Esquire celebrated March cover star Donald Glover and its second annual “Mavericks of Hollywood” presented by Hugo Boss, a list of 23 men and women who are conjuring a brave new era in entertainment as they beat the odds, take creative risks, and make bold, innovative work.
Guests at the event included Donald Glover (Atlanta), Hollywood Mavericks Sean Baker* (Director, The Florida Project), Nick Meyer (Producer/Financier), Kumail Nanjiani (Actor/Writer,The Big Sick), and Will Packer* (Producer, Girls Trip), plus other notables, including (in alphabetical order): Nate Berkus (Interior Designer), Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (UnREAL), Kay Cannon (Blockers), Greg Chait (Designer), Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Darren Criss* (American Crime Story), Billy Eichner (American Horror Story), Jay Ellis* (Insecure), Awol Erizku (Artist), Andy Favreau (Champions), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Gallant (Singer), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Chris Hardwick (TV Host), Lydia Hearst (Model), Aldis Hodge (Hidden Figures), Anders Holm (Champions), Ron Howard (Director/Producer), Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Brandon Larracuente (13 Reasons Why), Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Director), Billy Magnussen* (Game Night), Mike Medavoy (Producer), Nasim Pedrad (New Girl), Tony Revolori (Exchanged), Antoinette Robertson (Dear White People), Stefani Robinson (Writer), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Jimmi Simpson (Unsolved), Jimmy Tatro (American Vandal), Reggie Watts (The Late Late Show with James Corden), and Jimmy O. Yang (Crazy Rich Asians), in addition to Esquire’s Editor-in-Chief Jay Fielden, Executive Director of Editorial Michael Hainey, SVP/Publisher Jack Essig, and Fashion Director Nick Sullivan*. (* Wearing BOSS.)