Taye Diggs says he still stands behind Jussie Smollett and they’re trying to find a project they can work on together. Taye Diggs had a recurring role on Season 3 of “Empire.” He told “Extra,” “He’s my boy and I will always be in support of him and that’s that. It’s a very interesting time […]
Chicago Police released a lot of information in regard to the Jussie Smollett case. One nugget going out is that Jussie allegedly texted Abel Osundairo, one of the Nigerian brothers that allegedly carried out the “attack,” and offered to pay for an erotic massage at his place. Jussie made clear it was a non-sexual massage. […]
Lee Daniels made it that clear when he responded to rumors that Jussie Smollett would be coming back to “Empire.” Lee, said, “This is not factual. Jussie will NOT be returning.” Lee Daniels was responding to reports confirming that writers were scrambling to write Jussie’s character, Jamal Lyon, back into the show. Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s […]
According to B. Scott, “A well placed source exclusively tells lovebscott.com that Jussie Smollett and writer-director Patrik-Ian Polk (Noah’s Arc, Being Mary Jane, P-Valley) were once MARRIED!” They married in 2011 right after Patrik cast Jussie in his 2010 movie “The Skinny.” They divorced in 2014. Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news […]
Chicago PD unsealed 460 pages worth of documents from Jussie’s case. Some have information that had not been made public. Info included was witness accounts from both a Sheraton hotel security guard and a neighbor. The accounts, which were never released, suggest that there likely could have been a White male involved in Jussie’s attack, […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV said in a side statement, “By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett’s option for Season 6, but at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). JoJo is Jussie’s older brother and he wrote an essay for BET. JoJo talked about the backlash Jussie got and then talked about Chicago P.D. “One important note, the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department announced publicly that Jussie’s motive in staging […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). If there’s a season 6 of “Empire,” Jussie Smollet will be back. Taraji said so after Joy Behar asked on “The View” if Jussie would be back. “Empire,” is on hiatus. Taraji said, “Yes. I haven’t heard anything else.” Source: TMZ -Tony […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Chicago told Jussie Smollett he had a week to pay the city $130,000 for investigating what the city says were false claims of an attack. The deadline was yesterday. Bill McCaffrey, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Law, said in a […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Chicago wants $130,000 from Jussie to pay for investigative costs into what city authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack or risk getting slapped with a civil lawsuit. Today is seven days since Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s police chief sent Jussie a […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). R. Kelly’s lawyers are losing sleep because Jussie got off. It may mean prosecutors are desperate for a win. Steven Greenberg, R. Kelly’s lawyer, said, “I think it makes it more difficult for a friendly disposition because they’re going to be extremely […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Chris Rock was told no Jussie jokes. That was like telling him to tell Jussie jokes. “They said ‘No Jussie Smollett jokes,’ ” Chris said. He was presenting the Outstanding Comedy Series award. “What a waste of light skin. Do you know […]