Terrence Howard plays a music mogul in a new series on Fox. 1  CHICAGO â In the presidential suite of a Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat the two lead actors of âEmpire,â a new Fox series about a feuding entertainment-industry family.
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One having no influence or value; a nonentity. 4. a. A cryptographic system in which units of text of regular length, usually letters, are transposed or substituted according to a predetermined code. b. The key to such a system. c. A message written or transmitted in such a system.