Full Name: Ernest Evans Profession: Singer and Dancer Biography: Chubby Checker will forever be remembered for kicking off a dance craze that took hold of the early countercultural generation in the 1960s. In 1960 he released "The Twist", a cover of a song by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters. Checker's song topped the Billboard Hot 100 twice, and kicked off the Twist dance craze, which spread around the world. He would repeat the success - though not on the same level - with the song "

Most films from Sweden are either saturated with sex or infatuated with Ingmar Bergman, or both. In two mettlesome new movies, a pair of little-known Swedish directors make no effort whatever to change the subject, which is still man-woman-mattress, but they owe little more to Bergman than full-bodied performances by several of his favorite actors. Both films display a strong personal style, evidence that Sweden’s movie industry may be thriving on an infusion of warm blood.

The celebrant was joined by friends and family at the Oriental hotel for a remarkable evening of sites, sounds and class. The luxury themed party gave an ambience of a royal celebration with great music, an array of the finest meals, and a steady supply of Johnnie Walker’s Blue Label. With the glitz, glam and energy that illuminated the space, we could not miss the bubbly nature of the celebrant, one that exudes the reward of resilience and hard work.

Hazing had been particularly rough that Hell Week night. Next morning at one University of Washington fraternity house, a dozen “pledges”—all overseas veterans—packed their bags and walked out. Said a spokesman: “No 18-year-old kids are going to warm our bottoms.” At Northwestern University, a sophomore “active” ordered a pledge to light his cigarette for him. The pledge, an ex-major in the Air Forces, gave the sophomore and his brothers heated and specific instructions about how they could dispose of his pledge pin.

There haven’t been many sitcoms centered on a lesbian character since Ellen and The Ellen Show, but Ellen DeGeneres is hoping to change that with One Big Happy. The talk-show host is the executive producer this time around, not the star — that job goes to Elisha Cuthbert. She plays Lizzie, a sweet but uptight woman who decides to have a baby (platonically, not the old-fashioned way) with her straight best friend Luke (Nick Zano).