‘Empire’ News Round Up: Mariah Carey Preview & More

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With Empire Season 3 premiere just around the corner (Sept. 21st!), the hit Fox series has been in the news a lot lately. The cast and crew have been dropping hints about the upcoming season in various news outlets and it’ll get you even more excited for Empire‘s big premiere in September.

Mariah Carey Empire
Mariah Carey Empire

Are you struggling to keep up? Don’t worry — we’ve got all the news you need right here so you won’t fall behind when it comes to all the Empire talk among friends.

Here’s what you need to know below.

  • First things first: The official Season 3 trailer is out (above).
  • Mariah Carey is guest-starring on Empire as Kitty, a singer who works with Jamal and Cookie on a new duet. [TV Guide]
  • Taye Diggs has been cast as Cookie’s maybe love interest, because he’s Taye Freakin’ Diggs. He’ll be playing a Barack Obama-inspired character named Angelo Dubois, a New York councilman with a Harvard law degree and a wealthy family background (sound familiar?). [Entertainment Weekly]
  • Phylicia Rashad has been cast to play Angelo’s mom Diana, which I’m taking to mean that we’ll be seeing a lot of Angelo and his family — and so will Cookie. [Playbill]

    • Morocco Omari, who plays Tariq Cousins, will be a series regular. If you remember, Tariq was revealed to be Lucious’ half-brother. [The Hollywood Reporter]

  • The season will have more flashbacks, but this time they’ll be of Cookie and Lucious’ younger days. “What I love about this season in particular are the flashbacks,” Taraji P. Henson (Cookie) said. “You really get to learn more about where Cookie comes from.” [WSVN]

And finally, the official Fox episode description for Sept. 21st’s season premiere:

“EMPIRE picks up exactly where Season Two ended – Hakeem left at the altar, Lucious and Anika married and Anika and Rhonda fighting on the roof – until someone falls. Also, Lucious pursues his music legacy with his streaming service, while clashing with his half-brother, Tariq (Morocco Omari), who is leading a federal task force investigating him in the all-new “Light in Darkness” Season Premiere episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, Sept. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.” [CarterMatt]