Benson Boone has built one of pop music’s most talked about live moments almost by accident. Mid song, mid tour, he throws a backflip. Fans caught it on video early in his run of shows, and it spread fast online.…
King Charles III is 77 years old, and he remains, by any measure, one of the most visible people in the world with an active cancer diagnosis. He was diagnosed with cancer in February 2024. The diagnosis came during an…
Paul Mescal spent months turning himself into a Roman gladiator before a single camera rolled. The Irish actor was cast in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, playing Lucius, a role that required him to look and move like someone who actually…
Hudson Williams went from working as a server at a restaurant to winning a Canadian Screen Award in the space of a few years. He is a Canadian actor born in Kelowna, British Columbia, with mixed Korean and British and…
Jason Kenny is Britain’s most decorated Olympian, with seven gold medals and two silver medals won as a track sprint cyclist. After retiring from competitive cycling in 2022, he took on the 2025 London Marathon, a physical challenge that sits…
Alex Pereira has become one of the most feared strikers in the UFC. He holds the UFC light heavyweight title. He built that reputation on a background in professional kickboxing, not wrestling or jiu jitsu. But a knockout punch only…
Taz Skylar plays Sanji in Netflix’s live action One Piece, a role built almost entirely around kicks. Sanji fights with his legs and never his hands. He holds onto that rule to protect his hands, which he also needs for…
François Arnaud has been a working actor since 2007, long before Heated Rivalry made hockey training part of his job. He is a French Canadian actor from Montreal, trained at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montreal. His breakout English language…
Mel Rodriguez is one of those actors whose face people recognize before they place his name. He has spent two decades building a career out of supporting roles that stick with viewers, from Nurse Patsy on HBO’s Getting On to…
Who Lupita Nyong’o Is and Why She Is Speaking Up Now Lupita Nyong’o won an Academy Award for her first major film role, in “12 Years a Slave,” in March 2014. Since then she has starred in “Black Panther,” the…