The Friday Wine Down🍷 (10-29)

Headlines

• Olivia Rodrigo & The Weeknd Rule American Music Award Nominees (EW)

• The IATSE Dilemma: Do They Take Baby Steps Or The Whole Damn Staircase When It Comes To Reforms? (THR)

• Bet Get The Tissues, Someone Dies On Next Station 19/Grey’s Crossover (TVLine)

• Guide To This Year’s Christmas Movies (EW)

• Should Men Write Female Anthems? (Billboard)

• Michelle Obama Coming To black-ish (TVLine)

• Christmas Is Coming To Peacock: Holiday Movie Calendar (TVLine)

• Tucker Batshit Crazy Carlson Airing Special Calling Jan 6th A False Flag Event (Rolling Stone)

• Damn Is Eternals Really That Bad? Worst Than Thor: The Dark World? It Can’t Be Can It? (EW)

• Morgan Wallen Still Not Invited To The AMA Party, But Maybe One (Deadline)

• Zayn Malik Denies Allegations That He Struck Ex, Gigi Hadid’s Mother (Variety)

• Ana De Armas In Talks To Star In Ballerina, John Wick Spinoff (The Wrap)

• Abby Huntsman Opens Up About Why She Really Left The View (USA TODAY)

What’s Really Going On

• Facebook Goes All Meta: But Facebook By Any Other Name Is Still Fucking Facebook (Variety)

• Oklahoma Executes 1st Death Row Inmate In Six Years (The Independent)

• Paid Leave Left Out Of New Build Back Better Framework, Manchin & Sinema SUCK (The Independent)

  • What Made The Cut & What Got Cut Out of The Biden Budget (USA TODAY)

• Judge To Capitol Rioters:”It’s A Jail Not A Hotel” (Rolling Stone)

• Gun Scare Grounds Flights At LAX, One Person In Custody (Deadline)

• Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Charged With Misdemeanor Sex Crime In New York (The Wrap)

• Apple Misses Earnings For First Time In 5 Years, Stock Takes a Tumble (The Wrap)

• What Was Really Going On In the Texas House of Horrors (The Independent)

• Lauren Cho’s Remains ID’d After She’d Been Missing For Months (The Independent)

• Cause Florida: DeSantis Sues Biden Admin Over Vax Mandate (USA TODAY)

• DC-Baltimore Area Braces For What Could Be The Worst Flooding In 20 Years (CNN)

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

• The Harder They Fall Soundtrack Features Hip-Hop Legends Ms. Lauryn Hill , Jadakiss and more (Rolling Stone)

• Coming Soon Monsta X Sharing Their Dreams In A Theater Near You (Billboard)

• SZA’s Bikini Pics Released Without Her Consent (VIBE)

• How Eminem & Snoop Dogg Squashed Their Beef (Rolling Stone)

• No More Cheat Codes: Capella Gray’s Quest To Rewrite Hip-Hop (Billboard)

• Go Business With Takeshi 69’s “Charity” At Your Own Risk (Rolling Stone)

• 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

• Packers Intercepted Victory From Cardinals At The Last Second (USA TODAY)

• Favre Repays $600K In Welfare Fraud Case; Mississippi Could Sue For Interest (USA TODAY)

• DAMN!!! NFL Commish Reportedly Paid $128M Over Last 2 Years (ESPN)

• Gruden, Raiders Reach Contract Settlement (Yahoo Sports)

• Blackhawks Scandal Causes Panthers To Resign(USA TODAY)

• Why The NAACP Telling Athletes Not To Sign With Texas Teams (ESPN)

• Ignorance Is Expensive: How Covid Conspiracies Cost WSU A Football Coach and Him A $3M Per Year Job (ESPN)

• Saudi Backed Golf League Gaining Steam; Details (USA TODAY)

• Bob Melvin Leaving Oakland To Manage The Padres (Yahoo Sports)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

• Sports Scoreboard 10-28(Sports Illustrated)

• NBA Scoreboard 10-28(ESPN)

• NHL Scoreboard 10-28(ESPN)

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

• Week 9 College Football Schedule (ESPN)

• Week 8 NFL 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’

• 75 Best Horror Films Of This Century

• 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  Weekend  Listings

• TVLine Friday Listings

• TV Guide Friday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• Colin in Black and White (Netflix)

• Fairfax (Amazon Prime)

• Swagger (AppleTV+)

• Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (Paramount +)

• Army of Thieves (Netflix)

• MLB World Series Gm3 Astros @ Braves -8:30E/7:30C

🎬 Trailer Park- This Weekend @ the Movies 🎬

Last Night In Soho (Thomasin McKenzie; Anya Taylor-Joy; Matt Smith) In Theaters

Antlers (Keri Russell; Jesse Plemons; Jeremy T. Thomas) In Theaters