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Posted Tuesday 6/11/19 at 1:23PM EDT
Lee Daniels is "beyond embarrassed" over his initial public support of Jussie Smollett, but admits feeling "torture" over the Empire star
The Empire co-creator posted an emotional Instagram video in response to Smollett's alleged attack in January, saying: "You didn’t deserve...
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Posted Friday 6/07/19 at 7:37PM EDT
Lee Daniels promises "closure" for Star fans
“We will have something with some closure,” Daniels said in an Instagram video from what appeared to be the set...
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Posted Wednesday 6/05/19 at 1:27PM EDT
Sammy Davis Jr. to get the TV miniseries treatment from Lee Daniels and Tom Hanks
A miniseries on the legendary dancer-singer-actor-musician is in development with the title Sammy.
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Lee Daniels: Jussie Smollett will not return to Empire
UPDATE: After Variety reported this afternoon that the "road is being cleared" for Smollett to return to the Fox drama...
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Posted Friday 5/31/19 at 4:14AM EDT
Lee Daniels confirms Star is dead after his failed attempts to shop the canceled Fox drama
"It ain't happening," Daniels said in an Instagram video, adding that "I did my best" to find the musical drama...
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Posted Wednesday 5/29/19 at 12:27PM EDT
Lee Daniels says he's "fighting" to find Star a new home following Fox's cancelation
"Fighting guys! Will know this week…or top of next," the Star co-creator wrote on Instagram last night.
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Posted Tuesday 5/21/19 at 8:55PM EDT
Greg Kinnear joins Lisa Kudrow and Whitney Cummings on Amazon's Good People comedy pilot
He'll play an incredibly charismatic and charming philosophy professor at Sacramento University, joining Kudrow's ombudsman character on the comedy pilot...
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Posted Tuesday 5/21/19 at 7:37AM EDT
Lee Daniels treats his Star cast to a skating party after cancelation
A source tells Page Six Daniels flew the cast to Los Angeles on his own dime, put them up in...
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Posted Monday 5/20/19 at 9:20PM EDT
Lisa Kudrow to star in Amazon comedy pilot Good People from Lee Daniels and Whitney Cummings
The Friends alum is set to star in Good People, playing a college ombudsman.
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Posted Wednesday 4/24/19 at 2:56AM EDT
Empire co-creator Lee Daniels says "I can’t judge" Jussie Smollett: "He is like my son"
“The cast is upset, it is a sad time and we are slowly healing,” Daniels tells Extra of Smollett's hate-crime...
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Lee Daniels: Jussie Smollett case has caused the Empire team "pain and anger and sadness"
“These past couple of weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,” the Empire co-creator said in an emotional video posted this...
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Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 9:24PM EDT
Disney now has a showrunners "all-stars" lineup after closing Fox deal
As The Hollywood Reporter points out, Disney Television Studios now boasts a deep bunch of showrunners, including Dan Fogelman, Steve...
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Posted Friday 2/22/19 at 6:51PM EST
Report: Empire may recast Jussie Smollett's role
Smollett's suspension for the final two episodes of the season after being charged with a felony may not spell the...
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Jussie Smollett removed from Empire's final two episodes of the season to avoid "disruption on set"
The producers of the Fox drama have released a statement announcing that Smollett will be kept off the show while...
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Empire's Jussie Smollett hospitalized after being viciously attacked in a possible hate crime
Chicago police are investigating a “racially-charged assault and battery" on the Empire star early this morning, saying "given the severity...
