6/8/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Jimpire (Empire Parody)

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The Tonight Show introduced a parody called — what else? — Jimpire.  The pitch-perfect spoof reimagining Empire’s premise within the world of The Tonight Show. With a badly damaged finger and newly heightened awareness of his mortality, Fallon decides he must “entrust his legacy” at Tonight to one of three heirs: his bandleader Questlove, his MC Tariq or his business manager, Andre.  Continue reading

3/7/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Music From Empire

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Empire, the fox musical drama television series, is breaking records every week. The hour-long family drama created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong and starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, centers around a Hip hop music and Entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. One undeniable aspect of the show’s success is the music. Fox’s senior VP of TV Music Geoff Bywayer said to expect the fictional musical world to collide with the real musical world; “We want to make the world of ‘Empire’ almost feel like a real music-breathing entity.”  Continue reading