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 ...

Jack Black is now seen as a go-to Hollywood actor. He’s the guy you cast whenever you want to bring an adorkable romantic lead or quirky cartoon character to life. But nearly a quarter of a century ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Gwyneth Paltrow sat down with her assistant and close friend, Kevin Keating, to play a game titled "The BFF Test with Gwyneth Paltrow" Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

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 ...

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of eating disorders. Ivy Snitzer, who played Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in the 2001 film "Shallow Hal," is speaking out about the struggles she has ...

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 ...

Shallow Hal has problems. Not just the jerk title character, played with charmlessness to spare by the usually estimable Jack Black, but the movie itself. Here’s the deal: Hal can’t see inner beauty.