The bearded fellow you see at left is back in the Soviet Union-again as a spy, but not as James Bond. Moreover, he`s in the KGB`s good graces thanks to Gorby`s glasnost. Sean Connery, 59, is in Moscow and Leningrad to film ”The Russia House,” based on the John Le Carre novel. He plays a book publisher recruited by British intelligence. ”Of course the KGB has a dossier on me,” chuckled Connery. ”That`s why they let me in.” Over the weekend, he tried his hand at Moscow`s first driving range, the Tumba Golf Club. Examine his shoes closely-until recently, no one came close to filling them as 007.
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CAR WASH BLUES: A WIPEOUT The end is at hand for Pat Galati and his ”historic” car wash near Los Angeles. Having lost his ”Save Our Corner” battle to gain landmark status for the `50`s style business-despite national publicity, which is what counts in Tinsel Town-Galati announced the closure of his ersatz antique in Studio City ”as soon as we run out of gas.”
NANCY POINTS HER FINGERS It`s the eve of publication for Nancy Reagan`s long-awaited dissection of husband Ronnie`s presidential appointees. Judging from Newsweek excerpts, no one except Ronnie is spared her venom: White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan ”often acted as if he were president” and, according to Mrs. Reagan, should have assumed responsibility for the Iran-contra scandal because it occurred ”on his watch”; CIA chief William Casey undoubtedly helped orchestrate Iran-contra, but he ”wasn`t thinking clearly” because of a brain tumor; Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III ”weakened both the Justice Department and the presidency” by hanging around too long; Budget Director David Stockman was ”a shrewd and crafty man” who violated the president`s trust; Jim Baker`s ”main interest was Jim Baker”; Alexander Haig, who was Reagan`s first secretary of state, was ”power hungry” and ”obsessed with matters of status.” As for herself, the author of ”My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan” purrs innocently, ”I tried very hard not to be vindictive.”