Lee Daniels clarified his statements about his hit show "Empire" being his "worst experience," saying it was merely the first time he'd ever taken creative notes from a network and struggled with ...

Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Jan. 10 to pay ... Cookie Lyon from his hit TV show Empire. “As the fires are burning, so is my heart. My younger sister Lydia has passed. She was also my ...

Producer and director Lee Daniels shared a heartfelt post on Instagram ... the one who inspired his writing of Taraji P. Henson‘s Empire character, Loretha “Cookie” Lyon.

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Lee Daniels and Taraji P. Henson as Cookie on 'Empire' Gilbert Flores / Getty Images / Chuck Hodes / Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia ...

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“In Empire, the character of Cookie was based ... Daniels did not specify a cause of death for Daniels-Rooks, who was 64. Lee Daniels/Instagram The comments underneath The Deliverance ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia, who inspired Taraji P. Henson’s Empire character Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In a heartfelt post on social media, Daniels paid tribute to his ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the death of his younger ... 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 ...