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The Weinstein Company is looking for a replacement.
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Thus settling Penn's $10 million lawsuit against Daniels.
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Aaron Sorkin, Seth MacFarlane, and Julianne Moore are also urging Governor Deal to veto the bill.
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Lee Daniels Fights Sean Penn’s Defamation Lawsuit by Quoting Jeff Spicoli
Calling it "bogus."
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Four other actresses have also been revealed.
By Sean Fitz-GeraldLee Daniels Files Motion to Dismiss Sean Penn’s Defamation Suit
"The First Amendment is not for sale."
By Nate JonesYou’ll Need to Provide Your Own Drama for a Few Months: Empire’s Going on a Break
See you in March, Destiny's Problem Child!
By Halle KieferSean Penn Wins Minor Victory in Defamation Suit Against Lee Daniels As Case Moves to New York
Daniels said Penn has a history of abusing women.
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The show will feature a transgender lead and could conceivably cross over with Empire.
By Ira Madison IIINicole Kidman Will Guest on Empire After She Stops Living Out Her English Fantasies
It just may take a minute.
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The summer of beef has escalated into an autumn of lawsuits.
By Devon IvieDanny Strong on How Game of Thrones Influences Empire and Why Cookie Is Like Kramer
"Fonzie or Kramer."
By Carl SwansonChris Rock Was Going to Play a Cannibal on Empire
They shot a scene where he eats a plate of human remains.
By Dee LockettThe Age of Empire: Behind the Scenes As TV’s Ruling Hip-hop Label Prepares for Season Two
The creators are facing a problem the Lyon family knows all too well: How do you follow a hit?
By Carl SwansonThe Cast for Lee Daniels’s Richard Pryor Movie Is Comically Good
Best of all, Adam Sandler isn't producing it anymore.
By Greg CwikMarvin Gaye’s Son Plans to Sue Over Empire
Marvin Gaye III claims he came up with the show five years ago.
By Dee LockettLee Daniels Wants an Empire Spinoff About Cookie
"There is going to be a spinoff from Empire, without question."
By Nate JonesLee Daniels’s New Fox Show, Star, Could Exist in the Same World As Empire
Prison Break is definitely returning.
By Joe AdalianMariah Carey Is Coming to Empire, Says Lee Daniels
Move over, Cookie.
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