Jason Segel named Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has named actor and writer Jason Segel as its 2012 Man of the Year. Segel, who also is a producer, joins actress Claire Danes, who last week was chosen as Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year festivities will be held on Feb. 3. The producers of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Jyotika Banga ’13 and Mary Jane Sakellariadis ’13, will host a celebrity roast for Segel and present him with his Pudding Pot at 8 p.m. in the newly named Farkas Hall. A press conference will be held at 8:30 p.m. That evening, the Hasty Pudding also will open its 164th production, “There Will Be Flood.” Segel’s films have helped to define the changing landscape of American comedy. In 2008, he wrote and starred in the smash hit “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” which grossed more than $100 million worldwide and spawned a sequel, “Get...