Daily TV and radio guide Nov 6, 2009
Shallow Hal 6:30 p.m. (FX). A playboy (Jack Black) falls for a 300-pound woman. (Boston Globe)
* OTHER RELEASES Aug 14, 2009
This Japanese comedy may sound like a cross between Shallow Hal and that awful Jackie Chan (s) movie The Tuxedo, but reviewers in Japan and Hong Kong think some might get a kick out if it. Those not in the mood to be reminded of the superficiality of physical beauty are better off seeing Orphan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Thursday TV: True Beauty Aug 12, 2009
It's like the premise of the awful Farrelly brothers film Shallow Hal, which could only demonstrate the obese heroine's inner beauty by having Jack Black visualise her as Gwyneth Paltrow. Similarly, the "winner" of True Beauty gets to appear in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People edition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wall Street Journal, in article on cankles, calls Hillary Clintons office for comment Jul 24, 2009
The word cankle entered the pop-culture lexicon around the time actor Jason Alexander's character in the 2001 movie "Shallow Hal" used the expression. "It's like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman," Mr. Alexander says as he critiques an overweight woman. (Harper's Magazine)
Trying to Keep Up with Jim McIlvaine Jul 5, 2009
com: So is there any true to you being in the movie Shallow Hal and if so what was it like to work with Jack Black ... Next thing I know I got a call from the Farrlley brothers asking me to be in Shallow Hal. (CollegeInsiders.com)
The year's scourge of summer? Cankles Jul 2, 2009
Jason Alexander's jerk character in the movie Shallow Hal explains it best: "She's got no ankles. It's like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman.". You know the look. (MSNBC -- Health)
Review: 'Year One' with Jack Black Jun 20, 2009
Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic. Friday, June 19, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle)
READERS VS. CRITICS Jun 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009. What is your favorite 21st century remake of an American film. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jim Carrey, Sean Penn And Benicio Del Toro Cast As Three Stooges Mar 26, 2009
The Farrellys, makers of such beloved crude films as "There's Something About Mary" and "Shallow Hal," have been trying to reinvent the Stooges for more than a decade. In that time, various rumors have had them doing everything from making the boys into girls to casting and. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Laugh and let live Mar 18, 2009
Dr. Michael Miller of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore tells me he assembled volunteers a few years ago and played DVD clips from the television show "Saturday Night Live," and such movies as "Shallow Hal," "Something About Mary" and "Kingpin" to get them laughing. Then to shut down the positive effects and induce stress, he screened the opening battle scenes from "Saving Private Ryan.". (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Journey To Destruction Mar 13, 2009
Conservatives: Don't you just love it when Anne/PA verbally slaps Shallow Hal silly. I think he comes back again and again because he's into Internet Sbr> (). (Townhall.com)
Lifestyle guru? Mar 1, 2009
" Paltrow, 36, whose next role will be as Pepper Potts, the saucy sidekick in the Iron Man sequel, said she did not want to be away from her children more than once a year to make movies. In particular, starring roles can be too time consuming. She has also said that roles aren't as plentiful when an actress gets into her late 30s (though some of her contemporaries, such as Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Connelly, might dispute this). And while Paltrow may have appeared in some... (The Age, Australia)
