Movies, television and music videos– a young Cleveland man is doing it all. His latest venture is a recurring role on the hit TV show “Empire.” FOX 8’s Todd Meany has more on Ezzy in the video above.   READ MORE: Fox8.com Article and Video Courtesy of WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland Picture Courtesy of […]

Timbaland has announced that he will step down from his role as supervising music producer on Fox’s “Empire,” reports Billboard. Taking his spot for season 3 will be four-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Rodney Jerkins as supervising music producer and chart-topping songwriter Ester Dean. “We were happy to work with Timbaland during the first two seasons,” […]

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad is joining the third season of Fox’s Empire. According to the press release, Rashad will portray Diana Dubois, a powerhouse from one of New York’s oldest and most prominent African-American families. As the mother of ambitious city Councilman Angelo Dubois (guest star Taye Diggs), she has her sights set […]

Other programming moves from Fox include an upcoming “New Girl”/”Brooklyn Nine-Nine” crossover episode, and a one-hour “Simpsons” episode to be aired in the 2016-17 television season.   LOS ANGELES -“Empire” has booked what could be its biggest musical guest star to date. Fox announced Monday that Mariah Carey has officially been recruited to guest star […]

Your favorite show just got way more favorite-y. Kid Cudi, our generation’s leading multihyphenate, has joined the cast of Empire ahead of its highly anticipated third season. The Cud god will play a rival of Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Y. Gray), Entertainment Weekly reports. Cudi’s character, a rapper named Gram, is described by EW as “an […]

Is a member of the Lyon’s den leaving?   Jussie Smollett has basically become the face of ‘Empire,’ since he sprung onto our TV screens singing and dancing just a little over a year ago. Jamal Lyon is the cornerstone of the Lyon Dynasty, and it appears the foundation may be crumbling. After a cliff […]

FOX is truly riding this Empire wave until the wheels fall off. The cast has already released several compilation albums and gone on an international tour. There’s a new makeup collection in collaboration with Covergirl and now there are Empire dolls. According to Entertainment Weekly, two new collectors editions dolls inspired by Taraji P. Henson‘s character […]

“Empire” drew 12.24 million viewers for its Season 2 spring return, becoming the top-rated and most-watched show on TV Wednesday and up 4.4% from its Dec. 2 winter finale among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen. The return of “Empire” also saw 8 p.m. lead-in “Rosewood” rise 40% over last week. Topping the 4.3/13 of the […]

Trai Byers’ departure would be a major upset to the show.   This is hot tea off the rumor mill, beauties. Trai Byers, who was catapulted into fame with his role as Andre Lyon in “Empire,” is reportedly fed up with the show. Wait, whet? Page Six reports the actor is not here for the […]

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According to Pepsi, Beyoncé will join Coldplay on stage to sing a rendition of their new song "Hymn for the Weekend.”

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So your boy Chris was one of the many to perform during Taraji & Terrence’s White Hot Holidays. . . but um. . .the struggle seemed…