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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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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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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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Doechii and SZA deliver a powerful, introspective anthem with ‘Girl, Get Up’

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Our prayers have been answered! Doechii and SZA have dropped a stunning new collaboration. On 30 December, the two Grammy-winning talents surprised fans with their brand new single ‘girl, get up.’ Set to a sleek, R&B- and hip-hop-infused production, Doechii takes listeners on an introspective journey through her rise in the music industry. “Sippin’ my kombucha on a rooftop /Smokin’ blue dream on my karma sutra / Life is but a dream for a dark skin b**ch like me/ Life gets dark when you’re dark like…

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Kylie Minogue lands UK Christmas number 1 – and it’s her first chart-topper in 23 years!

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS She did it! Kylie Minogue has officially snagged the UK Christmas number-one single with her Amazon Music exclusive, ‘XMAS’. The festive bop marks her first Christmas chart-topper and her first UK number-one since – wait for it – 2003’s ‘Slow’ (and eighth overall). Kylie’s full list of number-ones in the UK are as follows: ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ (1988), ‘Especially For You’ (1988), ‘Hand On Your Heart’ (1989), ‘Tears On My Pillow’ (1990), ‘Spinning Around’ (2000), ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2001), ‘Slow’ (2003)…

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Paddington: The Musical is the best new show in town this festive season – review

More than five years in the making, Paddington: The Musical has finally opened, just in time for Christmas – and we’re pleased to report that it has absolutely been worth the wait. Written by Jessica Swale, with songs by McFly’s Tom Fletcher and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, My Son’s a Queer), it tells a story that we’re sure many will be familiar with. Paddington – a bear from deepest, darkest Peru, with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches – is found by the Brown family at Paddington railway station…

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Madonna slams Trump for ignoring World AIDS Day: ‘Absurd and unthinkable’

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Madonna has delivered a scorching takedown of Donald Trump for failing to acknowledge World AIDS Day. According to reports, the U.S. State Department instructed staff and grant recipients not to use federal funds for any World AIDS Day activities. The New York Times notes that officials pointed to a new policy directing agencies to “refrain from messaging on any commemorative days” altogether. The move effectively ends a long-standing federal tradition: for decades, the U.S. government publicly honoured those lost to AIDS and used 1 December to spotlight…

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JADE breaks down each track on That’s Showbiz Baby! The Encore as she covers GAY TIMES

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS With the insane deluxe edition of her debut album arriving next week, JADE makes her GAY TIMES cover comeback! Due for release on 5 December, That’s Showbiz Baby! The Encore features eight (!) new pop anthems, including the future gay sermon ‘Church’, shimmering sex bop ‘Use Me’, and her cover of Madonna’s classic ‘Frozen’. JADE breaks down each new track one-by-one while reflecting on the highs and lessons of her first year as a solo artist, why she’s considering trading her debut’s genre chaos for a more…

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