The Thursday Wine Down🍷 (10-28)

Headlines

• 2021 People’s Choice Nominations (EW)

• Adele’s Going On Tour, Check Out First Tour Dates For 30 (Variety)

• Snoop & Eminem Squash Their Beef & Record New Song (Rolling Stone)

• Garret Morrison Talks SNL, Racism & Dave Chappelle (THR)

• Dave Chappelle Gets A Ringing Endorsement From…Caitlyn Jenner (Deadline)

• Rust AD Admits He Didn’t Check Gun Before Handing To Alec Baldwin (Variety)

• Why The Experts Say Real Guns Are Not Necessary When Filming TV Shows & Movies (Variety)

• WarnerMedia’s “Project Popcorn” Is A Mixed Bag (THR)

• Google & Genius To Battle It Out In Appeals Court Over Lyrics (Law360)

• Alyssa Milano Regrets Charmed Tensions With Shannen Doherty (EW)

What’s Really Going On

• Former School Safety Officer Charged With Murder In Cali (USA TODAY)

• States Prepping To Start Vaxxing Kids As Soon As Next Week (USA TODAY)

• Dems Finally Done With Big Oil’s Bullshit? (Rolling Stone)

• A Maskless Man and A Priest Walk Into A Church (The Independent)

• Marjorie Batshit Crazy Uses Declaration Of Independence To Defend Jan 6 Insurrection (Rolling Stone)

• Jan 6th Rioter Requested Solitary Rather Than Being Housed With Other “Cult-Like” Jan 6th Defendants (The Independent)

• Bezos Wants To Do Business In Space (Robb Report)

• Hong Kong Passes New Censorship Law (Deadline)

• Dads Reporting For Duty: Dads On Duty Help Curtail Violence At Louisiana High School (People)

• Mark Zuckerberg & Wife Being Sued For Alleged Harassment & Failure To Pay By Former Household Workers (People)

• Is Trump Winning His War Against Democracy? (Rolling Stone)

• What’s In A Word, Merriam-Webster Adds 450+ New Ones To The Dictionary This Year (CNN)

MUSIC NEWS & NOTES (10-24 thru 10-30)

• SEVENTEEN Announce New “Immersive” Online Concert (Billboard)

• Coachella & Stage Coach Festivals Remaining In Cali Desert Home Until At Least 2050 (Billboard)

• Check Out Travis Scott’s Astrworld Fest 2021 Lineup🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Rolling Stone)

• Ranking Taylor Swift: Which Song Is Your Favorite? (Rolling Stone)

• Adele’s “Easy On Me”, Eases Into The Top Spot On The Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)

• Young Thug’s Punk Debuts #1 on Billboard Hot 200 Chart (Billboard)

• Christina Aguilera Goes Spanish & Sexy In New Comeback (EW)

• SEVENTEEN Talks New Album Release (Billboard)

• Sevyn Streeter Breaks Down Latest Album Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughts (VIBE)

• Go Big Or Go Home: The Weeknd’s $300M Tour Gamble, As He Cancels 2022 Tour (Pitchfork)

Sports Talk

• Astros Beat Braves Even World Series At 1 Game Each (ESPN)

• Lakers Meltdown Lose 26 Pt Lead & Game To Thunder (ESPN)

• What Is Going On With The Clippers? Lose 92-79 @Home Vs. The Cavs 👀👀👀👀 (Yahoo Sports)

• Allen Iverson Weighs In On Ben Simmons Sitch (Yahoo Sports)

• Native American Group Disputes MLB Commish’s Claims About “Popularity” Of Atlanta’s Mascot & The Use of The Tomahawk Chop (Deadline)

• JJ Watt Needs Shoulder Surgery (USA TODAY)

• Raiders Owner Wants NFL To Release WFT Report (USA TODAY)

• Harrison Barnes’ Buzzer Beater 3 As Kings Beat Suns (Yahoo Sports)

• Are The Bucks On Their Way To Becoming The NBA’s Next Great Dynasty? (ESPN)

• Early NBA Reactions & Overreactions (Yahoo Sports)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

• Sports Scoreboard 10-27(Sports Illustrated)

• NBA Scoreboard 10-27(ESPN)

• NHL Scoreboard 10-27(ESPN)

• Week 8 College Football Scoreboard (ESPN)

• Week 7 NFL Scoreboard(NFL.com)

• NBA Schedule 10-24 thru 10-30 (ESPN)

• Week 9 College Football Schedule (ESPN)

• MLB Playoff Schedule (ESPN)

• Complete College Football TV Schedule For Entire Season (USA TODAY)

Rankings

• College Football USA TODAY  Coaches Poll [10-24]- (USA TODAY)

• College Football AP Poll [10-24]- (AP News)

• College Football Power Rankings Wk 8  [10-24]-(ESPN)

• Week 7  NFL Power Rankings [10-26]- (Yahoo Sports)

• NBA Power Rankings Wk 2 [10-26] -(ESPN)

• Ranking the NBA’s Top 100 Players 21-22 Season (Sports Illustrated)

• NBA Reveals Full List Of Top 75 GOATS (CNN) Who Got Snubbed? (USA TODAY)

• NBA Top100: Snubs Edition (Sports Illustrated)

• The Best Players In WNBA History (ESPN)

• 75 Greatest NBA Players of All Time, So Far (ESPN)

MUSIC & BOOKS

What’s Charting & Playing

• New This Week On The Radio [10-24] - (Wine Down Radio)

• Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-24] - (Billboard)

• EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-17]- (EW)

• Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-25] (Billboard)

• Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-25]- (Billboard)

• Best Moments In Latin Music This Week [10-23]

• Billboard Hot 100 [10-30] (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 200 [10-30}-(Billboard)

• 2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)

BookEnds

• The October Reading List (EW)

• NY TIMES Best Seller List [10-31]  (NY TIMES)

• Books By Latino Authors (EW)

• Akwaeke Emezi Is Turning Her Attention To Romance, With New Book Coming In Summer 2022 (EW)

• Read First Chapter of Legal Thriller All Her Little Secrets, Coming This Fall (EW)

  • Chapter 2 of All Her Little Secrets (EW)

• Read Excerpt FromThe Lost Dreamer, Coming Next Spring (EW)

• In Real Life: Fall’s Best Memoirs (EW)

• Best Books of the Year, So Far (Barnes & Noble)

THE WATCHOUT

Highlights

• Ho Ho Ho! All Aboard The 2021 Christmas Movie Train (TVLine)

• Hallmark Christmas Movie Guide (EW)

• Best Movies Streaming October (EW)

• What’s Leaving Netflix In October (THR)

• Halloween Movies on HBO Max (The Wrap)

• 2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)

• Look At Fall’s New & Returning Shows (EW)

• Fall TV Schedule (TVLine)

• Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)

• 2022 Awards Season Calendar (EW)

• Fall TV Premiere Dates (EW)

What’s Poppin’

• Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone)

• The Top Showrunners 2021 Edition (THR)

• 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)

• Esquire’s 40 Best Books Of The Year So Far (Esquire)

• 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time (Rolling Stone)

• 50 Best Teen Dramas of All Time (EW)

• 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 (10-24) (TVLine)

• TV Freshman Report Card (TVLine)

• 9 Must-Watch Shows This Fall (EW)

• 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

• EW  Thursday  Listings

• TVLine Thursday Listings

• TV Guide Thursday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• Love Life Season 2 (HBO Max)

• Walker Season 2 Premiere 8E/7C (The CW)

• TNF Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals 8:20E/7:20C (Fox/NFL)

• NBA New York Knicks @ Chicago Bulls 8E/7C (NBA TV)

🎬 Trailer Park 🎬

True Story (Kevin Hart; Wesley Snipes; Theo Rossi) Netflix (Nov 24th)

The Unforgivable (Sandra Bullock; Jon Bernthal; Viola Davis) Netflix (Dec 10)