People, Jan. 15, 1979

"Too much heaven," say the Bee Gees in their No. 1 single, and the folks at UNICEF agree. To kick off the U.N.'s International Year of the Child, the Bee Gees have donated their percentage of the profits from their newest hit song to Music for UNICEF, a special project of the organization. "My conscience tells me I'm making too much money not to give some to underprivileged children. They're the defenseless ones," says Barry Gibb, the group's chief songwriter. The Bee Gees joined with TV Personality David Frost and Film Producer Robert Stigwood to persuade ten other rock luminaries to hand over their earnings from a song, old or new. Rod Stewart selected Maggie May, John Denver Rhymes and Reasons. This week the musicians are gathering at the U.N. General Assembly to sing their songs in a concert televised to more than 70 nations. More artists are expected to kick in songs in years to come, giving UNICEF a long-term windfall estimated at $100 million.

It was S.R.O. in the chambers of the Virginia state senate. The attraction? John Warner was being sworn in as a U.S. Senator while his wife Actress Elizabeth Taylor looked on. Swathed in a boa and regal in a large fur hat, she held the Bible for her husband and reverentially cast downward her famous violet eyes. After the ceremony, the press rushed over, not to find out Warner's congressional plans, but to hear what role Liz would play as a Senate wife. One thing seems certain: she will attend the regular Tuesday Red Cross meetings of the Senate Wives Club. "I'm dying to," she says. "I am a Senator's wife and I want to be. I love it."

No time for breakfast at Tiffany's, or lunch either for that matter. Audrey Hepburn has given up her leisurely life as a Roman housewife to make her second film in a decade, her first since Robin and Marian in 1976. In the movie version of Sidney Sheldon's bestseller Bloodline, Hepburn plays the heiress to a large pharmaceutical empire, who takes over the company when her father (James Mason) is killed in a mysterious mountain accident. Sheldon's heroine was in her 20s, but the film's Fair Lady is more mature. "I like my wrinkles," says Hepburn. At 49, she wears them very well indeed.

Australian Soprano Joan Sutherland agrees with Rodgers and Hammerstein that there is nothing like a dame. "I love England's royalist traditions," said she after being named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. British Singer Gracie Fields was also dubbed a Dame in Her Majesty's New Year's Honors List, and Australian Auto Racing Great Jack Brabham was knighted. A lesser title (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) went to Yorkshire Veterinarian James Herriot, author of the bestseller All Creatures Great and Small, and British-born Pop Singer Olivia Newton-John. As for Sutherland, the honor will make little change in her activities. "How could it?" asks Dame Joan, 52. "I am solidly booked for the next 3½ years."