The Friday Wine Down🍷 (7-8)

The One Where The Daily Wine Down Returns

Headlines

• R.I.P James Caan, Misery & The Godfather Star Dies At 82 (EW)

  • 13 Best Roles of Caan’s Career (EW)

  • James Caan Tributes (THR)

• Everything You Need To Know About Key Thor: Love & Thunder Characters (THR)

• Daredevil Lives, Charlie Cox To Appear In Hawkeye Spinoff (TVLine)

• J-Hope Reveals Jack In The Box Tracklist (Billboard)

• Elon Musk Procreates, Yet Again (People)

• Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles, and More Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom (People)

  • Of Course, Conservatives Go Apeshit Over Rapinoe (The Independent)

  • Rona Keeps Denzel Washington From Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony (People)

• The Boys Leading Streaming Ratings (THR)

• Shonda Rhimes Teams With Julia Quinn For Bridgerton Prequel Book (THR)

• HBO Cancels Gentleman Jack After 2 Seasons (Deadline)

• Steven Yeun & Robert Pattinson To Co-Star In Bong Joon Ho’s Upcoming Sci-Fi Thriller (Variety)

What’s Really Going On

• Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated (CNN)

• Women of Color Will Feel Brunt of “Criminalized” Pregnancies In Post-Roe America (Rolling Stone)

• Boris Johnson Resigns As UK’s Prime Minister (The Independent)

  • World’s Fifth Largest Economy In Crisis (CNN)

• Highland Park Shooter’s Parents Want To Be Absolved of Guilt/Blame (The Independent)

• Fox News Contributor Suggests Hiring An Exorcist To End Mass Shootings (Rolling Stone)

• Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking In Russia (People)

  • Her Lawyers Explain Why ( People)

• Twitter Begins Layoffs Ahead of Musk Deal (THR)

  • Stocks Sink Amid Doubts About Deal (Deadline)

• Tesla To Allow Non-Tesla EVs To Use Charging Stations (The Verge)

• Derek Chauvin Gets 21 Yrs In Federal Prison For Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights (The Independent)

• Rogan Not a Trump Supporter But Thinks DeSantis Would Make A Good POTUS (Business Insider)

• Secret Service Director Leaving For Role At Snap (The Independent)

• But Of Course, Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Hired As A Cop In Pennsylvania (The Independent)

• New AZ Law Will Make It Illegal to Record Police At Close Range (USA TODAY)

MUSIC NEWS & NOTES (7-5 thru 7-9)

• The 1975 Release 1st Song & Video From Upcoming Album Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Variety)

• Charlie Put Reveals New Album Release Date (Billboard)

• BLACKPINK announce comeback (August) & Massive World Tour (Spin)

• Nipsey Hussle Killer Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder (Deadline)

• Three Michael Jackson Songs Moved From Streamers Over Suspect Vocals (Billboard)

• Nicki Minaj Pulls 2010 Song With Kanye From Setlist (The Independent)

• “CHEERS” For SVT Leaders (Billboard)

• Babyface Reflects On Soul Food Movie & Soundtrack 25 Years Later (Billboard)

• Kid Cudi’s Debut Mixtape Now Available (Rolling Stone)

• J Hope Teases More Darkness To Come With Spooky Jack In The Box Teaser (Billboard)

• Girls Rock The World: The Evolution of Girl Groups (Billboard)

Sports Talk

• Abdominal Tear Forces Nadal Out of Wimbledon Semis (ESPN)

• Jabeur Makes History As 1st African & Arab Woman to Make Grand Slam Final In Open Era (USA Today)

• Raiders Hire NFL’s 1st Black Female Team President (CNN)

• Who’s Got Next In The WNBA (ESPN)

  • Bird, Taurasi Cover 2K23 WNBA Edition (ESPN)

• Sue’s Secret Sauce: How Sue Bird Stays At The Top of Her Game (ESPN)

• The Diggs Brothers & Their Unbreakable Bond (Sports Illustrated)

• Go Big Or Stay Home, Nets Want “Biggest Deal Ever” For KD (CNN)

• Is There Anyone Stronger Than Steven Adams In The NBA? (Sports Illustrated)

• Victory Over Jamaica Puts USWNT Closer To ‘23 World Cup Bid (ESPN)

• Former Alabama RB’s Championship Rings Pawned In Vegas (ESPN)

• Shohei Ohtani The Rare Light In The Angels Dark Season (Sports Illustrated)

• Rory McIlroy Wants PGA & LIV Tours To Kiss & Make Up (Sports Illustrated)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

• Complete 2022 NFL Schedule (USA Today)

• Wimbledon Scoreboard [7-7]- (ESPN)

• MLB Scoreboard[7-7] - (ESPN)

• WNBA Scoreboard[7-7] (ESPN)

Rankings

• WNBA Power Rankings (ESPN)

• MLB Power Ranking 7-8 (ESPN)

MUSIC & BOOKS

What’s Charting & Playing

• What’s New This Week (Billboard)

• Hot 100 (Billboard)

• Hot 200 [Albums]- (Billboard)

• Best New Pop Songs This Week (Billboard)

BookEnds

• NY Times Best Sellers List (7-3) - NY Times

• B&N Top 100[7-3]- (Barnes & Noble)

• Best Beach Reads For This Summer (EW)

• Summer Lovin: 16 Novels To Read This Summer (EW)

• Top 10 LGBTQ+ Books of Last 5 Years (EW)

THE WATCHOUT

Highlights

• 12 Best Brad Pitt Films (EW)

• Hollywood’s Most Patriotic Films (THR)

• BET Award Winners 2022 (BET)

• Daytime Emmy Winners 2022 (Variety)

• How To Watch The Marvel Movies [In Release & Chronological Order] (Total Film)

• Are There Any Real Oscar Contenders At This Point? (The Wrap)

What’s Poppin’

• Early Prime Day Deals (CNN)

• Best Prime Day Tech Deals (Spy)

• The Best of 2022 So Far

  • Books (EW)

  • Albums (EW)

  • TV Shows (EW); (THR)

  • Movies (EW); (THR)

WINE DOWN TV

The Latest In Streaming

• This Week’s Comings & Goings (7-3) (TVLine)

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

• Best Movies On HBO Max Right Now (The Wrap)

TV Listings

• EW Friday Listings

• TVLine Friday Listings

• TV Guide Friday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• Black Bird (AppleTV+)

• Boo, Bitch! (Netflix)

• For All Mankind (AppleTV+)

• How to Build a Sex Room (Netflix)

• Physical (Apple TV+)

• Trigger Point (Peacock)

🎬 Trailer Park 🎬

Black Bird (Taron Egerton; Ray Liotta; Greg Kinnear) Apple TV+ (July 8)

The Bear (Jeremy Allen White; Ebon Moss-Bachrach;Ayo Edebiri) Hulu (June 2022)