Academy Award winners Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken will
add another trophy to their collection—a Hasty Pudding award.
The awards, announced Thursday, are given each year to
performers who have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to
the world of entertainment" by Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard
University, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe.
Theron will be honored Feb. 7 with the traditional Woman of the
Year parade and roast, and Walken will be similarly celebrated as
Man of the Year during a tribute Feb. 15.
Theron, 32, won the best actress Oscar for her performance as a
serial killer in 2003's Monster. She was nominated again
for 2005's North Country and has appeared most recently in
In the Valley of Elah.
Walken, 64, won a best supporting actor Oscar for his
performance as a troubled Vietnam vet in 1978's The Deer
Hunter. He was nominated again for 2002's Catch Me If You
Can and was featured in the 2007 films "Hairspray" and
Balls of Fury.
Last year's recipients were Ben Stiller and Scarlett
Johansson.
In a spoof of the awards, Paris Hilton was named Harvard
Lampoon's Hastiest Pudding of the Lampoon Award. The
26-year-old actress-socialite be on campus Feb. 6 to pick up the
honors.
(Agencies via China Daily January 25, 2008)
