Jussie Smollett’s camp isn’t happy with all the fake news that’s being spread around about what happened to him back in January when he claimed he was the victim of a homophobic attack. According to sources, Smollett’s team claims texts sent to the brothers had nothing to do with the attack but were really about […]
As if Empire hasn’t had its share of celebrity drama, there’s another issue. Show star Bryshere Gray was arrested for a driving offense in Chicago last Thursday. Gray was driving a 2014 Rolls-Royce without a license or registration. He was cited for a misdemeanor and released. Clearly, the incident was not as bad as the […]
After some speculation that Jussie Smollett would be returning to his role on Empire, show co-creator Lee Daniels put the rumor to bed. On Tuesday, Variety reported that writers on the show were planning to include Smollett in the sixth and final season of the drama series. Daniels posted a message on social media debunking […]
Well, it seems that this was inevitable, the end of an “Empire.” The Fox music drama will end with the upcoming season. “We’re excited to see to this show go out with a bang,” said Fox Entertainment’s chief executive, Charlie Collier. “Empire” had seen declining ratings kicking it out of the top ten network shows. […]
Jussie Smollett seems to be losing acting jobs over his alleged set up of a hate crime against himself earlier this year. Smollett was preparing for a lead role for the upcoming revival of the Broadway play Take Me Out. He even went through a reading for the play just before the scandal broke. Sources […]
Taraji P. Henson says that Jussie Smollett will make a return to ‘Empire’ despite his legal troubles. Smollett is accused of staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago earlier this year, but the case was dropped. Henson says writers are coming up with potential episodes for next season and no one has said that […]
Maxine Waters says it was the correct course of action for the Chicago prosecutor’s office to drop all 16 felony charges against Jussie Smollett. She said no one was hurt physically, shot or killed and Jussie has never committed a crime before this instance. She said she has learned that cases like Jussie’s get closed […]
Jussie Smollett probably had the worst weekend ever. First comedian Chris Rock made fun of him and then Saturday Night Live. During a skit on SNL, Chris Redd played Jussie Smollett. In the skit Smollett is late to a meeting with ‘Empire’ executives. He swears he has a good reason for being late and reaches […]
Empire creator Lee Daniels has finally spoken out on the fallout from the Jussie Smollett case. On Instagram, Daniels said, “Hi, guys! I’m back. Oh, my God, these past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ roller coaster. Me and my cast experienced pain and anger and sadness and frustration and really don’t know how […]
We’re not sure if we can totally attribute this to the Jussie Smollett case but ratings for Empire are down. The midseason premiere of the drama had the second worse ratings of any episode ever. Among people 18 to 49, only 4.4 million total viewers tuned in on Wednesday night. That’s 600,000 fewer people than […]
Three weeks after the Robin Roberts/Jussie Smollett interview Robin Roberts speaks on how she felt about doing the interview. She said she wasn’t sure if she wanted to do the interview. She said she didn’t want to do it if he was going to “lawyer up.” She decided to do it because Jussie said he […]
The producers of Empire have removed Jussie Smollett’s character Jamal from the final two episodes of this season. In a statement from the producers, Smollett’s removal was “to avoid further disruption on set.” They also said, “The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us.” Smollett was charged with […]
