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John Travolta Kirstie Alley in "Look Who's Talking", which grossed $297 million making it his most successful film since "Grease". Next came "Look Who's Talking Too" (1990) and "Look Who's Talking Now" (1993) but it was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit "Pulp Fiction" (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career revived. The movie shifted him back onto the A-list, and he was inundated with offers. Notable roles following "Pulp Fiction" include a movie-buff loan shark in "Get Shorty" (1995), an FBI agent and terrorist in "Face/Off" (1997), a desperate attorney in "A