ESQUIRE NETWORK TO PREMIERE "HOW TO MAKE A MAN" SPECIAL DECEMBER 20 AT 10:30P E/P

Half-Hour Special Interviews Icons, Actors, Musicians and Filmmakers About the Importance of Mentoring in Men's Lives

WHAT: Esquire Network and Esquire magazine are asking men to up their game in the upcoming 30-minute original special, HOW TO MAKE A MAN. The special showcases Esquire magazine's The Mentoring Project, a nationwide effort to create 100,000 new male mentors over the next five years.

HOW TO MAKE A MAN chronicles the birth of The Mentoring Project, outlines the societal importance of mentoring for young men, and features interviews with actors, filmmakers, musicians and icons about the role of mentoring in their own lives.

Interviews include:

· Aziz Ansari, Actor

· Kevin Bacon, Actor

· Steve Carell, Actor

· Kevin Durant, NBA Player

· James Franco, Actor

· Willie Geist, TV Personality

· Bill Hader, Actor

· Samuel Jackson, Actor

· Penn Jillette, Magician

· Quincy Jones, Producer

· Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night Host

· Ezra Klein, Journalist

· LL Cool J, Rapper/Actor

· Bill Maher, Comedian/Talk Show Host

· General David Petraeus, Former Director, CIA

· Chris Pratt, Actor

· Jason Reitman, Director

· Tyler Perry, Media Mogul

· Questlove, Musician

· Kenny Rogers, Country Music Legend

· Aaron Sorkin, Writer

· George Stephanopoulos, TV Journalist

HOW TO MAKE A MAN is produced for Esquire Network by Wilshire Studios.

For more about Esquire's mentoring project, please visit: https://mentoring.esquire.com/