Author: Brian O’Keefe
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MY GIRL: JENNIFER ANISTON
HOW I HONED MY STORIES OF HEART….MORE ANECDOTES FROM MY BLESSED CAREER….AND LIVING PROOF OF THE HEART OF A MOVIE STAR BY BRIAN O’KEEFE Oh. My. God. Like a bolt of lightning, a sudden squeal across the room was aimed in my direction. And then I saw her. And it WAS her.…
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ROME: ETERNALLY MINE ..AND A FAMILY DRAMA NOT MY OWN
((NOTE:This story I’m about to share with you happened during my usual 14 minute drive to work. But, in full throttle tangent-mania, it takes us a couple decades back to Rome where I spent weeks at a time working for two different networks…including that momentous trip for CBS’s 48 Hours and that search for the…
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ESTHER WILLIAMS, THE JERUSALEM GLOW, AND MORE ADVENTURE FROM MY LUCKY SEVEN CAREER
BY BRIAN O’KEEFE “You look absolutely beautiful!!”, one said to the other. It was one angelic beauty not calling the kettle black…but acknowledging the other angelic beauty in front of her. They each said the exact same thing to eachother. And they were honestly honest. Despite the fact that both were veterans in on-camera poise..this…
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How It All Began
My Little Orange Bicycle, the search for Cheeseburgers in a Hurricane Zone and the Metamorphosis of a Great Anchorwoman BY BRIAN O’KEEFE “Wow..let’s go look at that..its a huge fire!”, I commanded my Lyft driver who was driving me to work yesterday. A quick detour, I thought, just one less turn to my ABC office;…
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THE BOOKING OF ORENTHAL JAMES
THE BOOKING OF ORENTHAL JAMES “Can I borrow your crew for just a few minutes?” by BRIAN O’KEEFE “I have something special for you, Brian.”, said Irma the adorable inner city septugenarian and aficionado and believer of O. J. Simpson. I had been nurturing and visiting with Irma for months. She…
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LONDON: PART THREE — LONG DISTANCE LOVE, SOME LAUGHS AND SOME PAIN
LONDON PART THREE: 17 YEARS LATER AND THE UNEARTHING OF PAIN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > “He regifted!!!” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BY BRIAN O’KEEFE >…
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MY KIM KARDASHIAN STORY: DON’T ASK, DO TELL
MY KIM KARDASHIAN STORY: “DON’T ASK, DO TELL” “How far can we go?” BY BRIAN O’KEEFE “Are you guys OK? Are you getting what you want?”, she softly whispered with a deeply caring and concerned look. Kim Kardashian was talking to me. And Lara Spencer, one of my shows…
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TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES
“Noone ever leaves the Bubble and gets back in” by Brian O’Keefe “Are we gonna make it?”, I desperately asked the young woman whose name I never did get, roaring her sportscar at 90 mph on a cement median, somewhere in Michigan, cutting the stopped traffic. “Don’t worry, my Dad’s…
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ST. JUDITH OF ORLANDO
”Send the Altar Boy” By Brian O’Keefe I remember the stack on her desk. It was pretty big. I thought: Christmas cards in April..? “What are you doing?”, I asked my boss of the moment, Judy Tygard. She was a senior producer at “48 Hours”, one of the many creative geniuses who…
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HIS EXCELLENCY, THE VATICAN AND THOSE LITTLE YELLOW BOTTLES
“Just F#*#*n’ Do It!!” By Brian O’Keefe > > I froze in my tracks at 35,000 feet. It was him. I panicked because I forgot exactly what I should do. Maybe he recognized me… I mean I had seen him up close and not so personal twice before. But not like this. > > Not…
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