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Heated Rivalry Creator Teases Season 2’s ‘More Serious Territory’

Heated Rivalry Creator Teases Season 2’s ‘More Serious Territory’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney is teasing the storylines and “new challenges” that will be at the center of the queer hockey romance drama’s second season. While speaking at a BookCon panel on Saturday, alongside the book series’ author Rachel Reid, Tierney got candid about Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) being “in much more serious territory” in the second installment, set to be released next year. “It’s different. It really is different,” he said. “And the challenge of it, from an adaptation point of view, is that you’re in much more serious territory. A lot of the initial — there’s still lots of flirting and lots of sex — but this kind of danger, this kind of hotel-room-adolescent-sex stuff is largely gone. And so it presents really new challenges.” After Shane and Ily confessed their love for each other at the end of season one, season two — which will focus on The Long Game, the sequel to Heated Rivalry in Reid’s Game Changer series — sees the couple navigate being in a secret …

Connor Storrie Makes Saturday Night Live Debut With Hudson Williams

Connor Storrie Makes Saturday Night Live Debut With Hudson Williams

Published by Daniella Wilson

Connor Storrie has officially made his Saturday Night Live debut. The 26-year-old actor was absent from the Trump-centric cold open, entering onto the stage for his monologue to loud cheers. “Now, some of you may have seen all of me on my show Heated Rivalry,” he joked to the audience. “It’s a show that’s taught a lot people about hockey, and it’s taught a lot of straight women that their sexuality is actually gay men.” Storrie, who admitted to crying when he booked the show, lamented on the fact he was born to be there before joking that he wasn’t sure he pulled off the hockey portion of Heated Rivalry. He then brought out Quinn and Jack Hughes from the U.S. men’s hockey team and Hilary Knight and Megan Keller from the U.S. women’s hockey team. The men said they haven’t seen the show, before the women assured Storrie they’d seen it. The monologue didn’t shy away from taking a dig at the video that showed the men’s hockey team laughing along with President Trump …

Rachel Reid’s Next ‘Heated Rivalry’ Novel ‘Unrivaled’ Pushed to 2027

Rachel Reid’s Next ‘Heated Rivalry’ Novel ‘Unrivaled’ Pushed to 2027

Published by Daniella Wilson

Unrivaled, the next novel by Rachel Reid, has been moved to 2027, the author said Tuesday. Reid, the New York Times best-selling author of Heated Rivalry, announced earlier this year that she’s releasing the seventh book in her Game Changers series. The book series serves as the source material of the wildly popular Crave-HBO Max, Heated Rivalry. In a video posted to Instagram, Reid explained Unrivaled would need to move to June 2027 from its original September 2026 release date. The Canadian author started by sharing her gratitude for the last few months. “I can’t really put into words what any of this feels like for an author,” Reid said in the video. “My life has gotten very different in the last couple months, and although it’s all good, it’s also taken away my ability to have quality time to write,” she added. “There’s nothing more important to me than Unrivaled being the best book it can possibly be.” Reid has been open about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “I think when good things happen, …

Demi Lovato to Perform at GLAAD Awards, ‘Heated Rivalry’ Team Attends

Demi Lovato to Perform at GLAAD Awards, ‘Heated Rivalry’ Team Attends

Published by Daniella Wilson

The GLAAD Media Awards program is heating up. Demi Lovato is confirmed to perform at the 37th annual event — taking place in Los Angeles on March 16, and streaming on Hulu — ahead of launching her arena tour, It’s Not That Deep, in April. The show has also found a host in Jonathan Bennett. Both Lovato and Bennett are GLAAD Award winners; a Vanguard Award for her and outstanding film, streaming or TV, for Hallmark’s The Groomsmen: Second Chances for him. (Lovato’s GLAAD performance will be presented by Hyundai Motor America.) Along with news of the host and performer, GLAAD has also announced a roster of confirmed guests who will be in the room next month, including “cast and creatives” from the pop culture phenomenon Heated Rivalry, which is nominated. Also coming: Abe Sylvia, Camila Mendes, Cara Delevingne, Claybourne Elder, Colton Underwood, Don Lemon, Eugene Daniels, George Wallace, Jessica Hargrave, Jonathan Capehart, Karolina Wydra, Kristen Wiig, Lauren Chan, Laverne Cox, Lili Reinhart, Mason Blomberg, Megan Falley, Melissa Fumero, Miles Heizer, Mindy Cohn, Paul Feig, Rhea …