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Posted Wednesday 8/07/19 at 1:40PM EDT
Fox boss says Lee Daniels 'is right": Jussie Smollett won't return to Empire for final season
“Lee is right… no plans for Jussie to return to Empire," Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said at the TV...
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Posted Tuesday 8/06/19 at 1:11PM EDT
Lee Daniels returning to Fox with potential drama based on the book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class
Daniels and former Star showrunner Karin Gist -- who is currently showrunner on Mixed-ish -- are reteaming for Our Kind...
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Posted Friday 7/05/19 at 7:51PM EDT
Lee Daniels says he plans to wrap up Star with a two-hour movie
Daniels announced plans for a Star movie on Instagram on Friday afternoon without mentioning any details, such as whether it...
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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...
