Photography by David Needleman
Dustin Lance Black is giving a brief tour of his newly purchased 1920s Tudor-style house in Hollywood. A distinctive odor of potpourri and lavender sachets permeates the air.
"It’s old-lady scent,” Black admits, pointing out the smell and sickly yellow walls, both remnants of the previous tenant that will soon be gone. Family photos and two Writer’s Guild awards decorate the living room, but his Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Milk is noticeably absent.