Hal thereafter meets Rosemary, a largely obese woman whom only he can see as a vision of loveliness. But will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis?

The story of Hal Ashby, the New Hollywood’s designated ... Taking swipes at the hypocritical straight world, he made offbeat movies: Harold And Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Being There.

Perhaps by no coincidence, Shallow Hal director Peter Farrelly had a baby daughter named Apple while Paltrow, 52, was filming the movie. Farrelly, 67, wonders whether the actress got the name from ...

Robbins entered the pop culture zeitgeist in 2001 when he appeared in the Farrelly Brothers comedy "Shallow Hal." We asked Robbins to tell us the backstory on how his memorable role in the movie ...