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Oscar Winner Charlize Theron Feted at Harvard

Posted by on February 08th 2008 to Events, Famous People Tagged boston, cambridge, charlize-theron, harvard, harvard-university, hasty-pudding, hasty-pudding-theatricals, massachusetts, new england, parade, pudding-pots, the-pudding, woman-of-the-year

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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Paris Hilton Conquers Cambridge

Posted by on February 08th 2008 to Events, Famous People Tagged boston, cambridge, harvard, harvard-lampoon, harvard-university, hastiest-pudding-of-the-lampoon-award, lampoon castle, massachusetts, new england, paris-hilton, woman-of-the-year

…and gets called Woman of the Year by Harvardians, too!
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton came to Cambridge on Wednesday just as first threatened, I mean reported last month, and lots of people hit the streets to get a glimpse of Her Royal Blondeness.
Tons of thanks to the tres cool Cambridge Chronicle for actually shooting footage of the non-event and uploading it to YouTube for hundreds to ogle. I share the video with you below — watch at your own risk.

Paris Hilton: Woman of the Year

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Paris in Cambridge in February

Posted by on February 06th 2008 to Events, Famous People, Lunch Hour Fun Tagged boston, cambridge, harvard, harvard-lampoon, harvard-university, hastiest-pudding-of-the-lampoon-award, lampoon castle, massachusetts, new england, paris-hilton, woman-of-the-year

It’s Paris time!
Remember when everyone was talking about how 26-year-old hotel heiress Paris Hilton would be in town soon to accept her award as Harvard Lampoon’s Woman of the Year? Well, get excited — or not — because today is that day!
That’s all. I have nothing else to say except if you’re a Paris fan, try Harvard Square sometime in the daylight hours around lunch time. The Lampoon website advises interested parties to arrive early at the Lampoon Castle for the free public event since space is limited.
Oddly, no address is provided, but I’m nice and tracked it …read more

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Pudding Pots for Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken

Posted by on January 24th 2008 to Events, Famous People Tagged boston, cambridge, charlize-theron, christopher-walken, harvard, harvard-university, hasty-pudding, hasty-pudding-theatricals, man-of-the-year, massachusetts, new england, pudding-pots, the-pudding, woman-of-the-year

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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Harvard’s Getting a Hilton

Posted by on January 16th 2008 to Events, Famous People Tagged boston, harvard, harvard-lampoon, harvard-university, hastiest-pudding-of-the-lampoon-award, massachusetts, new england, paris-hilton, woman-of-the-year

Unbelievable. Of all the members of the female gender in the world, Harvard University’s gleefully juvenile, occasionally humorous magazine the Harvard Lampoon has decided to bestow the title of Woman of the Year upon hotel heiress Paris Hilton.
Why? I suspect it’s because the boys who make up the majority of the publication’s staff are itching to see the 26-year-old Internet porn headliner up close and in the (hopefully as close to naked as possible) flesh. Meanwhile, the girls at the magazine likely just want somebody really notorious on hand to help the magazine’s annual ceremony get as …read more