James Franco receives Harvard's Hasty award

James Franco, known for his work as Harry Osborn in the "Spider-Man" trilogy, his acclaimed performance in the film "Milk" and his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of James Dean on TNT, will receive Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatrical's 2009 Man of the Year award next Friday, Feb. 13.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Renee Zellweger will receive her Pudding Pot on Thursday, Feb. 5--an honor given by Harvard's undergraduate drama troupe--preceded by a parade in Cambridge's Harvard Square where the star will be escorted in a convertible followed by several Harvard men dressed in drag. The Hasty Pudding ceremony will take place at the university's renovated New College Theatre, 10-12 Holyoke St.

Last year, Christopher Walken and Charlize Theron were honored as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Man and Woman of the Year.

Click here for the lowdown on Harvard's Hasty Pudding.