Celebrity & Culture

She has earned countless awards for her singing and songwriting talents. She has made numerous philanthropic and charitable efforts. She has performed for the…

Marilyn Denis has a new office. When we arrive at Bell Media Studios for our interview, the blinds of this office are drawn and…

For all the grand spectacle and movie magic that continues to test the limits of creativity and imagination, the best of what films have…

Due to the curious way in which the Olympic calendar works, and the fact that the world doesn’t too often send the Games to the southern hemisphere (save…

There was recently a rather large kerfuffle involving the NFL and certains acts of free speech, and I think that regardless of your (surely…

It began rather quietly as a DVD mail-order service; it arrived on the streaming scene with a bang. Consumers were intrigued and bewildered, and…

Sam Roberts, of Sam Roberts Band, has been a steady player in the Canadian music scene for well over a decade. From the scrappy…

In an attempt to codify and condense its massive slate and offer a better experience for filmgoers, the Toronto International Film Festival, one of…

Louis C.K. is the everyman of comedy. He exists in an easily recognizable space, as far as comics go: he appears, at surface value,…

Late last year, the world lost an immeasurably talented and influential man when musician, poet, and all around beloved artist Leonard Cohen passed away. Cohen…

Marilyn Monroe: one of the most beautiful, fascinating stars to have graced our screens, and one whose untimely passing has served, in a sense,…

It’s back. HBO’s much lauded, much loved Game Of Thrones will go down in history as one of the most expensive television shows of…

The power of successful filmmaking rests in its ability to tell you compelling stories, regardless of whether you may be unfamiliar with them. The…

Standing at a staggering six-foot-three, Lucky Blue Smith, a nineteen-year-old bleached blond Mormon from Utah, has been making waves in the male modeling industry….

It’s a fairly regular occurrence that networks and studios simply recycle and repurpose stories we’ve already seen on screen. In a world of sequels,…

In times of crisis, when there is only darkness, heroes will rise. When facts don’t matter, when shame is non-existent, and when the ignorant…

Chef Claudio Aprile is a storyteller. We arrange to speak over the phone about the upcoming launch of his new Toronto restaurant, Copetín, and…

The latest superhero series on Netflix, Iron Fist, is the latest story under attack for whitewashing. Aloha was condemned a couple of years ago, and last year it was Gods…

Of the many pop culture phrases we throw around in careless abundance, ‘guilty pleasure’ might be among the most popular, especially when we have so much…

One of the most popular annual music festivals exists in a curious space: it’s both widely defined and ill defined. Massive, varied, and all consuming by those who attend, it…

The one thing most television viewers can agree on is that if you’re going to watch Game of Thrones, you need to make sure you…

Young stars have enjoyed a healthy love affair with grey hair in the last year. Celebrities too young for silver strands of their own…

While attending the College of Creative Studies in Detroit in 2010, Veronica Scott was challenged to create a product that filled an actual need…

One of the more admirable qualities of most well-adjusted human beings is the capability, or at least potential, to reflect fondly on the past, regardless of…

Over the last five years or so, our collective consumption of pop culture can be summed up in one word: binge. From the advent…

Powered by its undying love to celebrate itself and honour every film that makes Hollywood (and filmmaking) look wonderful, the Academy sometimes swings and…

“I don’t read cosmo for politics. You’re not the nytimes.” — @MercedezGossard “Cosmo covering US politics?! Definitely is entertainment now…” — @AnitaSharma “Cosmo, stick…

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but here at KHACHILIFE, we believe in spreading the love year-round. So, keeping that in mind, we’ve compiled…

Be it drama or comedy, or whatever exists in between, most television series have a crutch they can’t help but lean on: creating endless scenarios and…

Chalk it up to Pinterest or perhaps Instagram, but there has certainly been a rising interest in paper art over the past couple of…

Be it a former criminal who dons a suit that makes him an ant, a pure-hearted patriot given super strength and super handsomeness, or…

It’s an inevitable part of the calendar, whether we like it or not (almost certainly not), and regardless of how optimistic we are (it’s false…

2016 is drawing to a close, and we here at KHACHILIFE are using this time to reflect on our literary adventures this past year….

Harrods — London, England This uppercrust shopping destination, located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, has wowed visiters for over 160 years and is the biggest department store…

This just in: no one drank eggnog at the Nativity. Shocked? No? Of course you’re not. There has been an increasingly blurred line between…

The slow, reluctant death of cable is entering its final stages; the end is inevitable, and it will be the sports that finally cut…

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers! It’s a special time of year, bookended by important holidays. And while it’s a time for eating,…

What a great time it is to be an adult child! Not only have millennials and their ilk given legitimacy to careers such as…

Inexplicably, a beloved 80s movie was remade for modern audiences with the gender roles reversed, and neither did the world come to an end…

The seasons and months have changed, and the start of October presents a curious time on the calendar. It’s almost an unofficial New Year’s:…

A couple hundred films and 10 days later, the Toronto International Film Festival came to an exhaustive and exhausting ending. Only 340 more days until…

Instagram can sometimes feel like a treasure hunt: the search for that beautiful landscape photo or well curated #interiorinspiration post can be made difficult…

Last night’s debate was, amongst many other things, a sign that we are nearing the final stretch of what has been (regardless of which…

You don’t have to venture too far out into the world to encounter people who aren’t particularly self-aware. Whether that involves those with heads…

“We were living in this beautiful country where anything was possible, and dreams really could come true if you worked hard enough,” says Jeanne…

The massive, ever-moving mechanism that is the National Football League knows no limits as it continues its quest for world domination. America’s most popular…

It can be at once overwhelming and exhilarating, a mélange of anticipated movies, lavish parties, celebrity, beauty, and excess. It’s the start of September…

It’s one of the most exciting times of year if you’re a movie fan. It’s one of the most stressful times if you’re a…

Where there is more Bloodline, there is also Stranger Things. Another season of Orange Is The New Black comes with announcements of Bojack Horseman….

A celebration of athletics, competition, camaraderie, and in more than a few instances, costumes, the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Games have come and gone….

It was inevitable that after becoming a record-setting, critically and publically praised, Tony Award-winning revelation of a musical, Hamilton was eventually going to be adapted…

This summer, like every summer, movie theatres are crowded with sequels, remakes, revisions, re-imaginings, and all other euphemistically described films that are glorified recycled…

We are well past the time when online dating was seen as something rare, strange, especially dangerous, and exceedingly ostracizing. While the narrow-minded among…

Due to general laziness and a narrow scope of vision, major studio films tend to rely on the same cinematic tropes and genre conveniences…

It’s not that you can’t enjoy both The Big Bang Theory and Arrested Development, but it’s hard to believe that you could love them…

There exist a lot of moving parts that go into telling a story on film, and from the script to the screen, plenty can…

One of the biggest documentary festivals in the world is underway, and through no fault of its own, Hot Docs can be kind of…

I imagine at one point or another, most of us have been perusing Amazon or walking into some media store, noticed a sale for…

Location – it may not be everything, but it surely counts for something when it comes to film. Location is key, especially when the setting of a…

‘Timeless’ is often an adjective thrown around too often when it comes to praising films. There are indeed iconic movies that transcend the period…

Somewhere in the dark and ominous woods, under a bleary grey sky, lives the titular figure in Robert Egger’s terrifying new horror film The…

The single life can be a bit of a challenge for people who insist on finding love the good old-fashioned way. But when you…

If you’re reading this, congratulations – you survived what is likely the most divisive day of the year. There are those holidays and celebrations that some…

In his new, exceedingly optimistic documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore travels around Europe, adopting progressive and beneficial ideas to bring back to…

With New Year’s resolution follow-through already starting to dwindle, it’s time to find new and exciting ways to spice up 2016. For those of…

When you were a child, what did you dream of becoming when you grew up? Were you encouraged to reach for that dream or…

Alan Rickman, award-winning actor whose formidable body of work spanned over forty years, has passed away at the age of sixty-nine. According to a…

“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I’ve…

Self Improvement It’s the end of the first full week of January, that curious part of the calendar where lofty New Year’s resolutions come…

Depending on how much time you spend in coffee shops and retail stores, or with your family, the spirit of Christmas is eventually inescapable….

With the holidays upon us we find ourselves rushing around from store to store in a mad dash for gift buying and party prepping….

With the month of December come festivity and revelry, lights and music, reflection and optimism. But for some, it may be a little too…