Empire

Empire' Returns Wednesday On Fox

... imprisoned in unlikely places. While M. K. struggles to control his powers, Sunny is determined to fight his way back into the Badlands to find his family — or die trying. 10 p.m., AMC. SUNDAY: Uh-oh, there’s more trouble for Harlee on “Shades of Blue.” After Wozniak refuses to play ball with the FBI, Stahl turns up the heat on Jennifer Lopez’s character, who lands in the middle of Wozniak’s dangerous plan to free himself from the Feds by reeling in a bigger fish. 10 p.m., NBC. SUNDAY: The diva-licious antics on “Feud: Bette and Joan” continue. As production on “Baby Jane” winds down, the rivalry becomes physical. Meanwhile, Bette’s relationship with her daughter becomes strained and Joan reveals an intimate detail about her past. 10 p.m., FX. MONDAY: Things start to get serious on “The Voice” as the “Battle Rounds” begin and the coaches bring on some heavyweight talent to aid their causes. Luke Bryan, Celine Dion, DJ Khaled and John Legend all serve as advisers. 8 p.m., NBC. MONDAY: “Sweet Home Oklahoma” is a lighthearted new reality series that follows the shenanigans of four rebellious friends who get a kick out of challenging the conventions of their conservative Bible ...

Wednesday's Tv Highlights

... Bell ) in this new episode of the pre-Civil War historical drama. 7, 8, 9 and 10:05 p.m. WGN America. Blindspot With some help from Nas (Archie Panjabi), Jane and Weller (Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton ) contact an inside source and have a confrontation with an old foe in this new episode. Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza and Ashley Johnson also star. 8 p.m. NBC. Shots Fired A North Carolina town is rocked by shootings that may have been racially motivated in this new drama series from filmmakers Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood. Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James play investigators for the Department of Justice who come to suspect the state’s governor (Helen Hunt) isn’t telling all she knows. Richard Dreyfuss, Stephen Moyer and Tristan Wilds also are in the ensemble cast. 8 p.m. Fox. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A rape suspect claims genetics drove him to commit assaults, a defense that enrages Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ). Greg Germann (“Ally Mc Beal”) guest stars. Kelli Giddish, Raul Esparza and Peter Scanavino also star. 9 p.m. NBC. The 100 Clarke (Eliza Taylor) arrives on the island and things take a turn for the worse. Bob ...

Classic Empire Back To Work In Ocala

... so far and going forward we will probably keep him here another week.". Casse described John Oxley's winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G 1) as a sweetheart and professional when it counts, but frustrating to train. At the start of the Hopeful Stakes (G 1) last year, Classic Empire wheeled and dumped his rider. "We've always referred to this horse as a bad boy," Casse said. "He's never been the easiest horse to train, he's always throwing little tricks at you and you kind of got to stay ahead of him.". Classic Empire is trying to regain a solid track toward the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G 1) after finishing third in the Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes (G 2), his only start this year after a nearly perfect juvenile season. The hoof abscess was discovered a couple of days after the loss. No firm plans have been made as to where Classic Empire will race next, with both ...

John Scalzi Ventures Into The Collapsing Empire

... metacosmological structure” that enables travel between otherwise remote star systems—and the Flow is collapsing. “Over a long enough timescale everything shifts,” one character warns Cardenia, the newly crowned Emperox of the Interdependency. “We’re about to enter a period of shifts.”. From its opening line (“The mutineers would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for the collapse of the Flow”) to casual asides (“Ready to do some space lawyering?”), The Collapsing Empire offers plenty of Scalzi’s usual wit—reading about a doomed society is rarely this much fun. Rarely, too, is it this timely: From the book’s title (which Scalzi, in the acknowledgments, promises “was not intended as a commentary on the current state of the United States, the UK, or of Western Civilization in general”) to one of the Interdependency’s particularly power-obsessed families, it’s hard not to hear echoes of current events. “The intentional nature of the Interdependency is that each system is reliant on the ...

Adobe Is Piecing Together Different Parts Of Its Marketing Software Empire

... of Experience Cloud set it apart from both independent ad tech players and marketing software rivals such as __link__ ( CRM )  and Oracle ( ORCL ). Adobe ad chief Brett Wilson notes advertisers using both Advertising and Analytics Cloud can "very easily retarget any of their audience segments with a couple of clicks and with very high match rates." The company also touts new integrations between Experience Cloud apps and other Adobe products, and the ability of Adobe's Sensei machine learning platform to analyze marketing content and customer data across Experience Cloud to do things like provide ad insights, suggest tags for content and build customer profiles. Of the various partnership announcements Adobe has made this week, the biggest is easily the expansion of an alliance with Microsoft that was unveiled last year. Adobe Campaign, a solution for running e-mail marketing campaigns, will be integrated with sales apps in Microsoft's Dynamics 365 cloud business app suite, with goal of "creating a single view of the customer ...

Empire Recap

... parades Grandma Walker on stage and just hands her a mic. That is a confidence in everything around you. Just to hand an ol’ lady a mic and know it’s gonna go your way. The audience starts screaming, “I THOUGHT SHE KILLED HERSELF,” which is a very severe thing to start to scream at an old woman. Someone gets Grandma Walker offstage, but the damage is done. Lucious is a liar and Cookie has officially declared war. Back at Empire, Xavier is trying to freeze Becky out while Hakeem is trying to get Tiana a spot at the next Empire showcase and a feature on INFERNO. Lucious decides that he’s going to go with Nessa instead because Cookie prefers Tiana. Xavier threatens Becky for contradicting him in front of everyone. I am here for a rivalry in the office for Becky. Angelo is getting ready to go to Boston to deal with the DUI accusation. He says he couldn’t even remember her name, but he remembers that he didn’t do it. Sure, dude. He got a citation for the DUI somewhere far away from the lake so there’s no chance he did it. There was another driver in the car, so he’s heading to Boston to straighten ...

Serayah On Claiming Tiana's 'empire' Crown, Her One Wardrobe Must-have & All Of That 'burning Sands' Controversy

... old California native has already slayed in a Taylor Swift music video and shined as the witty sorority girl Angel, in Netflix’s highly anticipated film, Burning Sands. This season on Empire, we’ve watched Tiana stand on her own two feet despite drama constantly being placed in her path. However, it seems like Empire Entertainment’s most popular female vocalist might have found herself a worthy adversary in Nessa (Sierra Mc Clain), a new soul singer who is coming for her crown. The midseason premiere of Empire airs this evening, and __link__ got the opportunity to speak with Serayah about Empire, the one thing she wants to steal from Tiana’s wardrobe, and all of that Burning Sands controversy. JET: Tiana has really come into her own during this season of Empire. She doesn’t want to be defined by her relationships, and I think a lot of women, particularly in entertainment can relate to that. Why is it important for Tiana to stand on her own without having to be one-half of an industry couple. Serayah: I really think it just goes back to women being independent in business and things like that, and I think this is Tiana paying homage to ...

Who Is Tory Ash On 'empire'? Jamal's New Friend Could Take Advantage Of Him

... ago. Ah, another week, another new character on Empire to throw us all off. Seriously, this show has so many tertiary characters that it may as well be an anthology series. The newest addition to Empire is singer-songwriter Tory Ash, played by Rumer Willis. Will Tory be an important part of the rest of Season 3, or will she get cut like that fashion designer’s daughter’s ponytail (RIP beautiful, flowing tresses). According to Deadline, Willis’ Tory Ash is “a brilliant but volatile singer/songwriter whose talent becomes invaluable to Jamal as he creates his most important musical work yet. Her own attempt to make a crossover comeback and her unwillingness to shy away from controversy will have ripple effects throughout Empire.” Sounds like this Tory chick is in it to win it, huh. Being the (for better or for worse) Empire aficionado that I am, I’m going to extrapolate that little blurb so that we can talk about what Tory’s role on the show could be. As of the Empire winter premiere, Jamal is in rehab because he became addicted to the pain pills he was prescribed after Freda Gatz shot him. If Tory is wants to make a “crossover comeback,” ...

Empire’ Star Counts Comedy, Playing Superhero On Wish List

... “I don’t like to repeat characters,” Henson said. “I’m an artist to the bone.”. “Hidden Figures,” the real-life story about three African-American women working for NASA during the space race, was a fixture on the awards-season circuit. “Empire,” in its third hit season, returns to Fox at 8 p.m. Wednesday and has become appointment television in an age of binge-watching. Later this month Henson begins production on the movie “Proud Mary,” in which she plays an assassin who discovers a maternal instinct. Mathematician. Music executive. Assassin. What else is on her wish list. “I would love to be a Marvel superhero,” she said. “I’m dying to get into some comedy. I think I’m a stronger comedic actress than a dramatic actress. You guys just fell for the drama side.”. In a telephone interview from Chicago, where she is shooting “Empire,” Henson, 46, discussed Cookie’s future and more. These are edited excerpts from the conversation. QUESTION: “Hidden Figures” helped inspire a larger conversation about African-American women on screen. ANSWER: I think Hollywood sees that there are interesting stories that we haven’t heard before — that was one of a million. We were ...

Empire’ Returns And ‘shots Fired’ Premieres

... on notice – especially Cookie, who vows revenge. Meanwhile, Jamal befriends musician Tory Ash during his stay in rehab while Hakeem fights for his spot in the music showcase and Andre moves forward with his takeover of Empire. Shots Fired (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) – The network’s latest crime drama follows an expert investigator and a special prosecutor sent down to North Carolina to look into the death of a white teen killed by a black cop during a police shootout. Their jobs are made harder by the media attention and social unrest in the community and the reluctance of the police force to hand over one of their own. Arrow (CW, 8:00 p.m.) – Prometheus goes to extreme lengths to break Oliver in the present while in the past, tensions between Anatoly and Oliver lead to a violent confrontation. Blindspot (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) – Jane and Weller finally meet Nas’ inside source within Sandstorm as they face off against an old ...