Zellweger receives Harvard's Hasty Pudding nod

You had me at Harvard? Renee Zellweger, known for her work in "Jerry McGuire," "Bridget Jones's Diary," "Cold Mountain" and her latest fish-out-of-water flick "New in Town," has been tapped as this year's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.

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.

Harvard's Man of the Year award will be announced next week, with a celebration slotted for Friday, Feb. 13.

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

UPDATE: Zellweger apparently spilled the beans to Dave Letterman on the Thursday, Jan. 29 "Late Show" before the Hasty Pudding crew could alert the press. Who knew Zellweger's bee-stung lips were loose?