The Popcorn Wine Down

The Friday Wine Down🍷 (10-15)

October 15, 2021 Popcorn Winedown

Headlines

Adele Definitely Did NOT Go Easy On Us, With New Single (Rolling Stone)
The Harder They Fall Premiere Went Hard (THR)
IATSE Making “Progress” In Talks With AMTP As Strike Deadline Looms (TVLine)
“Progress” Not Enough To Stop IATSE Preparations For Strike (The Wrap)
North Korea Reviews Squid Game (Deadline)
Updating I Know What You Did Last Summer For TV (EW)
Quiet Place Star Millicent Simmonds To Play Helen Keller (EW)
Drake Was Willing To Sue To Get Jimmy Out Of That Wheelchair (People)
Hannah Gadsby Goes In On Netflix’s ‘Amoral Algorithm Cult’ Over Dave Chappelle (THR)
The Box Office Struggle Is Especially Real For Box Office Films (Variety)
Are The Oscars Going To Return To Their #SoWhite Ways This Year? (Variety)
Squid Game Barely Misses Top 10 Nielsen’s Debut (The Wrap)
Cosby Faces More Rape Allegations In New Lawsuit (The Independent)

What’s Really Going On

Judge Orders Trump To Sit For On Camera Depo (The Independent)
Jan 6 Committee Seeking To Hold Bannon In Criminal Contempt For Ignoring Subpeona (CNN)
Appeals Court Once Again Sides With Texas & It’s Gilead Abortion Law (USA TODAY)
Is Q Running For Congress 👀👀👀👀 (The Independent)
Robert Durst Sentenced To Life In Prison (EW)
The Missouri Governor is Dumb AF (Rolling Stone)
Bill Clinton Admitted to UCI Medical Center For A Non Covid Infection (Deadline)
Moderna Booster Recommended By FDA For 65+ & At-Risk Adults (The Independent)
La Niña Is Here, What It Means For Weather In The Southwest & Rest of US (CNN)
Mein Kampf Anyone? School Administrator In Texas Told Teachers To Include Books With Opposing Views To the Holocaust (CNN)
Trump Tells Republicans Not To Vote (MSNBC)

MUSIC NEWS & NOTES (10-10 thru 10-16)

Go One on One With Alicia Keys & Kehlani (Rolling Stone)
Billie Elish To Headline Glastonbury 2022 (Variety)
Lil Durk Wants To Get His High School Diploma (VIBE)
Elton John Gets 1st Top 40 Hit In 40 Years With A Little Help From Dua Lipa (EW)
Bono v. Bono: Cher Sues Sonny’s Widow Over Royalties (Deadline)
Kacey Musgraves Found Out The Grammys Gonna Grammy (People)
Olivia Rodrigo & Alanis Morrissette Go One on One (Rolling Stone)
Madonna & Maluma Go One on One (Rolling Stone)
Shots Fired Paul McCartney Calls Rolling Stones “Blues Cover Band” (People)
Tyga Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges For Allegedly Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend (EW)
Coachella Dropping Vax Requirements For 2022 Fest (Billboard)
Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Can’t “Stay” Away From The Top of The Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)
Why Are People Still Listening To R, Kelly? (The Hill)
The Rock Raps, As Dwayne Johnson Makes Hip Hop Debut (EW)
Fearless Taylor’s Version Back At #1 On Billboard Hot 200 (Billboard)
Stream Aaliyah Ultimate Compilation Album (Rolling Stone)

Sports Talk

Dodgers Beat Giants, Advance To NLCS To Take On Braves (USA TODAY)
Comeback Not Enough to Push Eagles Past Bucs In TNF (ESPN)
Meet Ricardo Pepi The 18 Yr Old Phenom Taking Men’s Soccer By Storm (USA TODAY
Timing Is Everything, The WFT Will Retire Sean Taylor’s Jersey (People)
Former WFT Cheerleader Speaks Out On Team Culture & NFL, ‘We Feel Invisible’ (USA Today)
Is the Lakers’ Star-Studded Roster Enough To Return Them Back To The Top of the NBA Mountain (ESPN)
Yankees Cleaning House With Coaching Staff, Boone Awaiting His Fate (Yahoo Sports)
Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King & Others Support Brief For Trans Youth In Sports (Sports Illustrated)
Crowd Lost Mind As Brittney Griner Threw Down A Dunk In WNBA Finals (Yahoo Sports)

SPORTS

Scores & Schedules

Sports Scoreboard 10-14 (Sports Illustrated)
MLB Scoreboard 10-14(Sports Illustrated)
Week 7 College Football Schedule (ESPN)
Week 6 NFL Schedule (NFL.com)
Week 6 College Football Scoreboard (ESPN)
Week 5 NFL Scoreboard (Sports Illustrated)
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 [10-10]- (USA TODAY)
College Football AP Poll [10-10]- (Sporting News)
College Football Power Rankings Wk 6 [10-10]-(ESPN)
Week 5 NFL Power Rankings [10-12]- (Yahoo Sports)
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 [10-10] - (Wine Down Radio)
Who Had The Best Week In Music? [10-10] - (Billboard)
EW’s Best New Songs of the Week [10-10]- (EW)
Songs To Get You Through The Week [10-11] (Billboard)
Week’s Freshest R&B/Hip Hop Joints [10-11]- (Billboard)
Best Moments In Latin Music This Week [10-9]
Billboard Hot 100 [10-16] (Billboard)
Billboard Hot 200 [10-16}-(Billboard)
2021 Album Release Calendar (Metacritic)

BookEnds

The October Reading List (EW)
NY TIMES Best Seller List [10-31] (NY TIMES)
Books By Latino Authors (EW)
Akwaeke Emezi Is Turning Her Attention To Romance, With New Book Coming In Summer 2022 (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)
Halloween Movies on HBO Max (The Wrap)
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’

The Top Showrunners 2021 Edition (THR)
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

This Week’s Comings & Goings (10-10) (TVLine)
9 Must-Watch Shows This Fall (EW)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

This Weekend’s Focus

I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon)
See [Season 2 Finale]- (Apple TV+)
The Velvet Underground -(Apple TV+)
YOU - Season3 (Netflix)
ALCS - [Gm1 Red Sox v. Astros]- 8E/7C (Fox)

🎬 Trailer Park- This Weekend @ the Movies 🎬

Halloween Kills (Jamie Lee Curtis; Judy Greer; Andi Matichak) Now Playing (also on Peacock)

Needle In A Time Stack (Leslie Odom Jr.; Freida Pinto: Orlando Bloom) Now Playing (also on VOD)

The Last Duel (Matt Damon; Adam Driver; Jodie Comer) Now Playing

Freeland (Lily Gladstone; Frank Mosley; Krisha Fairchild) Now Playing