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Empire

Country: USA, Language: English, 42 mins

  • Director: Lee Daniels et al.
  • Writer: Ilene Chaiken et al.
  • Producer: Sean Sforza

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You're wasting your talents on bitches and booze...

Yes...that's a line uttered in this diabolical ode to ego, melodrama and soap.

It's so damned aggressive. There ain't no happy families here.

Lee Daniels...don't just sack your writers...abandon this sinking ship pronto and, hopefully, everyone will forget that you were ever involved with this screeching, sugar-coated-shite.

Okay....so, we decide to watched episode 2 - just in case things improved...they didn't.

As for the rest...we will just have to guess.

Fast forward...

Well...the egos ran riot...Jussie Smollet: A masterclass in 'how to kill what could have been a blistering career!'.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Lucious, the founder and CEO of a successful record label has been diagnosed with ALS. He must choose one of his three sons to take over the company when he dies. Meanwhile, his ex wife and co-founder, Cookie, has been released from prison and wants to reclaim her rightful place in the company.

Cast & Characters

Rafael de la Fuente as Michael Sanchez;
Bishop Stevens as Empire Security;
Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon;
Nealla Gordon as Agent Harlow Carter;
Christopher Powell as Li'l Prince;
Lizzy Leigh as Dancer;
Joseph Jajoe Davis as Coffee Truck Barista;
Christopher Kahler as Photographer;
Samuel Meadows as Pedestrian;
Juwan Spruill as Empire Security 2;
Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon