Jussie Smollett was back in a Chicago courtroom today. He was arraigned on six new charges of disorderly conduct. The charges stem from a staged attack that Jussie Smollett is accused of orchestrating in January of 2019. Smollett allegedly hired two of his personal trainers, Nigerians, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo to “attack” him. He filed […]
Jussie Smollett Lost His Job on Empire Despite “Pick-up Letter”
Jussie Smollett has lost his job on Empire. Yesterday, two very interesting statements were made. This morning, Wendy Williams, did some pretty piss poor reporting on the subject. I watch her show every day but never rely on it to be accurate regarding Entertainment News. Because, it usually isn’t. Today she said Jussie Smollett was […]
All Charges Dropped In Jussie Smollett Case
A lot of things have been going on with the Jussie Smollett case in the past 24 hours. First of all, yesterday, his California attorney with the big name and reputation, Mark Geragos was implicated in the Nike extortion case that led to the arrest of Michael Avenatti. Geragos was identified by The Washington Post […]
Jussie Smollett Trial MAY Allow Cameras
Jussie Smollett was in court today, two days before his scheduled hearing on Thursday. The purpose of this hearing was to respond to a request by press to allow cameras in the courtroom. Jussie Smollett’s attorney, Tina Glandian, had no objections to media access because “much of the leaked information is actually demonstrably false.” Glandian […]
Jussie Smollett Indicted On 16 Felony Counts
Jussie Smollett has been indicted by a Grand Jury on 16 charges of false report of offense/disorderly conduct. When Jussie Smollett was originally charged with one count of felony disorderly conduct a grand jury had been convened. In particular, they heard from the police and Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo. The two brothers who were allegedly hired […]
Jussie Smollett Appears At Bond Hearing Where Prosecution Outlines Details Of Hoax
UPDATE FOX Pulls Jussie From Remainder of Filming Season “The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us. Jussie has been an important member of our Empire family for the past five years and we care about him deeply. While these allegations are very disturbing, we are placing our […]
Jussie Smollett Has Officially Been Classified As A Suspect In False Police Report Case
UPDATE! INDICTED! The Grand Jury returned a True Bill on Wednesday, February 20th and Jussie Smollett has been indicted to stand trial for filing a false police report which is a felony in Illinois punishable by up to three years in Jail. The FBI has yet to complete their investigation on the much more serious […]
Jussie Smollett Filed False Police Report, Orchestrated His Own “Attack”
Chicago Police are now reporting that their evidence indicates that Empire star, Jussie Smollett, orchestrated his own attack. Smollett filed a false police report stating that he was a victim of a hate crime while walking near his home. He claimed in the early morning hours, he was on the phone with his manager when […]
Jussie Smollett Victim Of Violent, Racist, Homophobic, Hate Crime In Chicago
It was supposed to snow in Atlanta today. Not a lot, but just the possibility closed all the schools and government offices, because Atlanta.I stayed up until about 9:30 am and got up around three knowing there would be a lot for me to do after sleeping through all the comments and news that happen […]
Empire: One Before The Other
It seems a lot of people have just turned off their TVs now that the election is over and are trying to find something, somewhere else to distract them as ratings were low for this mid-season premiere and pretty much across the board last night. Even my Below Deck recap isn’t getting a lot of […]
Empire Fall Finale Recap: Et Tu, Brute?
Guest Blog By Glow! Tonight’s episode of Empire was the Fall Finale and full of guest appearances. It also seemed it would never end. Let’s just go through some of the celebrity guests and get that out of the way: Jason Derulo, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, Da Brat, Charlamange Tha God. It’s ASA (America […]
Empire Recap: Sinned Against
Guest Recap by Glow I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. With preparations for Thanksgiving, cooking, and family time I didn’t watch this episode of Empire until today after sleeping half the day away. I continue to run hot and cold with this show but this episode has me excited about what’s to come. […]
Empire Recap: My Bad Parts
By: Guest Recapper, Glow Tonight’s Empire brought the Lyon family together in several situations and since Lucious wouldn’t have it any other way, he continued to attempt to rip the family apart. Hakeem Lucious has a message he wants to send to Hakeem and that message is Freda Gatz. Uncut and Raw. Lucious has […]
Empire Recap: True Love Never
By Glow Last week’s episode gave me hope for Empire and my hope was that good feeling would carry over into this episode because I so want to like this show. I got myself in an Empire state of mind by re-watching the previous episode then I settled in for this week’s show. At the […]
Empire Recap: A High Hope For A Low Heaven
By: Glow Please welcome our newest guest blogger at TT, Glow, with her first recap of Empire. Last night’s return of EMPIRE was filled with Delicious Cookieness. Picking up with Hakeem’s snatching and ending with a scene that left no doubt of the drama to come. This episode served a buffet of intriguing delights, […]
Did You Like The Second Episode of Empire Any Better?
I wasn’t much of a fan of the season premiere of Empire, but I thought this episode was a little better. It didn’t seem to be a jam packed with celebrity cameos like the first one was. I did love Miss Lawrence on the premiere but everything on that episode seemed rushed and not related to […]
Miss Lawrence Discusses Being Cast on Empire and Being Gay on RHOA
If you are not an Empire fan, then you probably don’t know that our very own Miss Lawrence was on Empire last night dolled up to the nines and looking fantastic as usual. And she got to SING! It was my favorite of the 99 cameo appearances on the show and the one with […]
Empire Season Premiere Recap: There’s a New Jamal in Town
I am finally getting a second to watch Empire! I’m so excited. I don’t think I will recap as much and just sort of comment from the couch. Recapping dramas is HARD. We start the show with Lucious Lyon still in the pokey three months later and still trying to run things. The boys are […]
EMPIRE TWO HOUR SEASON FINALE!
I am going to continue my slackassery today but I am watching the two hour finale of Empire and I know we are going to want to talk about his! It just started and already Hakeem is going rogue, Cookie is fired and the hot body guard is moving to DC? We can’t let him […]
We Need To Talk About Empire!
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Only Three More Episodes of Empire! Let’s Chat!
Okay, I just finished watching last week’s episode of Empire. I love this show which is why I don’t recap it and save it to watch when I have a chance to take an hour away from the blog. I know y’all wanted a place to talk about the show, so here you go. […]