Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

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 thea...

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 AM...

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. See omnystudio.com/l...

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 reco...

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...

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...

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 sup...

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 disc...

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 th...

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 lifeti...

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 t...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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...

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 co...

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). Se...

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...

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 gr...

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...

Joe Escalante's weekly dive into the business end of showbiz. This week: Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty, as did the armorer on the Rust set. Also, the latest from the Box Office, and Joe starts digging into his Oscar picks for Best Picture, including Zone of Interest, a WWII film that caught all of Joe's attention, and Poor Things (nominated for 11 Academy Awards). Also, Universal pulled all their...

This week on Joe Escalante's graceful swandive into the business end of showbiz. Joe talks Vince McMahon and Brock Lessnar potentially being in serious marital and legal trouble. Also, the latest from the Box Office (why isn't anyone seeing ISS???). And Texas does not like Alec Baldwin. At all. Joe doesn't think it'll amount to much, but Alec Baldwin is selling his home in the Hamptons for a reaso...

Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the treacherous waters of the business end of showbiz. This week: Madonna got hilariously sued for starting a show late. Also, the latest from the box office, Joe's awesome band management skills, and Pauly Shore tryiong his hand at acting like someone else for a change! Richard Simmons??? Oh this is going to be good... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Joe Escalante's weekly sojourn into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest from the box office, and George Carlin's family is pissed off at Artificial Intelligence. Also, Disneyland has a secret day-drinker day. Ok... Now we know that there's a secret day-drinking day at the park. Next step is to figure which day that actually is! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Escalante's weekly dip into the business end of showbiz. The show was shortened by NFL football, but that doesn't stop Joe Escalante from bring you the latest info from Hollywood. This week: the latest from the box office, and the Steamboat Willy is now public domain. That's not stopping people from making huge legal mistakes when trying to make new Mickey Mouse stuff. You really don't want to...

Joe Escalante's dip into the murky waters of the business end of showbiz. This week: a look back at the top movies of 2023!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.