Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

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!!...

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...

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 bac...

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...

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 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 th...

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 Mu...

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 other...

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 to...

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...

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 all...

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 th...

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?...

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 cas...

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 th...

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://thehistoryofsp...

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...

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, th...

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 h...

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...

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!!! See omnystudio.com/listener f...

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....

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 fre...

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...