Taraji P. Henson is driving down an LA street, chatting on her cellphone, when a billboard catches her eye.
"Hi, me! Hiiii!" she says, smiling at her latest on-screen incarnation: glamorous ex-con Cookie in "Empire," which premieres on Fox at 9 p.m. EST Wednesday.
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