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Empire Season 2 RECAP: Ep 5 Be True / Ep 6 A High Hope for a Low Heaven / Ep 7 True Love Never / Ep 8 My Bad Parts / Ep 9 Sinned Against / Ep 10 Et tu, Brute
Empire Season 2, Episode 7, 8, 9 &10 The busy life of a film, food and events blogger means you can’t always be home to watch your favorite shows. So I missed doing an individual post on each of the last 4 episodes of EMPIRE, but you can be damn sure I watched them all on Demand. I think what plays out best on the show is Cookie’s relationship with her sons. She really knows how to talk to, handle and reach each one on their own terms; and in turn they look to her for approval. She’s come a long way from those first few months out of prison…
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Empire Season 2 RECAP: Fires of Heaven
Empire Season 2, Episode 3: Fires of Heaven Directed by Craig Brewer writer/director of “Hustle and Flow” starts out with Lucious out on bail and rubbing it in the face of the District Attorney Roxanne Ford (Tyra Ferrell). In fact, her persistence in trying to convict him of murder has gotten Lucious interested in her sexually. Cookie has her hands full trying to manage Hakeem manage his all Latino girl group Menage a Trois. Particularly since he’s sleeping with the lead, Valentina (Becky G). She said, “That is an Unsung episode waiting to happen.” LOL #Empire — Sesi Magazine (@Sesimag) October 8, 2015 Jamal can’t find another producer who can…
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EMPIRE INTERVIEW with Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray (Fox TV)
Tinsel & Tine Got a Chance to be on a Conference Call with Two of the Lyon Brothers Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray Here’s a video excerpt of the audio from the call (Note: video will not be visible to those receiving T&T via RSS feed Here’s a link to the Jamal & Hakeem Interview on Youtube) In the video the two actors talk about their reaction to their growing fan base; the brotherhood of Jamal & Hakeem; the scenes they found hardest to shoot. Jussie and Yazz the Greatest also talked a lot about being active in their communities, giving back. In fact, Angela Davis is Jussie’s godmother.…
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Empire Talk Week 4: False Imposition (FoxTV)
Here we are 4th week of Empire and I thought this was going to be the first week I couldn’t watch at 9pm, cause I had a screening I couldn’t miss, but then lucky for me they changed the screening time from 7:30pm to 6pm, so I was home with 15 minutes to spare – just enough time to make myself a cup of hot cocoa with brandy and turn on Cookie and them! 7 Highlights (Recap) from Episode 4 of EMPIRE “False Imposition” Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez 1. Tianna (Serayah) knows what’s up! Despite the way Hakeem feels about his mother, Tianna understands Cookie knows her stuff, so she…