‘Heated Rivalry’ shares steamy sneak peek ahead of HBO Max premiere
L-R Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov in ‘Heated Rivalry’ (Sabrina Lantos)
The upcoming hockey romance series Heated Rivalry is teasing fans with a steamy sneak peek.
The six-episode series, based on the popular novels by Rachel Reid, follows Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, two rival hockey players who start a secret relationship in their rookie season that ends up spanning years.
In the preview clip released Friday, sparks fly between wholesome Canadian Shane and Russian bad boy Ilya as they encounter each other in a hotel gym post draft day. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie star as Shane and Ilya, respectively.
It was announced Thursday that Heated Rivalry would be skating over to HBO Max, with its first two episodes premiering Nov. 28. The show was previously scheduled to debut on the Canadian streaming platform Crave on the same day.
New episodes will air weekly until the Dec. 26 finale.
Mira (voiced by May Hong), Rumi (voiced by Arden Cho) and Zoey (voiced by Ji-Young Yoo) in ‘KPop Demon Hunters.’ (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters is on top.
The animated movie musical has become Netflix’s most popular film of all time.
It has taken over the top spot on the Most Popular English Films list with over 236 million total views. This means it has surpassed the previous leader of the list, Red Notice, the 2021 film starring Gal Gadot, DwayneJohnson and Ryan Reynolds. Red Notice currently stands at #2 with 230.9 million all-time views.
KPop Demon Hunters was also the most-watched Netflix movie of the last week, nabbing the #1 spot on the English film list and adding another 25.4 million views to its total.
The film wasn’t just doing big numbers on streaming. KPop Demon Hunters was also the top film at the box office last weekend after a sing-along version of the film arrived in theaters all over the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
A sing-along version of the film is now available to stream on Netflix, in case you want to throw a party to celebrate its new milestone.
The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack also just became the first to have four simultaneous top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Golden” by HUNTER/X currently at #1. The fictional band’s song “How It’s Done” sits at #10, while Saja Boys‘ “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” are at #4 and #5.
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in ‘Stranger Things’ season 5. (Netflix)
Stranger Things is coming to a close.
The cast of the series prepares to say goodbye to the show and teases what fans can expect from the fifth and final season in a new behind-the-scenes video shared by Netflix.
After being separated among different groups for the past couple seasons, this new video shows the original gang of Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (CalebMcLaughlin) and Will (Noah Schnapp) all working together to defeat the villainous Vecna (Jamie CampbellBower) and save their hometown of Hawkins, Indiana.
“As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before,” according to the season’s official synopsis. “To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”
As for what fans can expect from the final season, creators Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer say it is the biggest season they’ve ever made in terms of action, visual effects and story.
“It’s more of an adventure and more of a mission, which I really like,” Brown said. “Everybody is really put into the thick of it. No one is sitting back on a walkie-talkie. Everyone is full throttle, going for it.”
Wolfhard says that season 5 is “the highest stakes the show has ever been,” while McLaughlin says it shows that, “We’ve come full circle.”
“The fans will be truly satisfied with the ending,” McLaughlin said.
Stranger Things season 5 debuts volume 1 on Nov. 26. Volume 2 of the final season arrives on Christmas, while the series finale premieres on New Year’s Eve. Each batch of episodes arrives to Netflix on those days at 5 p.m. PT.
Cover of ‘Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack’/(Verve/Republic)
For months, we’ve heard that the Wicked sequel, Wicked: For Good, would include two new songs specially written by original Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz for stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Now we have details on those songs.
Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack arrives Nov. 21, and it includes “No Place Like Home,” performed by Erivo as Elphaba, and “The Girl In The Bubble,” performed by Grande as Glinda. The soundtrack also features a song not previously included in the Broadway cast recording of Wicked, called “The Wicked Witch of the East.“
“I’m especially happy that the soundtrack album for Wicked: For Good has so much new music on it,” Schwartz says in a statement. “In addition to two brand new songs, there is a lot that’s new in several other existing songs. So not only listeners coming to the score for the first time, but long-time fans of the original Broadway cast album, will have a great deal to discover.”
The soundtrack will be available digitally, as well as on CD, double vinyl and double picture disc. Plus, Target, Amazon, Walmart and Barns & Noble will all have exclusive versions or variants.
