Throughout the series, Henson often spoke about the toll playing Cookie had on her and that she had moved on from the iconic ...

Henson‘s Empire character, Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In an emotional post on Instagram, Daniels shared a photo of them together, as well as words about how he was mourning Lydia’s passing.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York kicked off the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season with a special event on Saturday at the Empire State Plaza Northern Concourse.

Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks, the inspiration behind Cookie Lyon, the character from the hit Fox series Empire, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2025. She was 64. Her passing was revealed in a heartfelt ...

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 late ...

Siouxland Libraries’ Lucy Steiger joined us today to help us discuss the themes and messages explored in “Empire of Pain the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty.” Lucy also introduced us ...

Jewish American cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) join a tour of Poland to pay respects to their recently departed grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Soon old ...

The L.A. Times Features team shares the places that have helped them amid uncertainty, be it a hot spring, cool desert, ...

Ultimately, though, it’s a largely autobiographical book about the love of music, and how Belle and Sebastian would emerge from pain and joy and travels and trauma. Nobody's Empire (HarperVia ...

The superstar's limited edition Oreo, featuring the cookie's first twisted center, will be available on Feb. 3.