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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Billboard Hot 100 [10-30] (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 200 [10-30}-(Billboard)
2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)
BookEnds
THE WATCHOUT
Highlights
Ho Ho Ho! All Aboard The 2021 Christmas Movie Train (TVLine)
Halloween Movies on HBO Max (The Wrap)
2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)
Fall TV Schedule (TVLine)
Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)
What’s Poppin’
Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone)
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 (10-24) (TVLine)
TV Freshman Report Card (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
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