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Heated Rivalry: Connor Storrie shares iconic reaction to Miley Cyrus’ music pitch for season 2

Drop everything! New Connor Storrie lore has dropped. Last week, pop icon Miley Cyrus shared her thoughts on Crave/HBO Max’s critically acclaimed series Heated Rivalry at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “I have not watched yet, but this is on my to-do list now. [Heated Rivalry is] all I’ve heard about, about how much I’m going to be obsessed,” she told Variety reporter Marc Malkin. “This is, like, every conversation I’ve had today has started with, ‘You have to do this.’” Malkin then floated the idea of Cyrus contributing…

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GLAAD Media Awards 2026: Heated Rivalry, BOOTS, and The Hunting Wives score nominations

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Award season is officially upon us! On Wednesday (17 July), the world’s largest LGBTQIA+ media advocacy organisation announced the nominees for the upcoming 37th GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony, set to take place in Los Angeles, California, on 5 March, will spotlight “291 culture-changing nominees across 32 categories, honouring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, music, podcasting, journalism, Spanish-Language media, and more.” Unsurprisingly, Crave and HBO Max’s hit gay hockey romance series, Heated Rivalry, earned a nomination…

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Connor Storrie’s favourite moment from Heated Rivalry might surprise you

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Connor Storrie has revealed one of his favourite moments from Heated Rivalry, and his answer might surprise you. On 7 January, the rising star joined Abbott Elementary talent Janelle James to announce the nominations for the 2026 Actors Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards. While walking the red carpet for the event, Storrie chatted with Entertainment Tonight about the ongoing success of Heated Rivalry, including the one moment from season one that lives “rent-free” in his mind. “Oh, I feel like the moments that I…

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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams says closeted pro-athletes have reached out to him

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Hudson Williams has opened up about the positive impact Heated Rivalry has had on real-life athletes. On 7 January, Sirius XM shared a clip from the rising star’s upcoming interview with Andy Cohen, in which he reflected on the response he’s received from closeted professional athletes.    “It’s definitely the people who reach out somewhat anonymously, who are like ‘I’m a professional player still, and I’m still in the closet,” Williams revealed. When Cohen asked whether he’d heard from closeted hockey players specifically, the handsome actor…

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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams channels Nosferatu in horror music video

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS From closeted hockey player to gothic vampire icon! Hudson Williams has (quite literally) sunk his teeth into a brand new project. On 6 January, the Heated Rivalry star appeared in Love Lucille’s ‘Lights On’, channelling Nosferatu’s Count Orlok as he stalks, and ultimately drains the blood of, a young woman (played by Karina Frislev) in her home. Directed by Emily English, the video sees Williams decked out in Orlok’s signature look: bald and nightmarishly pale, painted with dramatic black eye makeup and lipstick, complete with pointed ears, razor-sharp…

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25 of the best “this was my Heated Rivalry” memes

Heated Rivalry has produced another viral moment, and it’s our favourite one yet. Over the last month, pop culture enthusiasts worldwide have been engrossed in the passionate and NSFW gay hockey romance series. Created by Jacob Tierney and based on Rachel Reid’s book of the same name, the gay hockey romance series follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), two elite professional hockey players who embark on a passionate, secret romance while maintaining a fierce rivalry on the ice. Since its two-episode premiere, Heated Rivalry has dominated every…

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Quinn apologises to trans community, donates to charity after Heated Rivalry interview edit

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Quinn, the audio erotica app that has been making waves with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams’ romantasy series, has issued an apology after editing out a comment about trans women from a recent interview. The Heated Rivalry icons recently collaborated with Quinn for the erotic three-part series Ember & Ice, which follows Dante and Finn, two fae princes from feuding courts who are “bound together by a years-long forbidden affair”. In an accompanying interview, the duo offered their thoughts on why MLM romance stories resonate so deeply…

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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams hopes to star in a Luca Guadagnino project

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Hudson Williams + Luca Guadagnino? Hell. Yes. In a recent interview with S.A.T TV, a Canadian variety comedy show, the Heated Rivalry star answered questions from a reporter who earned praise for matching his hilariously chaotic and deadpan energy. When asked about his favourite films, Williams initially picked typical “bro” films American Psycho and The Wolf of Wall Street, later clarifying in the comments that he was joking: “These are not my fave movies btw.” It wasn’t all jokes, however. Williams revealed that he’d love to play…

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Miley Cyrus wants to make music for Heated Rivalry season 2: “I’m so in – book me!”

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Miley Cyrus is “so in” to create music for the upcoming second season of Heated Rivalry. Speaking with Variety reporter Marc Malkin at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the pop icon addressed the buzz surrounding the Crave/HBO Max series, which concluded its first season on December 26. “I have not watched yet, but this is on my to-do list now. [Heated Rivalry is] all I’ve heard about, of how much I’m going to be obsessed,” she said. “This is, like, every conversation I’ve had today…

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Heated Rivalry: Here’s what author Rachel Reid said about a potential musical adaptation

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Rachel Reid has opened up about the potential for Heated Rivalry to head to the musical stage. If you’ve somehow avoided the internet, TV, magazines, radio, or any form of pop culture entertainment, then chances are you’ve heard of (or become obsessed with) the gay hockey romance series. Created by Jacob Tierney and based on Reid’s book of the same name, Heated Rivalry follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), two elite professional hockey players who embark on a passionate, secret romance while…

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