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, and the surprise champion of the 2025 box office... Zootopia 2!!! No seriously, it beat the Minecraft movie, and everything else thrown on the big screen last year...

After a brief Oscar preview, Joe talks Celebs behaving badly... This week: Will Smith has been a naughty boy, and Mickey Rourke needs rent money... can someone help a brother out???

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, and the surprise champion of the 2025 box office... Zootopia 2!!! No seriously, it beat the Minecraft movie, and everything else thrown on the big screen last year...
After a brief Oscar preview, Joe talks Celebs behaving badly... This week: Will Smith has been a naughty boy, and Mickey Rourke needs rent money... can someone help a brother out???

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

Joe Escalante, Live From Hollywood

Happy Public Domain Day!

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