A fatsuit is a bodysuit like undergarment used to thicken the appearance of an actress or actor of light to medium build into a heavy set or obese character, in conjunction with prosthetic makeup . Other spellings include fat suit and fat suit . It is usually supposed to provide comedic effect, as in Weird Al Yankovic s music video, Fat song Fat and the video Keine Lust by the German band Rammstein . ref name Daily Mail, Meg Ryan cite news title Actress Meg Ryan, in and out of character during filming with a fatsuit work The Daily Mail url http www.dailymail.co.uk tvshowbiz article 1038336 Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan gains stone donning fat suit.html quote Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan gains ten stone... after donning a fat suit date 25 July 2008 ref Fatsuits may be intended to be either deliberately visible, or invisible. Most are intended as unseen body padding beneath a costume Shallow Hal , The Nutty Professor 1996 film Eddie Murphy s Klumps , others appear as realistic flesh and are viewed directly Fat Bastard character Fat Bastard in Austin Powers in Goldmember Austin Powers , Tom ... a fatsuit rather than just a weight belt is needed. Several celebrities noted for their slimness ... Air has Will wearing a fatsuit when a personal trainer dares him to feel what his overweight uncle ... Lopez TV series George Lopez features Ernie with a fatsuit and prosthetic makeup. The Hairspray 2007 film 2007 film version of Hairspray has John Travolta wearing a fatsuit to secure the role of Edna ... fatsuit, and nothing more than this. ref Cite news title Big Momma s House 3 once, twice, three times ... series Friends , the fatsuit has recurring appearances. Once in an alternate reality where Joey is married to Monica, and several other times where Courteney Cox wears a fatsuit to accommodate Monica ... pmwiki pmwiki.php Main FatSuit Fat Suit at TV Tropes Category Underwear Category Costume design Clothing stub de Fatsuit ... more details
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BLP sources date August 2011 Amy Linker born October 19, 1966 is a former child actress . Her most notable role was perhaps as co starring as Lauren Hutchinson on the TV show, Square Pegs , ref name Chance2011 cite book last Chance first Norman title Who Was Who on TV url http books.google.com books?id sMB1MHrE3oYC&pg PA246 accessdate 17 August 2011 date 2011 01 07 publisher Xlibris Corporation isbn 9781456824549 pages 246 ref in which she wore fake brace orthodontics brace s and a fatsuit . Career Before Square Pegs , Linker was in the short lived TV series Lewis & Clark TV series Lewis & Clark , which ran one season from 1981 to 1982. After Square Pegs , Linker voiced the character of Robin on the animated Mister T TV series Mister T series in 1983. After the show ended she went back to school. In 1985 she was in the science fiction film D.A.R.Y.L. as a secondary character. In 1989, she graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in French language French studies. In 2007, Amy won the Viewers Choice Award for Most Beautiful Braces at The TV Land Awards based on her performance as Lauren Hutchinson in Square Pegs . Personal life Linker attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California and Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts camp. She now works as a substitute teacher. References Reflist External links IMDb name 0512921 http www.tvland.com awards2007 allaccess video bonus Amy Linker on TVLand.com http www.tvguide.com celebrities amy linker 189459 TV Guide celebrity profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Linker, Amy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Linker, Amy Category 1966 births Category Living people Category American child actors Category American television actors Category Wellesley College alumni US tv actor 1960s stub US voice actor stub ... more details
Infobox person name Philip Wiegratz image caption as Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory birth date Birth date and age 1993 2 17 mf y birth place Colbitz , Germany Philip Wiegratz born February 17, 1993 is a Germans German child actor . His filmography consists partly of adaptations of popular English and German children s books. Wiegratz is best known for his 2005 portrayal of the greedy Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . He nonchalantly attended a casting call with no expectations of landing any particular part, but caught the attention of a casting director and was placed on a shortlist for the role of Augustus. Wiegratz returned for several callbacks and eventually landed the part, which marked his English language film debut and also required him to wear a fatsuit instead of getting fat on his own terms. He performed his own stunts in the scenes of Augustus falling into the river in Wonka s Chocolate Room. This was on the CATCF Different Faces, Different Flavors DVD featurette. That same year, he also appeared in Es ist ein Elch entsprungen international title A Christmas Carol , adapted from the Andreas Steinh fel storybook of the same name. ref name AS http www.goethe.de kue lit prj kju aut sz ste wer en1746334.htm Andreas Steinh fel Goethe Institut Literature Portal ref In 2006, Wiegratz starred in the eponymous film version of Cornelia Funke s Wild Chicks Die Wilden H hner as a member of an all boys group called the Pygmies, and returned for a sequel the following year. Both pictures were commercial successes, and he and several co stars were guests on the German children s television program KI.KA Ki.Ka Live on April 2, 2007. Filmography Es ist ein Elch entsprungen 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 Berndivent one episode, 2006 Wild Chicks Movies Die Wilden H hner 2006 Die Wilden H hner und die Lie ... more details
BLP sources date July 2011 Cordula Stratmann born 1963 in D sseldorf , Germany is a German comedian. After taking the Abitur school leaving examination, she studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine Westphalia , in Cologne . During her work at the family counselling section of the Pulheim youth welfare office she also trained as a family therapist. For the carnival season in 1992, she invented the character Annemie H lchrath . Stratmann had her first television appearances as the host of the comedy shows Manngold and Sonst gerne on tm3 and on ZDF . In 1998 she acted in Zimmer frei as Annemie H lchrath . In 2001 her first stage programme Andererseits wiederum followed. In the years 2002 to 2004 she had a show called Annemie H lchrath Der Talk on Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR , and in September 2004 she started an improvisation comedy show Schillerstra e . ref http www.gala.de stars ticker BSBS95208 Cordula Stratmann und Annette Frier kollaborieren.html Cordula Stratmann und Annette Frier kollaborieren , Gala.de, 12 February 2010, retrieved 2011 07 30 ref In October 2001 Stratmann was nominated for the Deutscher Comedypreis German Comedy Award as Beste Komikerin best comedian . In October 2002 another nomination followed, and in 2005 she finally won the award for Schillerstra e , as Beste Impro Comedy best improvisational comedy show . In November 2005 her management confirmed the rumor that she was pregnant. To hide her pregnancy, her Schillerstra e character became very fat by means of a fatsuit and finally had to go to a diet camp. On 31 March 2006 she gave birth to a son, Emil, from her marriage with Rainer Osnowski. Awards Deutscher Comedypreis German Comedy Award 2005 Beste Komikerin Best Comedian German Comedy Award 2005 Beste Impro Comedy Best Improvisational Comedy Show Deutscher Fernsehpreis German Television Award 2005 Beste Comedy Best Comedy Show Goldene Kamera 2007 Comedy See also German television comedy List of Germ ... more details
Infobox film name Frankenhooker image Frankenhooker.jpg writer Robert Bob Martin br and Frank Henenlotter starring Patty Mullen , br Louise Lasser , br James Lorinz director Frank Henenlotter producer James Glickenhaus editing Kevin Tent production companies Levins Henenlotter released April 1990 Houston International Film Festival , June 1, 1990 distributor Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment runtime 85 min. language English budget 2,500,000 music Joe Renzetti Frankenhooker is an American black comedy black comedy horror film that was released in 1990. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley s novel Frankenstein , the film was directed by Frank Henenlotter and stars James Lorinz as medical school drop out Jeffrey Franken and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen as the title character who wears a fatsuit in the beginning of the film . Plot When his gorgeous fianc e goes to pieces in a freak lawnmower accident, aspiring mad scientist Jeffrey Franken is determined to put her back together again. With the aid of an explosive superdrug, he sets about reassembling his girlfriend, selecting the choicest bits from a bevy of raunchy New York prostitutes. But his bizarre plan soon goes awry. His reanimated girlfriend no longer craves his body... she craves every body And, for money, she ll love anyone... to death http www.hkflix.com xq asp filmID.539743 qx details.htm Cast James Lorinz as Jeffrey Franken Joanne Ritchie as Mrs. Shelley Paul Felix Montez as Goldie Joseph Gonzalez as Zorro the Pimp Patty Mullen as Elizabeth Shelley J.J. Clark as Mr. Shelley Carissa Channing as Dolores Shirl Bernheim as Elizabeth s Grandmother Judy Grafe as Newscaster Helmar Augustus Cooper as Detective Anderson Louise Lasser as Jeffrey s Mother John Zacherle as Weatherman Charlotte J. Helmkamp as Honey Lia Chang as Crystal Kimberly Taylor as Amber Shirley Stoler as Spike the Bartender Ari M. Roussimoff as Zorro s Customer Releases Frankenhooker was released on home video in both rated and unrated vers ... more details
Infobox Film name Love on A Diet image Love on a Diet film.jpg caption director Johnnie To br Wai Ka Fai producer Johnnie To br Wai Ka Fai writer Wai Ka Fai br Yau Nai Hoi narrator starring Andy Lau br Sammi Cheng music Cacine Wong cinematography Cheng Siu Keung editing Law Wing Cheong br Wong Wing Ming studio flagicon Hong Kong One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. One Hundred Years of Film br flagicon Hong Kong Milkyway Image distributor flagicon Hong Kong China Star Entertainment Group released Hong Kong 21 June 2001 runtime country FilmHong Kong language Standard Cantonese Cantonese Japanese language Japanese English language English budget preceded by followed by Love on a Diet zh t is a Hong Kong films of 2001 2001 Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai , starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng . The movie reunites Lau and Cheng, who last paired up in 2000 s Needing You... . For their roles, both actors play obesity obese characters and had to wear fatsuit s with prosthetic makeup . Plot Mini Mo Sammi Cheng is a Hong Kong resident living in Japan . She suffers from Major depressive disorder depression , low self esteem and a binge eating disorder the result which sees her suffers from extreme obesity . A failed suicide attempt causes her to meet Fatso Andy Lau , a Hong Kong salesman working in Japan who, too, like her, is obese. Mini sticks with Fatso everywhere and Fatso, after being vexed by her initially, discovers the reason behind her depression. Mini cannot forget her former boyfriend, Kurokawa, who is now a world famous pianist . Ten years ago, the two had pledged to meet at the foot of Tokyo Tower on the night of their break up. Mini is fearful of meeting Kurokawa in her present size. Touched by her story and her sweet nature, Fatso promises to whip her back into shape. After trying desperate means of losing weight such as swallowing tapeworm s and exercising to Dance Dance Revolution , Mini fi ... more details
Infobox Chinese Film name Running on Karma image Running on Karma.jpg image size caption Movie poster traditional simplified director Johnnie To br Wai Ka Fai producer Johnnie To br Wai Ka Fai writer Wai Ka Fai br Yau Nai Hoi br Au Kin Yee br Yip Tin Shing narrator starring Andy Lau br Cecilia Cheung br Cheung Siu Fai music Cacine Wong cinematography Cheng Siu Keung editing Law Wing Cheong studio One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. br Milkyway Image distributor flagicon Hong Kong China Star Entertainment Group released start date 2003 9 27 df y runtime country flagicon Hong Kong Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong language Cantonese English language English Hindi language Hindi budget gross HK 26,339,848 Running on Karma zh t s Literal Title Big Guy Big Guy has big wisdom , also known as An Intelligent Muscle Man , is a Hong Kong films of 2003 2003 Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong film , produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai . It is ultimately a Buddhism Buddhist parable about the nature of karma . There were some cuts in the Mainland China edition to meet the requirements for release there. This is the second film starring Andy Lau in which he wears a prosthetic suit. In his previous film, Love on a Diet , he wore a Fatsuit fat suit , while in this film, he wears a muscle suit. Plot Big Andy Lau was a Bhikkhu Buddhist Monk , but he gave up this occupation when he realized he could see a person s past life, which would mean he would be able to predict what would happen to that person because of Karma. Big then became a bodybuilder and worked in a strip bar when he ran into Lee Fung Yee Cecilia Cheung . Lee was working as a undercover cop in the Criminal Investigation Department CID which busted Big in his strip show, but Big became entangled in another police case to catch a murderer when he tried to escape. While Big was running away from Lee s pursuit, he saw a police dog and has visions of the dog s previous life. The dog was previously ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup February 2010 refimprove May 2010 FORCETOC Infobox television show name Llena de Amor image File Poster llena de amor 500x645.jpg 250px genre Comedy br Drama br Telenovela creator director creative director developer Rossana Negr n starring Ariadne D az br Valentino Lan s br Altair Jarabo composer opentheme Llena de Amor performer Luis Fonsi country Mexico language Spanish num seasons num episodes 206 list episodes executive producer Angelli Nesma Medina camera runtime 42 45 minutes network Canal de las Estrellas picture format 480i SDTV , 1080i HDTV audio format first aired May 3, 2010 last aired February 13, 2011 preceded by Hasta Que El Dinero Nos Separe followed by Una familia con suerte website http www2.esmas.com entretenimiento telenovelas llena de amor Llena de amor full of love is a Mexican Spanish language Spanish language soap opera , produced by Televisa , that began airing in 2010. ref name tvyespectaculos0407 cite web url http www.tvyespectaculos.com 2010 04 07 primer promo llena de amor title Primer Promo Llena de amor es accessdate 2010 05 03 author date April 7, 2010 work publisher www.tvyespectaculos.com ref It is a remake of the 2002&ndash 2003 Venezuela n telenovela Mi Gorda Bella , ref name telenovelasAltair http www.telenovelasyestrellas.com 2010 05 altair jarabo to play bad girl in llena.html Altair Jarabo to play the bad girl in Llena de Amor es telenovelasyestrellas.com Retrieved 2010 05 08. ref which itself was inspired by the 1999&ndash 2001 Colombia n telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea . Llena de amor is about Marianela, an overweight girl, played by Ariadne D az an average weight actress who wore a fatsuit for the role , who is caught up in a set of family intrigues when she moves in with her aunt and uncle after becoming an orphan. The show premiered on May 3, 2010 in Mexico. Citation needed date April 2010 It is produced by Angelli Nesma Medina. ref name tvyespectaculos0407 It formally aired in the United States on ... more details
men who have portrayed Edna, Travolta appeared onscreen in a large Fatsuit fat suit , and required ... of Edna, ref name FatSuit cite web last Washington first Julie title North Olmsted native Tony Gardner ... from the chest upwards. ref name FatSuit The suit provided the additional benefit of covering Travolta ... FatSuit Shankman s inspirations Shankman included a lot of winks to films that influenced his work on Hairspray ... more details
. To portray his character, Cruise used a fatsuit, fake large hands, and a bald cap. A man wearing ... that Cruise don a fatsuit , large prosthetic hands, and a bald cap. ref name TrailerEddie ref .... ref name cieply In November 2007, images of Cruise wearing a bald headpiece and a fatsuit ... more details
Infobox television show name Ugly Betty image File Ugly bety header.jpg 250px genre Comedy drama creator Fernando Gait n developer Silvio Horta presenter starring America Ferrera br Eric Mabius br Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa Williams br Becki Newton br Judith Light br Ana Ortiz br Tony Plana br Michael Urie br Mark Indelicato br Daniel Eric Gold br Alan Dale br Christopher Gorham br Ashley Jensen br Rebecca Romijn br Kevin Sussman narrated theme music composer Jeff Beal opentheme endtheme country United States language English num seasons 4 num episodes 85 list episodes List of Ugly Betty episodes producer executive producer Salma Hayek br Silvio Horta br Ben Silverman br Jose Tamez br Joel Fields location New York City Pilot Ugly Betty Pilot and Seasons 3 4 br Los Angeles Seasons 1 without Pilot Ugly Betty Pilot 2 br London runtime 42 minutes network American Broadcasting Company ABC picture format 480p Standard definition television SDTV , br 720p High definition television HDTV ABC HD, br 1080i High definition television HDTV Channel 4 HD, 7HD audio format first run first aired start date 2006 9 28 last aired end date 2010 4 14 preceded by followed by related Yo soy Betty, la fea website DO NOT CHANGE CREATED TO DEVELOPED , SILVIO CREATED UGLY BETTY WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM BETTY LA FEA Ugly Betty Do not change is to was. This is incorrect as per http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Manual of Style 28television 29 Lead paragraphs it still sounds like bad grammar, I made a comment about this in the lead paragraph discussion page you linked to an American comedy drama television series developed by Silvio Horta , which premiered on American Broadcasting Company ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. ref http blog.zap2it.com frominsidethebox 2010 02 ugly betty finale set for april.html Ugly Betty Finale Set for April , Zap2It.com , February 4, 2010 ref The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gait n s Colombian t ... more details
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