Actor Ivy Snitzer, pictured in 2001, struggled after working as Gwyneth Paltrow's "Shallow Hal" body double. (Vince Bucci / Getty Images) Content warning: This story includes descriptions of eating ...

Gwyneth Paltrow may not remember all the movies she’s been in, but she’ll never forget Shallow Hal — as much as she may want to. In a Netflix video, the Goop ...

Ivy Snitzer had always joked about her size, but when it was magnified on the big screen, her insecurities ballooned — and it proved near-fatal. Snitzer was cast as Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Ivy Snitzer was just a 20-year-old acting student when she was cast to play Gwyneth Paltrow‘s body double in the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal. Though working on the film ...

Ivy Snitzer is sharing how appearing in “Shallow Hal” led to some dark days for her. In an interview with The Guardian, Snitzer talked about having been a 20-year-old aspiring actress when she worked ...

It turns out that Gwyneth Paltrow’s unique baby name isn’t that unique after all. The actress, 52, shocked the world when she named her firstborn child with ex-husband Chris Martin Apple in 2004 — but ...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Shallow Hal” body double is reflecting on the near-deadly eating disorder she developed after the 2001 flick saw her become the target of fat-phobic people. It was the body of ...

Rene Kirby, an actor and gymnast best known for his role in Shallow Hal, has died. He was 70. His brother Jon Kirby confirmed the news to local Vermont publication Seven Days, revealing his sibling, ...

Shallow Hal, the new comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit, is a movie with a message, several, actually. Fat people have feelings—that might be one message. Fat people are all gluttonous ...

After seeing ads for “Shallow Hal,” several friends complained to me about what they saw as an offensive concept: If Hal (Jack Black) has been brainwashed to see only a woman’s inner beauty, then why ...

Age and success have softened Bobby and Peter Farrelly, as “Shallow Hal” demonstrates. Their tendency to make fun of handicapped people now turns to hiring a Vermont man born with spina bifida as a ...

“Shallow Hal” opens with a dying man’s advice to his young son, and they’re words to live by: “Don’t be satisfied with routine poontang.” If part of what people love the Farrelly brothers for is their ...