A CROWNING MOMENT – – Hollywood’s Queen of Gossip, Hedda “the Hat” Hopper, is shown with Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n’ Roll
in this 1960 publicity photo from Hopper’s second autobiography “The Whole Truth and Nothing But” (1963 Doubleday $4.95). A clever charity event using hats as a fun theme is held by the Women’s Association of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Society (WANISS), which is holding its annual May Wine Brunch at 10 a.m. May 28, 2009 in the ballroom of the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville, Ind. (Archive Image courtesy of Doubleday / NOT for sale via The Times) Passionate views, pointed criticism and critical thinking are welcome. Name-calling, crude and profane language and personal abuse are not welcome.