The Wednesday Wine Down🍷 (10-20)
Headlines
Netflix Boss Admits He Could Have Handled Chappelle Controversy Better, But Won’t Edit Special (TVLine)
Nicki Minaj Avoids $20M Default Judgement In Harassment Case (Rolling Stone)
Mel Gibson Checks Into John Wick Prequel Series, The Continental (TVLine)
Mental Health Charity Declines Jamie Spears’ Book Sales Donation (People)
Something Doesn’t Smell Right In Jay-Z’s Perfume Trial (Rolling Stone)
New Adele Interviews Precede New Adele Music (Billboard)
Indiana Jones 5 Pushed Til 2023, Marvel Movie Schedule Changes (THR)
Apple Debuts 3rd Gen Airpods & New Voice Only Music Plan (Billboard)
Gal Gadot Shocked By Joss Whedon’s Not So Wonderful Behavior On Justice League Set (EW)
Adele Is Coming For One Night Only In CBS Special (Billboard)
Trans Netflix Employee Who Criticized Streamer Said “It Was Never About Dave” (Variety)
Wal-Mart’s Super Early, Super- Crazy Black Friday Deals (Spy)
9 of the Times Zendaya Absolutely Slayed The Red Carpet (The Wrap)
Meghan McCain Goes On Hannity To Spill The Tea On The View & Why She Really Quit (Variety)
Netflix Changing the Way It Views Things (The Wrap)
What’s Really Going On
RIP Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State Dies At 84 From Covid Complications (The Independent)
Trolls Gonna Troll Jealous Trump Lashes Out At Colin Powell Over Media Coverage of His Death (Rolling Stone)
J6 Committee Recommends Criminal Contempt Charges For Bannon (The Independent)
DOJ Asserts No State Is Above The Law, Allowing Texas’ Abortion Ban Would Prove Otherwise (Axios)
Police Unions Pushing Back On Vax Mandates (USA TODAY)
Of Course, Trump Sues Jan 6th Committee (The Independent)
The Hypocrisy of It All Fully Vaxxed Conservative Radio Host Threatening To Quit Over Vax Mandates (The Wrap)
Apple’s New MacBook Pro (The Independent)
Mix & Match Rona Boosters May Be Coming Soon (USA TODAY)
CNN’s John King Reveals MS Diagnosis During On-Air Rona Vaxx Segment (People)
I Wish Rona Would Quit Us: Delta Variant Has Spawned Into New Delta+ Variant On The Rise in The UK (Deadline)
No Porking Around: Pig Organ Transplant May Be the Key To Solving Human Organ Shortage Problem (Reuters)
MUSIC NEWS & NOTES (10-17 thru 10-23)
Sports Talk
Astros Comeback In 9th To Tie Up ALCS (USA TODAY)
Reigning NBA Champs Bucks Pick Up Where They Left Off, Beat Nets In Opener (Yahoo Sports)
Curry Messed Around & Got A Triple-Double As Warriors Top Lakers In NBA Season Opener (USA TODAY)
NBA Preview & Predictions (ESPN)
Gonzaga NCAA Men’s Preseason #1 (Yahoo Sports)
Legendary Sports Announce Dick Vitale Announces Lymphoma Diagnosis (Deadline)
Washington State Head Coach Relieved of Duty Over Rona Vax Refusal (USA TODAY)
Evander Kane Busted For Trying To Turn In A Fake Vax Card (Yahoo Sports)
What’s Going On With Suns And DeAndre Ayton? (Yahoo Sports)
SPORTS
Scores & Schedules
Sports Scoreboard 10-19 (Sports Illustrated)
MLB Scoreboard 10-19(Sports Illustrated)
Week 7 NFL Schedule (NFL.com)
MLB Playoff Schedule (ESPN)
Complete College Football TV Schedule For Entire Season (USA TODAY)
WNBA Finals Schedule (ESPN)
Rankings
College Football USA TODAY Coaches Poll [10-17]- (USA TODAY)
College Football AP Poll [10-17]- (Sporting News)
Ranking ALL 130 College FB Teams [Week 7] -(Yahoo Sports)
College Football Power Rankings Wk 7 [10-17]-(ESPN)
Week 6 NFL Power Rankings [10-19]- (Yahoo Sports)
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 [10-17] - (Wine Down Radio)
Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-17] - (Billboard)
EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-17]- (EW)
Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-19] (Billboard)
Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-19]- (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 100 [10-23] (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 200 [10-23}-(Billboard)
2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)
BookEnds
THE WATCHOUT
Highlights
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’
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 (10-10) (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
ALCS Gm 5- Astros @Red Sox-5:30E/4:30C (FS1)
NLCS Gm4 - Braves @ Dodgers -8E/7C (TBS)
NHL Hockey Double Header 7:30E/6:30C (TNT)
NBA Double Header 7:30E/6:30C (ESPN)
Chicago Fire (200th Episode) 9E/8C (NBC)
Four Hours At The Capitol - 9E/8C (HBO)