Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson, the leading lady of the hit series Empire, is being recognized for her work on the show. Last night, the 44-year-old received the Best Actress in a Drama Series award at the Critics’ Choice TV Awards for her role as Cookie Lyon. During her acceptance, she thanked Fox for taking a risk […]

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There she goes. Again. Just a few days after shutting down the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao fight in a red number with a cape fit for a superwoman, Beyonce arrived at the 2015 Met Gala in a barely-there gown that set social media ablaze. The “Drunk in Love” singer arrived to the NYC event fashionably late in the sheer […]

When NBC announced that ‘Empire’ star Taraji P. Henson would host ‘Saturday Night Live’ on March 11, #CookieMonsters ’round the world rejoiced. SEE ALSO: Spike Lee To Tackle Chicago Violence In New Film For Amazon, ‘Chiraq’ SNL, now in its 40th year, has launched the careers of scores of this country’s premiere comedians, including Eddie Murphy, […]

Taraji P. Henson apologized via Instagram on Friday for claiming her son was racailly profiled by Glendale, California, police after a video of the 20-year-old being stopped emerged, reports Buzzfeed. In recent weeks, Henson made news after an Uptown magazine cover story reported that her son was racially profiled by officers on the University of Southern California […]

Taraji P. Henson caused quite a discussion on social media after she revealed that her son had been racially profiled while he was visiting the University of Southern California. The alleged incident, which she revealed in her interview with Uptown Magazine, led the Empire actress to send her son, Marcel, to an HBCU in order to avoid […]

With tensions between minorities and police at an all-time high these days, some parents are taking more precautions to keep their children safe. In a recent interview with Uptown Magazine, Taraji P. Henson revealed that her son was racially profiled during a trip to the University of Southern California: the college he was initially going to attend. However, the Empire actress […]

Bryshere Gray joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the 2-hour season finale of Fox’s Empire and the show’s soundtrack debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart. Gray, who plays Terrence Howard’s son Hakeem in the Fox hit, talked about the skyrocketing success of the show, which has industry insiders stunned. Gray told Martin, “We’re working […]

After enduring a tough political fight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won re-election on Tuesday. The ballots showed that Netanyahu’s Likud Party garnered almost 30 seats in Parliament, surpassing their rival, the Zionist Union alliance. Netanyahu’s road to victory was far from easy. There was a hard-hitting campaign that focused on his shortcomings and the public opinion polls […]

#CookieMonsters and other Empire fans: Watch Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) expose her ex-husband Lucious Lyon‘s (Terrence Howard) fianceé Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) for the traitor that she is, in this preview clip via Hollywood Life. Will Lucious call the wedding off, or find way to use this embarrassing moment to his advantage? We’re laying odds […]

If you get a kick out of watching Cookie act out on Fox’s runaway hit “Empire” as the feisty ex-wife of hip-hop mogul Lucious Lyon, just imagine how much fun actress Taraji P. Henson is having playing the character. Henson, who also starred alongside “Empire” co-star Terrence Howard (Lyon) in award-wining “Hustle & Flow,” tells […]

Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” take a look at March magazine covers featuring African Americans. In this inaugural edition of “NewsOne Now’s” new segment, we highlight Tracee Ellis Ross adorning the cover of “Essence Magazine,” Kerry Washington gracing the cover of “InStyle,” Rihanna on “Harper’s Bazaar,” Lupita Nyong’o on the cover of “Lucky,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw taking over “Town and Country USA,” […]