Boy Culture Links: Retro-Hot ‘Heated Rivalry’ Box Coming, Ossoff Controlling the Narrative, Madonna & Taylor Swift Lead MTV VMA Nominations & More
AUGUST 18, 2026
ALLIANCE/CRAVE: Season 1 of Heated Rivalry is out on Blu-ray and DVD October 20. Then, on November 24, fans will be treated to a limited-run Collector’s Edition 4K UHD in steamier retro packaging with art cards, a double-sided poster, a stress reliever and more extras.
UNCLOSETED MEDIA: A fascinating timeline of gay online hookup culture!
POLITICO: Ossoff going viral for insinuating Trump’s having an affair probably was no accident.
EXTRATV: It’s 2026, and Madonna is leading the MTV Video Music Award nominations, with 11. This is like if the Andrew Sisters were leading at the 1986 ceremony — which, by the way, was the first year Madonna took home a Moonman. That was a Video Vanguard honor. She’s won 19, though very few major honors. She did manage to win Best Female Video three times (“Papa Don’t Preach,” “Take a Bow” and “Ray of Light”), Video of the Year once (“Ray of Light”) and won a Viewer’s Choice honor for “Like a Prayer.” But yes, that means she didn’t win any major honors for her many other iconic videos, including “Vogue” and “Hung Up.”
EW.COM: Rosie O’Donnell kicked off a week of filling in for Jimmy Kimmel by telling Trump, “Hi. I know you’re watching.”
JOE.MY.GOD.: Even Fox News is now calling the Texas Senate race a toss-up.
WASHINGTON BLADE: Russia continues to sink into history, with its most prominent LGBTQ+ rights group closing down after being branded extremists.
NEW YORK TIMES: Pauline Clayden, who danced in an important 1949 production of Sleeping Beauty, just now died — at 103.
The Andrews Sisters! Hahahahaha!