Anne Hathaway has received a good-natured ribbing from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals student drama troupe.
The group’s Woman of the Year was honored Thursday with a parade down Massachusetts Avenue near the university followed by a roast where she received her pudding pot from Harvard men in drag.
She joins a distinguished list of past recipients that includes Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall and Meryl Streep.
Hathaway was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2009 for her role in “Rachel Getting Married.”
After the parade, Hathaway was roasted on stage in typical Hasty Pudding Theatricals fashion where then she slew a “dragon.”
Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Justin Timberlake is to be honored Feb. 5.
Actor playing gay
on “Mad Men” fired
Talk about keeping true to the times. On “Mad Men,” coldhearted, chain-smoking ad man Don Draper unceremoniously fired closeted Salvatore Romano when a spurned gay client tried to out him toward the end of last season. Which means the actor playing Romano gets the boot, too. AMC has failed to renew Bryan Batt”s contract for Season 4. Creator Matthew Weiner told TV Guide that ousting Batt “was a tough moment for the show, but that”s where we are. I know how people felt about Bryan. I obviously love working with him, and he has been an indelible character since the pilot. But I felt it was an expression of the times that he couldn”t work there anymore. It”s the ultimate case of sexual harassment.”
Sen. Brown”s going down
Newly elected Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown”s upset win apparently has given him a big head. He”s challenged President Barack Obama to a two-on-two game of hoops. In an appearance on “The Jay Leno Show” Thursday, he said he issued the challenge when they talked on election night. Brown says he”d team up with his daughter, who plays guard at Boston College. Obama can choose anyone he wants. One word: Kobe.
