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Taraji P. Henson , who will probably be known as Cookie for years to come now, graces the cover of Uptown magazine's Hollywood issue where she dishes on her role as Cookie Lyon on Lee Daniel 's hip hop drama on Fox ' Empire '. In the article, Cookie takes over mostly but the bubbly DC native does offer us some classic Taraji even dishing on her life in Chicago with her cast mates. “This is the happiest I’ve ever been in my career,”  Taraji P. Henson  says from her temporary residence in Chicago—the city where Hollywood mogul Lee Daniels tapes Fox Network’s new record-breaking series,  Empire , which he created and brought to Henson. “The cast is family. Bryshere [Gray] is always over here rattling through my pots and Jussie [Smollett] came over here the other day and spilled red wine all over my area rug,” she laughs. “I wake up the next morning, come out here and Gabby had told him to put salt on it. Salt is everywhere!” “I played a lot of characters that...

With the season two premiere of BET's ' Being Mary Jane ' set to premiere early in February I'm gearing up for an abundance of all things Gabrielle Union  kicking things off with the February cover of Uptown Magazine. Inside the issue Gabrielle Monique Union is candidly hilarious as usual while also providing great imagery for the mag. Union speaks on moving back to California one day, her collard greens, the idea of not having children one day and why she lives so below her means. “I feel like Dwyane provides for us in Miami and I should provide for us in L.A. I bought a really great house and we’re remodeling. What I wanted is really in Bel-Air, but I have a deep Valley budget, so I’m there,” says Union of her real estate realities. “I got a lot of what I wanted, but I had to reevaluate my priorities.” “[My] collard greens have pork, not this new age Negro-like turkey neck shit, and [for my] honey cornbread, I add, a half a thing of honey to the Jiffy m...

What a seductive cover with a random pairing. In this month’s  cover story , writer Ericka Blount Danois caught up with  Common  who recently released his 10th album,  Nobody’s Smiling . The rapper-actor touched on his sex-symbol status (he’s not working at it), Serena Williams (he really loved her) stopping the violence in Chicago (he’s a soldier) and where he fits in music today (he feels like a new artist).   But before we jump into the world of Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , check out the making of this sizzling hot cover shot on location at  The EWOW Penthouse Suite at The W Times Square –  plus a special message from Common and Selita Ebanks.   I was wondering why the hell Selita was on the cover...they look great together tho. Mmmmm hmmmm ... Source

Fantasia has been getting an abundance of love lately in anticipation of her fourth studio album, which so happens to drop today, and in keeping with the tradition I'd like to drop some 'Tasia visuals on you. Source Make sure you cop Fantasia's new album Side Effects of You .