PEOPLE Celebrate the 70s: 1976 Edition
Celebrate The ’70s: 1976 Edition
1976: Never A Dull Moment
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76 Icons • IN OUR BICENTENNIAL THE ‘THREE LITTLE GIRLS WHO WENT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY’ RIVALED RED, WHITE & BLUE AS THE YEAR’S MOST POPULAR TRIO. EVEN NOW, CHARLIE’S ANGELS, ROCKY BALBOA AND THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE ERA REMAIN INDELIBLE
At The Movies • JESSICA LANGE MADE HER SCREEN DEBUT WITH A VERY BIG COSTAR, ONE OF SEVERAL MEMORABLE PAIRINGS: HOFFMAN & REDFORD, STREISAND & KRISTOFFERSON AND DE NIRO TALKING DOWN HIS OWN CREEPY REFLECTION WITH A LINE PEOPLE STILL CALL OUT TO HIM TODAY
On The Tube • ALONGSIDE SO-CALLED ‘JIGGLE TV’WERE FAMILY-FRIENDLY VARIETYSHOWS STARRING REAL AND FICTIONAL BROODS—AND A LOT OF SEQUINS. ALSO GETTING AIRTIME: SINGLE WORKING GALS AND THE CATCHIEST CIVICS LESSON EVER SUNG
The Sound of ’76 • FORMER SUPREMES LEADER DIANA ROSS EMBRACED DISCO AND SET A NEW CHART RECORD. ALREADY A SOLO STAR, ELTON JOHN HAD A HIT DUET, WHILE BOWIE WAS CHANGING HIS TUNE AND NEW WAVE AND PUNK TOOK OFF AT A DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY DUMP CALLED CBGB
Books • THREE BESTSELLERS GRIPPED THE NATION, ONE FORCING US TO CONFRONT THE WORST OF U.S. HISTORY, ANOTHER EXPLORING A FAMILY TRAGEDY AND ONE WITH AN IMMORTAL ANTIHERO. AUTHOR ANNE RICE TALKED ABOUT HER STILL-SEXY VAMPIRE
In The News • HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! DURING THE BICENTENNIAL WE CELEBRATED DEMOCRACY, WELCOMED THE QUEEN AND PARTIED ACROSS THE LAND
Sports • TWO OLYMPICS IN THE SAME YEAR? SCORE! (THAT’S HOW THEY USED TO DO IT.) SKATER DOROTHY HAMILL REMEMBERS HER VICTORY IN INNSBRUCK. AT THE SUMMER GAMES, A ROMANIAN GYMNAST AND AN AMERICAN DECATHLETE OWNED THE SPOTLIGHT IN MONTREAL. ON THE TENNIS COURTS, EX-FIANCÉS JIMMY CONNORS AND CHRIS EVERT WERE THE CHAMPIONS
Fashion • OUTFITTING CELEBRITIES, WORKING WOMEN OR DISCO QUEENS, A FEW DESIGNERS BECAME STARS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT STORE—AND CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WAY WE DRESS TODAY
Passages • WHO GOT HITCHED (FRANK), WHO GOT DITCHED (ZSA ZSA), WHO DID BOTH (LIZ!). ALSO: A FOND FAREWELL TO LEGENDS OF STAGE, SCREEN, PAGE AND INDUSTRY AND A CROP OF BABIES WHO GREW UP FAMOUS
Class of ’76 • BEFORE THEY WERE ACTORS, MUSICIANS OR MOGULS—THEY WERE SENIORS
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