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"Shut up, Dora!" I was gone when Cookie said that.

Anika walking around in her underwear showed some insecurity.

Andre is bipolar, that what I thought.

Do we have to stick to comparisons with just one soap?

In all seriousness, I disagree that Andre feels like Adam. Adam was an outsider who missed out on all the wealth and privilege the rest of his condescending, unaccepting siblings had. He also barely had his father's acceptance or cooperation. Andre is a different beast: The oldest brother with his life seemingly figured out, business acumen and a strong belief that he ought to be his father's son and heir, even if he has yet to have his approval. Now who does that sound like?

He is different in the aspect that he's not an outsider, but I think the angle with him playing up to his mother and possibly being being manipulative is like Adam.

Andre gives off an Adam Carrington vibe, he sees his mother has a route to getting what he wants and will be the big schemer out of the brothers. I think he's bipolar, that was the idea I got from him taking the pills.

It wasn't revealed who got shot.

And chile I am obsessed I just watched the pilot for the fifth time. Yes I am doing too much and no I'm not ashamed.

I've watched it twice. I need to watch it again, there are so many line I want to hear again.

Snipes could have been more menacing, but Howard can be too, when Lucious shot his friend, that was fairly chilling. Of course I've seen more of Howard's work than I have of Snipes, but I still lean toward Howard's acting style.

Daniels wanted Wesley Snipes as Lucious, but production couldn't cut a deal. I'm actually glad about that, since I think Howard is better actor and fits well in the role.

I wasn't sure if this would be any good, since it's on FOX, but it was wonderful.

When he put that boy in the trash, I was not surprised a scene like that was written. I know people in real life who are capable of that sort of thing, even worse.

All that matters to her is that she got paid for her work and people are always going to side with who helped line their pockets.

Empire is throwing not so low key shade at the Haves and the Have Nots

https://twitter.com/EmpireFOX/status/552609730611273729

Move over Candace…Cookie’s coming.

If any of you SON members have run across this video, this is me cover the 80s theme song. lol.

He's got real issues. It always seemed like he did a little too much in those scenes, beyond what was necessary. Watching with my mom, she always pointed out how some of the playfulness didn't all look like acting and with these allegations coming out, I'm inclined to believe that he was taking advantage of the situation. With that said, Phylicia Rashad did go on to play with him in another sitcom, so he may not have been abused, but I certainly think he was getting his own perverted kicks in during those scenes.

There is a big difference between mainstream Republican and a moderate Republican, Scalise is mainstream, but definitely not moderate since he's very conservative. Ted Cruz is more fringe and has no filter. Regardless, on most issues, there isn't a whole lot of variance between the two.

And it would be wise to open a history book. The second klan went after Catholics, the third klan (which is the current one) is more anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim, with Catholics being an almost non-existent target these days.

Voting records matter, and Scalise's record shows that he's a moderate Republican. That's why Democrat congressmen like Cedric Richmond have been defending Scalise. If Scalise is removed, he may be replaced by an ultra-conservative tea partier. Be careful what you wish for.

Moderate how? His district is like 70%+ Republican, he can't be that moderate to get elected there. He scored a low 21% on Civil Rights, which well below where supposedly moderate Republicans score.

I really don't care who replaces him, I'm not a Republican, so whoever is in their leadership is of no concern to me.

2002 is a long time ago. That is a long time to change one's opinions. Why can Byrd be forgiven for something that happened decades ago, but Scalise cannot? In addition, Byrd was an actual member of KKK and voted against the Civil Rights Act, while Scalise just gave a speech to pander for votes.

2002 is not a long time ago, not by any stretch. And even in death, Byrd's civil rights record is still better than Scalise's and always will be, despite voting against the Civil Rights Act, his later voters were much more liberal. Records matter.

And if you think giving a speech to pander for voters is something minor, you are incredibly wrong.

But, Senator Robert Byrd (D) was a member of the KKK, and Democrats never called on him to resign.

Number one, his civil rights record was better than most Republicans post civil rights movement and number two, something that happened in the 1940s is a lot different than something that happened in 2002. And considering that Byrd is dead, he can't resign from anything.

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Looks packed with drama.

Of course there will still be some people that think that he didn't do anything at all, but I think this will reduce that number significantly.

Rape is entertaining to you?

Stay classy.

Don't feed varmints, they'll only come back for more.

Jill Scott adds her opinion and it's clearly dismissive of rape

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/12/jill_scott_says_the_media_is_trying_to_destroy_bill_cosby_s_legacy.html

At this point he should just find a really high bridge and jump, too much has come out.

Faizon Love wants attention, that's all there is to that.

I cannot seem to find anything about it online, but years ago when "Cosby" was on CBS, I remember T'Keyah Crystal Keymah making some accusations against him. I could be mistaken, but it seems like I heard something about that at one time.

This is my opinion on the whole situation. I've never been a huge Cosby fan, I loved the Cosby Show, but I really liked Phylicia Rashad and the supporting cast more than I ever liked Bill Cosby. Supposedly, he stole the idea for the show from another writer, which is a claim that I believe, because his creations for television prior to the Cosby Show were failures, but that's another story.

With that being said, his behavior is totally unsurprising, considering the era his headlining days was in. I have a friend that worked in the industry and she said if she had spoken up back then about some of the behavior from men in the industry, she would have been blacklisted. I've heard rumors that Ronald Reagan committed rape, of course his era was well before Cosby's, but it demonstrates that point that there has always been deplorable behavior in the industry among respected names.

I do think that Bill Cosby was right about some of the comments he's made about culture and that he said what needed to be said, but that doesn't excuse him being a predator, those comments really have nothing to do with his predatory behavior and are completely separate.

What he has built up is this whole "Magical Negro" persona which he and a lot of others believe make him untouchable, which is why he has so many defenders.

Has anyone else from The Cosby Show or any of his other shows other than Raven Symone spoken out about this? (And of course, that one girl on Picture Pages who was underage when she said that incident happened--just very sad).

Did anyone else see Stacey Dash's tweet about how she worked with Cosby when she 19, and how he was a perfect gentleman? (I'm not sure how to copy/paste it here like dragonflies did above, sorry) I mean, if he was, great--as has been said here before, just because a person is capable of unspeakable things doesn't mean everyone will be subjected to it themselves--but it did seem like a subtle way to indicate that she doesn't believe the claims these women have made (and given her political views/who she works for now, that doesn't surprise me).

Oh God.

Most of the women accusing him of assault are white, which indicates a patterns. Perhaps he didn't bother Stacy Dash because she wasn't his type. Predators do have types.

I think the other women are telling the truth, but from hearing Janice Dickinson's interview, I think she's lying. Something about the way she spoke seemed dishonest and she didn't seem to be disturbed at all by recounting the details.