Grease, 20 years on - 7 Tage

Translation from German:

After 20 years Grease returns with hot dance scenes.

They danced and acted their way into the hearts of audiences, becoming the dream couple of teenagers.

It's been exactly 20 years since the world's youth were gripped by Grease fever. Girls wanted to look like Olivia Newton-John and wore petticoats again, while boys slicked their hair back to thick layers of pomade like John Travolta.

Now Grease, the most successful musical film of all time (150 million people saw it in 1978), is back in our cinemas. The two stars of yesteryear — their fame hasn't brought them only happiness.

Cancer threatened to destroy her life. Olivia was just forty when the doctor gave her the devastating diagnosis: breast cancer! After the operation, the mother of one daughter (now 12 years old) fell into a deep emotional crisis. Her marriage broke down.

Olivia: There was the shock, the thought that I was going to die... Only now do I know that cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence!

She bravely fought the deadly disease — successfully. The Australian native, who divides her time between her old home and her house in Malibu near Los Angeles (USA)

She says seriously: The illness changed my life. I now advocate for environmental protection because I am grateful to be on this earth and alive!

What does she think about Grease 20 years later? It’s a timeless musical. Back then, teenagers were thrilled, and today’s generation will like the film too. My daughter Chloe, for one, is crazy about it — and not just because her mom is in the movie.

She still keeps in touch with her former partner, John Travolta. We’re still good friends, says the singer. And he hasn’t always had it easy either.

At the height of his fame as a dancer, his great love, the actress Diana Hyland, 18 years his senior, died of cancer. For a long time, the heartthrob couldn’t get over her death. The disco king and actor faded from the public eye.

Only his colleague Kelly Preston was able to bring him back to life. The two have been happily married since 1991 and have a son (6). With love came success. In 1994, John Travolta played a psychopathic killer in (Pulp Fiction) and has been a superstar in Hollywood ever since.

Photo captions: Olivia (49) is proud of her daughter Chloe (12): She pulled me out of a deep depression.
Olivia keeps returning to her homeland: She grew up on this farm in Australia.
She beat cancer and can laugh heartily again, just like she did in the cult musical. The magnificent house of the Grease star in Malibu. Olivia lives here with her daughter.
It's been a long, long time since Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta sparked Grease fever among teenagers.
The estate of the former disco king in the US state of Maine: Travolta is having a landing strip built for his airplane next to the house (20 rooms). Family outing: John Travolta (44) with wife Kelly and son Jett (6) at Disneyland in Los Angeles