Harry Styles jokes he 'just popped over to Venice to spit on Chris Pine' ... during concert in NYC

TORONTO – There is something overly familiar about Michael Grandage’s “My Policeman.” Considering the lack of LGBTQ+ representation in media over the decades, tales of closeted gay men and their troubles are not exactly new. And stories about gay men who marry women to protect themselves from public persecution? Well, that’s a tale as old as time.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic English novelist E.M. Forster never married, and why would he? The author of “Maurice” and “Howards End” was gay, reportedly maintaining relations with a much-younger police officer over the span of four decades. That man did marry, and history has it that his wife knew their secret. In “My Policeman,” this unconventional arrangement lends itself quite nicely to one of those slightly stuffy yet respectable period pieces of the kind that Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have made of Forster’s novels, jumping back and forth in time between the sexy stuff (featuring Harry Styles, fully embracing the ambiguity of his queerbaiting brand) and the maudlin way it resolves itself so many years later.

Harry Styles isn’t letting recent film festival dramas keep him away from the scene as he popped up at Toronto International Film Festival this weekend to promote his upcoming movie My Policeman. It was only last week that the As It Was singer was bizarrely accused of spitting in the lap of his Don’t Worry Darling co-star Chris Pine at Venice Film Festival, thanks to a viral clip that sparked a thousand theories. Pine’s rep rubbished the claims while Harry himself joked about the controversy at a show on his Love On Tour stint. With the spitgate drama now somewhat behind him, the pop star can now focus on promoting his other new movie, My Policeman, which received one of its first screenings at TIFF on Sunday. Harry, 28, attended the film’s press conference alongside co-stars Emma Corrin, Rupert Everett, David Dawson and director Michael Grandage in Ontario. During the event, the former One Direction star opened up about how he got into the mind of playing a repressed gay character. ‘I think he’s very curious,’ Styles said in a clip obtained by Variety. ‘I think he’s someone who is born into a very small world and, if you’re born into that kind of environment, you feel like you know where the edge of the world is. ‘Slowly throughout the story, I think he’s realising that it is a little further away than Brighton.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter On the stage at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Harry Styles is a bonafide rock star, brimming with swagger and self confidence. But Styles, the actor, was more soft spoken while accepting an acting award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Styles was a man of few words as he, along with the cast of “My Policeman,” received the ensemble award at the festival’s Tribute Awards on Sunday.  “Thank you so much to everyone here on behalf of all of us for this wonderful, wonderful award,” said Styles, who stars in the romance drama as a closeted police officer. “We all loved working on this film so much. And we hope you enjoy it.”

Harry Styles attended the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of his film, . Before the screening, Styles talked at a press conference where he detailed how he took on the role of Tom, a closeted gay policeman. Set in the 1950s, Styles plays opposite Emma Corrin (Marion), his wife who is a teacher and David Dawson (Patrick), a museum curator who Tom is dating behind closed doors. “I think he’s very curious,” Styles said of his character Tom.

Fresh from a tumultuous Venice and a Madison Garden concert in between, Harry Styles was back on the festival circuit this weekend for the Toronto world premiere of Michael Grandage’s My Policeman.

Harry Styles rocks a full on green look at the premiere of My Policeman during the 2022 Toronto Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on Sunday (September 11) in Toronto, Canada.

Olivia Wilde did not hold back as she addressed rumors that cheated on former fiancé Jason Sudeikis with Harry Styles, before ending their seven-year engagement back in 2020 during a sit-down interview with Vanity Fair. In response to the public's speculation that she was unfaithful to her longtime partner, the 38-year-old director insisted that their 'relationship was over long before' meeting the pop star on the set of her drama-riddled movie Don't Worry Darling. 'The complete horses**t idea that I left Jason for Harry is completely inaccurate,' she told the magazine while gracing the cover in a racy minidress, which showcased her toned legs, and a pair of chunky platform heels. Shutting down speculation: Olivia Wilde did not hold back as she addressed rumors that cheated on former fiancé Jason Sudeikis with Harry Styles, before ending their seven-year engagement back in 2020 during a sit-down interview with Vanity FairThe mother-of-two continued: 'Like any relationship that ends, it doesn't end overnight.

Shia LaBeouf has announced that his mother Shayna Saide died last month while he was enmeshed in drama surrounding the Olivia Wilde movie Don’t Worry Darling.The actor, 36, speaking via email Thursday with The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed the death of Saide at the age of 80 at a hospital in Los Angeles, on August 27 as he was at her bedside at the moment she passed away.The timing of Saide's death came as LaBeouf was responding to allegations by Wilde that he was fired from her new film. The latest: Shia LaBeouf, 36, said that his mother Shayna Saide died last month as he was enmeshed in drama surrounding the Olivia Wilde movie Don’t Worry DarlingOn Thursday, in response to Wilde's claims in a Vanity Fair piece that LaBeouf had a 'combative energy' and that his methods were 'not conducive to the ethos' she had hoped for, he told THR, 'It is what it is - every blessing to her and her film.'LaBeouf recalled the sad moments leading to his mother's passing, saying that she 'was full of fear in her last moments,' as she was 'frantic' and 'asking the doctor what this tube was and what that machine did.' The actor said his late mother 'was deeply interested in God and spirituality her whole life, but she didn’t know him,' and her 'greatest gift' to him 'was to promote, in her dying, the necessity of a relationship with God.'He said: 'Not an interest, not just a belief, but a relationship built on proof as tangible as a hug.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Who didn’t have a crush on Michael Moscovitz in 2001’s “The Princess Diaries”? Mia Thermopolis’s sweet, slightly awkward love interest — played by Robert Schwartzman — liked her well before she was ever Genovian royalty, had a cool band (Schwartzman’s actual band, Rooney), and even knew how to fix cars. Fans will recall the devastation of the movie’s sequel, “The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement” (2004), in which Anne Hathaway’s Mia shrugs that her and Michael are now “just friends” because he was busy touring the country with his band. She then gets together with Chris Pine, in his breakout role as Nicholas Deveraux.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Grandage gathered the cast of My Policeman for two weeks of rehearsals prior to the start of principal photography. The sessions included choreographing intimate moments involving actors Harry Styles (Don’t Worry Darling), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) and David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), and Linus Roache (Homeland ), Gina McKee (Notting Hill) and Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince) who were playing the older versions of the younger actors.

Don’t Worry Darling drama from earlier this week, days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.The Star Wars icon was, like the rest of us, clearly enamoured with the wild goings on around the release of the Olivia Wilde film, starring Harry Styles, Chris Pine and Florence Pugh.However, the attention around the film understandably quietened down later in the week following the death of the Queen at the age of 96 on Thursday.A few days on, though, and Hamill is clearly ready to get back to unpacking whether Styles spat on Pine at the screening of the movie at the Venice Film Festival.In a video that caused uproar on social media, Styles, 28, was seen returning to his seat at the screening on Monday, dipping his head slightly and causing Pine, 42, who was sat next to him, to react in a confused manner.  The clip was widely circulated, though a representative for Pine told US outlet People that the idea that the singer had spat on him was ‘ridiculous’.A spokesperson for Styles also poured cold water on the spit-gate speculation.But Hollywood icon Hamill, 70, known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Stars Wars films, still wants to talk about it, tweeting on Friday: ‘Wondering what’s the appropriate amount of time to mourn the Queen before we can go back to debating whether Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine.’Emmerdale actor Liam Fox replied: ‘Is there any possibility that after spending so much time in the U.K.

With September swooping in, I've started to notice Manchester is just about getting ready for autumn. It's my favourite season for fashion, because you can have so much fun layering looks with all those gorgeous, rich, neutral tones.

Olivia Wilde did not hold back as she addressed rumors that cheated on former fiancé Jason Sudeikis with Harry Styles, before ending their seven-year engagement back in 2020 during a sit-down interview with Vanity Fair. In response to the public's speculation that she was unfaithful to her longtime partner, the 38-year-old director insisted that their 'relationship was over long before' meeting the pop star on the set of her drama-riddled movie Don't Worry Darling. 'The complete horses**t idea that I left Jason for Harry is completely inaccurate,' she told the magazine while gracing the cover in a racy minidress, which showcased her toned legs, and a pair of chunky platform heels. Shutting down speculation: Olivia Wilde did not hold back as she addressed rumors that cheated on former fiancé Jason Sudeikis with Harry Styles, before ending their seven-year engagement back in 2020 during a sit-down interview with Vanity FairThe mother-of-two continued: 'Like any relationship that ends, it doesn't end overnight.

Simon Cowell is vouching for Harry Styles.

Harry Styles honoured the Queen by starting a round of applause in his concert following the news of Her Majesty's death on Thursday.The singer and actor, 28, stopped his show at his Madison Square Garden in New York City to inform his crowd about the "very sad news" that had come from the UK. He then requested that the audience of around 20,000 people clapped for the Queen to mark her incredible 70 years of service as Britain's longest-serving monarch. As he stood on stage in the Big Apple, Harry announced: "From my homeland, there was some very sad news today: the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Shia LaBeouf has announced that his mother Shayna Saide died last month while he was enmeshed in drama surrounding the Olivia Wilde movie Don’t Worry Darling.The actor, 36, speaking via email Thursday with The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed the death of Saide at the age of 80 at a hospital in Los Angeles, on August 27 as he was at her bedside at the moment she passed away.The timing of Saide's death came as LaBeouf was responding to allegations by Wilde that he was fired from her new film. The latest: Shia LaBeouf, 36, said that his mother Shayna Saide died last month as he was enmeshed in drama surrounding the Olivia Wilde movie Don’t Worry DarlingOn Thursday, in response to Wilde's claims in a Vanity Fair piece that LaBeouf had a 'combative energy' and that his methods were 'not conducive to the ethos' she had hoped for, he told THR, 'It is what it is - every blessing to her and her film.'LaBeouf recalled the sad moments leading to his mother's passing, saying that she 'was full of fear in her last moments,' as she was 'frantic' and 'asking the doctor what this tube was and what that machine did.' The actor said his late mother 'was deeply interested in God and spirituality her whole life, but she didn’t know him,' and her 'greatest gift' to him 'was to promote, in her dying, the necessity of a relationship with God.'He said: 'Not an interest, not just a belief, but a relationship built on proof as tangible as a hug.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Audiences can’t get enough of “Don’t Worry Darling.” After the movie’s Venice Film Festival premiere, which sent the internet ablaze after Harry Styles may or may not have spit on his co-star Chris Pine and Florence Pugh avoided eye-contact with her director Olivia Wilde, the buzz around the Warner Bros. release is only escalating. Imax’s live-event screening of “Don’t Worry Darling,” which includes a Q&A with the cast and director, has sold out in 21 locations. In less than 24 hours, more than 13,000 tickets have been purchased across 100 North American locations. Screenings in several markets, like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Seattle, are completely booked, while 15 additional locations are at least half full.

No, the tabloid headlines about all the behind-the-scenes mishesgoss on Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling isn’t hurting ticket sales.