News | September 25, 2015 03:30 AM EDT

Lonnae O'Neal: The pope and 'Empire' bookend a Washington day - Washington Post

It was nearly half past 7 when the traffic opened up, and we saw the sign.

The bass line spilled from the Howard Theatre entrance, and the overheads bathed the excesses of hip-hop in high-wattage light. There was the gold kitted-up car, the velvet ropes, the women in tight dresses and gladiator shoes wrapping around their calves, the player-players in satin suits and walking canes. The party people had gathered to make some noise, take some pics, throw out a few oh-no-he-didn’ts as they eagerly awaited the second-season premiere of the smash Fox melodrama “Empire.”

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