The Thursday Wine Down🍷 (10-7)

Headlines

• Will No Time To Die Become The First $100M Opener of The Rona Era? (The Wrap)

• Netflix Asked To Pull Dave Chapelle’s New Special Over His “Ridiculing” of the Trans/LGTBQ Community (Deadline)

• The New Rona-Normal Concert Guide: How To Rock Out At A Live Show (Billboard)

• The House of Dragon Is Coming; HBO Reveals Teaser For GOT Prequel (Variety)

• Succession Star Kieran Culkin Talks Childhood, Fame & The Hit Show (THR)

• Ariana Grande Granted 5 Year Restraining Order Against Stalker (Rolling Stone)

• Britney Thanks Lawyer As She Calls Out Her Family (THR)

• Jingle All The Way Through Netflix’s Holiday Schedule (EW)

• Big Daddy Kane VERZUZ KRS-ONE Is Gonna Be 🔥🔥🔥 (Billboard)

• 10 Best TV Reboots & Revivals (EW)

• CMA’s Will Require Attendees To Be Vaxxed (Billboard)

• LA To Require Vax For Movie Theaters, Concerts & Restaurant (THR)

• Mark Consuelos Leaving Riverdale After 4 Seasons (Deadline)

• Squid Game Is Eligible For Emmys (Variety)

• One & Done: Netflix Cancels Dash & Lily (Deadline)

What’s Really Going On

• Federal Judge Blocks Texas’ Gilead (Abortion) Law (The Independent)

• The Blame Game: Texas Governor & Other GOP Governors Blame Biden For “Chaos” At The Border (USA TODAY)

• McConnell Finally Making A Move On Debt Ceiling Crisis As A Deal As Senate Reaches Tentative Deal To Stave Off Catastrophe (NBC News)

• Texas High School Shooting; Shooter In Custody (CNN)

• AT&T A Major Sponsor of the Trump Propaganda Network (Rolling Stone)

• People Think They May Have ID’d The Zodiac Killer Bringing New Attention To The Case (USA TODAY)

• So Real, Workers At Kellogg’s Cereal Plant To Go On Strike (The Independent)

• Finally, Apple Update Makes It Easier to Find Airpods [Max & Pro]- (The Independent)

• These Black Designers Are Building Their Brands Around Identity & Heritage (CNN)

• Wow Chuck Grassley Made This “Compliment” Sound So Racist (NBC News)

MUSIC NEWS & NOTES

• Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B Win Big At BET Hip-Hop Awards (Deadline)

• Justin Bieber’s Complet Edition of Justice Will Contain 3 New Songs (Billboard)

• BTS’ Love Yourself Campaign Raises $3.6M (Rolling Stone)

• Video Soul Making Comeback After 25 Years (VIBE)

• Urban Alternative Gaining Ground & Markets Thanks To Public Radio (rbr.com)

• Summer Is Coming (VIBE)

• What is Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar Really About? (Billboard)

• Teasing Adele’s Return (Pitchfork)

• Nirvana’s Nevermind Gets A Massive Re-release For 30th Anniversary (Billboard)

Sports Talk

• Dodgers Walk It Off To NLDS (ESPN)

• Candace Parker’s Domination Leads Sky To WNBA Finals (Sports Illustrated)

• Aces Push Mercury To Winner Take All, Game 5 (ESPN)

• Standing In Solidarity, NWSL Pause Games 6 Minutes In (ESPN)

• Cowboys’ Loss Appears To Packers’ Gain As Jaylon Smith Is Nearing a Deal With Green Bay (Yahoo Sports)

• WFT Were The Patriots Thinking With Gilmore Trade? (ESPN)

• NBA Players Love Affair With Wine (NBC News)

• UnVaxxed NBA Players Will Face Charges In Toronto If They Breach Quarantine (Sports Illustrated)

• Biggest Things Yankees Gotta Figure Out This Off-Season (Yahoo Sports)

• Ranking The NBA Championship Contenders (Yahoo Sports)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

• Sports Scoreboard 10-6 (Sports Illustrated)

• MLB Scoreboard 10-6(Sports Illustrated)

• Week 5 NFL Schedule (NFL.com)

• Week 4 NFL Scoreboard (Sports Illustrated)

• Week 5 College Football Scoreboard (USA TODAY)

• MLB Playoff Schedule (ESPN)

Rankings

• College Football USA TODAY  Coaches Poll [10-3]- (USA TODAY)

• College Football AP Poll [10-3]- (Sporting News)

• College Football Power Rankings Wk 5 [10-4]-(ESPN)

• MLB Power Rankings [10-3]-(Sports Illustrated)

• Week 4NFL Power Rankings [10-5]- (USA TODAY)

• Ranking the NBA’s Top 100 Players 21-22 Season (Sports Illustrated)

• NBA Top100: Snubs Edition (Sports Illustrated)

• The Best Players In WNBA History (ESPN)

MUSIC & BOOKS

What’s Charting & Playing

• New This Week On The Radio [10-3] - (Wine Down Radio)

• Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-3] - (Billboard)

• EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-1]- (Billboard)

• Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-4] (Billboard)

• Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-4]- (Billboard)

• Best Moments In Latin Music This Week (10-2)

• Billboard Hot 100 [10-9] (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 200 [10-9}-(Billboard)

• 2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)

BookEnds

• The October Reading List (EW)

• NY TIMES Best Seller List [10-10]  (NY TIMES)

• Books By Latino Authors (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

• Best Movies Streaming October (EW)

• What’s Leaving Netflix In October (THR)

• 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’

• 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

• 9 Must-Watch Shows This Fall (EW)

• This Week’s Comings & Goings (10-3) (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

• EW Thursday Listings

• TVLine Thursday Listings

• TV Guide Thursday Listings

Tonight’s Focus

• One of Us Is Lying (Peacock)

• Thursday Night Football[LA Rams v.Seattle Seahawks] 8E/7C (Fox)

🎬 Trailer Park- 🎬

Army of Thieves (Matthias Schweighöfer; Nathalie Emmanuel; Ruby O. Fee) Netflix (Oct 29)

Chucky (Zackary Arthur; Brad Dourif; Carina Battrick) SyFy (Oct 12)