MIKE LEIGH says “Tender Loving Care” will be his final film. A directing legend, he’s made so many great films: “Secrets and Lies,” “Naked,” “Life is Sweet,” “Another Year,” “Topsy Turvy,” “Happy Go Lucky,” “Hard Truths” and more (via @IndieWire)

“I Want Your Sex” director Gregg Araki says he’s seen the reports of Gen Z having less sex -- and he thinks younger people will “regret” not taking chances and “risking getting hurt”: “I’m in my 60s now. You’re gonna turn around and you’re going to be 40, 50 like that. Will you regret not taking a chance, venturing out of your house, risking getting hurt, getting confused, getting your heart broken? Go out on a bad date, have that bad relationship, have that bad girlfriend. Be in love with the wrong person. That’s fucking life! That’s growing up! That’s how you learn about yourself.”

Beloved stage and screen actor Nathan Lane publicly came out as gay in 1999 following the killing of Matthew Shepard and has been a stalwart of LGBTQ+ media ever since. Speaking in an interview for PBS’s ‘Broadway: The American Musical’ in 2000, Lane explained the impact the LGBTQ+ community has had on the theatre scene. “There wouldn’t be a Broadway without the gays, it wouldn’t happen!” he said. “There’d be no costumes, there’d be no dancing, no singing. I wouldn’t be here!” He continued: “And there’s always been, I think, more freedom in the theatre to be yourself. In the theatre, nobody give a f*ck because we outnumber most of the other people… Most of the great love songs were written by gay men. It is a huge part of the theatre.” 📷 Getty, United International Pictures

my new album “Materia”, a companion to “Something in the Room She Moves”, is out Aug 21, available now for pre-order my song “Fantasy” is out now, and Dicky Bahto made a video