Ben Stiller and Scarlett Johansson to be honored at Harvard

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has announced that Ben Stiller and Scarlett Johansson are the recipients of the 2007 Man and Woman of the Year awards.

Stiller, star of the recent hit "A Night At the Museum," and Johansson, who appeared in four strong movies in the past year, "have made a lasting and impressive contribution to entertainment,'' Joshua Lachter of the Harvard group told Boston.com. "They also had fantastic years.''

A parade for the Woman of the Year will be at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 through the streets of Cambridge, organizers said. A roast will follow and the Pudding Pot will be awarded at the Agassiz Theater where there will be a preview of several numbers from the Hasty Pudding Theatrical’s 159th production “The Tent Commandments.”

On Feb. 23, the Man of the Year event will take place, with an evening roast and the presentation of his Pudding Pot.

Established in 1951, previous winners of the Woman of the Year award have included Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, Meg Ryan, and, most recently, Halle Berry. The Man of the Year award, established in 1963, has been given to Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, and, last year, Richard Gere.