The Hollywood Reporter prepares for the second season of Empire with a new feature shot on the show’s soundstage at Cinespace Studios in Chicago. Stars Trai Byers, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett and Bryshere ‘Yazz’ Gray dress up for glam images. Discussing the various issues addressed on Empire, Smollett shares, “We’d be cowards if we dealt with something like pop music and pop culture and we didn’t deal with the things that are going on in our world today, whether it’s mental illness, homophobia, racism, classicism, sexism or police brutality.” Read more on HollywoodReporter.com.