Emmys 2018: See stars party ahead of the ceremony

Tiffany Haddish attends The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA 2nd annual Emmy Nominees Night. Jeannie Mai and Darren Criss attend The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA 2nd annual Emmy Nominees Night. Ricky Martin and Trevor Noah attend The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA 2nd annual Emmy Nominees Night. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Busy Philipps attends The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA 2nd annual Emmy Nominees Night. Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally attend The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA 2nd annual Emmy Nominees Night....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Amanda Rivas

Emmys 2018: The best speeches

These speeches deserve their own awards or their own rings… 10. she asked when she took the stage, while presenter Leslie Jones ofSaturday Night Livecheered her win behind her. So I dropped lipstick on my dress, and I was trying to get it out… I have nothing to say, because I wasnt really expecting this! Kevin Winter/Getty Images Even as she sounded overwhelmed, King explained how floored she felt I want to curse right now!...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Joshua Hess

Emmys 2018: The most memorable moments of the 70th annual awards

Henry Winkler wins…after 43 years The Fonz finally has an Emmy! If you sit, we can all sit. We can only assume if Glover had won, he would have taken the stage. Credit: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Let it fuel everything you do from this night forward. Know that you were cheated. You were robbed, he joked. Id like to thank my horse, Daniels deadpanned. He was Jeff Bridges horse onTrue Grit, and I felt he was making unfair comparisons....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Daniel Flores

Emmys hit political hot topics but rarely boiled over

It didnt take long for the 70th annual Emmy Awards to get political Monday night. First, there was astar-filled musical openertitled We Solved It! tackling social justice and diversity in Hollywood both celebrating progress made while also mocking a lack of progress overall. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Roseannewas canceled by herself and then picked up by white nationalists. Its an honor to share the room with the many talented people that havent been caught yet....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Elizabeth Taylor

Emotions run high inGood Girlsseason 2 first look

(Spoiler: Robbing a grocery store wasnt out of the question.) Speaking of that cliffhanger, thats precisely where season 2 picks up. We pick up pretty continuously, showrunner Jenna Bans tells EW. Credit: Justin Lubin/NBC We literally pick up the morning after that big confrontation between Beth and Rio. Executive producer Bill Krebs adds, And it may or may not end the way you hope. But one thing is certain: Beth has a decision to make about her life....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Stephen Santos

Empire recap: 'Of Hardness Is Mother'

Cookie and Lucious head out on separate missions, but will they end up together? Cookie starts off this episode being treated like the queen she knows she is but she doesnt want that! Boy,I had a heart attack, okay? Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX She also doesnt want the vegan Cajun soul food cooked up by the familys chef. Nor the gold bracelet Lucious gifts her. But the bedazzled FitBit isnt the only gift that arrives during dinner....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Mrs. Lindsay Bradford

Empireboss dishes on that shocking Lucious reveal

WARNING: This article contains spoilers about tonights episode ofEmpire. Read at your own risk! Lucious, you are the father… we think. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Wednesdays episode ofEmpirerevealed that Lucious (Terrence Howard) is the father of Kingsley (A.Z. Kelsey), at least according to Kingsley. Im going to erase him from the face of the Earth, declares Kingsley. How is that for talent… dad? To talk caskets, illegitimate children, and more drama, EW chatted withEmpireboss Brett Mahoney....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Matthew Moore

Empireboss on the newest Lyon son and whether we just found out who's in the casket

In comes one Lyon son, out goes another? Just as Kingsley (A.Z. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, does this fall under the rule of threes? Credit: Matt Dinerstein/FOX Theres allowed to be more than three at a time. So where are we now? The fact that Lucious is his father, does that make him a Lyon? So how does Cookie deal with that? I think Giseles offer to Cookie and Lucious with a route to come back to Empire is very real....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Stephen Hale

Empireboss reveals why they just killed that Lyon son

TheEmpire lost an heirbut maybe not the one we expected. In the season 5 premiere,Empireunveiled a flash-forward structure that featured Lucious standing over amysterious coffin. When EW interviewed showrunner Brett Mahoney, he called the future death “impactful.” Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Kelsey), was the unlucky victim. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In the end, why Kingsley? They live such a high-stakes life that it just seemed like life and death should touch upon them....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · David Espinoza

Empireboss teases season 5 premiere's mystery death

WHO IS IN THE CASKET?! Gray) close call, EW chatted with showrunner Brett Mahoney. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets start with an easy question who is in the casket? Chuck Hodes/FOX We dont know who is in the coffin, but someone did die in the premiere. After setting up Eddie as the new head of Empire and the new antagonist, he unexpectedly dies. Was that just an availability issue with Forest Whitaker?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Daryl Martin

Empirecast writes letter asking Fox to bring Jussie Smollett back

If its up to Jussie SmollettsEmpirecastmates,Wednesdays big episodewont be his last. He is honest and above all he is filled with integrity. We are confident in his lawyers assurance that the case was dismissed because it would not have prevailed. Credit: Matt Dinerstein/FOX Jussie has shown us on and off the set who he really is as a leader. Prior to that, he gave every cent from his sold out world tour to numerous charities....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Mary Wright

Empirecreator Lee Daniels on the 'pain and anger' felt by Jussie Smollett controversy

Everything has happened, what you are seeing tonight, prior to the incident. And this was not what the show is made for. I guess yall know why ? Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images anyway Im back and Im finally ok!!!! Jussie you are my son, said the Oscar-nominated director, who, like Smollett, is gay. You are better than that. We are better than that. America is better than that. It starts at home....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Scott Rojas

Empirefall finale recap: Grand opening, grand closing?

Once in front of his daughter, he grabs the gun and the family breathes a sigh of relief. Ride or die is a lie, Cookie tells Tiana. She then tells Tiana to put her worth into herself and her children and to let Hakeem do Hakeem. Credit: Matt Dinerstein/FOX Everyone in our family got blood on their hands except you, he tells Hakeem. Clean your house, son, he says. It doesnt have to be a vicious cycle unless you make it one....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 904 words · Mark Lewis