Only a few weeks left until the highly anticipated return of Empire and ahead of its season 2 premiere, FOX has unveiled a smoking hot new trailer to wet your appetite.
In the visual we see that Lucious (Terrence Howard) is still in jail following his season 1 finale arrest, while on the outside Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and the rest of the Lyon’s boys are at war and Empire dynasty is at risk of being lost with Lucious there to anchor it. It appears as always there will be some jaw dropping twists & turns. Get into the clip below.
The Empire goodies don’t end there, the show’s leading man Jussie Smollett aka Jamal Lyon is getting sexy for the new issue of Bleu magazine.
He opens on his upbringing, his rise to fame and his epic “coming out” episode of Empire where his character Jamal debuted his song to the world revealing that he had love for men. Get into the hot snaps and excerpts below.
On Episode 8 where his character changed the lyrics to Lucious Lyon’s song to “a man love a man”:
“Every time I did that scene it was like coming out again and again and again. Right before shooting that scene I felt very nervous, as if somehow things would never be the same–and they weren’t, yet they were. It’s the same feeling that I had when I did Ellen. It was a little bit scary, but it was freeing. The fan response that I’ve gotten from that scene has been next level to me.”
On his journey in Hollywood
“It’s been a lesson in patience and hard work. I never had a plan B. I know how to do other things. I always held down a job. I always made sure, as a Black man, that I was responsible for mine. That was always something super important to me and was something instilled in me by my mother–to be a hard working man, a hard working human being.”
On keeping faith
“In those moments it’s so hard to continue in your stride when you feel like no one is listening. That is the test. How much do you really want it and how long are you going to stay at it until you get it. Just have faith and pray about it–and work hard. Don’t just sit and pray and not do anything, because God helps those who help themselves. Don’t just work and not pray. Believe in something – whether it’s the universe, your God or Janet Jackson. Whatever you believe in, believe in it fully and know that it’s going to be all right.”
