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With all the scrutiny Stacey Dash received for saying the Image Awards promotes segregation and should be canceled, I was more inclined to watch the award ceremony this year. Hosted by comedian Anthony Anderson the ceremony was expected to be entertaining and it was. I think Anderson did a great job speaking, and addressing important topics from a comedic stand point. I enjoy the humor of Anderson who also stars in ABC sitcom Blackish alongside Tracie Ellis Ross, who won an award last night for the show, so cudos to Anthony Anderson because he's a major reason for the success of Blackish.  The ceremony honorees came to no surprise and all but one winner were expected to take home the image award. The most shocking win to me was Michael B. Jordan for best motion picture in Creed over Will Smith in Concussion . Honestly I believe both Michael and The Smiths were all shocked by this win. You could feel the disappointment in the Smiths, but their faces never showed any salt to...

"The day " Empire " fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. Fox will air first episode of "Empire" season two on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 9 p.m. ET. The end of "Empire" season one saw Lucious put behind bars and Jamal become the CEO of Empire Entertainment. Naturally, the feuding members of the Lyon family will have different ways of handling the change, and that will inevitably lead to more conflict. With this in mind, here are three things you can expect to see in episode one of "Empire" season two: 1. Lucious is still running things from jail Although the incarcerated Lucious has appointed his son Jamal as the CEO of Empire Entertainment, he should still be in control of the company. Lucious wouldn't let something as trivial as a murder trial prevent him from handling his business, so you can definitely expect him to use his influence to direct Empire Entertainment from jail. 2. Cookie, Anika, Andre and Hakeem w...

Fox Presents "The Empire"   The drama begins as critics are excited to explore this new hip-hop Soap Opera. The show stars Academy Award Nominees Terrence Howard & Tarji P. Henson, as two business partners who built the Empire, a music record label with many stars. Behind the lights and cameras are many problems and obstacles inside of this Empire, which causes major conflicts between the two stars. Director Lee Daniels is behind the scenes, so yeah this is a guaranteed "Hit" we're just waiting on the show to air tonight on Fox (ironically) at 9 pm. Fox often criticized for their political biasness on topics similar to the hip hop culture. The hip hop community is having split responses about the series, artist like Frank Ocean, who also is a character in the show, is excited, while rappers such as 50 Cent criticized the show by saying, "the style of the show is copying his series Power." The point is that everyone is talking about the Empir...