Charles Bronson, 52, told PEOPLE he hoped to change his tough-guy image. "Someday I would like to have a part where I can lean my elbow against a mantelpiece and have a cocktail," the actor said.
Rocky Start
President Gerald Ford nominated former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, 66, as the 41 st Vice President of the United States on Aug. 20, filling a vacancy created when Richard Nixon resigned and Ford replaced him. Rockefeller (with Henry Kissinger and Betty Ford, left) declined to run with Ford on the 1976 presidential ticket. He died in 1979.
BORN THIS WEEK
AUG. 21, 1974
Amy Fisher
Flick Outs
The Girl from Petrovka, in which Goldie Hawn (left), 28, played a young Russian in love with an American newsman, opened to chilly critical reception Aug. 22. The Longest Yard did not fare much better the day before, as critics chided Burt Reynolds (right), 38 for his performance as an imprisoned football star.
THE HOTTEST!
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a tale of Cold War espionage by former British foreign service officer David Cornwell (using his pen name John le Carré), was the nation's bestseller. His latest, Single & Single, was published last spring.
CELINE’S INFERTILITY STRUGGLE: MY PRIVATE HEARTBREAK
Daily injections, painful tests and four failed IVF attempts: The singer, 41, reveal her dreams for a second baby. ‘I’ll try until it works’
