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The wait is finally over! Heated Rivalry lands UK home and air date

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Breaking gay hockey smut-related news incoming: Heated Rivalry is finally coming to the UK! The series, created by Jacob Tiernay and based on Rachel Reid’s beloved MLM romance series, will premiere in the UK and Ireland on Sky and NOW TV from 10 January 2026. As per Deadline: “A deal in the UK had been expected for some time, with multiple buyers understood to have made offers. Comcast-backed Sky has now won out on the show, which is based on Rachel Reid’s ‘Game Changers’ book series, following…

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Drag Race icon Tia Kofi conquers BBC series, donates £5K to LGBTQIA+ charity!

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Tia Kofi has won the BBC’s The Festive Finish Line in what has been described as “one of the greatest comebacks” in the show’s history. The episode, which aired on 16 December, saw the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK icon compete against Tim Vine, Cheryl Baker, Kéllé Bryan and Will Best, as the celebrities raced on moving treadmills for a chance to win £5,000 for their chosen charity. The final came down to Kofi and Best, with the former narrowly defeating the Big Brother host in what he…

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Miles Heizer breaks silence on Boots cancellation: “I’m pretty disappointed”

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Miles Heizer has shared a lengthy statement following Netflix’s highly controversial decision to cancel Boots. On 16 December, Deadline reported that the streamer would not be moving forward with a second season of the gay military drama, which was inspired by former U.S. Marine Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine. The news was met with widespread backlash, particularly as the series was a bona fide success: it debuted with 9.4 million views in its first week — a figure that doubled in its second week after…

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Hudson Williams posts selfie with Jordan Firstman amid Heated Rivalry controversy

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Hudson Williams and Jordan Firstman have seemingly ended their so-called ‘beef’. On 16 December, the Heated Rivalry star posted an Instagram selfie of the pair smoking together, complete with a red heart emoji over the I Love LA alum’s head. Firstman later reposted the image with heart emojis of his own, implying that their feud is now firmly in the past. The moment appears to mark the end of a brief but viral online spat, which began last week after Firstman criticised the sex scenes in Heated…

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Revival of Top Hat falls flat despite some impressive choreography – review

We’d been very much looking forward to Top Hat, which has arrived at London’s Southbank Centre this Christmas as part of a national tour. The original 2011 stage adaptation of the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie swept the Oliver Awards, picking up Best New Musical; this revival, first produced earlier this year at the Chichester Festival Theatre, opened to rave reviews. It’s also directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, who was responsible for the incredible choreography we saw in the dazzling revival of Anything Goes at…

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End draws David Eldridge’s trilogy to a satisfying conclusion at the National Theatre – review

It’s taken us about eight years, but we have now finally completed David Eldridge’s trilogy of plays exploring love and relationships. Like its predecessors Beginning and Middle, End is a two-hander which plays out as a real-time conversation. The focus of Beginning was on two young lovers on the night they met at a house party, while in Middle we met two people in an established relationship which had begun to go south. The narrative of End – as you may already have guessed – looks at two people who…

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Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie on sexuality speculation: “I’m gonna keep that to myself”

WORDS BY DEMETRI WOODE Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams have addressed ongoing speculation about their sexualities following the gargantuan success of their series Heated Rivalry. The Canadian sports romance, created by Jacob Tiernay, has received widespread critical acclaim over the past four weeks — particularly for its faithful adaptation of Rachel Reid’s novel (including the steamy scenes) and Storrie and Williams’ undeniable on-screen chemistry. However, it has inevitably sparked persistent speculation about whether the stars identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community. In a recent interview with Deadline, which highlighted this…

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Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney star in revival of The Playboy of the Western World – review

When the National Theatre’s revival of JM Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World was announced, it grabbed headlines for starring not one, but two of the cast of the iconic Derry Girls: with Nicola Coughlan as the young Pegeen Mike and Siobhán McSweeney as the older Widow Quin, they take on two of the three lead roles (the trio being completed by Éanna Hardwicke who plays love interest Christy Mahon). Going into the theatre we didn’t really know anything about the show, beyond the attention-grabbing casting – so what…

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Ballet Shoes tells a heartwarming tale at the National Theatre this festive season – review

We were really rather taken with Ballet Shoes when we caught it at the National Theatre last Christmas – so much so that when we were offered an opportunity to review it again this year, we leapt at the chance. Kendall Feaver has adapted Noel Streatfeild’s beloved children’s novel for the stage, and it is playing once again at the Olivier Theatre – the largest of the three spaces within the National Theatre. So how does this year’s production fare? Unsurprisingly it’s very similar – some of the cast has…

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The Spy Who Came In From the Cold makes for compelling viewing at the @sohoplace theatre – review

You may already be familiar with The Spy Who Came In From the Cold – John le Carré’s seminal spy novel from 1963 was swiftly adapted into a major film in 1965 starring Richard Burton – although somewhat surprisingly, none of the author’s stories have ever made it to the stage. Until now, that is: adapted by playwright David Eldridge, this production was first staged in 2024 at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has now transferred to London’s West End at the @sohoplace theatre. It is directed by three-time Olivier…

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