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Russ Parr breaks down why Jussie Smollett can NOT be recognized as a martyr.

Remember Jussie Smollet? Yes the actor is still around and is now attempting to leverage the current civil uprising for his help legal issues.Ā 

Jussie Smollet, if it’s not already too late,Ā  might want to try and patch things up with the city of Chicago and get to steppin’ the hell outta there … if he still he can. We say that because Chicago MayorĀ Lori LightfootĀ had some not too encouraging words for Smollett if he had any thoughts of […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and then falsely reporting to that the phony attack was real. A somber looking Smollett, 37, entered a Cook County courthouse wearing sunglasses and sporting […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered Google to turn over a year’s worth of Jussie Smollett’s emails, private messages, photographs and location data to a special prosecutor who is looking into why prosecutors abruptly dismissed criminal charges against the actor. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:Ā  On Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported that it had […]

We guessĀ Tracy MorganĀ figured sinceĀ Chris RockĀ opened the door on jokes aboutĀ Jussie SmollettĀ at the Image Awards, he might as well walk on through with his. Monday night on ā€œThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,ā€ Morgan lit into the ā€œEmpireā€ star about his story that a lot folks find questionable regarding his alleged racist attack. Tracy cracked Fallon […]

Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042Ā to join! Jussie Smollett may not be getting off entirely scot-free. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday the city plans on billing the Empire actor for the police investigation into his January report of a […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police provided a six-night hotel stay with separate rooms and 24-hour security to two brothers who said they were paid by “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett to stage a racist, anti-gay attack on him, according to investigative reports released Wednesday to several media outlets. The hotel rooms were part of an effort […]

Queen LatifahĀ says she is standing by embattled actorĀ Jussie SmollettĀ in the wake of his alleged hate crime controversy. In a wide-ranging interview with theĀ Yahoo NewsĀ show ā€œThrough Her Eyes,ā€ the award-winner singer/actress says she will support the ā€œEmpireā€ star until conclusive evidence to support claims from law enforcement that he staged an attack on himself convinces her […]

In theĀ Jussie SmolletĀ investigation, police have now arrested thoseĀ 2 men who are brothers with ties to ā€œEmpire.ā€ Specifically, they were booked for battery. The two brothers,Ā OlabinjoĀ andĀ Abimbola Osundairo, areĀ from NigeriaĀ and Chicago cops are now calling them ā€œpotential suspectsā€ … as opposed to persons of interest. As was reported earlier, their home was raided on Thursday and police […]

Jussie SmollettĀ know some folks are doubting his claims of beingĀ the victim of an alleged racist and homophobic attack, so he’s sitting down with Good Morning America. In the first interview he’s given since his attack in Chicago, the EmpireĀ star got with Robin Roberts for an important chat that will air today on Good Morning America. […]

Jussie SmollettĀ seems to enjoy making people smile. The Empire star just gave the family of a 6-year-old boy with two prosthetic legs the gift of a lifetime. Smollett surprisedĀ  Kayden Kinckle, who was born with a birth defect called omphalocele, and his family with a new handicap-accessible van. Which as you could imagine, will help […]