The excitement of Alicia Keys joining “Empire” is contagious and yes, it is no joke, Alicia keys is casting and playing the role of Skye Summers.
Double trouble for “Empire”/ Alicia Keys’ fans… and the thought of Cookie bringing her drama will be the icing on the cake.
Alicia Keys revealed her new role on her IG post…
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Becky G rounds out the cast of the new Power Rangers movie.
She is set to play the Yellow Ranger alongside RJ Cyler (Blue Ranger), Naomi Scott (Pink Ranger), Ludi Lin (Black Ranger) and newcomer Dacre Montgomery (Red Ranger) in the Lionsgate project.
The 18-year-old singer gained fame after posting songs and raps onto her YouTube page, eventually singing with music mogul Dr. Luke. She currently can be seen in a recurring role of the FOX music industry showEmpire as Valentina Galindo.
The reboot of the iconic 1990s TV series will be directed by Project Almanac helmer Dean Israelite and is due out in January 2017. The action movie will follow a group of teenagers who must harness their unique superpowers and use those powers as a color-coordinated team in order to save the world.
Saban Brands’ head of development and production Brian Casentini and Cinderella producer Allison Shearmur will produce the script, penned by X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz. Power Rangers creator, Haim Saban, will also produce.
Thuy Trang played the original Yellow Ranger in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series.
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On an episode of hit TV show Empire, Taraji P. Henson’s character Cookie Lyon trashed J.Lo’s, causing the show’s director Lee Daniels to apologize to JLo. Jennifer admits the signing jabs get under her skin. She told Good Morning Britain;.
“I’m very insecure about my voice. After being told for so many years that you’re not as good as this person or that person, it beats away on your insecurities. I always wanted to be a singer and a dancer but when they start dissecting you like that, it does work away at your insecurities. You know? I’m like ‘Wow, I thought I was good at this’. It does get to you. I’m only human.”
During her hot topics on her show on October 1st, Wendy Williams suggested that Terrence Howard should be fired from the Fox hit ‘Empire’ for his real-life abuse allegations and bizarre behavior.
“Terrence Howard, your personal life has taken over to where if by chance they took you off the show I would be happier than mad,” Williams, 51, said during her Empire recap segment. “I feel like between him allegedly being abusive to women in his personal life, him giving an 18-page nutty interview to Rolling Stone magazine where he talked about all kinds of nuttiness – it’s usurped his entire situation at Empire and the show could do without Terrence Howard. I’m sorry. It’s the way I feel.” she said
Terrence Howard responded on twitter a few days later. See His response below…
According to TMZ, Executive producers of Fox hit TV show, Empire, may be going to court as a man named Jon Astor-White is now suing executive producers, Danny Strong and Lee Daniels, as well as Imagine Entertainment and 21st Century Fox with the claim that he shopped around a show called “King Solomon” back in 2007 which bears a lot of similarities to “Empire”.
Follow the jump to see Jon’s claims and the cast he had originally planned for the show:
Astor-White claims his show would have starred Richard Roundtree, and was about a record executive and his family and their battle over control of the company. He believes the creators of the show owe him $500 million for stealing his idea.
Astor-White also said he faxed the treatment around, and included a proposed cast list which which included Diahann Carroll, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, John Goodman, George Hamilton and Angie Dickinson.
Astor-White describes his show as “the style and elegance of ‘Dynasty’ meets ‘The Sopranos’ with a sprinkling of ‘The Godfather’ ,a similar comparison Marvin Gaye III made in his claim.
The show has previously been sued by a guy with Jackson family connections and by a woman who claims she is the real Cookie.
Empire‘s most recent drama-filled teaser includes a brand new song from cast member Jussie Smollett.
Included in Fox’s clip is a snippet from a duet called ‘No Doubt It’, pairing Smollett’s aspiring mogul Jamal Lyon with ‘Mr 305’ himself… Pitbull!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVNXC60ZEAs
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The man of the moment, the creator and director of the hottest US TV series currently ‘Empire’, Lee Daniel stepped out recently at an event wearing a wig or is it a weave sef? The openly gay movie producer, attended the event in a suit and that messy wig and kind looked ho
t in it…
FOX’s new hit, hip-hop show “Empire” was a ratings juggernaut this season, but not everyone is a fan. The show follows the ups and downs of fictional record label Empire Entertainment, and now, the real life Empire Distribution claims that Luscious Lyon’s house of hits is infringing on its trademark.
In particular, the real life Empire is concerned about the show’s no. 1 soundtrack, which has been dominating the iTunes charts since it was released earlier this month, so they have now filed an lawsuit.
“Fox, through the ‘Empire’ program, advertises, distributes, and streams music and sells downloads under the ‘Empire’ mark. This music shares the same search terms as EMPIRE’s music, the musical genres are identical, and the songs and albums are positioned in close proximity in online outlets such as iTunes, Google Play, Amazon.com, and Spotify,” Empire Distribution founder and CEO Ghazi Shami said in a press release sent to MTV News on Wednesday (Mar. 25). “It isn’t just a fictional show; they are functioning as a record label in the real world. This only makes the public confusion worse.”
Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 is distributed by Columbia Records and features popular songs from the show like “Drip Drop” and “You’re So Beautiful.” The tracks are mostly performed by the show’s actors and artists Jussie Smollett and Yazz, but also features tracks from more established musicians like Jennifer Hudson and Rita Ora.
Empire Distribution may not have made as many headlines as FOX’s “Empire,” but the company has made quite a name for itself since it was established in 2010 by partnering with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Migos, Cam’ron and Sage the Gemini to distribute some of their biggest hits independently.
“Empire was started over five years before the first broadcast of the show, the marks are identical, and they sell the same products to the same customers. The significant number of incidents of actual public confusion is disturbing,” said Michael Hobbs, an attorney representing Empire Distribution.
According to the release, the real life Empire reached out to FOX to try and resolve the matter, but now are taking things to court.
