{"id":951443,"date":"2026-11-03T20:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951443\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:02:13","slug":"gq-expands-men-of-the-year-footprint-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951443\/","title":{"rendered":"GQ Expands Men of the Year Footprint in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGQ<\/a>\u2018s Men of the Year footprint in Los Angeles is growing \u2014 with some A-list names in tow.<\/p>\n

\n\tA marquee franchise for the Cond\u00e9 Nast publication, Men of the Year will be celebrated at three events<\/a> this month in a showing that will mark the mag\u2019s most ambitious run in the annual rollout. And this time it\u2019s being steered by global editorial director Adam Baidawi, who took over in February 2026<\/a> after longtime editor Will Welch departed for a role working for Pharrell Williams in Paris.<\/p>\n

\n\tGQ has drafted Chris Rock<\/a>, Andrew Garfield<\/a> and Matt Damon<\/a> to serve as Men of the Year co-hosts for their respective work in Misty Green, Artificial and The Odyssey. The three cover stars will bring some star power to the 31st installment of the series, which will also feature fellow honorees like GQ\u2019s director of the year Denis Villeneuve<\/a> for Dune: Part Three and designer of the year Michael Rider of Celine.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for those events, the Men of the Year celebration kicks off Nov. 10 at the recently opened Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, where GQ will host Villeneuve with a champagne reception, a live recording of GQ\u2019s \u201cOne More Question\u201d interview series fronted by senior special projects editor Zach Baron and a VIP screening of Dune: Part Two ahead of the franchise\u2019s final bow on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up will be a \u201cBreakouts\u201d house party at the Sheats-Goldstein Residence on Nov. 11. The soiree wil host and toast the mag\u2019s 13 Breakouts of 2026, a roster of boldfaced names across film, TV, music, comedy and podcasting. (The list will be published on GQ.com on Nov. 9.)<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd last but not least: the anticipated Men of the Year bash will return to Chateau Marmont on Nov. 12. An intimate dinner honoring the GQ\u2019s cover stars will open the night and feature some starry (and filmed) toasts from special guests who will fete their friends. Then, after dessert, the action turns up a notch for the annual Men of the Year party that will once again host VIPs across entertainment, fashion, sports and culture.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis year\u2019s GQ Men of the Year honorees have delivered extraordinary performances and propelled the cultural conversation of 2026. We wanted to meet that creative ambition with some of our own. Expanding to three events in Los Angeles \u2014 something brand new to Men of the Year \u2014 gives us the space to celebrate their work, get into the ideas behind it and introduce the talent we think everyone needs to watch next. It\u2019s an ambitious new chapter for a tradition we love,\u201d Baidawi tells The Hollywood Reporter in a statement.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tChris Rock on GQ\u2019s Men of the Year cover.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Credit: Richard Burbridge\/Courtesy of GQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GQ\u2018s Men of the Year footprint in Los Angeles is growing \u2014 with some A-list names in tow.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[75522,64,63,447,322807,1439,134,3172,156752,31174],"class_list":["post-951443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-chris-rock","tag-denis-villeneuve","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-gq","tag-matt-damon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}