John Travolta won an award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema for his role in Hairspray.
 His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, but he enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994), and went on to star in films including Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), Hairspray (2007), and Bolt (2008)
Travolta was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2007 and acts as the award show's official ambassador

