W.B.

[Chad Elsey @juryverdicts]

@TheCinesthetic Never heard any audience cheer like they did when this happened, and don’t think I ever will again.

[W.B. @WB_Tennessee]

How did Jeremy Strong literally turn into Zuck? Looks and voice are insane.

[Jared L Kubin @JaredKubin]

For all the parents out there dealing with a decision... let me give you another perspective

In 2018 my wife and I went in for our 20? week ultra sound at Beth Israel in Boston... the rep was very quiet the whole time, something seemed off. My wife & I were first time parents... didn't have much context. The doctor pulled us into her office and told us our sons nuchal fold was abnormally large... she went on to say there is a significant increased chance of Down Syndrome and even Turner's syndrome... talked about options to terminate the pregnancy. My wife was inconsolable, rightly so ... even thinking about it now brings back a lot of heavy emotions because of how hard of a day it was... hard...

I did a lot of research on the topic ... my wife & I prayed non stop about it. All we could do. The doctors wanted to do an amniocentesis which has its own host of risks..run more tests...

We came to the conclusion, which was not easy... it didn't matter... no amnio, no more tests.... I felt in my soul the Lord's plan was perfect and if our son was going to have Down Syndrome we would love him and shepherd him through this world the best we could. We get what we get. Anything from the Lord was a BLESSING and I was not going to point my finger at Him

Fast forward to today... our son is going to be 8 in the fall. He is perfect. Just hit a homerun the other day... a much better baseball player than I was at his age. My best friend

I share this deeply personal story for nothing more than to give just ONE parent hope... the Lord's plan is perfect... stay the course

[Tea with Tolkien @TeawithTolkien]

the Pope quoting The Lord of the Rings!!!!!!! I feel so alive!!!!

[Joseph Williams @jjosephwilliams]

Some of us have been saying this for years.

[W.B. @WB_Tennessee]

Love that Troy is getting a reclamation!

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Brad Pitt spent a full year preparing for this scene. Two to three hours in the gym daily, then two more hours of sword work on top of that. He gained 30 pounds of muscle. And the reason every second of training shows on screen comes down to one decision most people don't know about.

Sword Master Richard Ryan designed a completely different fighting style for every principal character in the film. Achilles fights like a predator. Short explosive bursts, closing distance in a blink, always attacking. Hector fights like a soldier. Measured footwork, shield discipline, conserving energy because he's used to surviving long battles, not ending them in seconds.

The choreography tells you who wins before a single blow lands. There's a specific moment where Achilles uses the same leaping overhead strike that killed Boagrius in the opening scene. Hector gets his shield up just barely in time. That beat communicates everything: Hector is the best conventional fighter alive, and it still isn't enough. The gap between elite and supernatural, shown in half a second of choreography.

No stunt doubles. Both actors performed the entire duel themselves. Simon Crane, the stunt coordinator from Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan, built the sequence so meticulously that editor Peter Honess barely had to cut. You can track every spear, blade, and shield in every frame. In 2004, when most action movies were already drowning fight scenes in shaky cam and fast edits, Troy went the opposite direction and let you watch.

Pitt tore his actual Achilles tendon during production. The guy playing Achilles got taken out by his Achilles. Sometimes the universe writes better material than the screenwriter.

Twenty-one years later and nothing in the sword-and-sandal genre has topped it. The budget was $175 million. The training was a year. The fight is four minutes. Every dollar and every hour landed on screen.

[Eric Goldman @TheEricGoldman]

My only frame of reference for this dude is enjoying him as an SNL host (how I first heard of him), thinking he whiffed it as an Emmys host, and seeing the trailer for his “Yep, we’re still just doing Mr. Mom 40+ years later” movie, so this happening is baffling to me.

[W.B. @WB_Tennessee]

Worst episode for a great movie that they have had. No chemistry or rhythm. @rzacellis

[The r/BillSimmons Podcast @rBillSimmonsPod]

Thoughts?

[W.B. @WB_Tennessee]

This impression is my new favorite recurring role on @nbcsnl. Culhane absolutely nails it. “That’s the rule. That’s the goal now.”

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

this is so freaking impressive. Jeremy Culhane's impression of Tucker Carlson on SNL is SO good

"Let's talk about Maine: M-A-I-N...E? Huh. The E is silent. And why? What does that E stand for? Oh. I know. Euphoria. And, no, I'm not talking about the feeling I get when I press 1 for English. *giggles*"

[UT Knoxville Alumni @tennalum]

“One who carries a torch stands in shadow to give light to others.”

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

As a (always-trying-to-be) more present dad, and more exhausted, yet more satisfied guy, this data is indeed fascinating...

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

15 years ago today…

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

LIV’s message to the players:

“The haters said we couldn’t do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters”

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Brilliantly done

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Heartbreaking: Vanderbilt star QB Diego Pavia becomes the first Heisman finalist since 2014 to go undrafted.

Pavia invited all his friends and family to watch the draft together in hopes of getting a call.

The setup for his draft party 😔💔

[W.B. @WB_Tennessee]

Praise God for TACO.

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

JUST IN: Trump agrees to a ceasefire..

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

St. John, after outrunning St. Peter to the tomb — circa 33 A.D.

[Old Row Sports @OldRowSports]

Tennessee fans watching do or die basketball at 12:30 in the morning

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

I'll always remember Chuck Norris as the man who changed the course of dodgeball history by casting the deciding vote that allowed Average Joes to play in the championship of the Las Vegas International Dodgeball Open where they upset the heavily favored Globo Gym Purple Cobras.

RIP. 🙏