Suddenly-likable New Jersey Governor Chris Christie swung by the Late Show with David Letterman last night (with doughnut in hand) and poked fun at himself, Letterman, and his favorite fat jokes that ...

Are gibes that poke fun at plus-size people funny or offensive? Sept. 28, 2010— -- Fat jokes may be taboo or strongly discouraged at home and at work, but they're the bread and butter, the meat ...

For years, the ‘funny fat friend’ was one of the few ways fat women were allowed to exist on screen. Loud, self-deprecating, endlessly available for mockery, the fat actress was never the lead unless ...

Hollywood has a tendency to reduce its fat characters to comic relief. In the few instances when a fat character is more complex, the role often goes to a famous actor in a fat suit, such as Brendan ...

"Love Actually" director Richard Curtis said he regrets making jokes about weight in his films, calling those jokes no "longer funny." The British director and screenwriter of films like "Notting Hill ...

“Love Actually” writer-director Richard Curtis admitted at the Times and Sunday Times’ Cheltenham Literature Festival (via Today) that he regrets the many weight-centric jokes he wrote into his 2003 ...

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