It’s no secret that films and television shows with predominantly Black casts have a rough time being acquired overseas, because the decision makers don’t believe viewers will tune in. In January, “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson said the explosion of on-screen diversity in the U.S. and overseas will always come down to the dollar sign. Below, The Hollywood […]
You know those people whose faces you see on TV and in movies all the time but don’t know their names? That’s Edwina Findley Dickerson. The Washington, D.C. native started out on The Wire straight out of college. She played gay drug dealer Omar’s right-hand woman, Tosha Mitchell. “I was 21, running around with Omar, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox has asked a federal judge to issue an order allowing the network to continue to use “Empire” as the title of its newest hit show after a record label demanded millions of dollars over use of the word. Twentieth Century Fox Television filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles seeking […]
Conspiracy theories are filling up the vacuum left behind by the out-of-left-field death of Malik Yoba’s character Vernon Turner on the Empire. The actor told TMZ last week that Fox execs informed co-creator Lee Daniels that “somebody had to die” on the season finale, but Yoba said he didn’t know which party – Fox or Daniels – chose […]
NEW YORK (AP) — With a standard-setting finale to its first season reaching 17.6 million viewers, Fox’s music business drama “Empire” has proven that it’s still possible for broadcast television to create big hits. That’s how many people watched the second of two one-hour episodes on Wednesday night. The first hour was seen by 15.8 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For the eighth straight time, Fox’s music business soap “Empire” pulled in more viewers than it had the previous week, an unusual standard of success that appears to be unprecedented in the modern television era. The series’ ninth episode reached 14.3 million viewers, second only to AMC’s “The Walking Dead” as […]
This week’s episode of Empire will feature a flashback to the 90s, when Cookie Lyon was in prison, and her husband, Lucious Lyon, had moved on for the moment with a woman named Angie, played by Mary J. Blige. “She’s a singer, and I believe she once sang with Luscious, and I believe they’re reminiscing […]
Have some tissue ready for the next episode of Empire. We won’t give anything away, but let’s just say that episode 9, “Unto the Breach,” showcases some of the finest performances thus far from actors Bryshere Y. Gray (“Yaz”), Jussie Smollet and Trai Byers, the trio who play the sons of Lucious and Cookie Lyon. […]
UPDATE! Well, well, well. It looks as if Gaborey Sidibe has weighed in on the never ending drama of Monique and her claims that she was offered the role of Cookie Lyons in ‘Empire’. Sidibe who stars in the hit show also played Precious in the movie Monique won an Oscar for. Gabourey took to […]
We watched a lot of TV in the 90s and 2000s, but not every show stood the test of time. There were some sitcoms we watched…
You can’t tell Cookie she’s not fly. And that term “fly” goes right along with the Empire character’s dated ensembles, according to the actress who plays her. “She’s caught in a time warp a bit; she’s kind of 17 years behind the curve in fashion sometimes,” Taraji P. Henson said in interviews this week. “She’s trying to find […]
Veteran actor Joe Morton is now best known for his role on the hit television show, Scandal, but he’s also a big proponent on diversity in Hollywood. As Papa Pope, Morton is experiencing a career renaissance, although he has credits going back three decades. Morton says that despite the, shall we say, enthusiasm with […]
