Since when do whales swallow people? Well, since this week, apparently; a man kayaking off the coast of Chile was briefly engulfed by a humpback whale. True, he wasn’t swallowed — the whale ...

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A kayaker has told of the moment he thought he was about to be swallowed and eaten by a humpback whale in southern Chile. Adrian Simancas was paddling off the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on ...

Fraser’s casting in “The Whale” — and his own body’s changes, not to the extent of 600 pounds but still weight beyond what mainstream Hollywood finds acceptable in a leading man — lends precious ...

I’m fat. There’s no getting around that. So, unsurprisingly, The Whale – a story about an overweight man – had potential to be a deeply personal film for me. Writing about it, even more so.

"It felt like we had won the World Cup of Paleontology." A family on vacation was doing some beachcombing in October when they stumbled upon a 12-million-year-old whale skull that's believed to be the ...

I knew before seeing "The Whale" that it was a movie about a man named Charlie who weighs over 600 pounds, is grief-stricken over the death of his partner, and is effectively trapped in his ...

Guy Branum, an actor, TV host and comedian who had a role in the recent romantic comedy “Bros,” has also been outspoken about his objections to “The Whale” and its portrayal of fat people.

"The Whale winning for best makeup is so upsetting to me bc like ... you just won an award for making a skinny guy fat? Neat," one Twitter user wrote. Some experts have argued roles like this ...

Darren Aronofsky’s remarkable “The Whale” makes waves in two ways: for Brendan Fraser’s astounding and incredibly compassionate portrayal of an obese man seeking redemption, and as an ...