The ivy-league college-educated son of Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) competed against his two younger brothers, Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray) and Jamal (Jussie Smollett), ...

Much of the early buzz around Empire was focused on Lucious Lyon’s ALS diagnosis. With the series’ skyrocketing ratings, there’s an opportunity to shed light on that fatal illness. When the show first ...

Empire viewers won’t even pretend that Lucious Lyon is a kind character, but recent episodes have revealed that he has done something particularly cold, even for him — lying about his mother’s death.

Lucious Lyon is an unpredictable man. At the beginning of Empire, he just seemed like a CEO with an inflated ego, a man more worried about his money and his legacy than his own family. As the show has ...