Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe goes in-depth into the events leading to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, following the death of Charlie Kirk, as well as the role the government and the FCC has played in the process. Joe also discusses the latest box office numbers (Japanese Anime Demon Slayer movie is #1), as well as the most recent movies he's seen from his Letterboxd. There's another Elvis movie on Netflix, and Disney settles a class action suit from cast members to the tune of $233 million! Hopefully, this leads to better conditions for the workers at Disneyland!

Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the murky business end of showbiz. This week: Joe discusses the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and how to create the biopic... The Passion of Charlie Kirk, with Mel Gibson directing... One can dream...

Joe Escalante's weekly belly-flop into the business end of showbiz. This week... the latest numbers from the box office, celebs behaving pervertedly (that's a word)... But this episode is more focused on the battle between Joe and the AI he used to try researching the show. Every story the AI came up with was fake. The AI hallucinated more than everyone who attended Woodstock. It made up celebs, movies... and the one's that were real were wildly out of date. It spent more time apologizing to Joe, and telling him that he was correct, and it was wrong... To AI, fiction is the new non-fiction.

Joe Escalante's weekly spelunk into the business end of showbiz. This week: what does a filmmaker, cancelled for sexual assault, do to stay working? Ask Bryan Singer! He apparently moved to Israel to make propaganda films with Jon Voight. Also, the latest numbers from the box office (go see Weapons), and the latest from Joe's Letterboxd account. Will Smith is desperate for attention, and needs the help of AI to make him seem more popular with the kids than he really is. And... Disney and Universal unite like Voltron to take down AI companies trying to use their IPs as AI source material.

Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz... This week: Orlando Brown joins the celebs behaving badly segment of the show, and Lil Nas X goes from a stroll down Ventura Blvd in his underoos. Joe thinks the venn diagram between people getting stabbed and people who have tattoos is a donut. Joe and his wife are building a Disney home, and the latest numbers from the box office (Weapons is still on top, with K-Pop Demon Hunter nipping on its tail).

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 with nothing... Unlike Epstein...

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 Hall of Fame. And some WNBA news… There’s a secret tunnel under the Chateau Marmont, btw…

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. Google's AI may be destroying news sites, ageism in Hollywood, and Joe's upcoming trip to Vegas, where you can catch him giving tours at the Punk Rock Hall of Fame.

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.

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 from the box office, Jurassic World: Rebirth is #1!!! Minu v Menon. Two Enter, one leaves.

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.

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 celebs Harvey Weinstein's retrial. Breaking news: he's still of douchebag. Liquid Death released 10 limited edition cans of soda with Ozzy Osbourne's DNA in it... I swear, our section of the multiverse is getting weirder by the day...

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 Simmons is suing HBO for a documentary accusing him of sexual assault. Diddy shouldn't try to intimidate jurors, and Joe brags about buying into a Disney neighborhood that doesn't want you to have a statue of Goofy on the front lawn... I mean, what's the point, then???

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 getting a conviction on these charges. Smokey Robinson fires back at the four former housekeepers that accused him and his wife of sexual assault. Russell Brand pleads not guilty to Rape and Sexual Assault charges, trial is set for ONE YEAR FROM NOW. And Shannon Sharpe is in A LOT of trouble... Allegedly... Did I say allegedly enough? Allegedly.

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. Celebs behave badly, and Diddy is still behaving badly. A vape shop got sued by Toys r Us. Disney got sued by a guy thinking a time travelling surfer named Bucky is the same as Moana. Welcome to Hollywood, where everybody stole somebody's something.

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 share it... It's the front row, isn't it...

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 international Chinese pigeon racing ring, after a tattoo'd racing pigeon mistook his laundry room for the finish line. Joe named the pigeon Chiang Kai-Peck.

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 Badly, former NFL Champ and Podcast sensation Shannon Sharp is in a world of trouble after bein accused of sexual assault, and Diddy is still in jail. Also, the latest from the Billy "The King of Kong" Mitchell's defamation case, and getting lost at Disneyland. oh, it's Bat Day at Disneyland today. Goths of the world... ASSEMBLE!!!!

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 that build similar traditions within their fanbase may be the thing that saves the movie theater industry... They just gotta be prepared for the clean up! Also, a ton of celebs behaving badly this week: Diddy, Weinstein are back in court. And Drake is trying to take everyone except Kendrick Lemar to court for defamation.

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 thought I'd write...). And more people are complaining about musicians not getting paid enough for their songs getting streamed. Joe thinks it's weird.