Daniels 'Pain and anger' around 'Empire' in recent weeks
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Empire" co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels says the weeks since cast member Jussie Smollett was arrested and charged with fabricating a racist and homophobic attack have been "a freakin' rollercoaster." In an Instagram video that doesn't refer to Smollett by name, Daniels says since "the ...