Justin Bieber Justin Bieber’s warmup Justin Bieber was nominated for several Juno Awards last night but wasn’t at the event. He had an official reason for it: a surprise invite-only show at The Roxy in LA where he reportedly performed a 25-song set, tracks from SWAG and SWAG II, ahead of his first headlining By Lainey • Mar 30, 2026 10:46 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, The Juno Awards are Canada’s most prestigious music awards, the event happened in Hamilton last night, hosted by Mae Martin, where Joni Mitchell received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Prime Minister Mark Carney who said she was one of the best of all time. No argument By Lainey • Mar 30, 2026 09:40 am
BTS Intro for March 27, 2026 Dear Gossips, Baseball is back, baby! Here in Toronto a new Blue Jays season begins tonight – I’ll be there to see the new banners, to welcome home our beloved crew of ragtag silly misfits who went from worst to first (in the American League) last season and charmed fans By Lainey • Mar 27, 2026 10:46 am
Sports Intro for March 25, 2026 Dear Gossips, Tonight is Major League Baseball opening night, baseball is back! Here in Toronto, the Blue Jays home opener is on Friday, which means that basically, for the next six months, baseball will be on pretty much every day in my house. This is not an exaggeration – Jacek, my By Lainey • Mar 25, 2026 09:42 am
What Else Ryan Gosling on tour After hosting Saturday Night Live this past weekend, Ryan Gosling is now on the press tour for Project Hail Mary. Last night was the UK premiere and today he was seen out in London doing interviews and generating other promotional content for the movie, opening on March 20. Look how By Lainey • Mar 10, 2026 04:03 pm
Heated Rivalry Lainey’s trip to Ottawa ft. Hudson Williams The reason I edited the site yesterday is because Lainey had to go to Ottawa…to moderate a panel at Prime Time 2026, hosted by the Canadian Media Producers Association. She was on the red carpet with PM Mark Carney and Hudson Williams: Where Hudson gifted PM Carney THE Team By Sarah • Jan 30, 2026 10:22 am
Hudson Williams Hudson in Paris and the Olympics The 2026 Winter Olympics begin two weeks tomorrow in Italy, which doesn’t seem real to me, what do you mean it’s already almost February and has it really been four years since the last time? But also it was still COVID last time, I don’t remember anything. By Lainey • Jan 22, 2026 12:30 pm
Hudson Williams Hudson takes Milan A week ago yesterday, at the Golden Globes, Hudson Williams generated the most media impact value among all male celebrities on the red carpet. One weekend later, he seems to be doing the same for Milan Fashion Week with his debut appearance there. As expected on Friday, Hudson walked for By Lainey • Jan 19, 2026 12:02 pm
Connor Storrie Fashion Week Hollanov The Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a report on the media impact value of celebrities and brands at the Golden Globes on Sunday, ranking which stars generated the most social media impressions related to their clothing and accessories, a way for fashion and jewellery houses to measure the marketing value of By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 12:25 pm
Maple Leaf Connor’s first time It’s been a seemingly endless series of first times for Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie of Heated Rivalry the last few weeks. They are celebrities now, they are more famous than they probably ever imagined. They just had their first award season experience during Golden Globe week. They just By Lainey • Jan 13, 2026 12:07 pm
Golden Globes 2026 Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled I won’t lie, I had very, very high expectations. After all the excitement and hype of the last month, and the last week, knowing that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie would appear at the Golden Globes, I anticipated big moments and much celebration. It’s not like it was By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 07:19 am
Maple Leaf Heated Rivalry at all the parties Hollywood is now fully operational, back to business in the first week of January, and it’s award season with the Golden Globes happening on Sunday, which every year means that almost everyone is in town, because even if they’re not contending for awards, they’re there to network, By Lainey • Jan 09, 2026 11:22 am
Maple Leaf Hudson and Connor: A frenzy on both coasts It was impossible to know and/or predict what Heated Rivalry would become – and is still becoming. A Canadian production, made on muuuucchhh less money than an American counterpart would have done, starring two unknown actors in a gay hockey romance, as smutty as its source material is THE pop By Lainey • Jan 08, 2026 01:24 pm
Maple Leaf Hollanov Supreme Heated Rivalry is basically Everybody Wants Some because… well… everybody does. It is by far the most popular and most viral series of the moment, arguably even more than the final installment of the final season of Stranger Things. Which is why award season wants a piece of it. Of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2026 11:03 am
TV Updates Intro for December 18, 2025 Dear Gossips, I don’t want to sound smug or anything – but actually I do – but for the last few weeks, and several times already this week, I’ve been posting about how Heated Rivalry has yet to peak. One reason is because there are still people who haven’t By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 09:31 am
Equality Issues Hudson knows skincare The Heated Rivalry comms teams are working hard, even as everyone else is slowing down for the holiday break. I can’t imagine that there’s much resentment here, though, for either the HBO publicists or the Crave publicists here in Canada because it’s not often that a show By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 12:27 pm
