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Review: Star Has the Potential to Shine
A first look at the new series Star aired right after Empire Wednesday night. It has a great advantage: It’s a Lee Daniels production set in the music world. It also has a great disadvantage: It’s a Lee Daniels production set in the music world. Empire’s debut set the bar pretty high and went on to be…
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Empire Fall Finale Recap: The Cookie Effect
In the fall finale, “A Furnace for Your Foe,” Empire was at the top of its game with Cookie’s exploits, the seeds for a brutal family feud, sharp dialogue, good music and all the outrageous, over-the-top drama we love. Let’s go! Mayoral candidate Angelo Dubois and Cookie’s class-vs.-sass storyline is on display during a beachside…
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6 Gift Ideas for Moms Who Keep It Fly Like Cookie on Empire
Does your mom have a closetful of animal print, hoop earrings for every occasion and a coffee addiction? Then she is like Cookie from Empire. Here are some gift ideas fit for the Lady Lyon in your life. Every busy woman should have a personal assistant like the fabulous Porsha, but sadly, there’s only one,…
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Empire Recap: Like Father, Like Son
Backstabbing, betrayal and terrorizing little girls: The latest episode of Empire, “The Unkindest Cut,” offered up good old-fashioned evil, delivered a lot of juicy moments and laid the groundwork for another family battle. Angelo is still trying to impress his mother, Diana Dubois, so he brings her further into Cookie’s world with a trip to…
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Empire Recap: Cookie vs. Clair Huxtable
Remember that hilarious episode in season 1 when Boo Boo Kitty had to give etiquette lessons to Cookie? No? That didn’t happen then, but in this episode, Cookie finally learns to behave like a lady in a played-out scenario that goes on too long for my taste; but on the upside, it’s a Cookie-centric episode…
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Empire Recap: A Hacker Exposes All the Cookies
There’s a high-tech whodunit at Empire Records, which forces the Lyon clan to air their dirty laundry in public in last night’s episode of Empire, “Chimes at Midnight.” It’s a fun episode; I’d grade it a B-plus, only because the previous episode climaxed with a violent family fight that was live-streamed on the jumbo screens…
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Empire Recap: Lyons Put Their Family Business in the Streets
It’s been a craptacular week. After a few days of plotting how we will rise up and form a resistance movement, it’s good to kick back with some mindless TV. Thank God for Empire. Still stinging from a beatdown by Andre, Shyne goes Lyon-hunting, ready to settle things the American way: with bullets. As Shyne…
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Empire Recap: That Moment When a Ghost Joins a Threesome
Empire’s Cookie Lyon is arguably the most colorful character on TV. In last night’s episode, “Cupid Kills,” Miss Cookie was the star of the episode. She was loud, uncouth and justifiably hostile—that’s the Cookie we all know and love. With the spotlight on Cookie, clearly defined story arcs and a deliciously ludicrous ending, Empire delivered…
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Empire Recap: Mariah Enters the Lyons’ Den
Last week’s cliffhanger ended with Andre, who was doing nothing wrong, roughed up by cops. It’s the same old song: living while black. Since Andre didn’t end up riddled with bullets, the plot didn’t pack as much punch as it could have. When have we ever seen Andre don a hoodie? He really can’t pull…
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Empire Recap: We Get WOKE With Taye Diggs
Empire’s season 3 debut, which aired last week, was not as memorable or jaw-dropping as the previous season premieres, so let’s pretend that this is the first episode of the season. Let’s go! OMG, you guys! Cookie doesn’t want to be with Lucious anymore. Nope. Never again. Cookie is not moved by the parade of…
