ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

MOVIES

Willis Wins This Year’s Harvard Pudding Pot

Bruce Willis was wearing a wig and gold glitter bra Thursday night when he was crowned Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

“I haven’t seen this many men dressed in women’s clothing since my bachelor party,” Willis quipped after two undergraduates dressed in drag presented him with the brass pudding pot.

In keeping with tradition, members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, an undergraduate dramatic organization, didn’t let Willis off easy.

They forced him to re-enact a scene from “Die Hard,” the action film that made him a star. He had to remove his shoes, pull a bloodstained tank top over his tuxedo and run across bubble wrap--a sendup of the scene in which he runs barefooted over broken glass.

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‘Lagaan’ Grants India a ‘Proud Moment’

The cast and crew of the Indian film “Lagaan” cheered wildly on hearing that the Bollywood musical had been nominated for an Oscar this week in the best foreign language film category.

Only two other Indian films have been nominated for an Academy Award: “Mother India” in 1957 and “Salaam Bombay” in 1988. Neither won.

“We went wild,” said Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of “Lagaan,” which means “tax” in Hindi.

He said the cast and crew held a celebration at the Bombay home of Aamir Khan, the film’s producer and leading man. Said Khan: “It is a proud moment for every Indian.”

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Amnesty International Goes Hollywood

Amnesty International is joining the fray of high-profile post-Oscar parties. Details will be sent around town next week, but Bonnie Abaunza, who heads the nonprofit’s artists relations office, said it is part of a strategy to rejuvenate interest in the organization among stars. In conjunction with another nonprofit organization, Children Uniting Nations, Amnesty will kick off festivities at 5 p.m. March 24 at Robert DeNiro’s Melrose Avenue restaurant Ago.

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TELEVISION

‘Colin Quinn’ Hobnobs With NBC Celebrities

NBC will sandwich the March 11 premiere of “The Colin Quinn Show” between a 90-minute installment of “Fear Factor” and an hourlong tribute to the late comedian John Belushi.

The half-hour show starring Quinn, a former writer and performer on “Saturday Night Live,” will feature a monologue, sketch comedy elements and guest appearances, NBC said.

Its first telecast will be preceded by a celebrity edition of “Fear Factor,” featuring singer Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys and actors Stephen Baldwin and Alison Sweeney. “Quinn” will be followed by the Belushi tribute, marking the 20th anniversary of his death, to be hosted by Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon of “Saturday Night Live.”

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THEATER

Perfect Attendance Doesn’t Matter to ‘Lady’

Martine McCutcheon, who made headlines for frequently missing performances in her starring theater debut, has won an Olivier Award for her performance as Eliza Doolittle in the London revival of “My Fair Lady.”

The win was as surprising as the shutout for the revival of “Kiss Me, Kate,” which had been nominated for nine Oliviers. It lost the award for best musical production to “My Fair Lady,” which also was honored for its choreography, by Matthew Bourne.

Winners of the British equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards were announced Friday by the Society of London Theater.

In another unexpected vote, best play honors went to August Wilson’s “Jitney,” an American import that briefly played the National during the fall.

The favorite for that award was a competing National entry, Charlotte Jones’ “Humble Boy,” which was honored for Marcia Warren’s supporting performance.

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POP/ROCK

Woody Guthrie to Be Honored in Texas Town

As the story goes, Woody Guthrie found his first guitar and began writing music in a Pampa, Texas, drugstore decades ago.

Now, some in the Panhandle town are working to turn the abandoned Harris Drug Store into a tribute to Guthrie, who wrote “This Land Is Your Land” and went on to become a folk music hero.

John Forister, co-chairman of the tourism committee of the Greater Pampa Area Chamber of Commerce, said there’s no set timetable, but the center should be open within a year. It will include a display section, which will have memorabilia and music from various stages of Guthrie’s career.

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QUICK TAKES

To lure more film and TV production, the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill this week that would give filmmakers a 15% rebate on all expenditures made in the state during production.... Prince announced plans Friday for a U.S. tour starting March 1, including an April 20 performance at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.... The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will pay tribute to the famed Brown Derby restaurant with an exhibition of photos, press clippings and memorabilia at its Beverly Hills headquarters, beginning May 10.... Actor James Hong will serve as grand marshal of the first Lunar New Year Parade and Festival on Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the parade at 1 p.m.

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Lee Margulies