Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

Movies! Disneyland! and the business side of Hollywood from Entertainment Business Affairs Expert and TV Showrunner Joe Escalante.

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January 4, 2026 37 mins

Joe Escalante's weekly toast to the business end of showbiz... This week: with the new year there's a bunch of 95 year-old stuff that passes through to Public Domain. This year, among the IP's that are now free use, is Bettie Boop! Just make sure you're using the right version...

Also, despite declining numbers for the year, the box office finished strong with the best Holiday movie season to date, thanks to the new Avatar movie, a...

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Joe Escalante's weekly plunge into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe bids adieu to Brigette Bardot, who passed away at 91 today. 

Joe saw three movies over the holidays... and none of them were the SpongeBob Movie... He saw Anaconda and was thrilled by the performances from Jack Black and Paul Rudd. Also, Marty Supreme was a great film... even if you don't like movies about ping-pong hustlers in New York!!! Jow was b...

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December 21, 2025 40 mins

Joe Escalante's weekly penetration into the business end of showbiz... This week: the latest from the Box Office (Avatar Ash and Fire blew away the competition, earning $24 million). Surprisingly, the new Spongebob movie didn't crack the top 3! Also, the latest from the Netflix/Warner/Paramount saga. Joe discusses the possible impact that this mega-merger can have on the film and movie theater industries. Sony bought a controlling ...

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Joe Escalante's weekly colonoscopy into the business end of showbiz. This week: the latest news about who is going to buy Warner Bros... Last week, it looked like Netflix was making moves to buy up Warner, until Paramount swooped in with their attempt at a hostile takeover. Joe explores the ripple effects that either move could have on Hollywood. 

Also, the latest from the Box Office: Zootopia 2, Five Nights at Freddy's, and W...

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Joe Escalante's weekly digital insertion into the business end of showbiz. This week: The latest from the Box Office: Five Night's at Freddy's 2 takes the lead over Zootopia 2, and an Anime is #4... Animated films are making a big splash during the holidays. Joe watched a Netflix documentary on Selena, called Selena y Los Dinos, and highly recommends it. He also saw the Netflix documentary, The Stringer: The Man who Took the Photo,...

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December 2, 2025 40 mins

Joe Escalante's weekly poke into the business end of showbiz... This week: Zootopia 2 knocks Wicked for Life out of the driver's seat, taking #1 at the Box Office this weekend. Joe saw Wicked for Life, and thoroughly enjoyed it, especially because there were fewer ugly people in it. Joe also enjoyed Hamnet, about the son of Shakespeare... Melania Trump has a new movie coming out in about a month. Amazon paid $40 million for it, and...

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November 24, 2025 75 mins

Joe Escalante's weekly spelunk into the business end of showbiz. This Week: the Box Office is dominated by Wicked For Good, which everyone seemingly saw twice. Also, Now You See Me, No We Didn't is #2 (still haven't seen it... not sure we will). The sequel to Sisu came out, and landed at #6. Sam will probably push it up to #4 by himself next week... 

Larry Ellison is taking CNN at the White House, in the midst of Warner Bros. ...

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November 16, 2025 39 mins

The Award Winning Joe Escalante's weekly cannonball into the business end of showbiz. This week: The Award Winning Joe humble brags about winning a film award about his documentary on the oldest surf shop in the world. the latest Box office numbers: Now You See Me, Now You Don't is #1 (didn't see it)... The Running Man interests The Award Winning Joe, even though he never saw the original... Die My Love was dead on arrival. And the...

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November 9, 2025 45 mins

Joe Escalante's weekly poke at the business end of showbiz. This week: Kim Kardashian failed the Bar Exam. Joe discusses his experience with the Bar, and gives sage advice to potential lawyers. Also, the latest from the Box Office... a new Predator movie? Sign me up!!! Joe loves Bogonia and advises everyone everywhere to drop what they are doing and go see it.

If Herbie the Love Bug was released today, it would have made $40...

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Joe Escalante's weekly delve into the business end of showbiz. This week:OC Register reporter Brady McDonald talks about the latest news from the SoCal Amusement Park scene. All the latest news from Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and Universal Studios, including pregnant women trying to induce birth by getting on roller coasters!

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Joe Escalante's weekly bragging about managing the Billboard #1 Alt band in the country (as he should!!!). This week: Joe's theories about why AM radio isn't in some cars (it's the libs)... Someone had a heart attack at Disneyland... or did they...? Operation: Parachute is in effect...

Also, the latest from the Box Office... If you ignore Taylor Swift... Roofman gets Joe's Offical Stamp of Approval. And Drake lost his lawsui...

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October 5, 2025 80 mins
Joe Escalante' weekly exploration into the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe brags about managing the hottest band in the country, the latest numbers from the Box Office (One Battle After Another is worth your time and money), and streaming classic movies on YouTube. Also, celebs behaving badly... Diddy is going to prison for four years (pending appeal). Baldoni vs Lively is the story that will never end. And comedians got a ...

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September 21, 2025 37 mins
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...

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September 15, 2025 38 mins
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...

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September 8, 2025 38 mins
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...

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August 31, 2025 39 mins
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 see...

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August 25, 2025 18 mins
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...

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August 10, 2025 38 mins
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...

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August 3, 2025 85 mins
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 issue...

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July 27, 2025 82 mins
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 go...

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