The Boston Traveler

On Friday, February 15, I wrote about Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken’s trip to Cambridge to receive his Hasty Pudding Theatrical honor as 2008 Man of the Year. Lucky me, I recently found more in-depth footage of the event in addition to the short video I included with the original article.
If you’re a true Walken lover or just really, really keen to see what a 64-year-old man looks like as he dances while wearing a wig and a bra, check out the extended report that local journalist Joyce Kulhawik presented at exactly 11:10pm on the WBZ-CBS4 newscast that day. …read more

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Tonight at about 8pm EST, ultra popular movie star Christopher Walken graced Cambridge with his presence.
The 64-year-old Academy Award winner was in town to accept the honor of 2008 Man of the Year from Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals troupe, a group of mostly male members who have a thing for dressing up in drag. Even so, their annual celebration of their chosen Man and Woman of the Year always gets lots of press around these parts and the entire world.
Just last week, Walken’s fellow Oscar winner, actress Charlize Theron, stopped by Boston to accept her Pudding Pot for …read more

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Lovely 32-year-old actress Charlize Theron traveled to Harvard University in Cambridge on Thursday and showed everyone what a classy person she is. The occasion was the formal bestowal of a Pudding Pot for being named Hasty Pudding Theatrical’s most recent Woman of the Year.
As is customary, before receiving her honor, Theron participated in a public parade through the streets near Harvard Yard. Tons of onlookers stood nearby to get a look at her and the Hasty Pudding male members dressed up in flamboyant, costume-y drag … but mostly her.
I love the way Theron stated at the beginning of …read more

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Now we’re talking. A mere week ago, Harvard Lampoon members announced their plans to bestow the Hastiest Pudding of the Lampoon Award upon hotel heiress Paris Hilton.
Today, Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has stolen the spotlight entirely by announcing its excellent choices of Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken to become the society’s next Woman and Man of the Year, respectively. According to The Pudding, performers must have made a substantial contribution to the entertainment industry to enjoy those honors.
Theron, 32, received her Best Actress Academy Award for her work in the harrowing 2003 fact-based drama Monster, …read more

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