Goldie Hawn

Samuel L. Jackson

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest dramatic organization, has named its recipients for the 1999 Woman of the Year and Man of the Year awards -- Goldie Hawn and Samuel L. Jackson.

Hawn will lead the traditional parade through the streets of Harvard Square at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, and will receive the Pudding Pot at 2:30 p.m. in the Hasty Pudding Theatre. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 151st production, I Get No Kick From Campaign, will be previewed at 2:45 p.m.

The Man of the Year presentation will be at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 18, before the opening night performance of I Get No Kick From Campaign.

The Woman and Man of the Year awards are presented annually to performers who have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment." Established in 1951, the Woman of the Year award has been given to talented and distinguished entertainers, including Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Glenn Close, Jodie Foster, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, and Julia Roberts. The Man of the Year award was established in 1963 and includes among its past recipients Paul Newman, John Travolta, Robert DeNiro, Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson.

This year's Woman of the Year, Goldie Hawn, is one of the screen's most beloved actresses. She began her career as a singer and dancer in New York, making her breakthrough in television with the classic variety show Laugh-In. She won an Academy Award in 1969 for Best Supporting Actress in Cactus Flower and has since appeared in many successful and critically acclaimed films, including Private Benjamin , Overboard , and HouseSitter . Last seen in The First Wives Club and Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You , she will next appear inThe Out-of-Towners.

The Man of the Year, Samuel L. Jackson, made an indelible mark on American cinema in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction , receiving Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role as Jules, the philosophizing hitman. Honored by the New York Film Critics Circle and the Cannes Film Festival for his work in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever , he also received Golden Globe nominations for Jackie Brown and A Time to Kill . Other film credits include The Negotiator , Eve's Bayou , and the upcoming and highly anticipated Star Wars: The Phantom Menace .