Ishaan Khatter Talks Global Appeal of ‘A Suitable Boy,’ Working With Majid Majidi (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: On this Christmas Eve, we hear that a deal is coming together for Hulu to acquire Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. 

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Hugh Grant recalls doubt over Renee Zellweger’s casting in the now iconic role of Bridget Jones in a BBC2 documentary; RSVP and Guilty By Association team on a new Indian spy thriller; the Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival will honor Juliette Binoche and Hayao Miyazaki while Natpe recognizes Disney exec Diego Lerner; and Defunct Films makes “We Will Sing” free to stream with donations going to Irish homeless organizations.1.2 million people

Barack Obama is opening up about being in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic and what it was like to have his daughter Malia Obama‘s boyfriend stay at their home.

David Byrne has told NME why there “probably won’t” be a Talking Heads reunion in the future.Byrne was speaking as part of this week’s Big Read cover feature, promoting the release of his new concert film American Utopia.Asked whether he’ll ever play with the band again, Byrne replied: “Probably not. There’s a lot of differences that haven’t entirely gone away.

Twitter India has released its annual report and singer Justin Bieber is in the lead, as he generated the most music conversations on the microblogging site. Bieber emerged as the most mentioned global music artist.

Disney Appoints APAC Chief Disney has named Luke Kang as President, Asia Pacific, following the departure of Uday Shankar, which was announced in October and becomes effective from December 31. Kang will not, however, be taking on Shankar’s responsibilities in India, with a separate appointment set to be made for the territory by Rebecca Campbell, Chairman, International Operations and Direct-to-Consumer for Disney.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s global bulletin, U.K. union Bectu calls for a group to curb racism; Amazon Prime Video buys AMC’s “Soulmates;” biopic on Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand greenlit; gameshow “Family Fortune” renewed for another season; and TF1 gets record numbers for gameshow “District Z.”A new report published by U.K.

Tired of global pandemics yet? CBS All-Access hopes not, and for a good reason: their nine-episode adaptation of Stephen King’s 1141-page behemoth, “The Stand,” is damn good.

YouTube will launch the New Year alongside a number of Hollywood names including Matthew Matthew McConaughey, RuPaul and Storm Reid with its global celebration video Hello 2021. Set to premiere in the Americas, United Kingdom, Korea, Japan and India, Hello 2021 is also set to feature appearances from Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, J Balvin and more.

There’s a lot going on in “A Suitable Boy” — but the British import takes its time to unravel.And it’s worth the wait.The six-episode series, which premiered in July on BBC One, has now landed in the US on AMC-owned Acorn TV, which has exclusive American and Canadian rights.

In his nearly 1,500-page post-Partition epic A Suitable Boy, one of the longest novels in the English language, author Vikram Seth weaves the stories of two upper-middle-class North Indian families navigating ardor, marital negotiations and politicized religious conflict as their newly independent nation sloughs off the stink of colonial British rule.

Earlier in the pandemic, Susan Orlean entertained the internet with her tweets about her out-of-character quarantine bender. She sent 27 hilarious and entertaining tweets that truly boosted the spirits of people who have been staring at screens from their couches for far too long this year.

Traffic on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge slowed to a crawl Saturday afternoon because of a protest caravan supporting the struggles of farmers in India, according to reports.  The jam was reported just before 2 p.m. PT and had started to ease up around 5:30 p.m., according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

fentanyl smuggling in Mexico, scamming in Jamaica and counterfeit money in Peru. The Portuguese-born van Zeller, 44, is a Peabody Award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for National Geographic and Fusion. Her previous documentaries include  “This (Illegal) American Life,” “Soccer’s Lost Boys” and “El Chapo: CEO of Crime.”Van Zeller answered some questions for The Post about “Trafficked.” I’ve been covering the underworld and these black markets for over 15 years.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the European Film Awards detail this year’s special five-day virtual ceremony, the Spain Film Commission extends an invitation to international productions, ITV Studios sells more than 300 hours of content in India and the National Lottery announces a special Pantoland performance for key workers.AWARDSThe 2020 European Film Awards have announced measures to host a COVID-19 era edition, “The EFAs at Eight,” including a series of live-streamed virtual

Naman Ramachandran A fascination with Vice-President elect Kamala Harris could drive American audiences towards Mira Nair’s mini-series “A Suitable Boy,” the director says.Based on Vikram Seth’s epic 1993 novel, the series follows the Mehra family and their associates as they go about the process of finding a husband for 19-year-old university student Lata Mehra (newcomer Tanya Maniktala), against the backdrop of the 1951 general elections in newly independent India.The series aired on the BBC

Naman Ramachandran Veteran Indian producer Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP and Ramesh Krishnamoorthy’s Global One Studios will produce a series based on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.The companies have optioned the audio-visual rights to eminent authors’ Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro’s 2001 book, “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.”A cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, in 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal.

It didn’t take long for the world for Selena Quintanilla to become a household, first-name only icon. Breaking numerous barriers in the music industry, she quickly became the Queen of Tejano Music and went on to leave an amazing legacy before her untimely death.