Cookie Lyon

Freda Gatz seeks revenge, but accidentally takes it out on the wrong Lyon.

Empire continues their subtle theology lessons of faith this season. This week’s episode was entitled appropriately enough,  ‘A High Hope For a Low Heaven‘.  …

50 Cent always has something to say about Empire, FOX’s hit drama that’s been running the ratings game since its inception. Unfortunately, the show’s suffered its first slip after last Wednesday’s episode, bringing in 13.7 million viewers. That’s an 18 percent drop over the season two premiere. Fifty is saying it’s all due to “too […]

There’s already enough drama brewing on this season of Empire to last a lifetime, but a new rumor is claiming that the bad blood between Cookie…

Are we really ready for a Baby Boy reunion on Empire? It’s been nearly 15 years since Tyrese and Taraji P. Henson aka Jody and Yvette have been on screen together. Last season the sexy chocolate Derek Luke aka “Malcolm DeVeaux” had a six episode arch on the series. He exquisitely played Cookie’s bodyguard/love interest […]

A woman is suing Lee Daniels for $300 million claiming the Empire co-creator copied her real life story when writing Taraji P. Henson’s character Cookie Lyon, Page Six reported Monday. Sophia Eggleston, 53, of Detroit, Mich., claims she was a “drug kingpin” who went to jail after she called out a “hit” on a man. […]

Before there was a Cookie Lyon, there was a Det. Joss Carter. Taraji P. Henson returned to the latter Tuesday night for an appearance on her pre-“Empire” TV gig, “Person of Interest.” The character’s sudden death at the end of Season 3 had viewers shocked and angry. She came back to life last night, thanks […]

“Empire” fans live for all of Cookie Lyon’s fly style and no-nonsense personality, but Taraji P. Henson can’t stand her. It’s possible that Cookie may…

“The way the ‘Empire’ cast came together was complete serendipity,” admits Lee Daniels, creator and executive producer of the hit series that is setting weekly ratings records and defying gravity at Fox. Envious of the performance-driven series “Glee,” Daniels had been thinking of way to make his own musical series on TV when his creative […]

Jussie Smollett didn’t see it coming. “The best word to use is just a blessing,” the actor said, describing the breakout success of his FOX series “Empire.” “Some more B-words would be bizarre and blizzard.” “I don’t know. It’s been great. It’s been dope. It’s everything I ever wanted in my career, just mixed up […]