1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: And now it's time for Joe Escalante Live from Hollywood. 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: If by in Hollywood you mean Burbank across the street 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: promo means it's a let's serve. 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: Beer Joe's Goalante here. 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 3: Yes, it is two hours of the business end of 6 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 3: show business every Sunday. 7 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: I'm k e ib. 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 3: It's level fifty on your am Dottle here, Thanks for 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 3: joining us. Sam, everything good on your end? 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, looking good, sounding good, Everything's good. 11 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 3: Okay, we are I'm coming to you live from the 12 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 3: Planet of the Tape Studios. Sam is actually in Burbank, 13 00:00:55,480 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: and uh, we got some big news, Sam. Really, Netflix 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: has dropped out of the deal. 15 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 4: Is it not going to try to buy Yeah? What 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 4: was it a Warner trying to buy Flicks or Netflix 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 4: trying to buy Warner. 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: Now we've been going through this. Netflix said, you know what, 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 3: let's buy Warner Brothers and the studio and some of 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 3: the stuff and then not buy the other stuff and 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 3: they can spin it off into this other company they 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 3: were calling spin Co. 23 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: And then Paramount. 24 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 3: You know the guy David Ellison who just bought Paramount 25 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 3: from He's the guy from his company is called sky Dance. 26 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 3: He engineers a purchase purchase of Paramount, CBS and Viacom 27 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 3: all that stuff. And so he's got a studio, he's 28 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: got a television network, you know, CBS Television's big deal. 29 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 3: And he goes, you know what if I were to buy? Well, 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: we thought that was enough for him, but then he 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: was thinking what if I was going to buy something else? 32 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: And then he looks around and what's for sale? Well, 33 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: Warner Brothers is for sale, but Netflix is pretty far 34 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 3: down the road going to buy them. And then Paramount 35 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: just gets into it and says, we'll offer more. Now 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 3: you have a battle between like it's up to the shareholders. 37 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: The shareholders have to decide, well, what's better for me 38 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 3: as a shareholder. This guy's offering thirty one dollars a 39 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: share times of gazillion, you know, it's a lot of money. 40 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 3: And then Netflix is going, well, we have a more 41 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 3: responsible offer, twenty seven dollars a share. We're a better company, 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: we offer a better opportunity. We're going to take one 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: and we're going to let you guys keep this other 44 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 3: spin coat thing. And it just makes more sense. And 45 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: then Paramount came in and said no, no, no, no, no no, 46 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 3: we on Pairmount. 47 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: We have Warner Brothers. 48 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 3: So now that if this goes through, there's a Paramount 49 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 3: Warner Brothers and that's the studio, and then they can 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: emerge all these TV assets together and it's just going 51 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 3: to be a one giant conglomerate. Is this even illegal? 52 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 3: Is this even allowed to happen? Because when big companies 53 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 3: merge like this, the federal government gets involved and they 54 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: decide whether it's an anti trust. 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: Violation, meaning is the company too big? 56 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: Does it create a monopoly, and a monopoly that would 57 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 3: harm consumers because prices would go up, people would get fired. 58 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: It doesn't create barriers to entry in the marketplace because 59 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 3: now there are just fewer players and the players that 60 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 3: are there are so giant a new person or a 61 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: new player can't come in. And the anti trust laws 62 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: were set up to prevent that kind of stuff. So 63 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 3: this is going to be very well scrutinized by the 64 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 3: federal government. Now, Netflix, it was going to have the 65 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 3: same problem because this is going to be a big 66 00:03:54,360 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: giant company, But now the problem with Warner brother with 67 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: Paramount also the same. It's the same kind of thing, 68 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 3: but a lot of people, some people are injecting politics 69 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: into this and saying, well, the paramount deal is a 70 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: friendlier deal to to Trump and so his administration more 71 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 3: likely to. 72 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: Approve it. I don't believe that. 73 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 3: I think they just you know, they have a set 74 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 3: of standards. They look at them. They're either going to 75 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 3: allow this giant company to form or not. One problem 76 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 3: that a lot of people don't think about is you 77 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 3: can be a monopoly in the United States or have 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 3: too much market share, you know, such amount that the 79 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 3: Justice Department or the Trade Commissioner, we're always looking at 80 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: this is going to say you just too powerful, Yeah, 81 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 3: too too big of the market share. And you could say, well, 82 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 3: it's true I have sixty seventy percent of the market share, 83 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 3: but I'm dying here. Well how are you dying? Because 84 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: worldwide I'm nothing. And if I'm going to and if 85 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: you don't let me make this merger, I'm going to 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: be destroyed by foreign competition. And do we want America's 87 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: industry And this could apply to any industry, not just 88 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 3: the entertainment one. 89 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: Do you know we need to build up a big. 90 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 3: American company to compete with the Chinese or the Salvadorians, 91 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: to whoever else is out there. 92 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: So those Salvadorian media conglomerates really put a lot of 93 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 4: pressure on things. 94 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: I'm sure they do, they really do. 95 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 3: And then Netflix, so they're officially bowed out of the 96 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 3: plan to acquire Warner Brothers. I mean, they just they 97 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 3: just gave up. So I think they just well, they 98 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: said they can't compete with the offer. So that Netflix 99 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: Warner Brothers thing is dead. Now the other guy's got 100 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 3: to come up with one hundred and ten billion dollars 101 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: to acquire all of Warner Brothers, not just that little 102 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: bit of it, and this big company. He would include 103 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 3: all the stuff of paramounts film and TV library that 104 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 3: they already have, CBS Television, HBO and Max, the Warner 105 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: Brothers film and TV studios, So you're talking about Batman. 106 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: Other stuff, huge amount of TV stuff. 107 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 4: When it comes to anti trust, is that something that 108 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 4: if say, you push a little bit of political influence, 109 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: do you think you can get the government to kind 110 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 4: of overlook anti trust stuff? Is that you feel like 111 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,679 Speaker 4: that's what they're trying to do here? 112 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 3: Well, absolutely, And I think they also were going to 113 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 3: own CNN, so CNN and CBS would be one entity. 114 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 3: You know, when you start combining news together, the government 115 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 3: gets nervous, like there's less news outlet. 116 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 4: Can't we just call it to CNBS. 117 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: Oh, very good one, CNBS. 118 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: I like it because that's all we'll be doing. We'll 119 00:06:59,440 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 4: be CNB. 120 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: Yes, we'll be seen. Oh man, you got it. I 121 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 2: think we're making news right here with you with your 122 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 2: new monikers. 123 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 4: Thank you. 124 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 3: So the government, I mean, it all depends on if 125 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 3: you think the government is corrupt and susceptible to bribes 126 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 3: and large campaign donations that would influence their votes on 127 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: matters like this, Sam, what are you actually saying. 128 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 4: I'm not saying. I'm not making any inferences. I'm just 129 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: thinking if I was a media conglomerate, I would want 130 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: to see if I can maybe pull some political clout 131 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 4: or maybe get a little bit weight on me on 132 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 4: my side to make this deal go through because it 133 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 4: would be advantageous to my shareholders. 134 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 5: Me. 135 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: Put your thumb on the skal Yeah, just a lot 136 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: it with some money, Okay, Yeah, I'd say definitely. These 137 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 3: people are You know, if you think politicians are corrupt, 138 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: then then that's probably the case. 139 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: And I don't know anyone who doesn't think politicians are corrupt. 140 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 3: And sometimes not corrupt in a way that where they're 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: like stealing and lining their pockets. But they just want 142 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 3: to get elected, you know, so they need money and 143 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 3: they got to hang onto this power. And someone's given 144 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: money over here and they're going to take it and 145 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: they're going to, you know, take a look at something 146 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: a certain way. I don't want to make this all 147 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 3: about me, Sam, but I'm actually going to Washington, d C. 148 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: Tonight after the show, where I will meet with senators 149 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 3: and congressman about a law that BMI is trying to 150 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 3: get passed that would destroy the ability for a new performance. 151 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: Right society to exist. 152 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: So you have ASKAP, BMI and CSACK, and they control 153 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 3: all the music in that gets played on TV and radio, 154 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 3: and so new composers and stuff sign up with them 155 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 3: when they enter the marketplace. But there's another one called 156 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 3: all track, and BMI says all tracks shouldn't be allowed 157 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 3: to exist, and it's just people throwing their money around 158 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: trying to preserve a monopoly. And then new regulation. They 159 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: want to make a regulation that says you can't have 160 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: this all track. Alltrack dot com is the one that 161 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: I'm I'm going there to help them plead their case. 162 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 3: I'm there as like a token songwriter slash attorney slash 163 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 3: antitrust expert, you know, one of those. 164 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 4: It helps being very versatile, like you are to be 165 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 4: like they they you are the weapon that they call 166 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 4: in to deal with this thing. 167 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: And my brother in law is the president of ASKAP. 168 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 3: So that would do it. He's he's not against this. Yeah, 169 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 3: it's b M I. And and there is an unscrupulous 170 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 3: performance right society that popped up trying to do things 171 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: like say sue people. Hey, we have a bunch of money, 172 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 3: we have a bunch of songs in our catalog. We're 173 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 3: going to sue you unless you give us license, you 174 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: pay us licenses. 175 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 2: Oh you won't. 176 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 3: We're going to take you to We're going to take 177 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 3: you to federal court. Blah blah blah. So there is 178 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 3: a there is a like some kind of weird corrupt 179 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 3: scammer out there, and they're associating that with all track 180 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: and just trying to get rid of all tracks. 181 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 2: It's basically what they do. 182 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 3: And new regulation is often just a opportunity to preserve 183 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 3: a monopoly, and that's what they're doing. 184 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 2: So I don't know. I we'll see what we do. 185 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 3: And then the I think some of the shareholders thought 186 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 3: that the Paramount deal would go smoother with Warner Brothers 187 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 3: rather than the Netflix steal. And then Netflix was even 188 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 3: trying to get someone that kicked off or President Trump 189 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 3: was trying to get someone kicked off the Netflix board. 190 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 2: He's so mad at him. 191 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 3: Susan Rice is on the board at Netflix, and Trump 192 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: says she's corrupt because she lied about the Ben Gaza. 193 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 3: It was Ben gonz I don't know. A bunch of 194 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 3: people died, that's the the argument. Bunch of people died 195 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 3: because she lied, And why should you be on that 196 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 3: if you get her off that board. So and of 197 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 3: course they're not going to do that, but you know, 198 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: you know, we have a president who's allowed him now 199 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 3: from Queens. He says whatever he wants to say, and 200 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: that's what he said on that particular day. 201 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: All Right, we'll talk a little bit more about this 202 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 2: after this break. 203 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 3: We check the traffic and talk about the movies on 204 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: how they're doing this weekend, and what I saw on 205 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 3: Joe's Galante Live from Hollywood. All right, Joe's Galante Live 206 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 3: from Hollywood by Hollywood, Do you mean Burbank We're going 207 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 3: to get to the movies in a second here, but 208 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 3: let's go a little bit more about the Netflix thing. 209 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: So the Netflix deal is dead. Netflix will not buy 210 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 3: Warner Brothers. This is surprising to me because I thought 211 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 3: it was a pretty. 212 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 2: It was a pretty solid offer and from a very 213 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 2: solid company. 214 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 3: All they would have to do is pass government regulation. 215 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: But Warner Brothers paramotut stepped in and look look where 216 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 3: we are. Netflix drops out. Warner Brothers just offers more money. 217 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 3: They want it more. Netflix is being a little more 218 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 3: responsible to their shareholders. And proof of the pudding is 219 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 3: the Netflix stock rose after they walked away. I think 220 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 3: their investors investors thought there, if they're going to chase 221 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 3: after a turret of an asset, that's not good for 222 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 3: the stock price. So they bucked out. They go along 223 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 3: doing what they do their core business, and they. 224 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: Will just move on. They'll probably look for something else 225 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: to buy. Well, they buy Sam. 226 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 3: I think that they could buy Sony because Sony doesn't 227 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 3: have a streamer. They have a great studio and they 228 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 3: don't have a streamer. 229 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 4: Fascinating. I would just the film and like, you know 230 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 4: the entertainment side of it, or do you think that 231 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 4: they would also try to invest in the video game side, 232 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 4: because I know Netflix has been actually trying to do 233 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 4: video games on their format. 234 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 3: Well there's yeah, okay, I think for I think they 235 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 3: would not do that. Okay, they would They would just 236 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 3: buy the studio. Yeah, studios sitting there. It's like it's 237 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 3: it's in good shape. And then you own the you know, 238 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 3: some Spider Man stuff. You own some like Ben Affleck 239 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 3: and Matt Damon's companies over there, really nice catalog, a 240 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 3: lot of TV shows, a. 241 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 4: Lot Now we're talking about a few months ago when 242 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: this was really starting to get boiling. The impact that 243 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 4: it would have either on on movies and on or 244 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 4: on TV and news if Netflix had been able to 245 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 4: have been successful in this, uh in the purchase they 246 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: the impact that it would have had on the film 247 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: industry versus if comes in the impact that it would 248 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 4: have on TV and news. 249 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 3: I mean, all it is as far as what you're 250 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 3: buying from from Warner Brothers is is CNN, which is 251 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 3: you know, kind of a turd, really low ratings. 252 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 5: Oil. 253 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 4: All TV news aside from Fox News is going to 254 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 4: be low ratings because most people consume their news in 255 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 4: different ways that don't require you to sit through commercials. 256 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 3: Yes, but the putting just CBS is a strong, you know, 257 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: news outlet, and you take you take CNN. I don't 258 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 3: know what you do with it, I really, I you know, 259 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 3: I think it's it's got a good enough name where 260 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 3: you just try to make it more neutral. And so 261 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 3: maybe the Barry Weiss, I guess is the woman that 262 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: runs the news and CBS, she might be able to 263 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: do that and then maybe maybe she can rebuild it 264 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 3: and make it more profitable LIGHTE Fox. 265 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 2: So that would be a challenge for her. But the movies, 266 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: if you have. 267 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 4: Issues with c or with CB CBS and the reaction 268 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 4: to some of the changes that have been going on. 269 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 4: So it's going to be interesting to see how that 270 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 4: works out over at CNN. 271 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, people, the people in the journalism business are 272 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: uh at c NBC, at NBC, CBS and ABC are 273 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 3: they're they're political partisans. They're not real news people anymore. 274 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 3: They hate Trump so much that that's all they talk about. 275 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 3: So if they can, if they can, I mean maybe 276 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: in two years Trump has gone that's not a factor anymore, 277 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 3: maybe they can go back to real journalism. And I 278 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 3: mean the journalists have always been leaning left, you know. 279 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 3: They challenge the government, you know, and the government of 280 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 3: this country even as Democrats Republicans still you know, kind 281 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 3: of a conservative overdoors that that are you know, held 282 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 3: to task by journalists. But now because things are so 283 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: divided and they're on one side, maybe maybe that's the 284 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 3: answer for CNN. I don't know, but we will find 285 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 3: out what they try. But it'll be interesting. 286 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 6: And uh, yeah, I just dont TV ratings are going 287 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 6: to be the thing that measures, uh, the success of 288 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 6: a news outlet anymore. 289 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 4: It's got to be like they got to start doing 290 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 4: more forward thinking stuff as far as like how we're 291 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 4: going to change how we deliver the news to people 292 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 4: whose ability to consume news is changing based off of technology. 293 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: You're right. 294 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 3: They like what Fox does is just does the regular 295 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 3: uh news for old people and cafeter commercials, but then 296 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: they slice everything up into YouTube and uh and instagrams 297 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 3: or whatever and send it out that way. I don't 298 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: know what that does for him, but I know that, 299 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 3: you know, they at least they figured out they. 300 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 2: Have to do it. Yeah. So, but yeah, you're right, 301 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 2: because you get it. 302 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: You might get four hundred thousand people watch your news broadcast, 303 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 3: but two million watch a single clip, or ten million 304 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 3: or twenty million. 305 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 4: It's usually hot on those now. 306 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, So all right, let's get to the box office. Sam, 307 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 3: you've seen any movies this week? 308 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: Uh? 309 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 4: Not at the theater, but I did sit down through 310 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 4: a couple of nice animated films with my kid. We 311 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 4: tend to watch different cartoons, different things. What was at 312 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 4: the last Unicorn, old classic animated film from the eighties. 313 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: We went through that one. 314 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 3: Fascinating but enough, Yes, thank you. Number one at the 315 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 3: box office this week. It's a big, big weekend for 316 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 3: horror with Scream seven sixty four million dollar opening, the 317 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 3: biggest debut in the franchise history of Screen. Film brings 318 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 3: back the legacy stars like Nev Campbell she was in 319 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 3: the original Screen and Courtney Cox. This major win for 320 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 3: Paramount Pictures. I look at them. She has long been 321 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 3: looking for a strong theatrical headline. Horror continues to be 322 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 3: one of the safest bets in Hollywood as we've been 323 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 3: I mean there's since the pandemic. 324 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 2: It's all there was was horror. Still horror. Second place 325 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 2: is still this Goat movie, the animated Goat. Yeah, back 326 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 2: by Stephen Curry, Stephen State Warrior, Stephen Curry, Stephen Stefan. 327 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 4: No joke. He was actually he was about to sign 328 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 4: a contract with Nike. And Nike he went in and 329 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 4: because you know, like he was gonna, I guess be 330 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 4: a part of the Jordan brand. And he the person 331 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 4: who is the head of Nike when he went to 332 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 4: meet him, said so where's Steve. Where Stephen and his 333 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 4: name is Stephan And he immediately walked out and gotten 334 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 4: uh a really like low key but high paying endorsement 335 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 4: deal with under Armor for his shoes. 336 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, well it is. It is a red flag if 337 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 3: someone comes in and says, hey, where's Steve. Yeah, I 338 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: mean I don't matter. But someone comes in and says it, 339 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 3: where Steve. You're you're, you're You're already saying okay. 340 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 4: But my name is Joe. 341 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, yeah Steve. Really it's a red flag of 342 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 3: what's to come. So that is a problem. Uh, I 343 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 3: get that. So he's he's at number two Weathering Heights, 344 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 3: number three epic the Elvis Presley in concert thing, which 345 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 3: is supposed to be just awesome. It's just a bunch 346 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 3: of like really well remastered and Redone moments from the 347 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 3: nineteen seventies and Elvis and uh, word is from someone 348 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 3: I trust for a well, it's it is fantastic crime 349 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 3: one on one number after that, I don't have actual numbers. 350 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 3: I can only imagine. Then sen Helps still a movie 351 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 3: that everybody should see. Still Hanging in There right now 352 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 3: with fifty nine million at the box off, what a 353 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 3: great movie. 354 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 2: How to make a killing? 355 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 3: Zutopia, Avatar, Solemo, Nirvana, the Band, the Show, the movie. 356 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 3: My favorite movie of the year is Still Hanging in There. 357 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 3: Made three million, probably cost two million. And uh, okay, 358 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 3: so are we We're about out of the segment right now. 359 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 4: Yeah, we can wrap it up right now. Let's uh, 360 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 4: let's get that music going. 361 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 2: Let's take a break and we come back. We're going 362 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 2: to talk a little bit about in. 363 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 3: Depth of the movie I saw and some people behaving badly, 364 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 3: the celebrity Shilah, both back in court, etc. 365 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: On Joe Scalante Live from Hollywood. All right, Joe Scalante 366 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 2: Live from Hollywood. What Hollywood you mean, Burdbank. 367 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 3: Let's see I did I did see one movie this week, 368 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 3: got you know, in my quest to see all the 369 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,959 Speaker 3: movies that are nominated. 370 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 2: For Best Picture. 371 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 3: I saw the movie Formula one somehow that slipped by 372 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 3: me or F one whatever they're calling it, that slipped 373 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 3: by me in the theaters. 374 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 2: I missed it because I kept looking at it. Go 375 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 2: didn't I see this movie already? 376 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 3: But I saw FOURD versus Ferrari, and I couldn't distinguish 377 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 3: the two. 378 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 4: So need to make that mistake. They're both cars. 379 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, the car is going fast far as cars going 380 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 7: fast and Italian cars American cars, and you got uh 381 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 7: the you know, good looking actors and things like that. 382 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 2: Uh, So I didn't. I didn't see it, and then 383 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 2: so I watched it this week. Uh okay. You know. 384 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 3: It's directed by Joseph Kasinski, the guy who did Top 385 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 3: Gun Maverick. You know, so you kind of know what 386 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 3: uh what to. 387 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 4: Expect, some high pedigree behind it. 388 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 2: Jerry Bruckheimer paraps with kreb There is another movie since. 389 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 3: He made that that I slipping my mind right now, 390 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: but I'm going to quickly try to retrieve it. 391 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 2: But you know, Top Gun, you do. 392 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 3: Top Gun is one of the biggest movies of all times. 393 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 3: Kind of saved the movie industry. 394 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely coming through the pandemic. That was the movie 395 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 4: that made that really brought everybody back home to the theater. 396 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 3: And he's only fifty one years old. But you know, 397 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 3: he's fifty one years old. He's only directed six movies. 398 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 3: It's kind of like what I talk to me about, 399 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 3: do you want to be a movie director? When you're 400 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 3: a movie director, even a successful movie director, you're unemployed 401 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 3: so much of the time. You know, you really, oh yeah, 402 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 3: Tron was the one he did. Oh yeah, yeah, Tron. So, uh, 403 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,719 Speaker 3: you know, that's fifty one years. You do six movies. 404 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 3: They take maybe three years to from start to finish, 405 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 3: so that's you know, it's eighteen years, but you're fifty one. 406 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: What were you doing the rest of the time. So 407 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 3: it's a real rough life to choose. It's glamorous and 408 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 3: people like, you know, the whole movie. In the movie 409 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 3: industry especially, you are the man. You're the god. In TV, 410 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 3: the writer is the god, the writers has made. The 411 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 3: executive producer they call him the showrunner, the creator all 412 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 3: that stuff in TV, it's the In the movies, director 413 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 3: is king. The writer is often not let on the set. 414 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 3: But Kazinski in this film. 415 00:23:55,240 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 2: You know, he made what you could call a great movie. 416 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 3: Because of the action, so realistic, so much cool cars, action, 417 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 3: racing and crashing, and people want to see crashing. But 418 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 3: then when it comes down to it, for me, I'm like, 419 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 3: wait a second, you're telling me you pulled some guy 420 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 3: out of retirement and he had nothing to lose. He 421 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 3: was like on his last leg. He needed a break, 422 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 3: but he was he didn't play by the rules, some 423 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 3: kind of maverick, and you bring him into the top 424 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: world and he saves the day, and then but he's 425 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 3: is it. 426 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 2: Going to work? No, he's bringing everything down. 427 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 3: But no, you gotta have faith in this guy because 428 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 3: he's gonna save the whole thing. You know. 429 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 4: It's just like you kind of just described the plot 430 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 4: to the nineteen eighty nine Beach Volleyball movie Side Out. 431 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: Thank You or Cool Runnings. 432 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 4: Yes, exactly. 433 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, just so while. 434 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 3: I'm watching it, I'm just I'm just a little bit 435 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 3: distracted by that. But but it held my attention. I 436 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 3: wouldn't I go do I don't know what this is 437 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 3: a long movie do I want to finish it? And 438 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 3: it had enough to where I go. I do want 439 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 3: to finish it, and I do, like Brad Pitt, I 440 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 3: do like this character and so many complicated technical race 441 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 3: things that that affect the plot, Like he's going to change, 442 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 3: he's going to do some old tricks, but you have 443 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 3: to know about racing to know whether he can do 444 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 3: these tricks, and they're risky tricks that he's gonna His 445 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 3: team is gonna this is how they're going to get 446 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 3: to the top. And they're like a ragtag group that 447 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 3: doesn't have a chance even getting in the top ten. 448 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 3: But if you just have faith with this guy who 449 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 3: lives in a van down by the river, you could 450 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 3: produce a champion. And I won't give it away, Sam, 451 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 3: but worth seeing on a big screen with a nice 452 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 3: sound system, I would say. 453 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 4: Okay, definitely one of those good high Like that's the thing. 454 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 4: And you talk about movies like Top Gun, Maverick and stuff, 455 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 4: and you look at you know, movies that are of 456 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 4: that ilk. It's way better to sit and watch them 457 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 4: in a theater because you get such a deeper, more 458 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 4: immersive experience with it, and like you said, having a 459 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 4: sound system that can really back it up and deliver, Yeah, 460 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:31,719 Speaker 4: it makes a difference. 461 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 3: That's what I would do. But then I would go 462 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 3: back and watch the movie Lemons from the seventies. Okay, 463 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 3: you really want to see the granddaddy of all race movies, 464 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 3: that's my advice. 465 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 4: I never saw it, but i've heard of it. Was 466 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 4: it scripted or a documentary. 467 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 2: It's kind of both. It's like weird. It's really weird. 468 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 3: I mean, I haven't seen it since I was like 469 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 3: six or seven at the theater, but riveting and it 470 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 3: gets referenced a lot. So I have it on my 471 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 3: list right. I actually recorded it off of Turner Classic Movies. 472 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 3: And then there's what I do now. I go to 473 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 3: Turner Classic Movies. I just flip through my Addition Network 474 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 3: schedule and I just start pushing record on like ten 475 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 3: movies that look you know that, Oh I haven't seen that, 476 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 3: and then I then they're just sitting in my DVR 477 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 3: and I I tick them off one a a time, 478 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 3: and Lamon's is one of those in there. I haven't 479 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 3: seen it in a while. So don't think of a 480 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 3: Formula one as a just a racing movie. It's kind 481 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 3: of like a two hundred million dollar bet on on 482 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 3: star power and real world sports access. 483 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: Cool. 484 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 3: So that's uh, that's what that's what we got there. 485 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 3: Let's take a look at the Oscar predictions. 486 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 4: How's that as we are getting to Oscar season for sure? 487 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, so. 488 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 3: Oscar sain spread and I half a list somewhere here 489 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 3: because it's here, is it there? 490 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 2: Where's my Oscar list? 491 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 3: Well? 492 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 2: A lot of people are talking about Sinners, Sam. 493 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's been a one of the movies that made 494 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 4: a really big splash last year that people said was 495 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 4: going to start really getting a lot of consideration when 496 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 4: it came down to award season. So yeah, that's definitely 497 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 4: one that I'm keeping my eyes on as far as 498 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 4: Oscar count goes. 499 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 3: So the Top contenders, Sinners has the most nomination sixteen, 500 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: So statistically it's the front run one battle after another 501 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 3: BAFTA Best Film, So that's a favorite. Let's see Hamnet 502 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 3: the favorite. 503 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 4: You mentioned when it first came out, you were like, 504 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 4: this was probably gonna get Oscar consideration for sure. 505 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 2: Yes, Now. 506 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 3: One battle after another, some people don't like it. I 507 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 3: like it way better than Sinners. Sinners is for people 508 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 3: who have never seen a vampire movie. Have you seen 509 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 3: a vampire movie. I've seen a few, then you don't 510 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 3: need to see Sinners. 511 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 4: Is it like the same kind of energy that flows 512 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 4: through every vampire movie. 513 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 2: Yes, the same thing. 514 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 4: I think the most recent one I saw was the 515 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 4: one that was streaming, I believe on Netflix with Jamie 516 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 4: Fox and it had Snoop Dogg in it. I can't 517 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 4: remember the name of it, but it came out about 518 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 4: two or three years ago during the pandemic, and it 519 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 4: was it was entertaining. I've got no problem with vampire flicks, 520 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 4: so I might want to go see Sinners. But yeah, 521 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 4: usually with those kinds of movies, it's same pig, different makeup, 522 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 4: you know, Yeah. 523 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 2: Same pig, different makeup. Is that what it is? 524 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 3: I don't have time for it. I don't have time 525 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 3: to sit here and go like, oh, wait a second. 526 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 3: If this guy's saying, hey, let's uh, I'm here to 527 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 3: help you, but is he really a vampire? Oh my god, 528 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 3: he's really a vapire. 529 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 2: What happens to you about you? Do you become a vampire? 530 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. 531 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 3: Oh so I'm gonna fight off all these vampires. But then, 532 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 3: oh my gosh, this girl's beautiful and she and I 533 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 3: have to help her because I've always loved her, and 534 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 3: but no. 535 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 2: No, she's a vampire. I don't have time for it. 536 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 2: I just don't have time for it. 537 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 3: It's so predictable. I just didn't have time now. Other 538 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 3: so I like to all these other I haven't seen 539 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 3: Train Dreams. It's the only one I haven't seen of 540 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 3: the ten nominated films. But I got to say that 541 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 3: I like Marty Supreme. I like One Battle after another, 542 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 3: and I like uh Nirvana, the movie that my other 543 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 3: that that's not nominated, But other nominated ones say Marty 544 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 3: Supreme far and away the best film. To me, there's 545 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 3: not even a it's not even a close race. It's 546 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 3: Marty Supreme. But if they pick Sinners, I don't know, 547 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: you know, I just don't agree. Songs on Blue I 548 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 3: hope Kate Hadson wins on that in that category. Timothy 549 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 3: Shallow may A Locke for Marty Supreme. And now we 550 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 3: will take a break and come back after the traffic. 551 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 2: On Joe Scalante Live from Hollywood. 552 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 5: Walk he does it all for you, chack so oh yes, 553 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 5: he knows what it's all, yo. 554 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 2: Wiscalante Live from Hollywood is my Hollywood? You mean Burbank? 555 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, So I'm gonna say Marty Supreme and Sinners, 556 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 3: those are the two. Leonardo DiCaprio's h one Battle after 557 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 3: another strong, but I just don't think it will win. Uhh, 558 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 3: But my list of ten, the ten best of these, 559 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 3: we'll be coming next week. 560 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 4: Sam Okay, Yeah, that's the thing. Typically we try to 561 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 4: go through all of the Oscar nominees and the ones 562 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 4: that are actually going to be up for it, and 563 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 4: hopefully they you know, good luck to them all. But 564 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 4: that doesn't necessarily mean those are the best movies. According 565 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 4: to Joe Escalante. 566 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 3: No no, no, and then I will at first, I 567 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 3: like have to see all the ones, and I'm still 568 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 3: got trained dreams. 569 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 2: I have to see. 570 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 3: There's a couple ones in the other categories that I 571 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 3: would still like to see. But I can at least 572 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 3: come up with the list, I think by next week. 573 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 3: And I would say, uh, it's now time for celebrities 574 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 3: behaving badly. Shi Lah buff back in court. They ordered 575 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 3: him back in They said, you're not going to your 576 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 3: drug testing. You're not, and then the lady lectured him. 577 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 3: She goes, I didn't know you you last time you 578 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 3: were here. I didn't know that you yelled homophobic slurs, 579 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 3: and so I guess he's getting penalized. 580 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 4: For that now and rehab. 581 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 3: He has some kind of court ordered, Yeah, court ordered 582 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 3: to rehab. She put him one hundred thousand dollars bond, 583 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,880 Speaker 3: ordered him into rehab. He asked if he could go 584 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 3: to Rome to be there for his father's baptism, because 585 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 3: you know, Shilah buff is now a Catholic, and I 586 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 3: guess his father's being baptized. So he'll come out on 587 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 3: top through prayer and support from his family, He'll come 588 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,800 Speaker 3: out on top. He's going through some stuff. 589 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 2: And you know what, let me tell you something about 590 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 2: we don't talk about enough here on the Sun Sunday program. 591 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 3: If you're the devil, what do you do to try 592 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 3: to do the devil's business? Now, if you don't believe 593 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,800 Speaker 3: in the devil, then you don't believe in the Bible, 594 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 3: because the Bible mentions the devil over and over and 595 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 3: over again. So what is the devil doing? Devil's He's 596 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 3: trying to figure out how he can and uh derail 597 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 3: the salvation of the human race. 598 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 2: So what do you do? 599 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 3: Okay, well, let me go tempt somebody. Let me let 600 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 3: me really interfere with somebody's life. You know which he 601 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 3: can do. Maybe I'll start with the pope because the Pope. Yeah, 602 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 3: if I can, if I can pull him over to 603 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 3: my site, you you got a good advantage if you're 604 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 3: the devil. 605 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 2: But you go to the Pope and you. 606 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 3: Try this, you try that with some hot girls in 607 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 3: the room, and he's like, I'm over that. I'm falling 608 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 3: for that. You know, I wouldn't be Pope if I 609 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 3: will fell for that. Okay, I have put some gambling 610 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 3: stuff and you put some stuff on his phone and 611 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 3: it doesn't work. 612 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 2: It's just wasting your time. You gotta do. 613 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 3: You got to go after mel Gibson. He made the 614 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 3: last temptation of Christ. Go after him, be a demon 615 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:52,720 Speaker 3: to him, and he was. He got he got him, 616 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 3: almost got him, canceled for permanence, He almost got him, 617 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 3: he got him arrested. It's like yelling out probably homopho 618 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 3: Week's furs, slurs and racial things, and it's just like, oh, 619 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,479 Speaker 3: now everybody thinks he's a horrible person. Ha ha, that's 620 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 3: the devil saying that. I know it sounded real, so 621 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,240 Speaker 3: I'm scared of myself. 622 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,760 Speaker 2: But so then then. 623 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 3: One of the most beloved actors of our generation, ah 624 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 3: shilahbuff what's he up to? Well, he's making a movie 625 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 3: about Padre po Oh, that's that's too bad because if he, 626 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 3: like I said last week, you make a movie about 627 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 3: Padre Pio, or if you study the life of Baudre Pio, 628 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 3: you will become a Catholic. So he did that, and 629 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 3: he became a Catholic. So now the devil has to 630 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,919 Speaker 3: go after him, because the devil this is a media guy, 631 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 3: and he's even more powerful than the devil than the 632 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 3: pope in many ways. So so I believe the Devil 633 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 3: is after Shilah buff This is a proof that his 634 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 3: conversion is real. 635 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 4: I think this comes to be a movie, The Devil 636 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,240 Speaker 4: and Shila Abouf. 637 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 2: The Devil and Shila Boof. Well, there's a there's a book. 638 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 3: About this kind of work that the Devil does, written 639 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:11,840 Speaker 3: by the guy who wrote Narnia, I think, and Devil's 640 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 3: sent around there. I mean, there's a devil committee sitting 641 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,240 Speaker 3: around trying to decide what to do, what's the best 642 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,319 Speaker 3: plan to go to go after? And who do You 643 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 3: don't waste your time on these people go over here, 644 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 3: so why waste your time in the pope? You know, 645 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 3: the ratings are in a typical papal mass. It's nothing 646 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 3: compared to a Shilah buff movie debuting on Netflix or 647 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 3: something like that. Okay, who else is getting arrested? Elijah 648 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:34,280 Speaker 3: Blue Almond? 649 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 2: You remember him. He's the oldest. 650 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 4: Son of the Almond Empire. 651 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, the Almond, Great Almond and Chaer And he was. 652 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,760 Speaker 3: Arrested February twenty seventh at Saint Paul's School, an elite 653 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 3: boarding prep school in Concord, New Hampshire. And when I 654 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 3: read this, I'm like going, well did I? 655 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 2: Wow? He's is that young? What's he doing? What's he 656 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 2: doing there? Yeah? 657 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 4: How old is this guy? 658 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 3: I mean I remember when he was born. He can't 659 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 3: still be in prep school. That would be sad. So anyways, 660 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,240 Speaker 3: that was he doing in prep school? Evidently he has 661 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 3: no reported employment, enrollment, or family connection to Saint Paul's 662 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 3: Prep school, and they don't know why he was on campus. 663 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 3: They haven't stated The school not identify any legitimate reason 664 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 3: for his presence. He was allegedly acting belligerently and confrontationally, 665 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 3: and the incident escalated to alleged physical contact. He's been 666 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 3: cited for a criminal trespass, criminal threatening, disorderly conduct and 667 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:49,520 Speaker 3: booked into jail. 668 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 2: Released on r. 669 00:38:53,400 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 3: Awaiting his arraignment, and he is had other problems. In 670 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three, his mother Share filed for a temporary 671 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 3: conservatorship over his finances, citing concerns about substance abuse and 672 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:09,760 Speaker 3: mental health. 673 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,480 Speaker 2: You know, you have a kid and he's on drugs 674 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 2: and he asks for money. 675 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 3: You're like, I would like to give you this money, 676 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 3: but you will buy drugs on it, you know that 677 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,520 Speaker 3: whole thing. And you and you love the kid. You 678 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 3: got to give them drugs money. But he's going to 679 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 3: pay drugs. But you can't just not give him money, 680 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 3: especially when they're really crafty and they tell you what 681 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:25,279 Speaker 3: they're going to do with it. 682 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 2: They're going to rehab and all this stuff. So anyway, 683 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,320 Speaker 2: the conservatorship. 684 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 3: Didn't really go through, and now he's still out there 685 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 3: being weird. And twenty twenty five, he was hospitalized in 686 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 3: California after authorities responded to erratic behavior. 687 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 2: You know, same old story. 688 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 3: But you remember him as the singer of the Bandetzi 689 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,840 Speaker 3: Okay and their famous hit The Keys to the Grammar 690 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 3: Sea Park or. 691 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 2: Something like that. 692 00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:01,839 Speaker 3: But he's you know, if that's your only and you're 693 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 3: forty nine. 694 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 2: You got problems. 695 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're a musician trying to be a professional musician, Yeah, 696 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 4: that would be problematic. 697 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 2: That's a problem for you. 698 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 4: It's also a sign of inconsistency. 699 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 3: Yes, okay, a couple of defamation cases. Brian McKnight is 700 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 3: suing a radio morning talk show. That should be especially 701 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:24,359 Speaker 3: chilling for us. 702 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:24,800 Speaker 2: Sam. 703 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, because these people, the Ricky Smiley morning show in 704 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,959 Speaker 3: North Carolina and the radio personality Karen Clark. We're doing 705 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 3: a bunch of stories on Brian, famous R and B 706 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 3: star Brian McKnight about how he was having poor relationships 707 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,279 Speaker 3: and poor contact with his children, his adult children, and 708 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 3: they just kept hammering away at this story and bringing 709 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 3: in experts and all that kind of stuff, and he 710 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,799 Speaker 3: had enough of it, and he say he sued the 711 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 3: show for defamation. Now he won't win because he's a 712 00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 3: public figure, and you know, people have a right to 713 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 3: talk about his private life, one of his as long 714 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 3: as it's you know, stuff that's in the public record. 715 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:08,239 Speaker 3: And then people are coming on a show, like his 716 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,399 Speaker 3: kids come on the show and they tell the story. 717 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 3: You can't sue people for that. They're just talking about 718 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,799 Speaker 3: that stuff. You can only And then he said well, 719 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,360 Speaker 3: they were leading questions. That's his basis of his lawsuit, 720 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,319 Speaker 3: leading questions to my family to try to make it 721 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 3: more salacious. I don't think that's going to fly in 722 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 3: a society that values free speech as much as the 723 00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 3: United States of America. 724 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 2: Sam. 725 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 4: It sounds like he's trying to chill the free speech 726 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:30,760 Speaker 4: against him. 727 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 728 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,880 Speaker 3: Former Heisman Trophy winner NFL quarterback Johnny manziels while the 729 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 3: new defamation lawsuit in Texas claiming a woman fabricated stories 730 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,959 Speaker 3: about having a relationship with him and then spread those 731 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:49,320 Speaker 3: claiming Sam. According to court filings, Manzielle alleges the woman 732 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 3: posted false statements on social media and set messages to 733 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 3: his friends, family, and business associates. Now, she's probably just mental, 734 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,600 Speaker 3: and so I think you could get her on harassment, 735 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 3: not on defamation. 736 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 2: You can get. 737 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,840 Speaker 3: Like what do you call those things, restraining orders, But 738 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 3: you're not gonna you're not gonna get a defamation case 739 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 3: against someone like that, sou And then there's another one, John, 740 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 3: here's a public figure. You got a high bar. People 741 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 3: listen to the show. Now you have public figure, you 742 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,960 Speaker 3: have to prove some actual malice. And these people are 743 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 3: just trying to get ratings. That's not actual malice. They're 744 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 3: not out to get him. They're out to get ratings, 745 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,919 Speaker 3: sell papers, that kind of stuff. It's as old as time. 746 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,879 Speaker 3: He's never gonna win, but he's trying to like cost 747 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:35,319 Speaker 3: them money. 748 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:35,920 Speaker 4: M h. 749 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,919 Speaker 3: John Powers middle and it will chill that radio show. 750 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 3: That radio station will start scrutinizing everything that's being said 751 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 3: for a while and maybe they'll they will lay off 752 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 3: of him. There's an actor named John Powers Middleton. He 753 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 3: filed the defamation lawsuit against a Hollywood reporter over an 754 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 3: investigation investigative arm article that said he was a heavy drinker, 755 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:07,359 Speaker 3: solicit prostitutes, suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder, and volatile unstable 756 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 3: in professional. 757 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,239 Speaker 2: Settings now here. They won't cite their sources. 758 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,440 Speaker 3: Now, if they just made this up, he could have something, 759 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 3: just establish some harm and maybe if you can find 760 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,359 Speaker 3: out they should have known he could win. That one 761 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,360 Speaker 3: could win because they haven't said who told them this stuff, 762 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:24,759 Speaker 3: so there's no. 763 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:29,879 Speaker 2: There could be some negligence there. 764 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 3: Another new Sam and Disneyland over the yesterday actually had 765 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:41,040 Speaker 3: some weird two unauthorized groups, the gays and that we'll 766 00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 3: start with the gays the gays had an unauthorized Gay 767 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,759 Speaker 3: Days at Disneyland. We're encouraging all gay people to go 768 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:52,480 Speaker 3: and fly their colors. Then the Patriots, some group called 769 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 3: the eight oh five Patriots, said we're gonna stir up 770 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 3: our membership and say we believe in family values. Let's 771 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 3: go and have a counter I don't know if it's 772 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:07,359 Speaker 3: a protest as much as a counter participation, and people 773 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,640 Speaker 3: were expecting. 774 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,040 Speaker 2: Big things or violence or something. 775 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:12,279 Speaker 5: Don't know. 776 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 3: I went to Disneyland yesterday as a as a neutral, 777 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 3: as a gay patriot. 778 00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 2: I just I just went in there. I just went there. 779 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,239 Speaker 3: I had to go for some reason. So I went 780 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:26,920 Speaker 3: and I saw I was in a restaurant that sat 781 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,560 Speaker 3: down some Patriot people next to me, and they had 782 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 3: matching Patriot outfits, and you know, I God bless them, 783 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,280 Speaker 3: but I just felt sorry for the gay waiter because 784 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,600 Speaker 3: the gay waiter had to serve them, knowing that they 785 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,440 Speaker 3: just you know that they went to a great effort 786 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,879 Speaker 3: to demonstrate they don't like them. 787 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,440 Speaker 2: So awkward. I don't know how people. 788 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,920 Speaker 3: Get so involved in things like that where they're going 789 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,800 Speaker 3: to either fly their gay flag or their Patriot flag. 790 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:57,319 Speaker 3: So much just i'd say you know me, Sunday go 791 00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,000 Speaker 3: to mass how's that? 792 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, it. 793 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:07,320 Speaker 3: Works for me, it'll work for you. And now I 794 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,279 Speaker 3: will leave you just a taste of the greatest song 795 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:09,920 Speaker 3: ever written. 796 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:10,600 Speaker 5: M HM.