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DIED. CHARLES BRONSON, 81, roughhewn Hollywood B actor turned international movie hero; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. Born Charles Buchinsky (a name he worked under until he changed it during the communist-hunting McCarthy era), he brought his low-key macho swagger to such '50s films as Machine-Gun Kelly before becoming a sensation in Europe as the co-star of France's Adieu l'Ami (1968), in which he and Alain Delon played a pair of burglars. In the U.S. he remained a solid, if unheralded, ensemble player in films such as The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape...
Hillary Clinton may have hogged the spotlight this summer with her hot-selling memoir, but this fall her low-key successor, Laura Bush, will be taking her own modest turn in the public eye. Normally publicity shy, the First Lady is raising her profile over the coming weeks, appearing in Ladies' Home Journal, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar and on the Lifetime channel. The former librarian will emphasize her signature issues--reading and teaching--and spend some time raising awareness about a topic that's new to her agenda: heart disease...
...course, while the groups can change behavior, they are not intended to change a kid's underlying personality. Alexander is in many ways still an unusually gentle, quiet kid who says he prefers low-key celebrations of his birthday to large parties with lots of kids. But Peer Play Groups, which he says "helped me so much" and which he has no immediate plans to leave, has enabled him to feel more comfortable in social settings--and more willing to take the risks required for developing closer friendships. At lunch recently, Alexander chatted easily with his buddies about the cello...
...music, and--look at me--I really love the food," the candidate told TIME last week. In Sacramento he is known as affable and competent, though not exactly a pacesetter. But Bustamante, who earned $117,513 in 2001, in contrast to Schwarzenegger's $26 million, is capitalizing on his low-key image and humble beginnings to appeal to the Democratic base and set himself apart from the wealthy Republicans he faces...
...Jones nabbed a slice of the spotlight from today’s pop divas by eschewing the theatrics and focusing on her unique, raspy vocals. The Kingsbury Manx already seem to have learned that a whisper can speak louder than a whoop when it comes to polishing their own low-key tunes. Taking its cue from Britpop, the North Carolina outfit casts a shadowy and intimate tone over its songs, leaving listeners rocking on their country porches and floating away on meditations about cabbages, kings and everything in between. Friday, August 15 at 10:55 p.m. $8. T.T. the Bear?...