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Today Parkland, Florida is in mourning. Two days ago, a teenager armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. His Instagram photos revealed a creepy obsession with guns. His old classmates thought he was troubled and his old teachers thought he was dangerous. But…
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As someone who is almost always in the public eye, Kylie Jenner has had to deal with some pretty stressful moments throughout her life. She's encountered a number of legal issues with her makeup line, coped with having her relationships made public from a very young age, and managed to…
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One day we'll run out of natural resources, like oil, fresh water and natural gas. But we'll never run out of Kardashians. Recently Kim Kardashian gave birth to her third child, Chicago, via her surrogate. Then Kylie Jenner gave birth to her first child, Stormi, after months of playing hide-and-seek…
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While many people know and love her only from Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an actress who proved her hey-day wasn't just limited to the nine seasons of the sitcom. In fact, 2017 proved to be a monumental year for the 57-year-old actress. She broke the record for the most Emmys…
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On Wednesday 14th February, a 19-year-old man killed at least 17 people and wounded a further 14 when he shot at students outside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The teenager was apprehended and arrested shortly after the killing spree, and has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. However,…
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As someone who's generally not very good with numbers, I still know that one billion is a very, very large number. Let me write it out for you with all its zeros: 1,000,000,000. See? That's a lot of zeros. With this in mind, I think you and I can both agree that it…
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Sometimes the best way to process unspeakable tragedy, or passionate feelings about political issues, is through art. After Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016, Canadian comic book artist Pia Guerra decided to shift her focus to editorial cartoons. As she explained in an interview, "I felt a need…
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Though it might be tempting to think that our society has made significant strides forwards when it comes to equality of gender and the driving of sexism out of our culture, certain instances make it clear that we still have an awfully long way left to travel. Of course, modern…
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And so, another royal wedding has appeared on the horizon. Kate and Prince William piqued our interest a few years back when they tied the knot with all appropriate pomp, circumstance and decorum, and now Prince the younger (Harry) has finally settled down after - let's face it - quite…
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It's easy to get annoyed on an airplane. The food is terrible, you don't have any space, and sometimes you have the misfortune to sit next to a screaming toddler. But no matter how bad it feels, remember that it could always be worse. Sure, it sucks when you get…
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There's a reason you feel like you haven't seen Jack Nicholson's face in any movies lately, because he's sort of retired from Hollywood. While he never announced anything officially, the 80-year-old reportedly refuses to read any film scripts and decided to slip out of the public eye since 2010. The…
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On Wednesday, America suffered yet another school shooting. 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz stormed into his former high school with a semi-automatic rifle, killing 17 people and wounding 15 others. The warning signs were there - his disturbing Instagram photos, his classmates thought he was troubled, his old teachers aid he wasn't…
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There are plenty of celebrities we see on the red carpet at award ceremonies and other prestigious events and wonder what their lives must really be like. We know they're rich, we know they're famous, we know the clothes they are wearing and the car they drive cost more than…
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While it's hard to recall when exactly the world fell head-over-heels for the powerhouse that is Beyoncé, I think we can all agree that we live in a world that she effectively runs. Queen Bey not only dominates the charts and headlines, but her commitment to social justice and human rights…
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There's a delicate art to throwing shade that not many can pull off successfully. I know that personally, the only time I could possibly manage it is by accident. If I tried to land a sly dig at someone I would probably end up insulting them to their face and…
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Well, our favourite celebrity couple is at it again. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are as good actors as they are experts at trolling each other over social media. The pair married in 2012, and seem to be keeping their marriage alive by slinging cheeky jests at each other on…
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Just when we think we've started to understand current trends, the powers that be at New York Fashion Week throw us another curveball. Whether it's something as pedestrian as double denim or a concept as odd as - I don't know - nose hair extensions, they're sure to have something…
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Some people mark February 14 for Valentine's Day, and others, for the release of the latest Fifty Shades of Grey film. Fifty Shades Freed has just landed in cinemas, and the last instalment of the trilogy sees Anastasia Steele and her brooding lover Christian Grey get married, get pregnant, deal with…
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Donald Trump's first year of Presidency hasn't exactly been smooth-sailing. There have been dismissals, forced resignations, and quarrels with everyone from senior White House figures and heads of state, to the keyboard on Twitter. And this is barring the fact that the 45th President of the United States is a keen…
