John Travolta: 'Grease' Celebrates 40th Anniversary!

John Travolta hits the stage to give a speech at the 2012 AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring Shirley MacLaine held at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday (June 7) in Culver City, Calif.

The 58-year-old actor led a tribute to Shirley, along with other AFI guests Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts.

Meanwhile, John‘s hit musical Grease recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of when it opened on Broadway! John filmed Grease back in 1978.

10+ pictures inside of John Travolta honoring Shirley MacLaine at the 2012 AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony…