the fact he may carve out time to attend two basketball games merely weeks after saying he didn’t have time to attend his own son’s wedding is objectively hilarious 😂
As a freshman in 2018-19, Antwann Jones played a UConn team that finished 16-17 in Dan Hurley’s first season, was 9th in the American and started Christian Vital, Sid Wilson, Tyler Polley and Tarin Smith.
Jaylin Stewart didn't want to leave UConn, but wanted more playing time. UConn loves the kid, but couldn't make any promises. Big logjam at his position.
After a tear-filled meeting, the decision was made.
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"Having the ability to cherry-pick when I fire Benny Rice in a big spot, I like that."
Aaron Boone was asked about not having Ben Rice in the lineup today and when we could see Rice in the lineup against lefties:
All the President’s Men turns 50 today.
This famous “six‑minute shot” is a masterclass in phone acting and pure technical nerve.
Director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis pull off a single, unbroken slow zoom: from a wide, humming newsroom to a tight close-up on Redford. No cuts. No safety net. Tension builds in real time.
Redford carries it with typical quiet confidence. Six minutes of note-taking and talking into a phone, no flashy “Oscar clip.” He even flubs a name (“McGregor” for “Dahlberg”), corrects himself naturally, and Pakula keeps it because it feels authentic.
The background is part of the story. As Woodward hones in on his phone call, everyone behind him huddles around a TV watching Senator Tom Eagleton resign. The contrast is deliberate: they chase the “obvious” headline, while the camera drifts past them to Woodward, and the real story.
To hold Redford and the busy background in focus early on, they used a split‑diopter lens, then had to ease it out as the camera moves in. A technical tightrope. The timing of both actor and cinematographer is spot on.
As Woodward closes in on the truth, the world literally falls away: the newsroom blurs, the noise fades, and we lock into his obsession. It’s one of cinema’s great moments: Redford doing almost nothing—and somehow everything at the same time.
What makes this shot brilliant is the contrast it carves between Redford and the newsroom around him. The visual language does the talking: he’s locked in, disciplined, driven, all focus and fire. He stands apart because the work matters more than anything else.