Joe Escalante's weekly exploration inside the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe reminisces about the days of his youthful innocence, running around Disneyland.. Be like Joe... Don't do drugs at Disneyland. Also, the latest numbers from the Box Office (Wild Robot is still running wild), Joe's obsession with the Netflix series about the Menedez Brothers, and how he would have litigated the case against them. Needless to say, don't let your kids watch The Menendez Brothers...
Oct 19, 2024•30 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the depths of the business end of showbiz... This week, in a podcast-exclusive episode, Joe talks about how to get banned from radio-play in Vegas. Also, celebs not named Diddy behaving badly, and celebs named Diddy behaving badly. Also, Joe discusses the glory that is seeing "Blazing Saddles" at the Cinemark Bella Terra in Huntington Beach. However, he missed the glory of seeing "Megalopolis" at the the Cinemark Century in the OC. He ended up accidentally seei...
Oct 07, 2024•24 min
This week, on a podcast exclusive episode of Live from Hollywood, Joe Escalante interviews Michael Fowlkes, the writer/producer/director of the 12-part documentary series, "The History of Sportfishing." They discuss how the project went from a small, "Endless Summer" style documentary, to an extensive, spiritually driven 12 episode saga. For more info, check out their page. https://thehistoryofsportfishing.com/
Sep 24, 2024•28 min
Joe Escalante's weekly exploration into the dark caverns of the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe talks about Anna Delvey's inclusion on the next season of Dancing with the Stars... I mean, why not have a fake german heiress who went to prison for four years one the show? Who cares about the special accomodations made to allow for her travel from New York, where she is currently under house arrest, to LA, where they tape the show. Also, Joe tells us why Burt Reynolds was always a stand-up ...
Sep 01, 2024•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly jaunt into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest from the civil brawl between Disneyland, Disney+ and wrongful death lawsuits. There was also an actual brawl in the VIP section at Fantasmic. Personally, I'd also pay extra to fight strangers inside the Happiest Place on Earth. Also, Joe takes issue with the one guy who dared to show up at, according to Forbes, the most exclusive club in the world, while wearing pajama bottoms. THE AUDACITY!!!! Also, Joe gives h...
Aug 25, 2024•43 min
Joe Escalante's weekly march through the business end of showbiz. This week... Joe talks about why you shouldn't die at a Disney park while subscribed to Disney+. Also, in a special episode of celebs behaving badly, Hollywood mogul Casey Wasserman is exposed as a philandering narcissist... just like ever other Hollywood mogul. And the sad case of the death Matthew Perry, and the enablers who saw him spiraling, yet continued to feed his addiction. Hollywood is soooooo glamorous, isn't it?...
Aug 18, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dive in to the business end of showbiz. This week: Youtubers are suing OpenAI (makers of Chat GPT) for skimming their videos, not for the content users have produced, but to identify and recreate speech patterns so that AI can learn how to destroy us even faster! Also, Joe interviews the cast and crew from the film "Kneecap." And Engineer Sam and Producer Nikki find out that their Olympic dreams may still be alive, thanks to Australia's recent discovery of Breakdancing as ...
Aug 11, 2024•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly sojourn into the vile den of the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe interviews the director and stars of Joe's new Oscar favorite, "Kneecap." Also, the latest from the box office... Deadpool is number 1, and Disney is having to get creative with how they promote an R-rated film to kids at their theme parks. And more celebs behaving badly!!!
Aug 04, 2024•37 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the deadly waters of the business end of showbiz. This week... the latest from the box office (Deadpool/Wolverine is living up to the "biggest blockbuster of the Summer hype). Also, Joe is enamored with "Twisters," especially after it pissed off climate change activists. It speaks to a bigger problem Joe has with movies nowadays: he's tired of being preached to. And a "Facts of Life" reunion got squashed by "a greedy co-star" from the show... Joe and Sam think ...
Jul 29, 2024•38 min
Joe Escalante's weekly visit to the business end of showbiz... This week: Joe's back in town!! He's still jet lagged from jet-setting across the world, but he's back to talk about Tenacious D's apology for unfortunate comments made at Kyle Gass' birthday show in Australia (too soon, maybe?). Also, the latest from the box office... Joe really did not enjoy "Fly me to the Moon"... after how many frequent flyer miles he's gathered in the last month, I don't think he'd enjoy anything about flying......
Jul 21, 2024•36 min
Joe Escalante's weekly dive into the business end of showbiz. This week... Joe's still in Spain... So Engineer Sam and Producer Nikki take over, talking about the latest Hollywood legal news involving the Beastie Boys suing Chili's over the use of Sabotage, Fox sues Moe's Tavern over Simpsons merchandice, and the Alec Baldwin "Rust" case gets dismissed. Also, they discuss Redbox declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and the upcoming broadcast deal for the NBA, and the potential loss of an American ins...
Jul 15, 2024•42 min
Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz... This week: Joe is in the beautiful city of Pamplona, Spain for the Running of the Bulls. I'm sure he's avoiding more bulls*@% over there than he endures in Hollywood. So, Producer Sam and Associate Producer Nikki take over the show and talk about the latest from the box office, and the recent influx of great horror films in the theaters. Also, drone camera operators are looking to unionize, "The Boys" 4th season, and Diddy avoidin...
Jul 07, 2024•42 min
Joe Escalante's weekly swan dive into the business end of showbiz... This week: Joe regales us with the story of being crowned Imperial Sovereign of Los Alamitos last week. Ok, he was inducted into the Los Alamitos Hall of Fame (along with the bass player from the Silversun Pickups!), but still... Also, a look at the box office (shout out to the Cinemark Bella Terra in Huntington Beach, and the AMC 16 in Burbank), an unpacking of the first Presidential Debate, and America's Greatest American, Ma...
Jun 30, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly journey into the business end of showbiz. This week: Inside Out 2 dominates the box office, Army Hammer is not, I REPEAT, NOT a cannibal, and Sony bought out all of the Alamo Drafthouses. Will this spark a trend of film companies buying out more theaters? Will streamers, looking to screen their films and make them Oscar-eligible, follow suit? Joe knows.
Jun 23, 2024•40 min
Joe Escalante's Weekly dive into the business of showbiz. This week: Joe is joined by Mr. Broadway-Pants (Joe's nephew Kevin) to talk about the 2024 Tony Awards. Also, Joe discusses his frustration at the fact that there is no longer a movie theater in Big Bear, which explaining why he didn't see any movies this week. However, Joe talks about special deals at the movies (AMC, Regal) aiming to reconnect the theaters to a younger audience. And Producer Nicky tells us about her amazing experience j...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Joe Escalante's weekly journey into the dark side of the business end of showbiz... This week: Joe welcomes new associate producer Nikki Strubinsky to the show. Also, Netflix is fighting a major lawsuit stemming from the show, Baby Reindeer. The latest numbers from the box office (Joe recommends The Dead Don't Hurt), Irving Azoff is in some legal trouble after booking his own band at his own venue... The problem is that Azoff's band (The Black Keys) weren't good enough to sell out Azoff's venue.
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Joe Escalante's weekly observations of the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe pays tribute to Al Ready, a mentor to Joe and a Hollywood legend (created Walker: Texas Ranger, among several other classics). Joe went to the movies and LOVED The Fall Guy. Also, we all highly recommend the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, "The Two Escobars" about the Pablo Escobar and the 1992 Colombian national soccer team. Also, Madonna getting a class action sued for starting shows 4 hours late... Madonna, you're ...
Jun 01, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly visit to the business end of showbiz... This week: Joe goes deep into the AI wars, with Scarlet Johansson suing the makers of ChatGPT for using a very close likeness of her voice reading their AI stuff. Also, the latest from the box office: Furiosa takes the number 1 spot, and Joe could not be happier! Something that Joe does not like is the idea of a movie based on the super-private, ultra-secret Club 33 at Disneyland. He's just miffed because he's a member, and what's th...
May 26, 2024•36 min
Joe Escalante's weekly pulse check from within the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe's box office breakdown, the mixed reviews of Coppola's experimental opus, "Megalopolis," straight from the Cannes Film Festival, and Joe's brilliant legal plan to save the career (and, possibly, the life) of Sean P. Diddy Combs. Also, Joe explores the film, "The Long Game," about Latino golfers getting discriminated against in the 1950s, and his new streaming obsession, "Sugar" on Apple TV. Joe talks about...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Joe Escalante's Weekly look at the business end of showbiz. Joe talks about the legal dangers of stagediving. Also, the latest look at the box office... The new Planet of the Apes is AMAZING!!! And Joe talks about the life and work of Roger Corman, and Joe's connection to the B-Movie film legend. Happy Mothers' Day!
May 12, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly spelunking into the business end of showbiz. This week: buying TV networks and mingling with stars (somewhere in all of this is Les Moonves)... Also, the latest box office numbers, and the best way to make it into Hollywood (here's a hint... LEARN TO WRITE!!!), and Joe flexes some legal muscle, talking about the new non-compete laws. Some people think it'll help people in the long run. Joe thinks companies will figure out ways around it. FASCINATING! Also, "Quiet on the Se...
May 05, 2024•38 min
Theme park reporter for the OC Register Brady MacDonald joins Joe to talk about the latest from Disneyland. This week: Joe talks about ways to cut down on crowding in the park, including no strollers, no bags at all, and no diapers (because diapers will be free!!!!). Also, Disney guests are abusing the disability pass. This used to go by ignored, but now they are punishing the liars with a lifetime ban from the park. And, California Adventure is finally getting a parade again (first time since t...
Apr 28, 2024•39 min
Joe Escalante's weekly exploration of the business end of showbiz... This week, he's live right behind the main stage at the coldest Coachella ever (and you could tell!)!!! He was backstage for the first big gig for Sublime, and saw the No Doubt reunion. Also, the latest legal battle from the shoot that happened on the set of Rust... this time, the medic is suing for pain and suffering. Joe just thinks she was doing her job, but whatevs... Also, there a writer who wrote an article in the early 1...
Apr 14, 2024•40 min
Taken from a talk given by Joe to the Southeast District Bar Association in Los Angeles in March of 2024. See the pictures Joe is referring to on the Joe Escalante Live from Hollywood Facebook Page.
Mar 31, 2024•38 min
This week on Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the business end of showbiz... Joe is Big in Japan! He just flew in from Tokyo, and boy, are his arms tired (HEYO!!!!)... He saw Sumo wrestling live!!!! Ghostbusters got a new movie on top of the box office! Elon Musk isn't thrilled with Don Lemon for calling out hate speech on the platform formerly known as Twitter, and Joe brags about being a member of some exclusive clubs here in SoCal, while taking shots at other lame-ass members of other lame-ass...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Joe Escalante's Weekly dive into the business end of showbiz. It is Oscar Sunday!!! Joe goes over his picks for Best Picture, and his own top 10 films of the last year. Also, the latest from the Rust case... The armorer was found guilty of manslaughter. And there is a major controversy brewing with one of the films up for several awards tonight... Plagiarism??? Joe goes in deep on The Holdovers controversy. Pleadse forgive the audio quality... due to demonic forces chasing Joe's audio equipment,...
Mar 10, 2024•40 min
Joe Escalante's weekly journey into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe has plenty of celebs behaving badly... Alec Baldwin is on trial, P. Diddy is sexually harassing other men, Oprah is off the board of Weight Watchers for taking a diet drug (THE AUDACITY!!!). Also, the latest from the box office, and a rundown of the nominees for Best Picture at the Academy Awards (it's Oppenheimer).
Mar 04, 2024•37 min
Joe Escalante's weekly look into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe saw the Bob Marley bio-pic and spills the beans about a new Sublime bio-pic project he's working on. Also, candidate for LA District Attorney Maria Ramirez joins Joe to discuss the hotly contested race to unseat George Gascon as Los Angeles District Attorney. They discuss the rampant crime issues in LA, placing the blame for the rise in crime and loss of moral at the DA's office squarely on the shoulders of Gascon.They ...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Maria Ramirez joins Joe to discuss the hotly contested race to unseat George Gascon as Los Angeles District Attorney. They discuss the rampant crime issues in LA, placing the blame for the rise in crime and loss of moral at the DA's office squarely on the shoulders of Gascon.They talk about ways to keep the city from becoming like how San Francisco currently is. Maria also talks about her life growing up in LA, and her desire to see the city find more effective ways to protect itself from unchec...
Feb 26, 2024•37 min
Joe Escalante's weekly escapade into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe talks about the precursor to the Oscars, the BAFTAs (it's a British award show). Poor Things and The Holdovers look like they are poised for Oscar night success, even though Joe can't understand why. Also, is ESPN/Disney/Fox creating a sports programming monopoly? Are you ready to pay $40 to watch your favorite sports team? And one of Joe's old bosses, Les Moonves, keeps finding himself in the Celebs Gone Bad sectio...
Feb 19, 2024•39 min
