Mr Hamm has been named 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
The Theater group which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world's third-oldest still operating said Hamm will receive his Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Jan.31. Afterwards, he will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding Theatricals'176th production, "101 Damnations".
"Let's hope our roast doesn't give him any heart palpitations _ he's had enough drama with that," Producer Willow Woodward said in a statement, referring to fate of Hamm's character in the last episode of the 2024 Paramount+ series "Landman." "But with his work ethic, we're confident he'll take on our stage with as much grit as Texas oil fields. He's the perfect man to strike gold and earn his Pudding Pot this January"
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Mr Hamm was at 2025 Sony Open week
It’s a beautiful day for golf and such a great event that gives so much back to the community. The people of Sony were kind enough to ask me to come on down to play. It’s my second time coming down here to play golf, so I dig it.”
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A rep for Bub City tells PEOPLE that Hamm casually walked onstage as Lloyd Snyder of Lloyd Snyder & the Big Rig Band handed him a mic. "Jon's here," Hamm announced to the packed crowd, prompting lots of cheers and clapping.
“All right, Jon, welcome to Chicago,” Snyder said, as he pointed the actor toward the lyrics screen.
"Chicago's wonderful, but I'm from St. Louis,” Hamm then said, jokingly adding, “Calm down, everyone.”
According to Bub City's rep, the actor was in town for the NHL Winter Classic, which saw the Chicago Blackhawks face off against the St. Louis Blues at Wrigley Field on New Year's Eve.
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annual fantasy football league at Shakey’s Pizza in L.A
Mr Hamm was at the Sundance Institute Gala at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley.
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Mr Hamm was at The Elvis Suite for an interview with Elvis Mitchell... Sundance Fest.
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Mr Hamm was at the Variety & Audible's Cocktails and Conversation at Sundance Festival.
A. Lipstadt, Alia Shawkat, Ana de Reguera, Hamm, Kate Navin, B. Carrigan, R. Ghiazza.
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Jon Hamm is redonning his fedora for the role of Jack Bergin, an FBI agent turned private investigator, in the new Audible original series “The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery.”
The eight-part series, created by John Mankiewicz and directed by Aaron Lipstadt, is a sequel to Audible’s cinematic audio drama “The Big Lie” from the duo. The new season debuts exclusively from Audible on April 24. Hamm leads an all-star cast in “a riveting tale of corruption and displacement in 1950s Los Angeles,” according to Audible...
In the upcoming installment, Hamm is joined by returning cast members Ana de la Reguera and John Slattery, alongside newcomers Alia Shawkat, Omar Epps, Erin Moriarty, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sosie Bacon, David Giuntoli and Taylor Zakhar Perez.
The series is written by Mankiewicz, Lipstadt, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne and Katie Pyne and executive produced by Mankiewicz, Hamm, Shawkat, Jason Ross, Colin Moore, Daniel Pyne and Lipstadt.
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"Returning to Jack Bergin’s world for ‘The Big Fix’ has been an incredible experience, and collaborating once again with John Mankiewicz is truly a privilege,” Hamm said in a statement. “This season explores a pivotal yet often-overlooked chapter in 1950s Los Angeles history, and I’m proud to be part of bringing it to light.”
Jon Hamm is redonning his fedora in the audible original series 'The Big fix
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Jon Hamm ‘Stoked’ for Hasty Pudding Roast
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but this was not the first time Hamm was offered the award, he said in an interview Thursday.
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals first reached out “back in the Mad Men days,” but Hamm was “too busy working” to receive the honor, he said.
“I had to regretfully pass and I thought, ‘Oh no. They’ll never ask me again. I’m bummed,’” Hamm said. “Then it came around again.”
“It’s a tremendous honor, and I felt very happy to be considered,” he added.
Hamm said he expects his Man of the Year ceremony to be a “whimsical, light-hearted event.”
“Especially given all of the things that seem to be happening that are bummers in the world, this is one thing that isn’t,” he said. “It’s nice to celebrate a little, to spark a little joy.”
When asked what he expects the Hasty Pudding performers to roast him about, Hamm said there is plenty of material to be found “if you dig around on the internet.”“I have lived half a century or more on the planet, so you don’t get that kind of miles on your odometer without having plenty of embarrassing fodder for a roast,” he said.Still, Hamm seemed unfazed by the prospect of the Theatricals’ scathing comments.
“It’s not my first rodeo,” he said. “I’m happyto take all the slings and arrows that come my way.”
Beyond Friday’s roast and receiving the Pudding Pot, Hamm said he is especially looking forward to the event because of his background as a former theater major and a high school theater teacher.
“Those are my people,” he said of undergraduate theater groups. “I’m happy to be around them for another weekend.”
After Hamm was announced as Man of the Year, Hasty Pudding alumni James M. W. “Jim” Downey ’74 — a former writer for Saturday Night Live — and Peter W. Schandorff ’68, Hamm’s eighth grade history teacher, both reached out to congratulate Hamm on his selection, Hamm said.
Hamm’s friendship with past members of the group also contributed to his excitement to receive the award, he added.
“I have a lot of friends in my world who are members of Hasty Pudding,” he said. “It felt nice to be asked to be in their world for just a little bit.”
Hamm said he hopes to fully immerse himself in his Man of the Year experience.
“I don’t participate in anything halfway,” he said. “I’m very much excited to lean in and jump in with both feet.”
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