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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight's Empire Season 5 finale. "The idea of moving forward without him is a true challenge, and no decisions have been made as of yet of how we move forward," Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney admits of the contentious Jussie Smollett's exit from the Fox series at the…

Taraji P. Henson shared a heartfelt message Monday evening about John Singleton. The iconic filmmaker died earlier in the day from complications of a stroke. Henson and Tyrese Gibson visited him in the hospital over the weekend and urged fans on social media to “keep praying” for the director. Singleton cast the two…

EXCLUSIVE: Empire co-creator Lee Daniels told a New York City morning show Wednesday that the fate of Jussie Smollett on the Fox hit is "in discussions" right now, but Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard and the rest of the series’ top cast have already made their decision. "Together, as a united front, we stand with…

(UPDATED with Smollett’s lawyer letter) Jussie Smollett may have seen the felony charges against him dropped by state prosecutors last week and Taraji P. Henson is predicting he will return to Empire, but the actor’s legal troubles in Chicago are far from over. With the passing this evening of a deadline set by…

Golden Globe-winning Empire star Taraji P. Henson and Ed Helms, most recently seen in WB’s ensemble comedy Tag, are attached to star in Coffee & Kareem, a Netflix film which Helms is producing with Mike Falbo under their banner, Pacific Electric Pictures Co. (Corporate Animals, The Fake News with Ted Nelms). Michael Do…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about tonight's Empire  Season 5 midseason finale "The question will become if the Lyons retake Empire, what will it cost them?" says showrunner Brett Mahoney of where tonight's Season 5 midseason finale is taking the Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard led Fox drama when it…

Don’t let the holidays keep you from enjoying a bawdy good Red Band not-safe-for-work trailer: Paramount today released a new one for What Men Want, director Adam Shankman’s gender-switched re-do, starring Taraji P. Henson, of Nancy Meyers' 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want. Henson, of course, takes the Mel Gibson…

“Sometimes there are necessary evils for the greater good.” That inherently creepy comment fairly describes one side’s stance on race relations in The Best of Enemies, a timely drama starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell. Check out the first trailer above and the poster below. Based on a true story, the film…

Robert De Niro and Taraji P. Henson will be Alec Baldwin’s first guests when The Alec Baldwin Show premieres Sunday, October 14. Kim Kardashian West, wife of President Donald Trump’s new BFF Kanye West, will guest the next week, October 21. That day Baldwin will devote his show’s entire hour to talking to the “reality…

STXfilms has set an April 5, 2019 release date for The Best of Enemies, the drama starring Taraji P Henson and Sam Rockwell based on the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina. Hunger Games producer Robin Bissell directed the…

Paramount has moved the release of its Taraji P. Henson comedy What Men Want from mid-January to February 8, to better capitalize on pre-Valentine’s Day business at the box office. The gender-switching remake of Nancy Meyers' 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want stars Henson in the Mel Gibson role. She plays Ali…

Looking into the minds of men could provide enough darkness for any number of horror films, but Adam Shankman’s What Men Want starring Taraji P. Henson goes for the laughs. In this remake of Nancy Meyers’ 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want, Henson takes the Mel Gibson role as Ali Davis, a successful sports agent who…