The awards are given to performers who have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment." Last year's honorees were Halle Berry and Richard Gere.

    The Woman of the Year festivities will be held on Friday when Johansson will lead a parade through the streets of Cambridge. Following the parade, the president of the theatricals, Joshua Brener, and the vice president of the cast, Justin Rodriguez, will roast the celebrity and present her with her Pudding Pot in the Agassiz Theatre.

    The producers of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Evan Eachus and Scott Wilmore, will roast Stiller and present him with his Pudding Pot Feb. 23 in the Zero Arrow Street Theatre.

    The Woman of the Year award was first given in 1951. Prior recipients include Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, and Meg Ryan.

    The Man of the Year award was established in 1963. Its past recipients include Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, and Bruce Willis.

    Johansson, a four-time Golden Globe nominee and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winner, has proven to be one of Hollywood's most talented young actresses. She received rave reviews and a best actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her starring role opposite Bill Murray in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation."

    Johansson portrayed the title character in "Girl With a Pearl Earring," a film adapted from the novel of the same name about the painter Johannes Vermeer. Other film credits include "The Girl With a Pearl Earring," "The Horse Whisperer," "Ghost World," "The Man Who Wasn't There," "The Island," "North," "Just Cause," "Manny & Lo," and "In Good Company."

    She appeared opposite John Travolta in "A Love Song for Bobby Long," which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination (her third in two years.) Recently she was seen in Woody Allen's "Match Point," for which Johansson received her fourth Golden Globe nomination in three years.

    A New York native, Johansson made her professional acting debut at the age of 8 in the Off-Broadway production of "Sophistry," with Ethan Hawke, at New York's Playwright's Horizons.

    Ben Stiller is an actor, director, producer, and writer who continues to imprint his unique comedic and dramatic perspective on film, television, and stage.

    Stiller can currently be seen in Shawn Levy's box office hit "Night at the Museum," co-starring Robin Williams and Owen Wilson. Stiller has starred in numerous major motion pictures including "Meet the Parents" and its sequel "Meet the Fockers," "Dodgeball," "Along Came Polly," "Starsky and Hutch," "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Keeping The Faith," "There's Something About Mary," "Permanent Midnight," "Mystery Men," "Your Friends and Neighbors," "Zero Effect," and "Flirting With Disaster."

    Stiller directed, co-wrote, starred in, and produced "Zoolander." Stiller made his feature-length motion picture directorial debut in 1994 with the critically acclaimed "Reality Bites," in which he also co-starred. He also directed Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick in "The Cable Guy."

    In the spring of 2005, Stiller completed a successful run Off-Broadway in Neil LeBute's play, "This Is How It Goes," at New York's Public Theatre. Stiller will next be seen in the upcoming untitled Farrelly brothers comedy, which re-teams Stiller with the writing-directing team of Peter and Bobby Farrelly, due in theaters Oct. 5.

    (Agencies)