Terrence Howard sues Hollywood agency over ‘racist’ Empire salary

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Terrence Howard is suing Hollywood agency CAA for an alleged conflict of interest over his salary on the hit show Empire. Howard’s lawyer James Bryant said that the issue stems from “packaging fees”, where agents are paid directly by a studio for successfully attaching actors or a director to a writer’s pitch. That’s why we’re here today.” Howard at the season one premiere of Empire in January 2015 As well as Howard, CAA also represented Empire’s co-creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong and production company Imagine Entertainment. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “Discovery will show that this was racism,” said Carlos Moore, another of Howard’s lawyers.