The Thursday Wine Down🍷 (10-7)
Headlines
Will No Time To Die Become The First $100M Opener of The Rona Era? (The Wrap)
The New Rona-Normal Concert Guide: How To Rock Out At A Live Show (Billboard)
The House of Dragon Is Coming; HBO Reveals Teaser For GOT Prequel (Variety)
Succession Star Kieran Culkin Talks Childhood, Fame & The Hit Show (THR)
Ariana Grande Granted 5 Year Restraining Order Against Stalker (Rolling Stone)
Jingle All The Way Through Netflix’s Holiday Schedule (EW)
Big Daddy Kane VERZUZ KRS-ONE Is Gonna Be 🔥🔥🔥 (Billboard)
CMA’s Will Require Attendees To Be Vaxxed (Billboard)
LA To Require Vax For Movie Theaters, Concerts & Restaurant (THR)
Squid Game Is Eligible For Emmys (Variety)
One & Done: Netflix Cancels Dash & Lily (Deadline)
What’s Really Going On
Federal Judge Blocks Texas’ Gilead (Abortion) Law (The Independent)
The Blame Game: Texas Governor & Other GOP Governors Blame Biden For “Chaos” At The Border (USA TODAY)
AT&T A Major Sponsor of the Trump Propaganda Network (Rolling Stone)
People Think They May Have ID’d The Zodiac Killer Bringing New Attention To The Case (USA TODAY)
So Real, Workers At Kellogg’s Cereal Plant To Go On Strike (The Independent)
Finally, Apple Update Makes It Easier to Find Airpods [Max & Pro]- (The Independent)
These Black Designers Are Building Their Brands Around Identity & Heritage (CNN)
Wow Chuck Grassley Made This “Compliment” Sound So Racist (NBC News)
MUSIC NEWS & NOTES
Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B Win Big At BET Hip-Hop Awards (Deadline)
Justin Bieber’s Complet Edition of Justice Will Contain 3 New Songs (Billboard)
BTS’ Love Yourself Campaign Raises $3.6M (Rolling Stone)
Urban Alternative Gaining Ground & Markets Thanks To Public Radio (rbr.com)
Summer Is Coming (VIBE)
What is Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar Really About? (Billboard)
Teasing Adele’s Return (Pitchfork)
Nirvana’s Nevermind Gets A Massive Re-release For 30th Anniversary (Billboard)
Sports Talk
Dodgers Walk It Off To NLDS (ESPN)
Candace Parker’s Domination Leads Sky To WNBA Finals (Sports Illustrated)
Standing In Solidarity, NWSL Pause Games 6 Minutes In (ESPN)
Cowboys’ Loss Appears To Packers’ Gain As Jaylon Smith Is Nearing a Deal With Green Bay (Yahoo Sports)
NBA Players Love Affair With Wine (NBC News)
UnVaxxed NBA Players Will Face Charges In Toronto If They Breach Quarantine (Sports Illustrated)
Biggest Things Yankees Gotta Figure Out This Off-Season (Yahoo Sports)
Ranking The NBA Championship Contenders (Yahoo Sports)
SPORTS
Scores & Schedules
Sports Scoreboard 10-6 (Sports Illustrated)
MLB Scoreboard 10-6(Sports Illustrated)
Week 5 NFL Schedule (NFL.com)
Week 4 NFL Scoreboard (Sports Illustrated)
Week 5 College Football Scoreboard (USA TODAY)
MLB Playoff Schedule (ESPN)
Rankings
College Football USA TODAY Coaches Poll [10-3]- (USA TODAY)
College Football AP Poll [10-3]- (Sporting News)
College Football Power Rankings Wk 5 [10-4]-(ESPN)
MLB Power Rankings [10-3]-(Sports Illustrated)
Week 4NFL Power Rankings [10-5]- (USA TODAY)
Ranking the NBA’s Top 100 Players 21-22 Season (Sports Illustrated)
NBA Top100: Snubs Edition (Sports Illustrated)
MUSIC & BOOKS
What’s Charting & Playing
New This Week On The Radio [10-3] - (Wine Down Radio)
Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-3] - (Billboard)
EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-1]- (Billboard)
Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-4] (Billboard)
Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-4]- (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 100 [10-9] (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 200 [10-9}-(Billboard)
2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)
BookEnds
NY TIMES Best Seller List [10-10] (NY TIMES)
Read First Chapter of Legal Thriller All Her Little Secrets, Coming This Fall (EW)
Best Books of the Year, So Far (Barnes & Noble)
THE WATCHOUT
Highlights
2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)
Fall TV Schedule (TVLine)
Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)
What’s Poppin’
Top 10 Movies From Toronto International Film Festival (Rolling Stone)
Meet The TIME 100 (Time Magazine)
Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of all Time (Rolling Stone)
100 Greatest Movie Quotes of 21st Century (Thrillist)
100 Best Sitcoms of All Time (Rolling Stone)
Billboard Team Ranks The Top 50 Albums of The Year So Far (Billboard)
100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time (Rolling Stone)
WINE DOWN TV
The Latest In Streaming
This Week’s Comings & Goings (10-3) (TVLine)
What’s Streaming In October (Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon, etc…) (TV Guide)
9 Best Movies On HBO Max In October (The Wrap)
TV Listings
Tonight’s Focus
One of Us Is Lying (Peacock)
Thursday Night Football[LA Rams v.Seattle Seahawks] 8E/7C (Fox)