Taraji P. Henson Developing ‘Empire’ Spinoff In New First Look Deal With 20th Century Fox TV

Egypt Sherrod isn’t here for body shaming of any kind.

Inventing Anna subject Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, was reportedly paid $320,000 for the rights to her life story, but she didn’t get to keep all of that money from Netflix.

Simon Leviev, better known as “The Tinder Swindler”, is about to tell his side of the story.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising young actor Oakes Fegley has signed with Verve for representation.

Kanye West added fuel to the fire when he reshared an article claiming that Corey Gamble recently cheated on Kris Jenner while out at a club.

Comfortable in her own skin! 1000-lb Best Friends star Vannessa Cross has no problem letting loose while on vacation with costars Meghan Crumpler, Tina Arnold and Ashley Sutton — but Tina doesn’t approve of Vanessa’s … bare-bones approach.

“Bone, Marry, Bury.”The “raunchy reverse whodunnit” from creators Rachael King and Becca Freeman premieres Tuesday (Feb. 22) and follows party girl Allie (Hyland, “Modern Family”) and her best friend (and series narrator) Gabe (Guillén).

You might never hear The Beatles the same.

Patrick Schwarzenegger has been sporting blond hair for the last two months, but he just got rid of the highlights with help from his dad Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Megan Fox shows off her neon green manicure while leaving a day spa in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (February 18).

Candace Bushnell, the writer of the column that inspired Sex and the City, is opening up about the money that she used to earn from being a columnist.

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Bob Saget wore many hats in Hollywood — actor, comedian, host. And now you can include a literal chef's hat.Rapper Desiigner had the late star appear in his new music video for «Bakin',» which features Slushii and DJ Whoo Kid.

Today star Hoda Kotb has shared a sweet birthday tribute to her niece Hannah alongside a series of throwback snaps.MORE: Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager celebrate incredible social media milestone with fans"Where does the time go! Happy birthday Hannah B! Aunt Hodie loves you xoxo," she captioned the post which featured three pictures of Hannah - one of her playing soccer with rainbow-striped socks, another of her with Hoda and younger sister Ella, and a third more recent picture of the teenager.WATCH: Today's Hoda Kotb announces split from Joel SchiffmanFans loved the pictures and took to the comments to wish Hannah a happy birthday as well. Hoda has two siblings, brother Adel and sister Hala, and two daughters, Haley, four, and Hope, two.However she recently shared the sad news that her engagement to Joel Schiffman had been called off; Hoda announced the end of her relationship live on air.MORE: Hoda Kotb celebrates Simone Biles' wonderful engagement newsMORE: Inside Hoda Kotb's stylish NY home where she will co-parent her daughtersIn an emotional statement, Hoda said: "Joel and I have had a lot of prayerful and really meaningful conversations over the holidays, and we decided that we're better as friends and parents than we are as an engaged couple."She told her co-host Jenna Bush Hager: "We decided that we are going to start this new year and begin it kind of on our new path as loving parents to our adorable, delightful children, and as friends."A post shared by Hoda Kotb (@hodakotb)Hoda shared these sweet throwback picturesThe couple had been together for eight years, and got engaged in November of 2019.

Jennifer Aniston has shared a heartbreaking tribute to talent manager Chris Huvane who died by suicide on 6 February. Chris died following a years-long battle with mental illness.SEE: Friends stars' real-life homes revealed: Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and moreHe was a partner at Management 360, managing the careers of the likes of Salma Hayek, Milo Ventimiglia and Kirsten Dunst. "We lost someone very special.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticOver four months after being sentenced to 23 years behind bars for rape and other sex crimes, the currently incarcerated Harvey Weinstein now will have to finally face Ashley Judd in court in the Berlin Station actor’s sexual harassment case.Reversing a lower court’s 2018 decision on the grounds of a perceived lack of an employment relationship to toss out Judd’s claims, a trio of Pasadena-based judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today set the stage for a trial likely early next year.“Their relationship consisted of an inherent power imbalance wherein Weinstein was uniquely situated to exercise coercion or leverage over Judd by virtue of his professional position and influence as a top

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticTwo weeks after a federal judge decimated a proposed $19 million class action settlement for victims of the currently incarcerated Harvey Weinstein, lawyers for several women involved want the New York Attorney General to put the brakes on an emerging sleight of hand legal move.“It appears that Harvey and Robert Weinstein, their insurers and corporate enablers are so desperate to secure the deal that Judge Hellerstein immediately rejected as “obnoxious” that they are now going to ask the bankruptcy court to approve what Judge Hellerstein would not,” said Douglas Wignor and Kevin Mintzer after a filing in Bankruptcy court on Tuesday by the estate of the Weinstein Co.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs the 2020 Emmy nominations unveiling loom, the multiple Emmy winner and former longtime composer for The Simpsons has called out Disney, 20th Century Fox TV and Films and James L. Brooks’ Gracie Films for their alleged “lies and deceit” over his 2017 termination.“Through Defendants’ own documents and subterfuge of lies, Mr.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA few goodfellas are in the market to get whacked or get made at Showtime.The network is developing an hour-long mob drama from the eye-catching trio of Brian Grazer, Terence Winter and Nicholas Pileggi, Variety has confirmed. Winter will write the as-yet-untitled project, which sources say is in early stages, and is based on Pileggi’s chronology of organized crime in America, as seen through the eyes of the mafia’s First Family.The series is being produced by Grazer’s Imagine Studios for Showtime, with Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey executive producing for Imagine.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Heading into a fall that is full of Genius: Aretha, Power Book II: Ghost and more, Anthony Hemingway has inked an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television.The two-year pact with the filmmaker’s Anthony Hemingway Productions will encompass projects for Hemingway to both develop and direct for the Disney-owned unit on a multitude of platforms“We live in a world that has consistently proven that basic opportunity just isn’t enough for people within the BIPOC community,” Hemingway told Deadline this morning.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe heavens opened up on Major League Baseball’s opening day in more ways than one last night.With Biblical rain coming down on National Park on Thursday, the long awaited and coronavirus delayed face-off between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals was cut short. However, if the record-breaking viewership on ESPN is any indication, fan fervor in a live sports deprived America was hot and heavy.Pulling in an audience of 4 million, the primetime game on the Disney-owned sports cabler now stands as the most watched MLB opening night telecast ever.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“This issue is not about one incident,” declared Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today in a searing response to being accosted and insulted with profanity by Republican Ted Yoho of Florida earlier this week.

Taraji P. Henson is rejoining some of her “Empire” family for a new spin-off.

Empire's premature series finale aired on April 21, fans have been wanting to know what happens next since the season's filming schedule was shut down due to . And thanks to star with 20th Century Fox TV, they may finally get their chance.The Hollywood Reporter that Fox and Henson will reunite for an untitled Empire spinoff, and Henson will reprise her fan-favorite role in the potential series.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe Star Trek panel at Comic-Con@Home digitally went where no one expected for a while today at the virtual confab.About 15 minutes into the sprawling offering from the ever expanding Trekverse everything seemed to shut down on Comic-Con’s YouTube site. As Sonequa Martin-Green and others from the cast of Star Trek: Discovery were delivering a table read of their Season 2 finale ‘Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2,’ the prerecorded stream suddenly said “video unavailable.”The outage of sort lasted about 20 minutes before the dramatic and footage augmented panel picked up again at 10:35 PM PST.

Will Thorne Staff WriterCookie could be getting her own show.Taraji P. Henson is developing a spinoff series centered around her iconic “Empire” character Loretha “Cookie” Lyon at Fox, as part of a two-year first-look deal she has signed with the show’s producer 20th Century Fox Television.Details on the prospective series are sparse, other than it “follows what’s next for Cookie,” and that should it be ordered to pilot, Henson will of course star and produce.“Empire” co-creator Danny Strong is writing the series alongside Stacy Littlejohn and Yolonda Lawrence, with Sanaa Hamri on board to direct.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Back in 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted and next year will see a further expansion of the Gene Roddenberry franchise for a new generation, literally.Set to premiere in 2021 on Nickelodeon, the kids orientated CG-animated series will be called Star Trek: Prodigy I can reveal. Here, as Comic-Con@Home really kicks into gear, is also a first look at the logo for show:

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: The first of many Power spinoffs is set to debut in September and a lot of the Courtney Kemp-created series is still under lock and key. However, today we have more of sense as to who the new players will be and who they will be working for.Coming off a shapeshifted role on the first season of Netflix’s Locke & Key, Sherri Saum has joined Power Book II: Ghost for its first season, I’ve learned.The Fosters alum will play Paula Matarazzo on the Mary J.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“We’re off last week, it’s good to be back,” declared Tucker Carlson at the outset tonight of his Fox News Channel show.And if viewers or critics were expecting the top-rated host to dive into controversies like a new lawsuit that alleges sexual harassment and retaliation by Carlson, they were barking up the wrong cable news tree. Neither that just filed complaint from former Fox Business Network associate producer Jennifer Eckhart and former FNC guest Cathy Areu nor one of Tucker Carlson Tonight’s top and now ex-writers being exposed on July 11 for frequently posting racist, sexist and homophobic comments on a legal message board made the polemic cut on FNC on Monday.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Proudly “boldly going where no Star Trek series has gone before,” as its trailer says, Star Trek: Lower Decks has now brought Paul Scheer on board to the animated CBS All Access series.Set to debut on August 6 on the ViacomCBS-owned streamer, the first comedy in the Trekverrse will see the Black Monday alum portraying Lt. Commander Andy Billups, the chief engineer on the USS Cerritos.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticTucker Carlson is returning to Fox News Channel tonight after a sudden vacation, but along with the cabler newser itself, Sean Hannity and the now fired Ed Henry, the top rated host also finds himself in the center of a whole new legal spotlight of alleged misconduct at the now Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace-run outlet.“It is widely documented in the public record that Fox News has not only cultivated and fostered sexual harassment and misconduct, but has consistently accepted and rewarded it,” says a sex trafficking, sexual Harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from Jennifer Eckhart and Cathy Areu filed today against the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, its former reporter and

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticRevelations of a potentially pervasive toxic environment the Washington Redskins means the Dan Snyder-owned team may be losing more than their long offensive name if the NFL has anything to do with it.A day after the Washington Post published a scathing expose of 15 female former Redskins employees that have accused the organization of sexual harassment and fostering a culture of abuse, the Roger Goodell-led league has finally stepped on the field – and it sounds like the clock is ticking on the future of the team under its current ownership.As you can see in the tweet below, the increasing conscientious league calls the allegations “serious, disturbing and contrary to the NFL’s values” and, in

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs the world outside North America hesitantly moves back into film and TV production out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix’s newly minted co-CEO believes the entertainment industry will never be the same – but things are “ramping up”“I think the safety protocols will become a permanent part of production, which is a good thing,” Ted Sarandos said today on the Q2 earnings videoconference. “It been remarkable how nimble the teams have been …The nimble nature of our creatives,” the once and still Chief Content Officer of the streamer added of both projects that are restarting internationally and those still on pause Stateside.