Joe Escalante, Live from Hollywood

28/04/2025

https://variety.com/lists/best-a24-movies-ranked/the-zone-of-interest-2023/
Do you agree?

Variety ranks A24's 35 best movies including "Moonlight," "Uncut Gems," "Lady Bird," "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "Midsommar."

19/03/2025

As I have mentioned on the program, I've already bought one of these (through my stellar real estate agent, my wife). So far the building process has been thrilling. Watching a proto-type neighborhood like this get created from the ground up feels like having a front seat to a historical event.

Walt Disney Imagineering is designing the new Cotino master-planned community near Palm Springs.

23/02/2025

Tonight on Netflix: The Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Here are the nominees in the major categories for the 2025 SAG Awards:
What are your predictions? What? You don't care? OK, that's cool

**Film:**

* **Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:**
* Anora
* A Complete Unknown
* Conclave
* Emilia Pérez
* Wicked
* **Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:**
* Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
* Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
* Daniel Craig - Q***r
* Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
* Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
* **Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:**
* Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
* Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
* Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
* Mikey Madison – Anora
* Demi Moore – The Substance
* **Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:**
* Jonathan Bailey – Wicked
* Yura Borisov – Anora
* Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
* Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
* Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
* **Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:**
* Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
* Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl
* Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
* Ariana Grande - Wicked
* Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

**Television:**

* **Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:**
* Bridgerton
* The Day of the Jackal
* The Diplomat
* Shōgun
* Slow Horses
* **Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:**
* Abbott Elementary
* The Bear
* Hacks
* Only Murders in the Building
* Shrinking
* **Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series:**
* Javier Bardem - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
* Colin Farrell - The Penguin
* Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer
* Kevin Kline - Disclaimer
* Andrew Scott - Ripley
* **Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series:**
* Kathy Bates - The Great Lillian Hall
* Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
* Jodie Foster - True Detective: Night Country
* Lily Gladstone - Under the Bridge
* Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer
* Cristin Milioti - The Penguin
* **Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:**
* Tadanobu Asano - Shōgun
* Jeff Bridges - The Old Man
* Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
* Eddie Redmayne - The Day of the Jackal
* Hiroyuki Sanada - Shōgun
* **Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:**
* Kathy Bates - Matlock
* Nicola Coughlan - Bridgerton
* Allison Janney - The Diplomat
* Keri Russell - The Diplomat
* Anna Sawai - Shōgun
* **Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:**
* Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
* Ted Danson - A Man on the Inside
* Harrison Ford - Shrinking
* Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
* Jeremy Allen White - The Bear
* **Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:**
* Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
* Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
* Liza Colón-Zayas - The Bear
* Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
* Jean Smart - Hacks

16/02/2025

My top ten favorite films of 2024
1. Wild Robot
2. Kneecap
3. Flow
4. Nickel Boys
5. Anora
6. A Better Man
7. Cabrini
8. Brutalist
9. Snack Shack
10. I'm Still Here

Here’s a bonus, I rank the Best Picture Nominees. (I’ve seen them all. )
1. Nickel Boys

2. Anora

3. The Brutalist

4. I’m Still Here

5. Dune: Part Two

6. A Complete Unknown

7. The Substance

8. Conclave

9. Wicked

10. Emilia Pérez

25/08/2024

This is the epic series I was talking about on the show tonight. It's pretty mind blowing in a Ken Burns kind of way. You don't have to be interested in sportfishing to enjoy it.

A 12 chapter film series covering the History of Sportfishing to a depth never before achieved.

24/08/2024

Pray for these people

It was only a matter of time before a fight broke out during "Fantasmic!" at Disneyland Park. The nighttime spectacular returned this May, a year after the Maleficent dragon figure burst into flames. The tussle happened during the 10:30 p.m. showing of "Fantasmic!" on August 22, 2024. 'Fantasmic!

04/08/2024

In theaters now, KNEECAP . This is a must-see film.
I interviewed the director and two stars of this film, about an Irish rap trio called Kneecap, starring the actual members of Kneecap. Best rappers since the Beastie Boys.

They are also part of an important movement to preserve the Irish language. KNEECAP , magically delicious Irish Language Learners

19/05/2024

This is the girl who was injured at a Trophy Eyes concert. Please help her if you can so the band doesn't have to defend any legal action by insurance companies etc.

She was a big fan of the band, and after doing my research, so am I. I went to see them at the Teragram Ballroom in L.A. on Thursday and they were great. It was a great discovery. I'm praying for bird and the band.

Thanks.

Bird Piché suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury while attending a con… Stephanie Brown needs your support for Support Bird's Recovery and Rehabilitation

10/04/2024

https://www.ocregister.com/2024/04/09/disneyland-threatens-lifetime-ban-for-disability-cheats/?clearUserState=true
Here here!

Tales of Disability Access Service abuse and tips for cheating the system are rampant on social media.

25/03/2024

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04/03/2024

Hey look, I'm endorsing someone!

‎Show Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood, Ep Joe's Interview w/ LA DA Candidate Maria Ramirez - Feb 25, 2024

03/03/2024

Sometimes people just call the cops

When ticketholders arrived at the event, they instead found a sparsely decorated warehouse with nothing resembling the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."