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'I Had To Create My Own Lane': How Taraji P. Henson Found Her Place In Hollywood

Taraji P. Henson plays family matriarch Cookie Lyon on Fox's Empire. Chuck Hodes/FOX hide caption

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'I Had To Create My Own Lane': How Taraji P. Henson Found Her Place In Hollywood

The actress became famous for her role in TV's Empire, but the road to Cookie wasn't easy. In her new memoir, Around the Way Girl, Henson shares stories of pushing her way to the top.

Trump Uses Ohio Rally To Bring Up Clinton's Leaked Emails, Private Server

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Trump Uses Ohio Rally To Bring Up Clinton's Leaked Emails, Private Server

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Crown Prince To Succeed Thai King Who Died After 70-Year Reign

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Crown Prince To Succeed Thai King Who Died After 70-Year Reign

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Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man

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Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man

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Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man

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Always the Same Sun Glitters

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Everyday Is a New Start Sun Glitters

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Somewhere PDP

U.S. Walks High-Wire Military Balancing Act In Yemen

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Universal Postal Union Tries To Divvy Up Countries' Stamp Money Fairly

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Universal Postal Union Tries To Divvy Up Countries' Stamp Money Fairly

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Minor Cause (Eliot Lipp Remix) Emancipator

During Homecoming, Flagstaff Bars Hold 'Tequila Sunrise'

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Eve II (Odesza Remix) Emancipator

Break With European Union Is Having Ripple Effects In Britain

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Break With European Union Is Having Ripple Effects In Britain

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'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps

Qui Nguyen wrote Vietgone to tell the story of his parents' meeting at a Vietnamese refugee camp in Arkansas in 1975. Jesse Dittmar/Courtesy of Qui Nguyen hide caption

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'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps

by Kat Chow

'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps

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Mapmaker Celadon City

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Anna and the River Celadon City

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The Origin Reki

Trump Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Spur Calls To Assault Hotlines

by Jennifer Ludden

Trump Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Spur Calls To Assault Hotlines

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Death Is a Door That Opens Joy Wants Eternity

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Uriel Joy Wants Eternity

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Pregnancy Is Personal, Not Political, In 'The Mothers'

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Pregnancy Is Personal, Not Political, In 'The Mothers'

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Humans Can't Hear It But Mice Make Ultrasonic Sounds

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Knuddelmaus Ulrich Schnauss

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Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way Ulrich Schnauss

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As Iraqi Forces Prepare To Attack Mosul, A Civilian Exodus Could Follow

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As Iraqi Forces Prepare To Attack Mosul, A Civilian Exodus Could Follow

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As Iraqi Forces Prepare To Attack Mosul, A Civilian Exodus Could Follow

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Why Didn't Allegations Of Trump's Sexual Misconduct Come Up Sooner?

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Classic (Kill Emil Remix Instrumental) Ancient Astronauts

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I Came Running (Cayetano Remix) Ancient Astronauts

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The Video Defense About Her Emails Hillary Clinton Never Gave

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The Video Defense About Her Emails Hillary Clinton Never Gave

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The Video Defense About Her Emails Hillary Clinton Never Gave

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In A Jail Sentence, A Veteran's Redemption — With Help From A Fellow Vet

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In A Jail Sentence, A Veteran's Redemption — With Help From A Fellow Vet

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In A Jail Sentence, A Veteran's Redemption — With Help From A Fellow Vet

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No Need To Know (Instrumental) Alialujah Choir

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Thief Abandons Stolen Tiny House

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Rain Plans Israel Nash Gripka

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Talk Show Host Explains Why He's Choosing An Independent Candidate

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Bob Dylan Doesn't Accept Being The 'Voice Of His Generation'

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Standing in the Doorway Bob Dylan

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Desolation Row Bob Dylan

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Panorama Daniel Lanois

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'I Had To Create My Own Lane': How Taraji P. Henson Found Her Place In Hollywood

by Karen Grigsby Bates

'I Had To Create My Own Lane': How Taraji P. Henson Found Her Place In Hollywood

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Hues Affelaye

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Want Me Affelaye

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Friday I'm In Love Walt Ribeiro

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