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Guest Celebrities Star on ‘Empire:’ “Sinned Against”

One guest gets to sing, another gets to look a little sickly.

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Fox’s ‘Empire’ is the worst, best, most-watchable show on television—and the latest episode featured some very recognizable guest stars. Here’s who came by to join in on the Empire-ness…

Singer Alicia Keys appeared as (also a singer) Skye Summers—and she croons like an angel for Jamal:

Alicia Keys, guest-starring on FOX's "Empire."

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Rosie O’Donnell (What? Yup—ROSIE) appears as Pepper, an ex-con and friend of Cookie. She doesn’t sing, and also was apparently told to go for a natural look.

Rosie O'Donnell, guest-starring on FOX's "Empire."

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Surprise! There was a THIRD guest star: Lee Daniels. In the real world he’s an actor, director, writer, and producer (with Empire among his projects)—and in the Empire universe he’s also a director, who happens to show no fear when Lucious tries to boss him around.

Lee Daniels, guest-starring on FOX's "Empire."

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(It almost looks as if he’s giving Lucious the finger. Boom!)