The Wednesday Wine Down🍷(8-4)

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HEADLINES

• Olympics Day 12 Highlights; Medal Count (olympics.com)

• Amid Calls For His Resignation, Even From POTUS, Gov. Andrew Cuomo Denies Sexual Assault/Harassment Allegations (Deadline)

• Andrew Cuomo Sought Help From Time’s Up For A Response To Sexual Assault Allegations (THR)

• The Silence Spoke Volumes As Chris Cuomo Ignored Brother’s Scandal On His CNN Show (CNN)

• Angela Bassett Is All Up In Her 9-1-1 Bag Making Her One Of The Highest Paid TV Actresses on  & of Color Ever(TVLine)

• Rihanna Joins The Billionaire’s Club (The Independent)

• Young Thug & His “Revolutionary” Vision (Rolling Stone)

• Best Things Seen At Lollapalooza (EW) Lolla A Photo Retrospective (Billboard)

• Obama Scales Back Birthday Party Amid Rona Resurgence, Criticism Etc (The Wrap)

• Someone Should Teach DaBaby How To Keep His Promises (Billboard)

• The Horror of It All: Best Horror Movies of This Year, So Far (EW)

• Live Nation Sees Huge Increase In Revenue As Concerts Return (Billboard)

• Maybe The US Market Should Follow Suit The Next 2 Installments In The After Series Going Straight to Prime Video In Uk & France (Deadline)

• Happy Birthday Duchess Meghan- Meghan Markle Celebrates Her 40th Birthday (People)

• Sundance To Require Proof of Vax For 2022 Festival (Variety)

• JAY-Z & Will Smith Invest In Rent To Own Startup For First Time Buyers (VIBE)

• Candace Owens Triggered By Gonzo, Yes The Muppet (The Wrap)

• Are You Ready For Some Football? Who’s Going To End Up With NFL Sunday Ticket? The Bidding Battle Begins, Soon (Yahoo Sports)

• Destry Spielberg Weighs In On The Hollywood Nepotism Debate (THR)

• Coming To A Small Screen Near You: YA Novel Iceland’s Mountain Factory Getting TV Series Adaptation Treatment (Deadline)

• The Harder They Fall Is Set To Open London Film Festival (Deadline)

• Back At It: Bridgerton Season 2 Resumes Production After Rona Forced Shutdown (Variety)

• Oh The Drama: Rebooting The Fresh Prince Reboot (Screen Rant)

• Please Exit Stage Left: Offspring Drummer Shown The Door Over Refusal To Get Vax (The Wrap)

• Don’t Have A Cow: Devin Nunes Now Suing Rachel Maddow & MSNBC (The Wrap)

• WOW! MO Governor Pardons Couple Who Pointed Guns At BLM Protestors But Not Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder (The Wrap)

• Sydney McLaughlin Smokes World Record 400M Hurdles (The Independent)

THE WATCHOUT

Highlights

• 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time (Rolling Stone)

• 50 Best Teen Dramas of All Time (EW)

• Updated TV Calendar All The Shows, Canceled, Renewed. (The Wrap)

• 2022 Awards Season Calendar (EW)

• Billboard Team Ranks The Top 50 Albums of The Year So Far (Billboard)

• Rolling Stone’s Best Albums of the Year, So Far (Rolling Stone)

• Rolling Stone’s Best Movies Of 2021, So Far (Rolling Stone)

• EW’s Best Albums of the Year, So Far (EW)

• Rolling Stone’s Best TV Shows So Far (Rolling Stone)

• Best Movies of The Year So Far (EW)

• 2021 Reading List: The Best So Far (EW)

• The Pride of Music: Best Albums of 2021, So Far, By LGBTQ Artists (Billboard)

• Hot List- What to Watch, Read, & Play In August (THR)

• Save the Date- Summer TV Calendar All The Premieres & Finales Coming This Summer (TVLine)

• Summer Movie Schedule (THR)

• Upcoming Album Release Calendar (Billboard)

• Movie Night: Best Movies Currently Streaming (EW)

• Coming To Netflix This Summer (Rolling Stone)

• Summer TV Premiere Dates (The Wrap)

• Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)

• 2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)

• Fall TV Schedule (TVLine)

Streaming/TV/Movies

• This Week’s Comings & Goings (8-1) (TVLine)

• What’s Streaming In August (Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon, etc…) (TVLine)

• TV Renewal Scorecard (THR)

• Fall TV Premiere Dates (The Wrap)

• Complete Olympics Schedule - Full TV & Streaming Schedule (Deadline)

The Book Club

• The August Reading List (EW)

• July Romances Had A Little Bit of Everything (EW)

• July’s Best Comics (EW)

• Best Thrillers To Read This Summer (EW)

• Summer Reading List: The YA Version (EW)

• Reading List: Best Debuts To Read This Summer (EW)

• Reading List- LGBTQ Books For Pride Month And Beyond (EW)

Wine Down Radio

• New This Week…On The Radio (8-1) (Popcorn Wine Down)

• Songs To Get You Through The Week (8-3) (Billboard)

• Fresh New Hip Hop Joints To Get You Through The Week (8-7)- (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 100 (8-7) (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 200 [8-7]-(Billboard)

• Songs of Summer Chart [8-7] (Billboard)

Trailer Park

• Raging Fire (IMDb)

• Cinderella (IMDb)

TV Listings

• EW Wednesday Listings

• TVLine Wednesday Listings

• TV Guide Wednesday Listings

  

Tonight’s Focus

• Olympics 8E/7C (NBC; Check Listings)

• Cooking With Paris (Netflix)

• Obama In Pursuit of A More Perfect Union 9E/8C (HBO)

Trailer Park - This Weekend At The Movies

Raging Fire (Donnie Yen; Nicholas Tse; Jeana Ho) In Theaters (Aug 13)

Cinderella (Camila Cabello; Billy Porter; Idina Menzel) Amazon Prime Video (Sept.3)