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But change, in some cases, is also welcome. Very welcome, in fact. Having worked as the editor of this issue of Goliath marks a significant change in my professional career from being a freelance copywriter with a past in marketing and publishing to now being at the helm of a pretty cool publication.

Sure, it’s been challenging, even hard, but I feel I’m home again making magazines - and I will do my best to make Goliath even better for our readers.

So, this issue is indeed dedicated to change. We mark the change of the season with some fall fashion trends, a guide to new manly fragrances, and a few gift guides that point towards the upcoming holiday season. We also have a feature interview with director Todd Haynes whose movie Wonderstruck deals with changes in adolescence. Oh, and of course, we wouldn’t cheat you out of a sexy photo shoot – why change something that’s so good, right?

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MUST ATTEND EVENTS Disney’s Broadway Hits with ASO Experience the magic of Disney on Broadway with an unforgettable night of music performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra along with world-class Broadway singers. The event will feature award-winning scores from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, the Little Mermaid, and more.

November 25 and 26, tickets at ticketmaster.com.

Clueless at the Plaza Puglanta PugFest The second annual event celebrates all things pug while raising funds for the Puglanta Dog Rescue.

The event includes a costume contest, raffles, silent auction, pug meet-and-greets, and of course the popular pug kissing booth! November 18, 11 am – 4 pm at Loving Touch Animal Center. Visit Puglanta’s FB page for more info.

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Enjoy the classic coming-of-age comedy film at a special screening at the Plaza Theatre on November 8. Costumes are encouraged as well quoting and interacting with the film! Tickets on Eventbrite.com

Tyler Perry at the Fox In advance of Tyler Perry’s book Higher is Waiting, he visits the Fox Theatre on November 12 for a conversation about success, faith, and inspiration. All ticketed guests will receive a signed copy of the book. Tickets at foxtheatre. org.

Lady Gaga

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The soaring pop phenomenon visits Atlanta’s Philips Arena on November 28 to perform songs from her latest album, Joanne, but the audience can also expect a good selection of her mega-hits from the past. Tickets at ticketsidekick.com

The High Museum presents the career of American artist Al Taylor (1948-1999) with more than 150 sculptures, drawings, and prints spanning nearly two decades, from 1981 to the end of the artist’s life. Opens November 17 - more info at high.org

An Evening with the Cast of Avengers PHOTO: PROJECT Q

Manly Miss America On November 11 – the last day Jungle is open PALS Atlanta is throwing their last charity event to raise money for the organization and to crown the last Miss Manly America. Expect buff and scruff and skirts and heels! Call 404-876-7257 for table reservations.

None other than Scarlett Johansson has organized a star-studded benefit reading of Wilder’s “Our Town at the Fox on November 3 to aid in Puerto Rico’s recovery efforts. She will be joined by her co-stars from the Avengers, Robert Downey Jr. Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo.

Tickets at FoxTheatre.org/OurTown.

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP?

Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP?

TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: ® Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. ® Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION What is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP? Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. ® Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin.

While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. ® You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: ® Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. ® If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. ® To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: ® Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. ® Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you. ® Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. ® Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. ® If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: ® Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: ® Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. ® Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. ® Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. ® Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP? ® All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. ® If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA. ® If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. ® All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-thecounter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. ® If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose.

These medicines include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page.

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Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

Learn more at truvada.com

IMPORTANT FACTS

This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEPTM (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.

(tru-VAH-dah) MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-1 negative.

• Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.

• You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

• See the “How To Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information.

TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1.

• To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.

• Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1.

• Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP” section.

• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.

• Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.

• Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain.

• Bone problems.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.

BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis.

• Have any other medical conditions.

• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can pass to the baby in breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist.

• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.

HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners.

• Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them.

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection.

• Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

TRUVADA FOR PREP, the TRUVADA FOR PREP Logo, the TRUVADA Blue Pill Design, TRUVADA, GILEAD, and the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

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WWW - What We [really] Want

By Mik Hyldebrandt

Whether you’re doing last minute shopping or a carefully planned online shopping spree, the Internet is your friend during a busy holiday season. A quick survey around the Goliath office and the favorite gift wishes are all found online.

Jim wishes for New Living Room Furniture Style is, of course, individual but as long as modern and traditional can be mixed all is good. Right now, the search is on for a coffee table an even though CB2 doesn’t have a physical location anymore, the quality of their online selection never fails. CB2.com.

Mikkel wishes for Atlanta United FC Season Tickets Not only is the first Atlanta pro-soccer team doing pretty well in their inaugural season, but the games are played at the incredible new Mercedes-Benz Stadium! (Season) tickets at atlutd.com.

Brian wishes for A New Fragrance Fragrance is essential but it has to be something special, and Luckyscent always delivers on very select fragrances. It would be wonderful to be gifted with Byredo’s Gypsy Water ($150) which is perfect for fall and winter. Luckyscent.com.

Jeff wishes for The Ultimate Cup of Coffee Coffee is essential as a morning wake-meup and as an afternoon pick-me-up! And the chase for the ultimate cup of coffee never ends. The website has both gourmet roasts and expert equipment. Drivencoffee.com

Andrea wishes for Jewelry with an Edge Jewelry with a cool edge and possibly made by locals is definitely preferred! This Eye of the Leader necklace ($150) is found on Scoutmob – the perfect website for all kinds of things made by independent crafters and makers.

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By Gregg Shapiro Few gifts are as reliable as books, especially during the holiday season.

The following recommended titles are by LGBTQ authors in the fiction, poetry and non-fiction genres.

For Music Lovers Almost everything you need to know about Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out (Backbeat Books, 2017) by Martin Aston can be found in the title, as the author traces “the sound of lavender” from the 1920s to the 21st century, and includes a multitude of black & white and color photos.

The second such comprehensive history of LGBTQ music to be published stateside this year is Darryl Bullock’s, David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music (Overlook, 2017), which begins with the tragic losses of talent in 2016 (including those who died at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando), and then ventures back to New Orleans in the nineteen-teens before spinning forward, like a record, to the present day.

Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, Guggenheim fellow and composer/ pianist/activist/ educator Fred Hersch has many notable achievements to his name, not the least of which is being an openly gay, HIV+ man in the world of jazz. He writes all about it in his memoir Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz (Crown Archetype, 2017).

For Memoir Lovers Bill Hayes’ breathtaking Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me (Bloomsbury, 2017), interweaves essays with journal entries, photos, and poetry, to tell the story of the writer’s romantic relationship with the late writer and scientist Oliver Sacks. Speaking of Oliver Sacks, his just-published 10-essay collection The River of Consciousness (Knopf, 2017) is one of two books he was working on at the time of death in 2015.

Logical Family: A Memoir (Harper, 2017), the long-awaited memoir by Armistead Maupin, the beloved author of the Tales of the City series, is a revealing chronicle of the gay writer’s journey from the deep South to Vietnam to San Francisco.

The unpublished manuscript that became Arch Brown’s A Pornographer: A Memoir (Chelsea Station Editions, 2017) was discovered in 2012 following Brown’s passing, and recounts his interviews and interactions with the actors in the audition process for his erotic films.

With the controversial proposed ban on transgender personnel serving in the military on everyone’s mind at the time of this writing, Tell: Love, Defiance and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights (ForeEdge, 2017) by Major Margaret Witt with Tim Connor takes readers back to the 1993 passage of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and its 2011 repeal.

For Poetry Lovers Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (FSG, 2017) compiles the work of lauded gay poet Frank Bidart in one stunning setting, including the new collection Thirst, featuring outstanding poems such as “Ellen West”, “Herbert White”, “In Memory of Joe Brainerd”, “The Second Hour of the Night” and “For the AIDS Dead”.

Things are lost (weight, memories, causes) and found (a drag queen, and birds, lots of birds) in award-winning lesbian poet Cheryl Dumesnil’s lustrous poems in Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016).

Prolific, young, queer Native American poet Tommy Pico’s first poetry

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collection IRL was published in 2016. Nature Poem (Tin House, 2017) Pico’s second, book-length epic poem merges poetic and texting language for an unforgettable read.

For Fiction Lovers It’s no exaggeration to say that you’ll never read anything quite like St Sukie de la Croix’s slim, sexy, shocking and sparkly new novel The Blue Spong and the Flight from Mediocrity (Lethe Press, 2017), even if you are familiar with his historical writing, including 2012’s critically acclaimed Chicago Whispers or his humor/commentary columns in sundry LGBTQ outlets.

In Marriage of a Thousand Lies (Soho, 2017), the dazzling debut novel by SJ Sindu, we meet Lucky and Krishna, a married Sri Lankan-American couple who are, in reality, actually a lesbian and a gay man. The pair’s sham marriage is threatened when Lucky reconnects with her first lover Nisha, who is preparing to enter an arranged marriage.

There’s no shortage of the titular characters to be found in Difficult Women (Grove Press, 2017), the short story collection by award-winning bisexual Haitian-American novelist/essayist/memoirist Roxane Gay. Queer actor and writer Tara Jepsen’s debut novel Like a Dog (City Lights, 2017) follows 30-something skateboarder Paloma as she rolls through life in the Central Valley, looking after her opiate-addicted brother and finding meaning in stand-up comedy.

The follow-up to Dale Boyer’s 2016 debut novel The Dandelion Cloud, Thornton Stories (OhBoy Books), subtitled “Tales Out of School,” returns readers to the town of Thornton, Illinois through a series of interconnected tales in which the characters attempt to “make sense of loneliness and love.”

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The Wonder of it all: an interview with Todd Haynes

By Gregg Shapiro

Gay filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol, Far from Heaven, and others) daringly and successfully enters new and exhilarating territory with his latest film Wonderstruck (Amazon Studios). Based on the book by gay young adult author and illustrator Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck tells two seemingly unrelated stories, fifty years apart. One, shot in black and white and set in 1927, is about Rose (Millicent Simmonds), a young, deaf girl obsessed with silent movies (and one actress in particular), whose world is about to change dramatically with the birth of the talkies. The other story, shot in color and set in 1977, deals with Ben. Following the sudden death of his single mom, Ben embarks on a journey to New York where he attempts to track down the father he never met. I spoke with Haynes in October of 2017.

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Gregg Shapiro: Todd, if you don’t mind, I’d like to begin with the most obvious question. What was it about writer/illustrator Brian Selznick’s young adult novel Wonderstruck that made you want to adapt it as a movie?

Todd Haynes: I didn’t read the book first, I

read the script. The script had already made a major move towards cinema. It demonstrated somebody bitten by the bug of how to really evoke, use and consider all the components of movies in the storytelling through cinematic language. Cinematic language without words that goes beyond words. It’s not a story that’s driven by dialogue. He already was considering sound and the edit and all the things at the sinew of cinema storytelling. That was infectious.

Maybe other directors would be like, “That’s my job! Back off, dude!” I was thrilled by that.

GS: Do you think it was because it was his own book that he adapted that he could see it cinematically?

TH: John Logan, the screenwriter from Hugo

(Martin Scorcese’s 2011 screen adaptation of Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret), had said to him to enter the process and not to show it to anyone until he felt like he’d gone deep into that process, of thinking about it as a film.

He did that! It’s not just bringing his drawings to life. It’s something very much about cinema.

Cinema is in the content; it’s not just in the form. The little girl is a lover of movies and a follower of this actress. We don’t know all the reasons why. Also, what the change from silent pictures to sound indicates for this deaf child is an observation of profound magnitude.

GS: That comes across in the powerful scene when Rose (Millicent Simmonds) is leaving the theater, and she sees the signs about the renovation and the arrival of talkies.

TH: And it’s really powerful for deaf audiences.

GS: W.C. Fields had a famous quote about never working with children or animals. What can you say about your experience of working with children?

TH: Everything that one says about children in

this film has to be contextualized because the children are always changing as they grow up and different ages of childhood are so different.

The age of 12, which all three kids are scripted to be around, is its own kind of child. A level of sophistication, wisdom, and knowledge about the world that has not yet been contaminated by the hormonal explosion. Right? That renders a kind of wisdom and depth and clarity, I think, that we may never match in life. I found this age to be an exception in almost every way, or at least in heightened moments. Almost parallel to how I felt about cinema in the moment before sound comes in. Reaching a level of sophistication and new ideas and innovations that was remarkable. It’s like what happens with kids right before puberty. It’s a unique moment. These two ideas join in this film. The actors that I cast demonstrated that to me in many ways.

GS: How much time would you say that you spent in museums as a child?

TH: I spent a lot of time in museums. I grew

up in Los Angeles, so I spent more time in art museums than in museums of science. I didn’t have the Museum of Natural History as a location in my childhood the way these kids do in Wonderstruck and the way that many of the people with whom I worked on Wonderstruck did. Brian Selznick lived in New Jersey and would visit New York and go to the museum.

Mark Friedman, my production designer, spent countless hours at that museum. In fact, both Oakes (Fegley, who plays Ben), who is from outside Philly, and Jaden (Michael, who plays Jamie), who is a New York City kid, spent a lot of time at the museum when they were kids.

GS: Wonderstruck is your first PG-rated movie, as well as being based on a novel with a young adult readership, which means that, as a filmmaker, you are going to be reaching a whole new generation of moviegoers. What does that mean to you?

TH: It means everything to me. That’s why I

made the film. I wanted this to be a special gift

to kids today, and be a film that embraced kids making things with their hands, building little buildings. Ideally, kids getting off their phones and doing things that we all did as kids, that I think kids still do. Having glue and tape, and marker stains on their fingers, and wanting to make things. In the stories of both kids, those creative practices and hobbies and interests are the very things that take them through life and let them figure out who they are and get to where they need to be. That’s absolutely true of the Rose story, where we see the before and after. One suspects that Ben is going to be just fine, given his curiosity and interest in doing things creatively.

GS: With the exception of Safe, your feature films have all been set in time periods of the past. Can you please say something about your interest in bringing the past to the screen?

TH: I think the past, at a really selfish level,

demands of me to continue to be a student of history and cinema and to continue to learn.

One could apply those same interests and drives to contemporary stories, but I think I feel like I get to time-travel myself in making these movies. To feel like I have touched something tactile about the eras in which I have made films. I also think it sets up a frame for the audience to think about their own lives and their present lives in relation to the past. All films have frames around them, but some of them are made explicit. I think a period film makes that explicit.

A question that the film is asking you.

GS: You once again worked with Julianne Moore on Wonderstruck. What makes your working relationship special?

TH: Our working relationship is special not

because she only does her best work with me.

Speaking for myself, I appreciate her remarkable talents, from film to film to film, whether I’ve made them or not. I’m so continually bowled over by how well she knows the medium of film. How risky she remains as an actor. How unobsequious she is with the audience. She doesn’t need to be liked to feel induced to do a project. That’s not what motivates her; a kind of affection for the character or to make an audience melt by her charms. She’s interested in something else, and it’s riskier and continually intellectually challenging. She’s an insanely brilliant person. I think a lot of this happens at her core, in some weird chemistry that she has with the medium of film.

GS: Wonderstruck has already won one award – the ICS Cannes Award for best director. What would it mean to you if it won a Best Picture Oscar?

TH: It’s hard for me to think about things like

that. It ultimately gets in the way of why I make movies and how the movies are valued over time. I’ve been very lucky to feel like my films retain interest for people well beyond the years of the awards season. We all talk about it; we’re all aware of it. We do campaigns for our movies with those goals in mind. But there’s a part of me that needs to try as much as possible not to think about it. I have too many other things to do to talk about the movie, so I don’t fixate on stuff like that.

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Fall Fashion Trends Un-Prep Your Style

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Fall is here, so it’s time to break out the knitwear, long pants, and jackets. This season is all about breaking up the prep boy look and making it a little bit more edgy.

Here are the key trends that will take you from uptight to unconstrained.

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Diesel L-Rush Leather Jacket, $898

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KNITWEAR WITH GRAPHIC PRINTS

A sweater is unavoidable for fall and winter but it does make the edgiest guy look like a cozy granddad – unless you up your knitwear game with some cool graphics!

American Eagle Outfitters Sweater, $50

FROM SKINNY TO OVERSIZE This is another way of bulking up for the fall season – by donning oversized clothing! Wear your sweatshirts, sweaters or jacket in a size up for some added trend to your style.

STATEMENT T-SHIRTS So, technically a good statement t-shirt has never gone out of style, but if you want to present yourself with even more of a twist, you let your tee do the talking!

Vision Street Wear T-Shirt, $55 Zara Man Sequined T-shirt, $30

Gap Canvas Fishtail Jacket $120

90S INFLUENCES If you have a vintage 90s Calvin Klein t-shirt in your closet, you’re in luck because they’re back in style. If not, they are readily available.

Tommy Jeans Cap $49 Calvin Klein Jeans T-shirt, $44

BOMBER JACKETS A jacket in a classic bomber style is the perfect outer layer for your outfit. Get it in leather or in a quilted version as a cold-weather staple.

Eddie Bauer Quilted Jacket, $199

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A subtle yet effective way to make an impression on someone is to wear a hint of fragrance. Right now, the trend is leaning towards wood-based fragrances with more complex structures and masculine scent signatures. Here are some of our fall favorites.

To a Tee Inspired by a white t-shirt, Y opens up with crisp bergamot and ginger notes that are followed by balsamic fir and cedar wood to balance out the freshness and give it a masculine edge.

Yves Saint Laurent Y, 3.3 oz/100 ml, Eau de Toilette Spray, $94 Addictive!

Even though it links to the original Obsession, it has been modernized with cedar and amber notes which makes for an addictive reinterpretation.

Calvin Klein Obsessed for Him, 4.0 oz/125 ml Eau de Toilette Spray, $82 Giddy Up! The new male signature fragrance from Coach opens up with fresh pear and bergamot, and then suede and

ambergris kick in.

Coach for Men, 3.3 oz/100 ml, Eau de Toilette Spray, $82 Mind Your Manners This reissue of Gentleman by Givenchy is a new interpretation of how the original 1974 fragrance would smell today. Notes of lavender, iris, patchouli, and leather make it elegant, masculine and modern.

Givenchy Gentleman, 3.3 oz/100 ml Eau de Toilette Spray, $89 Mineralized Masculinity Although pricey, Jo Malone’s colognes are so worth it. This favorite combines the mineral properties of sea salt with the subtle dryness of wood sage.

Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt, 3.3 oz/100 ml, Cologne Spray, $135

Treasures The newly launched fragrance collection by Rag & Bone is quite a treasure trove of scents that steer away from the ordinary. Oud wood notes, exotic spices, and leather accord play the roles in this sophisticated fragrance.

Rag & Bone Oud, 1.7 oz/50 mL, Eau de Parfum, $150 Sensational As per usual Tom Ford delivers another scent sensation in his Noir collection that explores metallic facets against cedar, bergamot, and ebony. Prepare to get challenged and absolutely wowed by this one.

Tom Ford Noir Anthracite, 3.3 oz/100 ml, Eau de Parfum Spray, $171

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IT’S DEVEN GREEN DEVEN GREEN is an award-winning musical comedy

p e r f o r m e r. Yo u k n o w h e r f r o m t h e “ W e l c o m e To M y H o m e ” a n d “ W e l c o m e To M y W h i t e H o u s e ” p a r o d i e s , p o r t r a y i n g the satirical Betty Bower s and perfor ming as a comedic chanteuse in lounges across America. Deven has chosen you - congratulations.

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DEAR DEVEN: How do I know if the choices I am making are best for me or if I am inadvertently sabotaging myself?

“Choosing” DEAR DEVEN: I live a lot of life but most times I feel empty like I am just filling up the time with “stuff.” I need something extra. What’s wrong?

“Nourishing” DEAR DEVEN: I always ask for advice from all my friends, but they never ask me for my advice. Don’t you think that is a bit rude?

“Picking”

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DEAR DEVEN: I’m an idiot. I made a horrible choice at a bar. How do I forgive myself?

“Regretting”

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If you find yourself justifying your choice over and over again, then something isn’t quite right. You need to honestly feel at peace with your decisions.

It is time to take personal inventory on what you have experienced and then metabolize those lessons. You are not filling yourself up with what you need, you are simply consuming whatever is there. This is akin to “empty calories.”

Yes. YOU are rude by relying too heavily on their value system instead of having your own. You need to start making your own decisions, then you can ask them for their opinions, not their answers.

I forgive you if that helps but be good to you by not putting yourself in that position again.

DEAR DEVEN: We fight over the stupidest things.

He constantly says things like, “MOVE OUT!” but I don’t think he really means them. I can’t let go of these arguments though.

Should I stay or should I go?

“Deciding”

There are consequences to what we all say. Mature adults argue but come to a point of agreement without cutting the other person down. If he doesn’t mean what he says, then why are you still listening?

DEAR DEVEN: I am dating using online sites, but there are just so many choices I honestly can’t make up my mind.

Any guidance?

“Optioning”

Try one of each.

DEAR DEVEN: I ended up getting pressured AGAIN into buying clothes I can’t afford by a sales associate. I feel guilty if I don’t buy them. Why can’t I walk away?

“Exiting”

They are emotionally blackmailing you and it is working. You need to ask yourself why you need the approval of a complete stranger. If you walk away empty handed I can guarantee that they will happily greet you the next time you return. Choose YOU not them

DEAR FRIENDS: I do not offer advice, only my experience.

Send me your questions: DevenGreen@gmail.com PS: Special celebrity audio version at GoliathAtlanta.com