Daybreak Interview: Movie reviewer Jackie K. Cooper’s 2020 Oscar predictions

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The biggest night in Hollywood is just around the corner. We’re talking about the 2020 Oscars. Middle Georgia Resident and Youtube movie reviewer, Jackie K. Cooper, visited Daybreak to give his predictions for the top awards. Click on the video to see who Cooper thinks will win. Categories: Daybreak, Local News Tags: jackie k cooper, Oscars,…

Kids fighting cancer make music video for P. Diddy

KATHLEEN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local 5-year-old fighting cancer along with a national organization wants to grab the attention of a-list celebrities. Kyler Pike loves to watch YouTube videos and ride his hoverboard. He’s also been battling Leukemia since Thanksgiving of 2017. “He also goes to counseling for PTSD from medical trauma,” said Ashley Pike, Kyler’s mom. “He goes to…

Silent Santa comes to spread Christmas cheer

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – If Santa’s deep baritone laugh doesn’t appeal to the young person in your life, you are in luck this Christmas season. Children with autism, or any other sensory sensitivity special needs, don’t have to miss out on meeting Jolly Old Saint Nick. You can take them to see Silent Santa at the Middle Georgia Regional Library…

Yep, those are UFOs, Navy says about 3 videos of strange sightings

Three videos posted online that have been described as being related to UFO sightings do indeed include footage of “unidentified aerial phenomena,” a U.S. Navy spokesman confirmed. But as for specifics, spokesman Joseph Gradisher said the Navy doesn’t know exactly what the objects are. “The three videos (one from 2004 and two from 2015) show incursions into our military training…

Greta Thunberg tells Congress: ‘Unite behind the science’

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg implored Washington lawmakers on Wednesday to take climate science seriously — bringing her simple and direct message as one of the world’s youngest and most prominent climate change activists to the halls of a normally divided Congress. Thunberg, a self-described introvert, spoke slowly and carefully, and said she was declining to provide prepared remarks, as is…

Greta Thunberg tells Congress: ‘Unite behind the science’

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg implored Washington lawmakers on Wednesday to take climate science seriously — bringing her simple and direct message as one of the world’s youngest and most prominent climate change activists to the halls of a normally divided Congress. Thunberg, a self-described introvert, spoke slowly and carefully, and said she was declining to provide prepared remarks, as is…

Sandy Hook parents release chilling ‘back to school’ PSA

An anti-gun violence group, connected to the Sandy Hook massacre, unveiled a chilling “back to school” PSA on Wednesday, showing how kids could be forced to use ordinary possessions to fend off active shooters. The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation, based out of Newtown, Connecticut, depicts smiling, happy children suddenly having to employ skateboards, jackets and cell phones in life-or-death moments….

YouTuber PewDiePie cancels $50,000 pledge to anti-hate group

LOS ANGELES — PewDiePie, the most-followed individual creator on YouTube, has waded into a new controversy. A day after the Swedish-born YouTuber — whose name is Felix Kjellberg — announced that he would be donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League anti-hate group, he backtracked and said his initial decision was a “mistake” and that the contribution didn’t “feel genuine.” Kjellberg…

Student borrowers are ‘treated like deadbeats,’ comedian Hasan Minhaj tells Congress

Comedian and talk show host Hasan Minhaj made Congress members on Capitol Hill laugh Tuesday as he described the serious repercussions facing the nation’s 45 million people who have student loan debts. “This issue is sidelining millions of Americans. People are putting off marriage, kids, homeownership and retirement — especially my generation,” Minhaj, 33, told the House Financial Services Committee….

Student borrowers are ‘treated like deadbeats,’ comedian Hasan Minhaj tells Congress

Comedian and talk show host Hasan Minhaj made Congress members on Capitol Hill laugh Tuesday as he described the serious repercussions facing the nation’s 45 million people who have student loan debts. “This issue is sidelining millions of Americans. People are putting off marriage, kids, homeownership and retirement — especially my generation,” Minhaj, 33, told the House Financial Services Committee….

Drew Brees ‘sets the record straight,’ says he’s not anti-gay

After being criticized for appearing in a video linked to an anti-LGBTQ religious group, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees sought to “set the record straight.” “I do not support any groups that discriminate or that have their own agendas that are trying to promote inequality,” Brees said in a video posted to Twitter Thursday that had amassed over a…

Does this reusable bag make me look gay? Perhaps, study finds

In a recent monologue, television host Stephen Colbert mocked heterosexual men and said a new study found some of them avoid environmentally friendly activities, like recycling, to avoid being perceived as gay. “Really, men? Is there no limit to straight male fragility?,” he asked mockingly. “This isn’t just toxic masculinity, this is literally toxic.” To ostensibly solve the problem, Colbert,…

Dior accused of racism, cultural appropriation for new ‘Sauvage’ cologne ad

Fashion brand Dior released a video advertisement Friday morning for its cologne, Sauvage, featuring a Native American dancer in ceremonial garb, including a feathered headdress. The combination of the imagery and the name of the cologne, prompted many on social media to interpret the ad as racist and emblematic of cultural appropriation. “An authentic journey deep into the Native American…

Dior accused of racism, cultural appropriation for new ‘Sauvage’ cologne ad

Fashion brand Dior released a video advertisement Friday morning for its cologne, Sauvage, featuring a Native American dancer in ceremonial garb, including a feathered headdress. The combination of the imagery and the name of the cologne, prompted many on social media to interpret the ad as racist and emblematic of cultural appropriation. “An authentic journey deep into the Native American…

Dior accused of racism, cultural appropriation for new ‘Sauvage’ cologne ad

Fashion brand Dior released a video advertisement Friday morning for its cologne, Sauvage, featuring a Native American dancer in ceremonial garb, including a feathered headdress. The combination of the imagery and the name of the cologne, prompted many on social media to interpret the ad as racist and emblematic of cultural appropriation. “An authentic journey deep into the Native American…

Older people are embracing video games. For some, that means stardom.

At the start of her day, Audrey Buchanan puts on her large, round-framed glasses and walks into her kitchen, where she makes herself a bowl of cereal and opens her Nintendo 3DS XL, a handheld gaming system. While she eats breakfast at her marbled kitchen countertop, Buchanan, 88, is wandering through the world of “Animal Crossing: New Leaf,” a video…

Family’s football outing turns tragic as 8-year-old shot to death

An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people injured in a shooting at a football exhibition involving multiple high schools in St. Louis, Missouri. Police initially responded to a brawl at the football jamboree at Soldan High School at about 7:20 p.m. Friday night, St. Louis Metropolitan Police said. About 30 minutes later, there was a report of shots…

Family’s football outing turns tragic as 8-year-old shot to death

An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people injured in a shooting at a football exhibition involving multiple high schools in St. Louis, Missouri. Police initially responded to a brawl at the football jamboree at Soldan High School at about 7:20 p.m. Friday night, St. Louis Metropolitan Police said. About 30 minutes later, there was a report of shots…

Family’s football outing turns tragic as 8-year-old shot to death

An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people injured in a shooting at a football exhibition involving multiple high schools in St. Louis, Missouri. Police initially responded to a brawl at the football jamboree at Soldan High School at about 7:20 p.m. Friday night, St. Louis Metropolitan Police said. About 30 minutes later, there was a report of shots…