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Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015, on Fox.Although filmed in Chicago, [1] [2] the show is based in New York City and it centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
Loretha "Cookie" Lyon (née Holloway) is a fictional character from the American musical drama Empire on Fox.Portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Cookie is one of the main characters within the series, the queen bee and the wife of former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul, Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) who gets released from prison and strikes out to lay claim to half of their multimillion-dollar ...
The Lyons are gained back into Empire and are set to prove Lucious and Becky's innocence. While Cookie struggles to content with Lucious' past and with Kingsley's place in it, Candace pays her a visit and the two make up. Also, Cookie pays Tracy a visit to the hospital wanting answers. Also, Jamal and Kai's relationship hits a major snag.
Daniels said at the time that Empire’s Cookie was based on his sister as well as his mother and grandmother.“My grandmother was a corrupt politician in the ’60s. She had many of the judges ...
Eventually, Cookie and Lucious remarry later on in the series. After becoming a successful rapper and singer, Lucious uses his drug money to build his own record company, Empire. After announcing his plans to take Empire public, Lucious is informed that he has ALS and is given 3 years to live.
He went on to praise Henson's character stating "my money’s on Cookie". [14] Max Nicholson from IGN called the episode "[a] high end family feud" and praised the show for the "dynamics between the characters" and the music stating "the songs range from R&B pop to straight freestyle rap, and all of it, in my opinion, is really well-executed ...
The "Cookie Monster" in question is not just driving any Audi, though. The car appears to be an Audi RS2 Avant , the first performance wagon and first RS-badged performance car ever made by the brand.
It turns out Cookie offered Empire in exchange for Lucious' freedom. Andre and Anika call a truce over their past differences, a scheme plotted by Andre who slips powdered pills into her drink. During a press conference, Anika starts feeling giddy and suffers from hallucinations of Rhonda; she later falls from a balcony and dies.