HFPA, Dick Clark court date set

A little more than a week after the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and Dick Clark Prods. present the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, they are scheduled to face off in court. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Howard Matz set Jan. 24 as the new start date for the trial over the rights to the kudocast. The HFPA claims that Dick Clark Prods. signed a long-term broadcast agreement with NBC without its consent. DCP claims that none is needed under the terms of its contract with the org. The trial was to begin in September, potentially giving enough time for a judgment before the 2012 ceremony, but Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank withdrew for health reasons. Instead, the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods. came to an agreement for the production of the next ceremony, with the status of future years in doubt. The non-jury trial is expected to last about two weeks. To streamline the process, Matz will allow each side to present their witness' testimony in written form, but still cross-examined in person. Contact Ted Johnson at ted.johnson@variety.com

Obama Sets All-Star Basketball Game to Raise Money for Re-Election Campaign

President Obama, an avid basketball fan, is hosting an all-star game with a lineup of current and former NBA greats to raise money for his re-election campaign.our editor recommendsPresident Obama Holds Secret Meet-and-Greet With Hollywood Execs and Influencers (Exclusive)Obama Speechwriter-Turned Show Scribe Reveals '1600 Penn' Details (Q&A)Related Topics•Politics Members of the Obama Victory Campaign sent out e-mails Monday night encouraging "fans who are going through basketball withdrawal and want to support the president" to come to D.C. for the first ever "Obama Classic" on Dec. 12. PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections Among those playing: Ray Allen, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, Jamal Crawford, Kevin Durant, Baron Davis, Patrick Ewing, Derek Fisher, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough, Dwight Howard, Juwan Howard, Antawn Jamison, Dahntay Jones, Brandon Knight, Kevin Love, Jamal Mashburn, Cheryl Miller, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Hamady Ndiaye, Chris Paul, Paul Pierce, Quentin Richardson, Doc Rivers, Steve Smith, Jerry Stackhouse, Amare Stoudemire, Tina Thompson, John Wall and Russell Westbrook. PHOTOS: 10 Entertainers Democrats and Republicans Love to Hate Tickets for general admission start at $200; $500 for the premium lower deck and $5,000 for courtside seats.Those who would like at attend as an "MVP" are being asked to contribute $35,800 per person and raise $50,000. (That includes two courtside seats, a shootaround with the players before the game, autograph session and dinner with the players following the game.) Related Topics Barack Obama Politics

Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon Planning More History Or Rap

First Launched: November 18, 2011 3:24 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon are observed at GQs 2011 Males of year Party held at Chateau Marmont in La on November 17, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Ready for the next trip to the category of stylish-hop? Jimmy Fallon told Access Hollywood he and rapping friend Justin Timberlake are concentrating on one other good status for Rap segment for Late Evening with Jimmy Fallon. Were concentrating on one other good status for Rap, Jimmy told Access at GQs 2011 Males of year Party in La on Thursday evening. Would attempt to top [others with] the next factor, he ongoing. But what about possible a rap album with Jimmy as well as the star? Justin doesn't return my phone calls relating to this, Jimmy mentioned getting fun. Hell call about other activities. All jokes aside, Jimmy told Access he was honored to to research the cover of GQ along with his friend and collaborator. Justins most likely probably the most gifted people in the world, Jimmy mentioned. He makes me smile. He just happens show and will get control. I like that guy a great deal It absolutely was an recognition being round the cover with this particular guy. For further on Jimmy and Justins GQ cover photo shoot, Follow The Link! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Walking Deads Jon Bernthal Joins Summits Snitch

Jon Bernthal, whose Shane character on AMCs The Walking Dead is on a single twisted journey within the shows second season, will join Dwayne Manley and Susan Sarandon in Snitch, the Ric Roman Waugh-directed action drama for Summit Entertainment that starts filming early the following month in Louisiana. Manley plays a construction company owner who turns into a DEA snitch to lessen his boy’s prison sentence. Bernthal plays an ex-disadvantage laborer for that construction company who's forced by his boss to assist connect him for an subterranean drug dealer. Bernthal, who had been area of the cast of HBOs The Off-shore and also the Roman Polanski-directed The Ghost Author, is repped by WME and also the Burstein Company. The flicks being co-funded by Exclusive Media, Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi.

Playing on global stage

'A Separation''Alois Nebel''Black Bread''Elite Squad''October''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia''Orator''The Skin I Live In''Sonny Boy''Tilt''Violeta'Russia's choice of 'Burnt by the Sun: The Citadel' bitterly divided its selectors.When Spain announced its official Oscar selection as Agustin Villaronga's "Black Bread" in October, most observers wondered why multiple Oscar winner and world-renowned Pedro Almodovar's genre-bending "The Skin I Live In" didn't get the country's official nod.But as anyone who distributes or markets foreign-language films knows, the answer to that question involves politics more than mere omission. Though the rules are different in every territory, one longtime awards campaigner says most national film boards prefer to spread the Oscar wealth in order to bring attention to multiple local filmmakers. The perception could also be that a well-known filmmaker doesn't need the box office bump that Oscar attention potentially generates."Almodovar's won nominations outside the foreign-language category," says Pay Brunet, an analyst at Spanish website BoxOffice.es. "Whether right of wrong, some Spanish Academy members may well think he's playing in another league."But the notion of Oscar attention directly correlating to B.O. is something Sony Pictures Classics topper Michael Barker emphatically refutes. "You have to be careful of broad statements, like 'all foreign-film Academy nominees or winners do business,' because that's not the case," Barker says. "The movie we thought would go all the way last year, the French entry 'Of Gods and Men,' outgrossed all five of the nominees for best foreign film."And while winning distribution from a company like SPC is often perceived as the gold standard for any foreign-language film, Barker says it's is focused on targeting a specific market for the films it acquires -- never in service of awards."Basically, we have always felt great foreign-language films are a good piece of business in the marketplace. We try to pursue those films that we feel can work in the marketplace, can work with the audience. And if those films happen to be nominated for Oscars, that can help the profile," Barker says.However, in some ways, gaining a higher profile made Almodovar a victim of his own success. Even though he has brought attention to world cinema and become an artist whose work defies borders, his entrance to the global stage is directly attributable to his screenplay Oscar win for "Talk to Her.""He's become a bit of a rock star," says Barker, who has distributed 10 of Almodovar's films. "He's the first guy in 36 years with a foreign film to win the best screenplay Oscar. He has that profile that Fellini had, or Ingmar Bergman."While some have criticized Spain's selection process, it's crystal clear compared to that of Russia, where the film community is broadly divided into camps that are either for Nikita Mikhalkov, whose "Burnt by the Sun" won an Oscar, or against him. In fact, the process is so opaque that this year even the chairman of the Oscar selection committee,Vladimir Menshov, abstained from the vote.Menshov, who won an Oscar for his 1980 "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears," is supporting the newly minted Kino Soyuz (Cinema Union) -- which has just 188 members as compared to the 6,000-strong Mikhalkov-led Soyuz Kinematografistov (Union of Cinematographers) but is very vocal -- in its calls for a reformed process.The new org is unimpressed that the Oscar committee chose Mikhalkov's bloated and critically panned "Burnt by the Sun: The Citadel" (a sequel to the 1995 "Burnt by the Sun" which won the Oscar) over two other films, Alexander Sokurov's Venice Golden Lion award-winning "Faust" and Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Elena" that won a jury nod in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year.In-fighting and corruption has plagued Russia's process for decades, but many other behind-the-scenes factors explain Almodovar's lock-out in Spain: the inclusiveness of Spain's selection process, passionate support for "Black Bread," and maybe Spanish Academy members' take on Almodovar's Oscar chances outside the foreign-language category.Unlike France or Italy, where foreign-language entries are chosen by a committee put forward by local film academies, in Spain, all academy members can vote for the foreign language candidate: first for a three-pic short-list -- this year, "Skin," "Bread" and Benito Zambrano's "The Sleeping Voice" -- then again, this year over Sept. 16-26, for a winner. The primaries system and mass-vote is designed to deliver a box office bump plus prestige to the finalist films, says "Skin" producer and Pedro's brother Agustin Almodovar, who was on the Spanish Academy's board when the system was put into place in 2002. "Black Bread" is "an absolutely legitimate candidate, we hope it goes far, we're not asking to be chosen always," Almodovar insists.Yet he also says "The Skin I Live In" doesn't necessarily belong in any other Oscar category."We make artisanal, low-budget films in Spanish with Spanish cast and crew. The natural category for our films is the foreign-language one," he says.In reading between the lines, Almodovar's sentiment points to how important Oscar attention is for foreign films, but becoming a country's official submission certainly isn't the end of the road for any film, as filmmakers Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowarikar discovered when their home country India submitted the cricket-themed "Lagaan" in 2001."When our film got selected as India's entry to the Oscars, both Ashutosh and I had no idea what it meant and what we were supposed to do next," recalled Khan, who also starred in the pic, in an interview at the time.But instead of waiting for things to happen, they visited Los Angeles and began campaigning for a nomination. The task was an uphill one, because any direct contact with Academy members would result in instant disqualification. In order to create some kind of a buzz around the film, they showed it to just about everyone who was interested -- waiters, chauffeurs, valets, restaurant owners, hairdressers anyone. Over the course of 10 or 12 screenings prior to the official showings, a buzz was slowly but surely created. Actors such as Goldie Hawn and Peter Rawley, who championed the film, helped the "Lagaan" cause immensely. When the day of the first Academy screening dawned, the "Lagaan" team wasn't expecting more than 30 members to show up; 198 did. The momentum continued and a good number of Academy members voted for the film, resulting in a nomination.They brought what the learned about the process back to India, and Salim Ahmed's "Abu, Son of Adam" will benefit from their wisdom. The filmmaker is planning to promote his film in L.A. and estimates his campaign will cost roughly twice what he spent in production: $400,000. "I am going to spend the money from my own pocket. I'm in the process of finalizing a publicist," Ahmed says. "It's a universal subject. So I hope it appeals to Academy voters and we get a nomination." John Hopewell, Nick Holdsworth and Naman Ramachandran contributed to this report.Navigating HollywoodVeteran campaign publicist Fredell Pogodin offers these tips for foreign filmmakers: Brush up on your English. Make sure the subtitles on your film are good and if in white readable against a white backdrop. Try to see your competitor's films or look up reviews so you know a little something about them. Have a sense of humor about the whole process. Be prepared for the fact that if you're nominated, everyone who you know and who worked on the film will want to go the Oscar ceremony and because you will get very few tickets, you will be in an awful position and begin to wish you weren't nominated! THE CONTENDERSAlbania"Amnesty"Director: Bujar Alimani Distributor: Global Film Initiative Awards: CICAE Award at Berlin Film Festival Argentina"Aballay, the Man Without Fear"Director: Fernando Spiner Sales: Incaa Austria"Breathing"Director: Karl Markovics Sales: Films Distribution, Label Europa Awards: Cinemas award at Cannes Film Festival Belgium "Bullhead"Director: Michael R. Roskam Distributor: Drafthouse Films Awards: Best film at Motovun festival and Austin Fantastic Fest; debut film at Montreal Fantasia Bosnia & Herzogovinia "Belvedere"Director: Ahmed Imamovic Distributor: Global Film Initiative Brazil "Elite Squad 2"Director: Jose Padilha Distributor: Flatiron Film Co. in association with Variance Films Awards: Best film at Premio do Cinema Brasileiro, Cinema Brazil, Lima film festivals Bulgaria "Tilt"Director: Viktor Chouchkov Awards: Debut feature at Raindance Canada "Monsieur Lazhar"Director: Philippe Falardeau Distributor: Music Box Films Awards: Audience award, Variety Piazza Grande prize at Locarno; Canadian Feature at Toronto; Special Jury Award at Namur; Art Cinema Award, Hamburg Chile "Violeta"Director: Andres Wood, Production: Andres Wood Prods China "The Flowers of War"Director: Zhang Yimou Sales: FilmNation Entertainment Colombia "The Colors of the Mountain"Director: Carlos Cesar Arbelaez Sales: UMedia Awards: Golden Precolombian Circle award at Bogota Film Festival; Jury Award at Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Croatia "72 Days"Director: Danilo Serbedzija Production: Vans Awards: Audience award at PulaCuba "Habanastation"Director: Ian Padron Sales: Icaic Awards: Best film at Traverse City Film Festival Czech Republic "Alois Nebel"Director: Thomas Lunak Sales: The Match Factory Denmark "Superclasico"Director: Ole Christian Madsen Sales: The Match Factory Dominican Republic "Love Child"Director: Leticia Tonos Production: Prods Linea Espiral/Isla Films Awards: Audience award at Chicago Latino festival Egypt "Lust"Director: Khaled El Hagar Sales: Arabica Movies Awards: Best film at Cairo fest Estonia "Letters to Angel"Director: Sulev Keedus Production: F-Seitse/Frame Prods Awards: Critics Prize, Kinoshock Finland "Le Havre"Director: Aki Kaurismaki Distributor: Janus Films Awards: Fipresci at Cannes; Arri-Zeiss Award, Munich France "Declaration of War"Director: Valerie Donzelli Distributor: Sundance Selects Awards: Jury Prize, Audience, Bloggers awards at Paris Cinema Film Festival Georgia "Chantrapas"Director: Otar Iosseliani Sales: Les Films du Losange Awards: Special Jury Award at Mar del Plata festival Germany "Pina"Director: Wim Wenders Distributor: Sundance Selects Awards: Documentary prize at German Film Awards Greece "Attenberg"Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari Distributor: Strand Releasing Awards: Lina Mangiacapre Award at Venice; Special Jury Award at Thessaloniki fest Hong Kong "A Simple Life"Director: Anna Hui Sales: Media Asia Group Awards: Equal Opportunity, La Navicella, Gianni Astrei and Nazareno Taddei at Venice Hungary "The Turin Horse"Director: Bela Tarr Distributor: The Cinema Guild Awards: Silver Bear, Fipresci Award at Berlin Iceland "Volcano"Director: Runar Runarsson Sales: TrustNordisk Awards: Transylvania Festival; Fipresci Award, Church of Iceland Award at Reykjavik; Silver Hugo, Chicago India "Abu, Son of Adam"Director: Salim Ahamed Production: Allens Media Awards: Best film, National (Indian) Film Awards Indonesia "Under the Protection of Ka'Bah"Director: Hanny R. Saputra Production: MD Pictures Iran "A Separation"Director: Asghar Farhadi Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Awards: Golden Bear, Ecumenical Prize, Berlin; TVE Otra Mirada, San Sebastian; best film at Pacific Asia Screen Awards and Sydney, Durban and Yerevan film fests; and audience award, Vancouver, Melbourne, Fajr, Fukuoka Ireland "As if I Am Not There"Director: Juanita Wilson Sales: Element Pictures Awards: Best film at Irish Film and TV Awards; Silver Pyramid, Cairo; FACE Award, Istanbul Israel "Footnote"Director: Joseph Cedar Distributor: Sony Classics Awards: Best film, Ophir Awards; Best screenplay, Cannes Italy "Terraferma"Director: Emanuele Crialese Sales: Elle Driver Awards: Special Jury Prize, Venice Japan "Post Card"Director: Kaneto Shindo Sales: Tokyo Theaters Co. Awards: Special Jury Prize, Tokyo Kazakhstan "Returning to the 'A' "Director: Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky Production: Kazakhfilm Lebanon "Where Do We Go Now?"Director: Nadine Labaki Distributor: Sony Classics Awards: People's Choice Award, Toronto; Audience award at Oslo Films From the South Festival Lithuania "Back in Your Arms"Director: Kristijonas Vildziunas Awards: Best film, Lithuanian Film Awards Macedonia "Punk's Not Dead"Director: Vladimir Blazevsky Production: Pank Film Awards: Best film in East of the West competition, Karlovy Vary Mexico "Miss Bala"Director: Gerardo Naranjo Distributor: Fox World Cinema Awards: Best film, Japan's Latin Beat Morocco "Omar Killed Me"Director: Roschdy Zem Sales: Elle Driver Netherlands "Sonny Boy"Director: Maria Peters Sales: Delphis Films New Zealand "The Orator"Director: Tusi Tamasese Sales: NZ Film Awards: Cicae award Norway "Happy, Happy"Director: Anne Sewitsky Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Awards: World Cinema Jury Prize, Sundance Peru "October"Director: Daniel and Diego Vega Distributor: NYer Films Awards: Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, Cannes Philippines "The Woman in the Septic Tank"Director: Marlon Rivera Sales: Ignatius Films Awards: Best film, Cinemalaya Poland "In Darkness"Director: Agnieska Holland Distributor: Sony Classics Portugal "Jose and Pilar"Director: Miguel Goncalves Mendes Distributor: Outsider Pictures Awards: Audience award, Sao Paolo Romania "Morgen"Director: Marian Crisan Sales: Les Films du Losange Awards: Special Jury Prize, Ecumenical Prize, Ficc Prize, Locarno; Fipresci, Thessaloniki Russia "Burnt by the Sun: The Citadel"Director: Nikita Mikhalkov Sales: Wild Bunch Awards: Nika Award Serbia "Montevideo -- Taste of a Dream"Director: Dragan Bjelogrlic Production: Intermedia Network Awards: Grand Prize, audience award at Moscow Singapore "Tatsumi"Director: Eric Khoo Sales: The Match Factory Slovakia "Gypsy"Director: Martin Sulik Production: IN Film Praha Awards: Special Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary South Africa "Beauty"Director: Oliver Hermanus Sales: MK2 South Korea "The Frontline"Director: Jang Hoon Sales: Showbox Mediaplex Spain "Black Bread"Director: Agusti Villaronga Sales: Beta Cinema Awards: Best film, Goyas and Turia; best Catalan film, Gaudi Awards; aud award, Turia Sweden "Beyond"Director: Pernilla August Sales: TrustNordisk Awards: Intl. Critics' Week prize, Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award, Venice; Foreign Press, Hamburg; Intl. Jury, Special Jury awards, Sao Paolo Festival; NDR Promotion Prize, Lubeck Switzerland "Summer Games"Director: Rolando Colla Sales: Rezo Taiwan "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq bale"Director: Wei Te-sheng Sales: Fortissimo Films Thailand "Kon Khon"Director: Sarunyu Wongkrachang Production: Sahamongkolfilm Co. Turkey "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia"Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Distributor: The Cinema Guild Awards: Grand Prize, Cannes; Netpac award, Karlovy Vary United Kingdom "Patagonia"Director: Marc Evans Sales: Little Film Co. Uruguay "The Silent House"Director: Gustavo Hernandez Distributor: IFC at Midnight Venezuela "The Rumble of the Stones"Director: Alejandro Bellame Sales: CNAC Awards: Venezuelan Film Festival Vietnam "Thang Long Aspiration"Director: Lu'u Trong Ninh Production: Ky Nguyen Sang Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

'Live! With Regis and Kelly' Guests Revealed for Regis Philbin's Final Week

Ray Tamarra/Getty ImagesRegis Philbin Regis Philbin's final week on Live! With Regis and Kelly is approaching and the final guests have been announced.our editor recommendsJerry Seinfeld Joins Kelly Ripa as First Co-Host After Regis Philbin's Live! DepartureRegis Philbin's Next Career Move: A Reality ShowRegis Philbin Announces Final 'Live' Date As the daytime talk show host's final day nears, ABC is pulling out all the stops with Philbin's favorite guests, musical tributes and familiar faces. During Philbin's final week beginning Nov. 14, guests like David Letterman (Nov. 16), Donald Trump (Nov. 15), Don Rickles (Nov. 14), Jimmy Fallon (Nov. 14) and Kathie Lee Gifford (Nov. 17), with whom he co-hosted Live! for numerous years, will be dropping by. VIDEO: Celebrating Regis Philbin's 80th with 8 Unforgettable Moments Additionally, every day that week, a special tribute to Philbin will be performed by musicians like Tony Bennett, Bret Michaels and Josh Groban. The show is also planning segments recounting Philbin's best and classic show moments from the past seasons. On Philbin's final day, Nov. 18, Live! will be an hourlong tribute with special surprises. Also, the longtime host will reflect on his time on the morning program and discuss his future plans. In September, Philbin announced that he would sign off in mid-November. "Friday, Nov. 18 is my last day," Philbin said at the time. "But don't worry, the show goes on." In January, Philbin announced that he would be leaving as co-host of Live! after 28 years. He first said that he would sign off at the end of the summer, but pushed the date back in order to allow ample time for a special to be produced. While producers look for a new co-host to sit opposite Kelly Ripa, who took over for Gifford in 2001, a variety of guest co-hosts will step in to the show. Jerry Seinfeld will be the first co-host after Philbin departs. Live! is executive produced by Michael Gelman and distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Regis Philbin Kelly Ripa

Avid Fires The Next Shot In Battle With Apple, Introduces New Media Composer

The anticipated next version of Avid's Media Composer editing system-version 6-as well as its NewsCutter version 10 and Symphony version 6, will be available on Nov. 15. The new software includes a 64-bit architecture, as well as new 3D editing tools and increased support for third-party hardware.our editor recommendsCanon, Red, Avid Prepare Anticipated Announcements for ThursdayAvid Pounces in the Wake of Apple's Final Cut Pro X 'Debacle' Media Composer 6 in particular will be closely watched as it will be the first major new release of Avid's flagship editing system since its chief rival in the editing space, Apple, launched Final Cut Pro X-which generated quite a bit of discontent in the professional community. Apple claims to have the largest percentage of the nonlinear editingcustomer base with more than 2 million users, from hobbyists toprofessionals. Avid positions its Media Composer as the tool of choice in the professional space; American Cinema Editors' most recent member survey found that the majority of its members use Avid. Many of the new Media Composer features announced this morning will not come as a complete surprise to customers. Following the Final Cut Pro X launch last spring, Avid hosted a customer meeting at Warner Bros., during which-in an atypical move for Avid-it offered a glimpse at its Media Composer development roadmap. Avid also previewed some of these future tools in a technology demonstration at the International Broadcasting Convention in September. A key Avid message is that it aims to increase speed and flexibility. Specifically, features include a new user interface; AVCHD and Red Epic support with Avid Media Access; Avid DNxHD 444, a high-quality HD codec; further integration with Avid's audio post system Pro Tools, including 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound support; and color correction capabilities through support for the Avid Artist Color control surface. The new 3D toolset is being tested by certain editors, who are using it to cut upcoming 3D features; Avid declined to name the editors and the film titles. Avid reported that support for third-party tools includes video and audio cards from AJA Video Systems, Blackmagic Design, Bluefish444, Matrox and MOTU; and it gains the ability to encode Apple ProRes (Mac OS-based systems only). "Those customers that kind of got stranded with Apple, now have a place to go," said Chris Gahagan, senior vp of products and solutions at Avid. "Some of them were being held back because we didn't support Pro Res or they wanted to use third-party I/O like AJA Kona. We are now going to make it easier for them to consider switching. We removed two of the big barriers. ... They really do need a company that is more committed to their profession." Avid is offering Final Cut Pro (excluding Final Cut Pro X) users the ability to purchase Media Composer with free online training for $1499. Pricing for Media Composer 6 starts at $2499; upgrade pricing begins at $299, with student pricing from $295. Final Cut Pro X lists for $299.99. Related Topics 3D Apple

Access Hollywood Live: Nadia Gs All Dressed G-Style Pizza Recipe

First Published: November 1, 2011 1:00 PM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Nadia G cooks up her G-style pizza for Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Access Hollywood Live on November 1, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Shes known as the punk rock Julia Child - bad-girl chef Nadia G. The host of cooking channels Bitchin Kitchen stopped by Access Hollywood Live to give Billy Bush & Kit Hoover some attitude and rockin recipes for busy parents. She shares her recipe for All Dressed G-style Pizza - guranteed to bring your thighs and your family closer together. Grocery List: 1 1/2 cup canned San Marzano plum tomotoes 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 fresh basil leaves, torn 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, minced 1/2 tsp. dried basil 1/2 tps. dried Greek oregano 1/4 tsp. hot chile flakes 1 tbsp. grated Parmigiano 1/4 tsp. sea salt cracked black pepper to taste 2 tbsp. leaf lard 1 batch pizza dough 1 lb. fresh buffalo mozzarella 1/2 cup grated pecorino cheese 1/4 lb. salame di genoa, cut into strips 1/2 cup marinated kalamata olives, pitted and halved 1/2 cup julienned fresh baby spinach Tomato Sauce: In a large bowl, hand crush tomatoes. Add the olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, chili flakes, Parmigiano, seat salt, and lots of cracked pepper. Mix. Cover and let it sit in the fridge for 3 hours, or overnight. Preheat the oven to 475-degrees, placing the oven rack at the bottom. Grease the pizza pan with the leaf lard and work the dough to fit the pan. Spread 1/4 cup of the sauce over the dough. Place the pizza crust in the oven, and cook for 5 minutes to pre-crisp. After five minutes, take the pizza out and add another 1/4 cup of sauce. Place the pizza crust back into oven and cook for another 5 minutes. (We want the crust to develop some backbone, so it can handle all the toppings.) Take the pizza out again, and add your toppings: 1 layer of mozzarella rounds, sprinkle with the perorino, and add the salame strips and kalamata olives. Put the pizza back in the oven and cook for final 5 minutes. Immediately remove it from the pan, and sprinkle with julienned baby spinach. For more on Nadia G, head to www.cookingchanneltv.com/nadia-g. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.