ROY WOOD JR. is loading up a cart at the Home Depot on West 23rd Street. The 44-year-old comedian just bought an apartment in Manhattan—the first place he’s owned—so he wanted to spend the morning running errands. Wandering the aisles, he picks up a box of trash bags, pauses over the detergent, selects paint samples. This is Wood’s preferred Home Depot thanks to a paint department he feels is on the ball. What's up, man? I’m back,” he says to an employee as he strolls up to the counter with his color choices— several grays and a few sharp blues. I’m gonna do these in matte.” The paint clerk who does seem on top of it) says it will be 15 minutes, so Wood angles the cart into a new aisle and continues sharing his thoughts on the topic at hand: Is he getting the big Daily Show job or what?
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Trapped in Time
A woman relives the same day in a stunning Danish novel.
Polyphonic City
A SOFT, SHIMMERING beauty permeates the images of Mumbai that open Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. For all the nighttime bustle on display-the heave of people, the constant activity and chaos-Kapadia shoots with a flair for the illusory.
Lear at the Fountain of Youth
Kenneth Branagh's production is nipped, tucked, and facile.
A Belfast Lad Goes Home
After playing some iconic Americans, Anthony Boyle is a beloved IRA commander in a riveting new series about the Troubles.
The Pluck of the Irish
Artists from the Indiana-size island continue to dominate popular culture. Online, they've gained a rep as the \"good Europeans.\"
Houston's on Houston
The Corner Store is like an upscale chain for downtown scene-chasers.
A Brownstone That's Pink Inside
Artist Vivian Reiss's Murray Hill house of whimsy.
These Jeans Made Me Gay
The Citizens of Humanity Horseshoe pants complete my queer style.
Manic, STONED, Throttle, No Brakes
Less than six months after her Gagosian sölu show, the artist JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLAND lost her gallery and all her money and was preparing for an exhibition with two the biggest living American artists.
WHO EVER THOUGHT THAT BRIGHT PINK MEAT THAT LASTS FOR WEEKS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Deli Meat Is Rotten
