Crystal Shaw

Ever seen the Orson Welles film Chimes At Midnight? No? Me neither. But after a quick inquiry with my friend Google, I find out that, at the core, the film

If you’re going to snatch a show off the air for three weeks, you better damn make sure it returns with some heat. The latest episode of Empire, &ldq

This episode of Empire is titled “What Remains Is Bestial,” but it could have just as easily been titled the “Getting Woke” episode

If you’ve been an Empire fan since the beginning, then I’m sure there’s one thing that brings you sheer joy — I mean in addition to

So that was it. Season 2 of Empire is a wrap! For me the finale was equal parts DAAAAMN and…meh. In Act 2, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s Th

Lucious brags about the size of his junk. Cookie says Carol has herpes. And Jamal’s life hangs in the balance…in other words, just another day

Family is the focus of this latest episode of Empire, titled “More Than Kin.” Once again, the title is borrowed from Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Empire writers are all up in their Shakespearean feelings. They’ve quoted him time and time again, in the naming and telling of this hoodtastic (I ma

I hope Empire isn’t doing what I think it’s doing. And that is: trying to power through the rest of this season. I want it to take its time wit

The first half of Empire's second season was like that significant other with whom things were getting serious, but who starts acting like a brand-new

Because we’re smack dab in the middle of a holiday, I must give thanks to Lee Daniels for blessing us with this episode of Empire, titled “Sinn

Whoever made the decision to greenlight Vivica A. Fox as Cookie’s (Taraji P. Henson) highfalutin sister Candace gets a gold star. I waited the entire

“Hip-hop is a dish best served raw.” At least that’s what Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) says in episode 6, and I’d like to argue t

Relationships are complicated. Any fool knows that. So when you tell someone “I love you,” and their response is “I know you do,” a

Lucious Lyon is one cold bastard. He’s more chauvinistic, egotistical, sexist, pigheaded, and heartless than ever. Didn’t you just love every o

I’m just going to say it. Did anyone else feel like they were watching the deleted scenes from the film Hustle & Flow (2005) during tonight&rsquo