{"id":284245,"date":"2026-02-10T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/284245\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:46:09","slug":"batman-returns-to-accept-his-pudding-pot-harvard-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/284245\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman returns \u2014 to accept his Pudding Pot \u2014 Harvard Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hasty Pudding Theatricals\u2019 59th Man of the Year recipient, Michael Keaton, reprised his role as Batman on Friday night in Harvard\u2019s Farkas Hall to try to capture an evasive foe \u2014 an Academy Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight you\u2019ll be facing your greatest opponent \u2026 a villain you\u2019ve never been able to capture,\u201d Hasty Pudding producer Cate Schwarz said, poking fun at Keaton\u2019s lack of Oscar wins before handing him a sword to fight off a gold statue.<\/p>\n<p>Keaton, who was roasted as part of Hasty\u2019s Man of the Year tradition, has starred in movies such as \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d\u00a0\u201cSpotlight,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming.\u201d Despite not winning an Oscar, his performance in the film \u201cBirdman\u201d earned him a nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Keaton with his pudding pot and getting kisses.\" class=\"wp-image-423258\" height=\"992\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/020626_HastyMOYRoast_690.jpg\" width=\"1488\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Holding his Pudding Pot, Keaton receives kisses from Natalie Krevitt (left) \u201926 and Cameron Miller \u201926.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Veasey Conway\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Keaton installing the \u201c2026 Michael Keaton\u201d plaque. Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Michael Keaton tours Farkas Hall.\" class=\"wp-image-423254\" height=\"992\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/020626_Hasty_MOY_Tour_1055.jpg\" width=\"1488\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Keaton installs his name on the plaque in Farkas Hall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Niles Singer\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Keaton onstage at Farkas Hall.\" class=\"wp-image-423257\" height=\"992\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/020626_HastyMOYRoast_321.jpg\" width=\"1488\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Downgraded from his original role in \u201cThe Founder\u201d to an employee, Keaton hands over a burger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Veasey Conway\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Keaton (center) poses for a photo with the Radcliffe Pitches. \" class=\"wp-image-423255\" height=\"992\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/020626_Hasty_MOY_Tour_0970.jpg\" width=\"1488\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Prior to his roast, Keaton was serenaded by the Radcliffe Pitches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Niles Singer\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p>\n<p>Keaton also starred as McDonald\u2019s entrepreneur Ray Kroc \u2014 which the theatricals spoofed by having Keaton serve up a staggering five-patty burger on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been in this glitzy business for so long, you probably don\u2019t even remember what it\u2019s like to have a minimum-wage job,\u201d Schwarz said. \u201cSo that\u2019s why tonight, we\u2019re creating the sequel to \u2018The Founder\u2019: \u2018The Employee.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keaton took the jokes in stride and was beaming by the end of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be around young people,\u201d he said. \u201cTrust me when I tell you, it\u2019s so much more fun than old people, and based on all these students I met today, I\u2019m ridiculously encouraged about this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keaton added that this was actually the second time he was invited to be the Man of the Year \u2014 he was asked more than 30 years ago to accept the award but declined because of a conflict filming a movie. That, he added, was a decision he regretted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over 35 years they didn\u2019t invite me again,\u201d he said. \u201cNot too hasty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hasty Pudding will honor the 2026 Woman of the Year, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2026\/01\/michael-keaton-and-rose-byrne-named-hastys-man-and-woman-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Byrne<\/a>, with a roast on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hasty Pudding Theatricals\u2019 59th Man of the Year recipient, Michael Keaton, reprised his role as Batman on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10493,146,878,145741,85,46,2045,21403],"class_list":["post-284245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards-honors","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-harvard-history","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-students","tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}