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Textile Designer Hana Getachew On The Power Of Intentional Home Decor

Empire Season 3 Finale Recap: "Toil & Trouble Pt. 2"

Empire Season 3, Episode 17 Recap: "Toil & Trouble, Pt. 1"

Empire Season 3, Episode 16 Recap: "Absent Child"

The obvious victims in “Absent Child” are Hakeem and Anika. As the title of the episode suggests, they have lost their baby at the hands of child servi

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3, Episode 15 Recap: "Civil Hands Unclean"

Lucious is in the studio with a live band, recording a song for the Inferno album, with Snoop Dogg and a whole entourage chilling on the other side of the

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3, Episode 14 Recap: "Love Is A Smoke"

“We both know that love and romance is all bull, right?” Lucious reminds Cookie, when she walks in on him listening to an old ballad he wrote about Giu

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3, Episode 13 Recap: "The Naked Villainy"

Lucious is sick. He’s got a virus that’s made him bedridden, overly paranoid and stressed out. Hakeem asks “does he have ALS again?” It’s a call

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3 Episode 12 Recap: "Strange Bedfellows"

Tonight’s episode of Empire begs the question: Do people really change? Can we really run away from our dark pasts? Does true maturity come with age, or

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: "Play On"

There’s a question I’ve been asking myself since last season of Empire, when, for a fleeting moment, it seemed like Cookie and Lucious were getting bac

by Alisha Acquaye

Empire Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: "Sound & Fury"

Lucious erupts from a flurry of flames like the foreboding, insidious devil he is, in a black suit, cane (cough, pitchfork), and blazing pupils for eyes. T

by Alisha Acquaye