Empire fans will no doubt be happy to learn that their favorite musical TV drama has been renewed for Season 6. However, the bad news is that Jussie Smollett is unlikely to return. “By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett’s option for season 6, but at this time there are
Empire actor Jussie Smollett learned this morning that prosecutors in Chicago were dropping all 16 felony charges of disorderly conduct against him. It was only one month ago that he was indicted over allegedly making a false police report after two brothers claimed that Smollett had paid them to stage an attack against him. The
Fans tuned in to Empire tonight and saw a familiar face and wondered if Jamal was still on Empire? The answer is yes — for now. Is Jamal still on Empire? Despite Empire removing Jussie Smollett from the final episodes of the season, there were episodes already filmed before his recent arrest. One of those
Jussie Smollett has been written out of the last two episodes of Season 5 of Empire as the investigation into his alleged hate attack continues. Despite a recent turn of events where Smollett was named a suspect in his own alleged attack, he has at least one ally on the Empire set in Terrence Howard.
The investigation into an alleged attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett took a shocking turn over the past week when Chicago investigators named him a suspect and suggested the reason behind staging attack was due to his displeasure over Empire pay. On Friday, Empire producers announced that Jussie Smollett would not be appearing in the
The Jussie Smollett situation took a big turn earlier this week with the arrest of two brothers who allegedly helped the Empire star orchestrate his own attack. Now, Smollett is facing felony disorderly conduct charges tied to evidence that he allegedly filed a false police report on January 29. The charge Jussie Smollett is facing
When law enforcement took two men into custody earlier this week, it looked like Jussie Smollett was going to get justice. After they were let go, with investigators citing new evidence in the apparent hate crime against the Empire actor, everyone was left wondering what was going on. It seemed impossible to believe that the
The investigation into the alleged attack on Empire star Jussie Smollett keeps getting weirder and weirder. Now, Smollett has hired a lawyer and not just anyone. He retained Michael Monico, the criminal defense lawyer best known for representing Michael Cohen. Why would Smollett need a criminal lawyer in a case where he has accused two
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Milan Christopher has spoken out about the Jussie Smollett attack — and he doesn’t seem to be siding with the Empire star. Instead, Milan, who is from Chicago, has enraged quite a few Jussie Smollett fans with suggestions Jussie may have been lying about the attack. Empire star Jussie told
Empire star Jussie Smollett was brutally beaten and hospitalized in a case being investigated as a possible hate crime by the local Chicago police department. But just hours after it happened the attack has already been turned into a “fake news” controversy due to the allegation that the attackers yelled “MAGA country” during the attack. MAGA is