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Sept. 8, 2024
Television
An appeals court upheld Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct convictions after he was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019.
Dec. 1, 2023
Awards
Despite the heartbreaking cancellation of the show, Jurnee Smollett found her voice, her rage and ancestral connection with “Lovecraft Country.”
Aug. 10, 2021
June 8, 2021
Movies
The cast of Netflix’s queer musical narco-drama stopped by the L.A. Times studio to explain why Jacques Audiard was the man for the job, plus more highlights from TIFF.
Sept. 9, 2024
Attorneys for actor Jussie Smollett filed an appeal to reverse his 2021 disorderly conduct conviction and to grant him a new trial with a new judge.
March 3, 2023
World & Nation
Lawyers for the former “Empire” actor rested their case shortly after Smollett finished a second day of testimony.
Dec. 7, 2021
The jury found the 39-year-old guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct — one count for each separate time he was charged with lying to police in the days immediately after the alleged attack.
Dec. 9, 2021
Former ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett says his family confiscated his phone to protect him from seeing the backlash to his allegedly staged hate crime.
June 23, 2022
Former ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett was booked in Chicago after being sentenced to five months in jail and more than two years of probation.
March 11, 2022