Joe Escalante is the host of show business legal advice radio program on indie1031.com Fridays at 11 AM, PST and one the hosts of St. Joseph Radio Presents heard on the EWTN Catholic radio network. He also performed regularly as the bassist for the punk rock band, The Vandals.
Escalante's legal background is varied, beginning with his work in business affairs for the CBS TV Network, through his years in the music industry, to his current role as radio host and judge pro tem for the county courts of Los Angeles.
He is a member of the parish of St. Peter Chanel in Hawaiian Gardens, California.
Joe Escalante
Kanye West Vs. Joe Wilson
by Joe EscalanteSome listeners to my Barely Legal Radio Program are asking me if Taylor Swift has a defamation case against Kanye West for his recent actions against her at the VMA awards, and if Barack Obama has a defamation case against Joe Wilson. Although it would be unimaginable to see her pursue this, Swift actually has a couple decent causes of action against West.
In a suit for defamation you need damages. Provable damages in this case would center on the value of the airtime Swift was deprived of to speak about her recordings. Expert witnesses would testify as to the “bump” typically witnessed after an acceptance speech in such a valuable forum. Arguably, West deprived Swift of this sales bump. (more…)
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Angels & Demons and the Hollywood Magisterium
by Joe EscalanteI didn’t get permission to see Ron Howard’s “Angels and Demons” film from anyone official but as a member of the media as well as the Catholic Church my gut feeling was that I should see it, but not pay for it. I wasn’t sure how I was going to pull that off because although the program I host on St. Joseph Radio is heard on EWTN, it’s really not on anyone in Hollywood’s radar, and my in-box at Indie 1031 has got Internet radio written all over it’s empty enclosure. Somehow I was invited to a screening at the ArcLight in Hollywood presented by Flemming’s Steakhouse. Perfect!
We could debate for a while whether A&D is really a movie at all or just a series of scenes with silly dialogue propelling an action filled scavenger hunt through Vatican City. Instead I will try to be as informative as I can about whether the movie is offensive, blasphemous, inaccurate, or just a joke; or all of those things like “The Da Vinci Code.” (more…)
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