Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: everyone's favorite two words... COPYRIGHT LAW (and the impact of AI)! Also, Trump's taking over CBS. Joe gives us the latest from the Box Office (Weapon's takes the #1 spot this week. And Diddy is reigning king of Celebs Behaving Badly. His sentencing is set for early October... We'll be keep eye's on that. The Boston Celtics are off the hook after a sex trafficking conspiracy involving their two best players came up wit...
Aug 11, 2025•39 min
Joe Escalante’s weekly fingering of the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest from the Box Office (Fantastic Four is #1), and Joe’s film recommendations from his Letterboxd account… see Fantastic 4 and Architecton, avoid Happy Gilmore 2 at all costs… Also, in this week’s Celebs Behaving Badly, Soulja Boy clings to relevance any way he can, even if he goes to prison for it. Shannon Sharpe can’t escape the legal issues, but he can postpone them so he can induct his brother into the NFL Ha...
Aug 04, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Joe Escalante's weekly excursion into the business end of showbiz. This week: did Candace Owens defame Macron's wife by caller her a man? Also, the latest from the box office (superheroes reign supreme). And the latest info from the fallout of the Paramount/Skydance sale. Colbert was bleeding out financially, so I guess it makes sense to can a guy that takes shots at Dear Leader. South Park seems to be making money, because they got away with tearing Trump to shreds after signing their deal. Goo...
Jul 28, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Joe Escalante's weekly probe into the business end of showbiz. This week: South Park got some legal issues, Jane's Addicition got some legal issues, and Kanye might have some sexual assault issues. Also, Stephen Colbert gets canned for biting the hands that feed him for totally financial reasons.
Jul 21, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the business end of showbix. This week: Joe called it weeks ago!!! Diddy gets off with what, in some states, is a misdemeanor. That's what happens when lawyers reach for charges that they'll have a hard time proving. The solution for Diddy, according to Joe... GIVE ALL YOUR MONEY AWAY. Give it to charities supporting the kind of people he's victimized, and rebuild his empire after that. But does anyone listen to Joe??? If they aren't, they should! Also, the latest...
Jul 07, 2025•59 min
Joe Escalante's weekly look into the business end of showbiz. This week: The latest box office predictions, Joe's perspective on the Iran bombings and Trump's demands for retractions from sources saying anything different than him. Also, Joes recent Disneyland visits, contract breeches, and musicians suing Twitter for copyright infringement, and the impact of AI on music and books.
Jun 28, 2025•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly expedition into the treacherous business end of showbiz. This week: news from the Box Office... Disney/Pixar's Elio (finally! a new IP, and not another live action knock off!), 28 Years Later is the new prequel to 28 Decades Later, and Joe discusses with fascination with The Materialist. Also, the latest from Celebs Behaving Badly... Diddy's case may be wrapping up after showing videos of freak off's in court. Baldini Baldinis. And the latest from professor emeritus of bad...
Jun 21, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's Weekly spelunk into the business end of showbiz. This week: let's try to steer away from celebs behaving badly... How about some box office news??? Lilo and Stitch is #1... and Joe hasn't seen it... But he did see a few good movies this week: Dogman, The Face of Jesus (which claims that Jesus may have had a nuclear resurrection), and the hot nun in Wes Anderson's The Phoencian Scheme triggers Joe's kink. Also, murder-for-hire doesn't pay... Just ask Victoria Goodwin! Russell Simm...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Joe Escalante's weekly lambasting of the business end of showbiz. This week: after a brief look at the Box Office and the amazing new Pee-Wee Herman documentary on HBO, the show gets overwhelmed by Celebs Behaving Badly... There's a theme this week: Alleged industry rapists (and not one mention of professor emeritus of alleged non-consensual debauchery Harvey Weinstein!). Diddy's trial had explosive testimony from a former personal assistant. Joe discusses how the prosecution may have difficulty...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Joe Escalante's weekly fingering the pulse of the business end of showbiz, live and direct from Boston (hence the audio quality)!!! This week: two Box Offices splashes in what may be the biggest Memorial Day for the theater industry. Thank you Mission Impossible and Lilo & Stitch! You've given Joe hope for the movie theater industry! Also, the latest from Cannes, with a bunch of movies that you'll never see. The best movie is an Iranian film from a guy named Jafar... Joe is afraid of Jafar. ...
May 28, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly cannonball into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest numbers from the box office, and ways to get more people into the theaters. Also, HBO finally realizes that they are actually bigger than Cinemax, Diddy and Harvey Weinstein make their weekly appearance on "Celebs Behaving Badly," and Joe is joined by Rob Wallace, the "OC Movie Fiend," to discuss the local movie theater scene. The guy has a spreadsheet on the best seats at the movies, but he's not gonna sha...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Joe Escalante's weekly 2-hour tour into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest from the Box Office (Thunderbolts* is killing it, Sinners and Minecraft are still pulling in numbers). Also, Jon Voight has a plan to revive Hollywood, after production companies havce begun shipping filmmaking overseas. Joe discusses the latest legal issues surrounding rights to make money off of Superman. Diddy is still in jail. And Joe accidently stumbled into the hidden world of a high-stakes internati...
May 05, 2025•57 min
Joe Escalante's weekly trip into the business end of showbiz. This week... Joe talks about the controversial Kneecap performance at Coachella, and defending the band amid the backlash against the political statement they made on stage during their performance. Also, the latest numbers from the Box Office (Sinners takes the top spot over... Star Wars: Episode 3???). Joe also talks about the film industry leaving Hollywood for more affordable pastures. And, in the latest edition of Celebs Behaving...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Joe Escalante's weekly journey through the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe is snowed in in Denver after a freak snow storm, but nothing will prevent him from delivering the latest news from Hollywood. Joe was at Coachella last week, and, to Joe's disappointment, it was nothing like the Fyre Festival...Also, The Sinners are #1 at the Box Office, with The Minecraft Movie right behind. Joe loves the kids going crazy for the Chicken Jockey in theaters showing Minecraft, and feels that movies...
Apr 21, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the shark infested waters of the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe is live from Coachella (check out the Yo Gabba Gabba tent!)!!! Joe marvels at Weezer's bass player's fortitude after playing Coachella right after his wife had been shot by police in following a hit-and-run incident. Joe also reviews the latest numbers from the Box Office (Minecraft is on top, and highly recommends it). Joe is blown away by The Penguin Lessons (there's a sentence I'd never th...
Apr 13, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the business end of showbiz. This week: Celebs Behaving Badly, featuring Paul Rodriguez and Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue). Also, the latest numbers from the Box Office: Snow White may not be as woke as conservatives seem to think, but that's not stopping them from tanking the film. SNL's Colin Jost takes aim at Joe's mortal rival, Paddington Bear. We discuss the film "Arcades and Love Songs," and asks if elderly gamer geeks are capable of rocking. And Joe is keeping a w...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Joe Escalante's weekly visit with the business end of showbiz. This week: Snow White is too woke... OR IS IT???? Can it be that the anti-woke hype-train ran over a perfectly fine Disney movie, or are people just too tired of the live-actioning of classic animated films? Also, Joe is buying a Disney home, and gives you the details on how you can secure your own space in the Disney neighborhood!! Je goes into the latest numbers from the Box Office, and rock bands virtue signalling by blaming Trump...
Mar 24, 2025•43 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: studios are looking to create more immersive experiences focused on their more popular shows and movies. They've done this before with shows like Stranger Things, so expect more of the same. Also, the latest from the box office (Novocaine hits #1), and the legal ripple effect stemming from the death of Gene Hackman. And Joe speaks out against bad lawyers becoming the tools in the Tool lawsuit. Shakespeare went woke. Joe i...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Joe Escalante's weekly graceful swan dive into the business end of showbiz. This week: We're a week away from the Oscars, which can only mean one thing... the SAG Awards!!! Joe ranks the nominees for Best Picture in order of preference. He really didn't like Emilia Perez... speaking of which... Karla Sofía Gascón is not showing up to the SAG Awards amid the controversy of past tweets that came back to bite her. We'll see if she shows up to the Oscars next week. Joe explores that story as it deve...
Feb 23, 2025•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: in anticipation of the upcoming Academy Awards, Joe and the crew go over their individual favorite movies of 2024. Joe has been ranting and raving about Wild Robot since he saw it, so obviously, that's his pick for #1... Producer Nikki is all about The Substance. Engineer Sam picked Monkey Man as his favorite of 2024. Joe ios excited about the upcoming Oscars, and is looking to rank the Best Picture nominees....
Feb 16, 2025•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly exploration into the business end of showbiz. This week: The Grammy's are tonight, and Joe hates them. Maybe it has something to do with there being no category for Best Punk Album. Then again, maybe Joe is too punk for your stupid music award show. Fun fact: did you know that there are 94 categories that get Grammy awards... including Best Album Notes... Jeez, no wonder why Joe hates the Grammy's... Anyways, Joe, Producer Nikki, and Engineer Sam, er, Scorpion talk about t...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Joe Escalante's weekly spelunk into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe, Nikki, and Sam talk about the impact of the wildfires on the communities hit hardest, talking about how many people are not planning on returning, and the trauma that comes with rebuilding. On a lighter note, we take a look at the latest box office numbers, and talk about the films seen this week. Joe also looks at the recently released nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards (we all like Timothee SportChalet fo...
Jan 26, 2025•40 min
Joe Escalante's weekly sojourn into the oily depths of the business end of showbiz. This week: TikTok got banned (thanks, Congress!) and then unbanned (thanks, Trump!). Also, a bunch of TV political hacks are getting positions in Trump's White House. Not like it hasn't happened with other politicians on both sides of the aisle... And, the latest numbers from the box office (One of Them Days and Mufasa reign supreme), Joe's approval of the new film, Better Man, and his nostalgia for old-timey Lan...
Jan 19, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dive into the business end of showbiz. This week: saluting our first responders during the tragic fires that are currently burning throughout Los Angeles. Joe talks about the impact the fires have had on the business end of Hollywood. It's hard to ask an actor to work on a project when their house just burned down. Also, Joe and producer Nikki explore and critique each others' Letterboxd film reviews. Nikki may be the only person who does not love Timothee SportChalet... I...
Jan 12, 2025•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dive into Hollywood's backside (business end of showbiz). This week: a look at the Golden Globes and the politics of award shows. Joe explains the reasons why no one wanted to see an anti-Trump movie (there are millions). Also, the latest from the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni issues... it's a mess. At least the movie is finished filming, but damn... And... are eco-friendly touring practices taking over the music industry? Joe complains about musicians like Billie Eillish an...
Jan 09, 2025•36 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest from the Kendrick Lamar/Drake lawsuit. Don't know why people call it that, when Drake is suing everyone except Kendrick Lamar... Also, the latest from the box office, and how things got so bad on the set of a Blake Lively's film that they had to call together a crisis meeting to stop the director from showing random people porn on his phone. And Adele is getting sued by a Brazilian guy for stealing a song that he ...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Joe Escalante's weekly cruise through the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest box office numbers (Moana 2 is #1), Joe's favorite places to golf in SoCal, and is the film industry going anti-woke??? Also, the latest from the George Stephanopolis/ Donald Trump defamation suit. Trump wins, again!
Dec 16, 2024•52 min
Joe Escalante's weekly drive-thru the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest box office numbers. Moana 2 is out, and Joe tells you about the best way to see it... Movies in D-Box theaters turn mediocre movies into memorable experiences. Joe really enjoyed it at the Cinemark Bella Terra in Huntington Beach. Also, Joe watched Tropic Thunder, noting how, after Trump's election, people are allowed to be offensively funny again. And a bunch of badly behaving celebs had court cases... Jonathan...
Dec 08, 2024•41 min
Joe Escalante's weekly fight against the business end of showbiz. This week: Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul was a legal fiasco, but at least we got to see Mike Tyson's butt! Also, we learn about Joe's personal experience with the fight game, as a manager for a Tijuana fighter who took a dive. Also, Wicked is ruling the box office. It's pretty good, just be prepared for 3 hours of it. And the latest on the bottom falling out on the post-election ratings for CNN and MSNBC. Fox News is fine, because old p...
Nov 24, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: Brady MacDonald joins Joe to discuss the latest festivities from Disneyland, incuding comparing Disney Japan to our own Disneyland (aside from the $68 ticket price in Japan)... Zipedeedodah is still played out there, in case you were curious... Also, does Disneyland's new pricing plan stink of elitism, or is it a good idea? Shorter lines are always cool, but paying more for something that is already a huge expenditure may...
Oct 31, 2024•28 min
