Empirerecap: 'Toil & Trouble, Part 1'

This episode is justfunto watch. I love whenEmpirejust lets itself be playful and ridiculous. Is she… a secret racist? Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX More on that later.) Giuliana sees Cookies face on the screen and tells Lucious to handle it. He goes down to remove her, and in true Cookie fashion, she makes a huge scene. Then the screen flashes back to TWO WEEKS EARLIER, and everything makes a little more sense....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Jason Vaughan

Empirerecap: What is dead may never die

However, he doesnt think he can do it alone; he needs his dads help. The idea of assisting in his sons suicide is too much for Lucious. He bangs his head against the steering wheel and goes unconscious. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX In his dreams, hes visited by the spirits of men hes either killed or watched be murdered. Shine says that Lucious is a coward for making Andre limp to the finish line....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Kathleen Coleman

Empirerenewed with 'no plans' for Jussie Smollett to return

Most importantly he is grateful to Fox andEmpireleadership, cast, crew and fans for their unwavering support. EARLIER:TheEmpirehas not fallen but it will return without Jussie Smollett. On Tuesday, Fox announced a season 6 renewal forEmpire. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX During all of this, Fox made the decision toremove from Smollett from the final two episodesof season 5. More than ever, we must stand together as a family, they wrote. A family is there for us in good times and bad....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Gerald Williams

Empirestar Taraji P. Henson reacts to Jussie Smollett's dropped charges: 'Thank God the truth prevailed'

Were all happy for him, and thank God the truth prevailed. We need people that stand by us. Whatever happened to that? Chuck Hodes/FOX Why are we so easy to believe strangers over people we know? Im not easily swayed like that. Those little clickbait [reports] werent enough to deter me from his immaculate track record. Henson says the lesson here is we should absolutely believe victims. Movements dont just come out of the sky movements happen because theyre needed....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Alicia Hale

Empireto wrap after season 6, with no plans to bring back Jussie Smollett

We are trying to go out guns a-blazing. Six years is a remarkable run. Still, the door was left open. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Most importantly he is grateful to Fox andEmpireleadership, cast, crew and fans for their unwavering support. His character was given a happy ending with a wedding to Kai. Off camera, however, Smollett remains under fire for the January incident. Empireseventual departure means one less drama that features an African-American cast....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Barbara Stanley

Empowerment playlist: 16 rousing songs by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and more

From there out, it becomes a song about healing, not hurting. Also, it’s a banger. She was so fierce and strong, and just listening to the track made me feel the same. Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP; Scott Legato/Getty Images; Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Seventeen years later, it’s still one of my favorite pump-up tracks. “I’m just me, I’m enough. Nothing less, nothing more.” What is going to help you power through? Sia’s promotional single for the Oscar-nominatedLion....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Renee Gibson

Enchanted sequel: Adam Shankman in negotiations to direct

Disney is eyeing the director of the big-screen musical adaptation ofHairsprayto work his magic on itsEnchantedsequel. The cast also included Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon, and Timothy Spall. Shankman is no stranger to helming musicals, having broughtHairsprayto the big screen in 2007 andRock of Agesin 2012. Credit: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic; Barry Wetcher His other directing credits includeA Walk to Remember, The Pacifier, Bringing Down the House,andBedtime Stories. Hes repped by UTA and Bloom Hergott....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 85 words · Margaret Anderson

English translation ofThe Death of Stalincoming soon

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Titan Comics will release the book in July The Death of Stalinis finally making its way overseas. (See images fromThe Death of Stalinbelow.) Credit: Titan Comics The Death of Stalinwill be available for purchase July 25..Preorder it here. Titan Comics Titan Comics Titan Comics Titan Comics

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 57 words · Theresa Rodriguez

Erin Andrews reveals secret cancer battle

Im not watching any football games at home. She was being serious about not missing any games. Should I have been standing for a full game five days after surgery? Lets just say the doctor didnt recommend that, said theDancing With the Starshost. But just as I felt during my trial, sports were my escape. I needed to be with my crew. Finally I got to the point where I believed it too....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Alyssa Peters

ESPN8: The Ocho will become a reality — temporarily

The fictitious connection from ‘Dodgeball’ will become a reality for one day Gary Cole and Jason Bateman, be ready for a phone call, because ESPN8: The Ocho is becoming a reality. Thirteen years after the fictitious internet was created for Ben Stiller and Vince VaughnsDodgeball: A True Underdog Story, ESPN is temporarily bringing you the finest in seldom seen sports. Perfectly timed for Aug. 8, ESPNU is being transformed for the day into ESPN8: The Ocho, which will feature re-run broadcasts of American disc golf, cornhole, roller derby, trampoline dodgeball, and plenty more almost sports....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Ricardo Contreras

Ethan Embry says you can feel the anxiety at screenings of horror filmThe Devil's Candy

Ive been on the move so much, I just havent had an opportunity, said theUnREALactress. That last half of it is quite intense. When he is in front of the canvas, he just gets lost, Embry says of his character. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I have to say I lovedThe Devils Candy.ETHAN EMBRY:Yay! Youre a demented sonofabitch. Thats how I translate that. I readThe Devils Candyand I immediately fell in love with it....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · David Garcia

Ethan Hawke remembers Sam Shepard: 'A poet of the first order'

Sam Shepard looked like a cowboy and wrote like a poet. He was someone who could act and direct and write at such a high level. Hes a poet of the first order. Credit: Charles Sykes/AP Photo; Inset: Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage I first saw a production ofTrue Westwhen I was 14. That production did for my generation what Brando andStreetcarhad done for a generation earlier. The first time I met him I was 24....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Charlene Cox

Ethan Hawke teases aBefore Midnightsequel: We'll 'see where we wind up'

Could directorRichard LinklatersBeforetrilogybecome a quadrilogy? If it were to continue, it would change shape. It would be something else. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in ‘Before Midnight’ (2013).Despina Spyrou/Sony Pictures Classics Their story continued in the 2004 Oscar-nominated filmBefore Sunset, which saw them in Paris. Its a hard relationship, for sure, but I see a lot of love in that movie. Linklater told EW in a February interview, No ones ruling out a quadrilogy or sextology or whatever....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Samantha Malone