Brian O'Keefe

executive editor @esquire | formerly: senior executive editor @FortuneMagazine | Alabama native | Brooklynite | Views are my own.

[Brian O'Keefe @brianbokeefe]

Seems like a good morning to re-share this cover story I wrote for Esquire last year:
Caleb Williams on the Chicago Bears, Playing the Long Game, and Super Bowl Aspirations https://t.co/X2q2Yo9h3n

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Remembering one of the coolest of them all:
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If you’re going to see ‘Nobody 2’ tonight, or if you loved ‘Better Call Saul’ and/or ‘Mr. Show with Bob and David,’ you might want to check out my recent interview with Bob Odenkirk: https://t.co/jpopSblRp7

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“If I don't do hard things, am I actually pursuing art?”

For @esquire, I spoke with @BrandSanderson about taking big swings in WIND AND TRUTH, the fantasy genre's biggest publishing event since 2011. @torbooks https://t.co/ilw2hrqRoY

[Michal Lev-Ram @mlevram]

So excited to see that my ⁦@esquire⁩ feature on AI girlfriends is "Story of the Month" on Apple News 🥳🎉

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A must-read from the brilliant @mlevram, who went deep into the brave new world of AI relationships.

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Flirty, sexy, seductive, supportive. Your AI companion can be whatever you want her to be. And now a growing number of men are turning to bots to ease their loneliness or satisfy their kinks. The choices are endless. The emotions are real. https://t.co/bw15PBHZ2Z

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Nothing is better than a great college football game—except one that ends with a sensational Hail Mary touchdown. https://t.co/dv91LDtsIj

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If you haven't ever read this incredible story, you should. If you haven't read it in a while, it's worth re-reading today.

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Do you remember this photo? People have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. But the story behind it, and the search for the man pictured, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day. Read @TomJunod in Esq. '03: https://t.co/8RvmISiBMr

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“Retailers have already backed themselves too far into a corner for them to admit defeat.”

[Danielle Sacks @daniellesacks]

There's only one person I wanted to get to the bottom of the locked-up merch mania that's taken over every Duane Reade and Target—and that's @amandamull. https://t.co/Ka3kt7PPQC

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I like to think that I, too, am still evolving.

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Happy for Brian!

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It's the first day of summer and it's sweltering in NYC. That makes it a perfect day to check out this very cool summer style guide, which is jam-packed with fun reads and advice on how to look way hipper than I do.
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A 1973 classic about the Say Hey Kid. https://t.co/cexDlvxZYY

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“I thought I’d succeed where my father had failed; I’d show him, I thought, never considering that his flaws could be instructive.” https://t.co/qWORj2U6y4

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"In an age of the unreal and the fake, the AI-doctored and the dubiously sourced, slap fighting—a sport in which two men stand over a pedestal or a barrel and take turns slapping each other and being slapped—is indisputably really freaking real."

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Propelled by its made-to-go-viral moments of violence, the combat sport—in which combatants take turns smacking each other in the face—is soaring in popularity. @angermonsoon reports, in Esquire's Summer issue: https://t.co/3rxBvVJki1

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Gabe Kaplan on How Meeting Boxer Jack Dempsey Changed His Life https://t.co/vuFxpBMBdU

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"The company has been a tech darling for years, but its recent growth is next level. Revenues in 2023 more than doubled to $61 billion dollars, from an already robust $27 billion the year before."

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Investors are in a frenzy to own the biggest maker of the semiconductors that power AI. But there's some compelling logic behind the mania.

@adamlashinsky writes: https://t.co/NCuLEqIq1y

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"The thing is, Butler wants to be a particular kind of star. Not just a celebrity. Not just an actor."

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Introducing our March cover star, #AustinButler. Long before he was Elvis, Butler proved he had the mettle to make it big. Now he’s back with #MastersOfTheAir and #DunePart2, and an ambition that asks: Is he the next great movie star? @tweetsinvain writes: https://t.co/JLG59OotTY

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“Esquire paid Capote $25,000 for the story, but the cost to him was incalculable, beginning with his expulsion from a world he seemed to value above all others.” https://t.co/BgxuydhN4Q

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As a lifelong Alabama fan, I was lucky to have my team coached by Nick Saban—the best to ever do it. As a journalist, I had the opportunity to get an inside look at what made him so successful, and write about it. https://t.co/yiPKIq7wUS

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@GaryGulman is serious about comedy. I got a chance to go deep with him on his new special, his new book, and his unhealthy resentment toward billionaires and the one percent.

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America's most literate stand-up comedian won legions of new fans by finding the humor in his own battle with depression. In his new comedy special Born on 3rd Base, Gary Gulman is taking on class, wealth, and poverty. https://t.co/gWRkO4ZtPO