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
TV Updates More Horny Gay Hockey There is more that is terrible than there is good right now. And they say that when that happens, we should hold onto what’s good. What’s good in pop culture at the moment is Heated Rivalry. It is the hottest new series of the season, the most successful By Lainey • Dec 15, 2025 12:28 pm
Maple Leaf Katy & Justin: An Olympic Dream fulfilled… sort of We’ve been behind on the Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau situation since I’ve been away the last few days but also kinda timely because… well… first, let’s recap. JT joined Katy on tour in Japan, they were seen holding hands after dinner. That was just the beginning By Lainey • Dec 08, 2025 12:54 pm
TV Updates Intro for December 2, 2025 Dear Gossips, Last Friday in this space I told you, I told you that your timeline was about to be taken over by a new show. And I know it’s not just my algorithm – Heated Rivalry exploded on social media this weekend. Lena Waithe just posted about it. Did By Lainey • Dec 02, 2025 09:27 am
TV Updates Intro for November 28, 2025 Dear Gossips, If you haven’t already noticed, your timeline is about to be taken over. Social media has been horny about this for weeks. BookTok has been horny about this for a year, maybe longer. So get ready for your feed to be flooded with scenes of two hot By Lainey • Nov 28, 2025 09:42 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber: Strangers, birthdays, and golf Justin Bieber is heading into the Grammys this year with four nominations, including Album of the Year. Over the course of his career, while he’s been nominated many times, he has two wins. Both of those wins, however, for “Where Are Ü Now” and “10000 Hours" are not By Lainey • Nov 25, 2025 01:23 pm
Jock Smut Prince Harry actually doesn’t know her It’s been almost two weeks since Just Andrew and Buckingham Palace announced that he can keep his titles but has agreed not to use them which… is that kinda like owning a car but promising not to drive it? You still own the f-cking car – it’s the most By Lainey • Oct 30, 2025 12:43 pm
