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Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger debuts Oct. 29 at 10:30 p.m. ET.


Mindy Tucker

One of my favorite comedians is Roy Wood Jr. Since 2015, he’s been a correspondent on , where he consistently and expertly mixes satire and social commentary with things that are just stupid funny. On Friday, Oct. 29, his , premieres on Comedy Central.

Apart from his Daily Show duties, Wood is an accomplished stand-up comic, with two previous one-hour specials under his belt: 2017’s Father Figure and 2019’s Noboby Loves You. He’s also an actor and has been on shows like Space Force, Better Call Saul and The Last OG. And he hosts two podcasts: and The Daily Show’s .

In an interview on  podcast, Wood explained the overall theme of his Imperfect Messenger comedy special.

“In a sense it’s, ‘Here are some ideas that I have for everyone, but I’m probably not the right person to be saying all of them,'” he said. “I will acknowledge that I’m probably not the right person, and I’ve also done some dumb shit.”

You can pregame for Imperfect Messenger by  (@roywoodjr). It’s there where he’s matter-of-fact, funny and a bit silly. He once did a series of shorts called The Coalition, which was a Sopranos-style show revolving around fast-food chicken sandwiches, animated by Wood. Each sandwich represented a different crime family, all of which conspired against Popeye’s. It’s obvious to say that Wood has a solid approach to his social media game.


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“Social media is me, but only in my happiest and purest form. For the most part, if you go through my social media feed, I don’t express anger. I don’t express disappointment. I consider those emotions to be private. And so more often than not, I’m just not going to fucking talk about those things,” said Wood. “For the most part, social media for me is a place to unplug.”

During our interview, we discuss a number of topics, including , cartoon theme songs and his poignant column for The New York Times about his home state, Alabama, and how he’s hopeful for its future in terms of social equality and equity. If you liked this posting and you would like to receive a lot more details regarding สล็อตออนไลน์ kindly visit our own web site. At one point, Wood explained the appeal of playing online VR poker late at night.

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“VR poker is probably one of the most realistic games, because it really does capture the sadness of being in a casino at three in the morning, where it’s you and five other people from around the globe gambling with fake money.”

You can listen to my interview with Wood in the podcast player at the top of this article. . In each episode, Connie Guglielmo or I catch up with an artist, actor or creator to learn about work, career and current obsessions.

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Star boss denies not being 'fully candid'

 

 

Star Entertainment's chief financial crime officer has defended dealing with a Macau-based junket operator despite knowing of a report linking it to millions of dollars of drug-trafficking related money laundering, an inquiry has been told.

 

 

The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority inquiry into The Star Sydney has so far prompted the resignation of Star CEO Matt Bekier, and sparked calls for a similar inquiry into the ASX-listed company's two Queensland casinos.

 

 

The inquiry is examining whether the Sydney casino has been infiltrated by criminal activity, and if its casino licence should be withdrawn.

 

 

Star's chief financial crime officer Skye Arnott on Monday admitted the casino continued to deal with junket operator Suncity even after becoming aware in 2019 of a Hong Kong Jockey Club report linking the group to Triads, "large scale" money laundering and drug trafficking.

 

 

Suncity, according to the HKJC report, from 2013 to 2015 laundered about $2 million a day in cash, including proceeds of drug trafficking, the inquiry was told.

 

 

Star allowed Suncity to run a cage - a desk where cash is exchanged for chips - at a VIP room known as Salon 95 inside the Sydney casino even though the junket operator had no authority to do so, the inquiry has previously been told.

 

 

"Wasn't there every reason by this time to consider that it was inappropriate for Star Entertainment to deal with Alvin Chau?" counsel assisting Naomi Sharp asked the witness.

 

 

"My decisions were based on the fact that I had concerns with the report," Ms Arnott said of the HKJC report.

 

 

Despite the report, it took until 2020 for the casino to do "enhanced" customer due diligence on Suncity and "unusual transactions" in Salon 95, the inquiry was told.

 

 

"Yes we should have done it more quickly," Ms Arnott said.

 

 

She described the delay as not "completely remiss" arguing "we were trying to mitigate the risks of Suncity and other junkets in other ways at that time".

 

 

She rejected not taking a "fully candid" approach in her statement to the inquiry, which made no mention of her having access to the HKJC report.

 

 

"Did you in fact go out of your way not to mention that you had access to the Hong Kong Jockey Club Report?" Ms Sharp asked.

 

 

No," she replied.

 

 

Earlier, she said she was not aware of a Star investigator's view, in May 2018, that Suncity was "totally noncompliant" with requests for information about Salon 95.

 

 

She was also unaware of the investigator's opinion Suncity was running a business model "problematic for Star Entertainment with regard to AML (anti-money laundering) CTF (counter terrorism financing) laws".

 

 

The witness was also questioned over "concerning" CCTV footage taken from inside Salon 95 in April 2018, showing a Suncity representative taking bundles of cash from a black bag and placing them under a desk in the VIP room.

 

 

"You are concerned that the cash does not appear to have come from a junket participant?" Ms Sharp asked.

 

 

"Correct," Ms Arnott replied.

 

 

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"They are things that I would consider suspicious," Ms Arnott replied.

 

 

The inquiry continues on Tuesday.