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| Terrence Howard as Howard in Lee Daniels' The Butler surprised Oprah Winfrey with his coat hanger twirling expertise Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze |
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| Terrence Howard hands his microphone to Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze |
What we do see is a marvellously unsettling scene in which Howard explains their colliding worlds with the help of two wire dry-cleaner coat hangers. "That hangers thing came from I don't know where," Winfrey said, who wears every wild fashion mutation from the Fifties to the recent past in this movie, including a tight black and white Seventies jumpsuit.
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| Terrence Howard displays his coat hanger twirling skills at the Waldorf Astoria with The Butler screenwriter Danny Strong being interviewed in the background Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze |
After the press conference at the Waldorf Astoria the next day, I held up - taking on the role of a magician's assistant to Howard's act - two hangers I brought with me from my neighborhood dry-cleaners. Howard took on the challenge, and without a moment of hesitation began to demonstrate his skills, drawing a crowd of media.
The Butler is released in the US on August 16. Read what Liev Schreiber, James Marsden and Minka Kelly said about the film, here.
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| Coat hangers autographed by Terrence Howard for The Butler. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze |
