The Wednesday Wine Down🍷 (5-12)

The One Where Justice Sleeps, The NRA Weeps & Butter Is Coming

HEADLINES

• BTS Debuting “Butter” Performance On Billboard Music Awards (Billboard)

• HFPA Members Respond To Backlash (Variety)

• Regina King Gets Bitter In Her Next Directorial Feature- Bitter Root Comic Adaptation (Deadline)

• Sandra Oh Has Moved On From Grey’s Anatomy, Won’t Be Returning (The Wrap)

• Doing Boss Things-Stacy Abrams New Novel, While Justice Sleeps Already Getting Series Adaptation Treatment (Variety)

• Russell Wilson and Ciara Ink First-Look Deal With Amazon (THR)

• Days Go On- Days Of Our Lives Renewed For 2 Seasons (TVLine)

• Add Soulja Boy To The List of Those Accused Of Domestic Violence & Sexual Battery (Rolling Stone)

• First Dave Bautista, Now Edward Norton Joins Knives Out Sequel (Deadline)

• LeVar Burton Joins Tom Swift, Nancy Drew Spinoff (The Wrap)

• The Struggle Is Real -The Battle To Get Marvel’s Shang Chi, & The Eternals Into China (Variety)

• The Inside Scoop On All The New TV Shows Ordered So Far (EW)

• James Murdoch, Black Sheep, Of The Murdoch Media Family Looking To Start His Own Media Company (Deadline)

• Read Chs 6 -7 Of  Imposter Syndrome By Kathy Yang (EW)

• Freeform Sets Premiere Dates For Summer Shows- Grownish; Good Trouble; etc… (EW)

• Summer At the Hollywood Bowl Is Gonna Be 🔥🔥🔥 (Deadline)

• Hamilton, Wicked, and The Lion King Are Going Back To Broadway (Variety)

• Inclusivity & Representation Needed In Hair & Makeup Departments As Well (THR)

• Star Wars Authors Want Disney To Run Them Their Money (THR)

• New Rams QB Matthew Stafford Buys Big In Hidden Hills (Dirt)

• Biden Sitting on 63% Approval Rating (The Independent)

• Woman Has To Remove Confederate Flag From Driveway In Custody Dispute (The Independent)

• Reading IS Fundamental- Facebook Is Now Advising Members To Actually READ Articles Before Sharing Them (The Independent)

• Call The Tiger King In The Case of The Missing Tiger In Houston (CNN)

• How Is What The GOP Doing To Liz Cheney Not The Very Definition of Cancel Culture? (Deadline)

• BLOCKED- Judge Dismisses NRA Bankruptcy Case, Clearing Way For NY AG Suit (NBC News)

The Watch Out

Highlights

• 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time (Rolling Stone)

• 50 Best Teen Dramas of All Time (EW)

• Movie Night: Best Movies Currently Streaming (EW)

• Coming To Netflix This Summer (Rolling Stone)

• Summer TV Premiere Dates (The Wrap)

• Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 (Variety)

• 2021 Movie Release Calendar (Cinemablend)

The Book Club

• May Reading List (EW)

• Spring YA Recommendations (EW)

• Romance Novels That Embrace the Idea of Self Love (EW)

• These Romance Novels Are All About Unexpected Connections (EW)

Streaming/TV/Movies

• This Week’s Comings & Goings (5-9) (TVLine)

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

• May TV Calendar: What’s Premiering, Returning, & Ending (TVLine)

• TV Renewal Scorecard (THR)

• Midseason/Winter Premiere Dates (Deadline)

• Summer Movie Schedule (THR)

Wine Down Radio

• New This Week…On The Radio (5-9) (Popcorn Wine Down)

• Songs To Get You Through The Week (5-11) (Billboard)

In The Trailer Park

• Lupin (IMDb)

• The Protegé (IMDb)

TV Listings

• EW Wednesday Listings

• TVLine Wednesday Listings

• TV Guide Wednesday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• The Upshaws (Netflix)

• Oxygen (Netflix)

• The Handmaid’s Tale -Ep 5 (Hulu)

• Nancy Drew [Tom Swift Backdoor Pilot) 9E/8C (The CW)

• The Hills: New Beginnings 9E/8C (MTV)

The Trailer Park

Lupin Pt 2 (Omar Sy, Vincent Londez, Ludivine Sagnier) Netflix (June 11)

The Protegé (Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Maggie Q) In Theaters (Aug. 20)