after playfully slanting her eyes in a photo.
- Feb 06: Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy's engagement was confirmed by their representative.
- Feb 07: Suffering complications from a plastic surgery, Usher's wife Tameka Foster was rushed to hospital.
- Feb 08: Chris Brown battered lady love Rihanna during a heated argument.
- Feb 09: Tiger Woods announced the birth of his second child.
- Feb 12: Kevin Costner welcomed the arrival of his sixth child.
- Feb 14: Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt made their first outing as a couple.
- Feb 14: Salma Hayek married her businessman fiance Francois-Henri Pinault in Paris.
- Feb 14: Adriana Lima and her basketball player fiance Marko Jaric eloped.
- Feb 16: Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia called off their romance.
- Feb 25: Holly Madison and Criss Angel broke up after nearly four months of dating.
- Feb 26: Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen swapped wedding vows in L.A.
MARCH
Natasha Richardson passed away on March 18 after suffering head injury as a result of an accident she experienced during a private skiing lesson on a beginners trail at the Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec, Canada two days before. She was 45 and is survived by actor husband Liam Neeson and sons Micheal Richard Antonio and Daniel Jack. The New York City medical examiner's office confirmed the Tony Award-winning star suffered from an "epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head", which causes bleeding between the skull and the brain's covering that then led to her death.
- Other major events of the month:
- Mar 07: After dating on and off, Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel at last broke up for good.
- Mar 09: Mischa Barton confirmed her separation from Luke Pritchard in a post on her blog.
- Mar 10: Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams got married in a secret ceremony in Savannah, Georgia.
- Mar 14: Twin boys were born for Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller.
- Mar 16: Jenna Jameson gave birth to twin baby boys.
- Mar 17: Christina Ricci's representative confirmed her engagement to Owen Benjamin.
- Mar 18: Natasha Richardson passed away after she was involved in an accident during skiing lesson.
- Mar 23: David Letterman confirmed his wedding to longtime partner Regina Lasko.
- Mar 21: Bruce Willis and his model girlfriend Emma Heming got hitched.
- Mar 31: Alyson Hannigan's representative confirmed the birth of her first child.
