People.com’s top headline tonight reads: “Angelina: Brad Convinced Me to Get Pregnant.”

You convince someone to believe a certain thing but persuade someone to take a certain action. (Consider the companion terms: convince that and persuade to.)

Brad Pitt convinced Angelina Jolie it was a good idea to have a biological child. And he persuaded her to “get pregnant,” a deed. (One that, we’re convinced, must’ve been performed with great beauty, given the participants.)