Isabel Lamberti Straddles Fiction, Non Fiction in ‘The Last Days of Spring’

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNetflix originals dominate the rankings of the streaming giant’s most popular titles in 10 major countries, according to a new study by Wall Street firm Bernstein Research.Led by analyst Todd Juenger, who has an “outperform” rating on Netflix stock, the report looked at viewing in the U.S., Brazil, UK, Germany, France, Italy, India, Malaysia, Japan and Korea from March 4 to September 20.

Wendy Williams doesn’t have faith in Hollywood’s hottest rumored romance between Brad Pitt and German model Nicole Poturalski. The talk show host, 56, predicted that the pair won’t make it past the new year during her “Hot Topics” segment on her Wednesday morning show. Wendy even noted that Nicole resembles Brad’s ex-wife, Angelina Jolie — like many fans have already stated.

Kaleem Aftab Barcelona-born filmmaker Isabel Coixet arrived at the San Sebastian Film Festival to receive the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s National Cinematography Prize at a prestigious event hosted at the Tabakalera’s Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.Coixet, 60, arrived straight from the post-production suite, where last week she finished work on her thirteenth feature film, “It Snows in Benidorm,” starring Timothy Spall.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: German major Leonine has scored a coup with the hire of long-time Bavaria Fiction exec Oliver Vogel as MD of Dark producer W&B Television.The Das Boot exec will remain at Bavaria until the end of January, 2021, joining Leonine-owned W&B from 1 February, 2020, with a focus on development, acquisition and production of TV projects for the German and international markets.

Mark David Having last year dropped $2.15 million on a nearly 100-year-old Spanish home in L.A.’s low-key but increasingly expensive Beverly Grove neighborhood, “Moone Boy” star Chris O’Dowd and writer/presenter Dawn O’Porter have none-too-surprisingly put their former home in the nearby Melrose District up for grabs at almost $1.8 million.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“Mother”) cut his teeth in TV a decade ago before migrating to cinema, co-directing 2013’s “Stockholm” and his own breakout solo feature “May God Save Us,” which marked him as one of Spain’s foremost young crossover talents.Now, he and long-time writing partner Isabel Peña have returned to the small screen with their upcoming Movistar Plus original series “Riot Police” (“Antidisturbios”).