Page 12 - Esquire - USA (Winter 2020)

this Way In

CONTENTS

FEATURES

70 How to Be a Movie Star
By Mitchell S. Jackson
You use your Hollywood power to help people
any way you can. Case study: Jordan, Michael B.

80 Go Tux Yourself
Just because you’ve been invited to a black-tie
event doesn’t mean you have to look boring.

86 The Hendrix of the Sahara
By David Kushner
The amazing true story of a left-handed,
self-taught guitar hero who has
emerged from obscurity to captivate
the music world.

92 Supra Star
By Kevin Sintumuang

Fast and lean, with a big fun-to-cost ratio, the
Toyota GR Supra is our Car of the Year.

94 The Sentinels of
Silicon Valley
By Matt Gallagher

When violence struck the epicenter of high
technology, its digital titans took no risks.
Meet the team of military veterans providing
the big muscle for Big Tech.

100 “Oh! You Pretty Things...”
A sharper mood in fashion demands you bring
your A-game to the party. It’s time to shine.

108 Flex
By Ben Paynter
The true story behind the greatest rivalry in
the history of men’s competitive yoga.

ON THE COVER

M I C H A E L B . J O R DA N
PHOTOGRAPHED BY GIONCARLO VALENTINE FOR ESQUIRE
Jacket, turtleneck sweater, V-neck sweater, and trousers by Tom Ford; watch by Piaget.

LET US INTRODUCE YOU TO

THE HOMECOMING KING

For this issue, we took Michael B. Jordan, megastar,
back to where it all started: Newark Arts High School in
Newark, New Jersey. He smelled the roses. He met the

kids. He shined his spotlight in gratitude. He missed a few Jacket, Celine by Hedi Slimane; T-shirt by Barneys New York.
jumpers in his old gym. And as Mitchell Jackson reports on Production by Jean Jarvis. Casting by Randi Peck.
Styling by Nick Sullivan. Grooming by Tasha Reiko Brown at the
page 70, he showed us what he’s all about. —Ben Boskovich Wall Group using Kiehl’s. Hair by Jove.

10 Winter 2020_Esquire photograph: Gioncarlo Valentine