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)

• The Eternals Are Here; First Reactions To The Film (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)

• Anna Cathcart Getting Her Own To All The Boys Spin-Off (EW)

• What’s In A Name, Kanye is Now Legally Ye (THR)

• Breaking Down The Batman Trailer (EW)

• 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)

• Colin Powell’s Complicated Legacy (CNN)

• 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)

• SCOTUS Sides With Police In Qualified Immunity Case (CNN)

• 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)

• Miley Cyrus & Mickey Guyton One on One (Rolling Stone)

• Drake Sees Certified Lover Boy Return To #1 On Billboard Hot 200 (Billboard)

• ”Industry Baby” Tops Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)

• Five Hours Was All It Took For Adele To Ease Her Way Onto The Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)

• ABC To Air Real Queens of Hip-Hop Special (VIBE)

Sports Talk

• Titans Hold Off Bills In Amazing Goal Line Stand (ESPN)

• Bellinger’s Bat Helps Dodgers Beat Braves (ESPN)

• 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)

• NBA Commish- Kyrie Not a League Issue (ESPN)

• 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)

• NBA Schedule 10-19 thru 10-25 (ESPN)

• Week 7 NFL Schedule (NFL.com)

• Week 8 College Football Schedule (ESPN)

• 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)

• The Best Players In WNBA History (ESPN)

• 75 Greatest NBA Players of All Time, So Far (ESPN)

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)

• Best Moments In Latin Music This Week [10-19]

• Billboard Hot 100 [10-23] (Billboard)

• Billboard Hot 200 [10-23}-(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

• EW  Wednesday  Listings

• TVLine Wednesday Listings

• TV Guide Wednesday  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)

🎬 Trailer Park 🎬

Bruised (Halle Berry; Stephen McKinley Henderson; Adan Canto) Netflix (Nov 24)

The Black Phone ( Ethan Hawke; Jeremy Davies; James Ransone) In Theaters (Feb 24, 2022)