oscar winner matthew mcconaughey is going back to school.e'll tell you where. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm in for christine romans. >> thursday, august 29th, 5 a.m. in the east, 5 a.m. down in south florida where we begin with the breaking news. hurricane dorian intensifying rapidly as it heads straight for

oscar winner matthew mcconaughey who graduated from u.t. ill be a professor of practice at the moody college of communication. mcconaughey has been a visiting professor since 2013. co-teaching the script to screen class. now his name is alone on the syllabus. what's your favorite film. >> how to lose a guy in -- >> how many days was it? >> ten days. >> because you like the movie? >> i love it. >> hudson sing "you're so vain." >> dazed and confused first. >> very nice. thanks for being with us. i'm amara walker. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> okay. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day," august 29th. we begin with big, breaking weather news. hurricane dorian rapidly gaining strength overnight and now taking aim at florida. it is expected to hit as a major category 3, maybe even category 4 hurricane over the labor day weekend. all of florida should be on high alert for this hurricane this morning, which is expected to hit, then stall over l

matthew mcconaughey is now professor mcconaughey. >> for the past for you years he's been teaching, but this fall he officially becoming a professor of practice there. listen to him. >> after about 12 years of being a successful actor, i started to notice how much a difference there was in a script to what the final movie was, so i said let's get a class, take them on a chronological journey. >> mcconkay earned a film degree from u.t. in 1993. he's also an oscar winner who has appeared in over 50 films. >>> a lot of person with a lot of screen time, look at that big old cat. >> he takes up the screen. >> this massive cat gets a new lease on lime. the 2 years old who weighing 26 pounds is being adopted by a new family, more than 3,000 people applied for the pet. he's up for adoption in pennsylvania at the shelter. that shelter first showed him on a tweet he brought in $1800 of donations. >> that's a fat cat. >>> and some cooler temperatures. >> nice to have the cooler area moving in, but it will start to warm up a few mohr degrees. >> i like to hear you talk like that. when you talk like

. >>> as matthew mcconaughey turns real life professor.ign me up. >> all right, all right, all right. >>> this is "entertainment tonight." >>> welcome, everyone to new york city. brad pitt is just a pond jump away in venice. in full-on movie star mode. but that is not what has everyone buzzing about brad today. did he just shade angelina jolie with his new ink? that's brad mobbed today in venice. the star posed for selfies, waved to fans and made casual look cool. denim and a new t. look closely on brad's right bicep. the 35-year-old got a new tattoo next to the one he got with ang lee. it's of an image of a tall man standing over his shadow. could be a reference to brad's role in "the curious case of benjamin button." for his new film "ad astra" brad heads to outer space. who helped him prepare? his pal george clooney. his film gravity premiered at venice in 2014. >> george and i exchanged some discomfort stories. >>> a few hours later brad went from casual to tuxedo. he's clearly having a moment and soon he might have another oscar. the

great ending oscar winning actor matthew mcconaughey got his next big role it won't be on the big screenas named university professor at the university of texas at austin. graduated in 1993 and will become a professor of practice after helping to teach a script to teen course it is going to study two of his own films. one is the guy richey project guy gentleman. the nichols 2012 movie, mud. i imagine everybody is rushing to take that class, right? >> they've got to not be able to indicate he's going to be the professor on it because everybody will want to be in it. >> here we are telling everybody exactly what it's about to be. should be cool >> still ahead, one new jersey officer gets a special delivery u' wchg ghonheobt t j yoreatin"early today." a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. neutrogena® you can't fake the goodness the crunch of real almonds. how chocolatey chunks taste in cold milk. we keep it real. because you can't fake... delicious. spe

proven better on pain. ♪ >>> it is time to check "the pulse," and we begin with matthew mcconaughey. , all right, all right, or you can call him professor mcconaughey. the oscar winner has been a visiting instructor at the university of texas for four years, but now he's joining the staff as a professor. >> he'll continue teaching his script to screen film production class. he earned his film degree from ut back in 1993. now bringing it full circle. >> you know he's going to be good. >> yeah. >>> most people are creatures of habit, especially when they're picking lottery numbers. >> including this guy who used the same combination of numbers for nearly 30 years. well, guess what, he finally hit the jackpot in the canadian lottery. he won $60 million, totally paid off. >> but get this, he waited ten months before claiming his prize. he says he was overwhelmed and wanted to recheck those numbers over and over to be sure. >> i mean -- >> i would have gone like literally within an hour. >> that da me, me, i won. >> but he waited 30 years so what's 10 more months? next the story of friends

david: coming up next, a award-winning actor and producer, matthew mcconaughey, is headed to college> super exciting for students at university of texas. matthew mcconaughey, he's an academy award winner, he actually got his film degree in 1993, i believe, at the university of texas. he's been teaching there part time since 2015. he's now going to go in full time as a professor in their department of film, tv and radio, and i think students are very excited about this. david: you know, that's a course i really would pay -- i wouldn't pay for adulting, but i'd pay to hear matthew mcconaughey talking about making a movie. >> what he says is this is a class he wish he had in the '90s. david: kim kardashian, her new shape wear line has a new name along with a new face for the campaign to go with it, and it's not the kind of pretty face that you're used to seeing with the kardashians, right? >> no. people are loving this. there's a lot of controversy when she first announced her shape wear line because of the name. it's ultimately come up with a new name which is going to be skills. i don

we are starting with matthew mcconaughey. >> that is professor mcconaughey to you. been a visiting instructor at the university of texas flagship campus in austin for the past four years. and now he's joined the faculty as a professor starting this fall teaching in the university's department of radio, television, and film. >> all right, all right, all right. professor mcconaughey will continue teaching his script to screen class, earning his film degree from u.t. in 1993, bringing it full circle. >> that's pretty cool. >> very cool. imagine how many people are going to be trying to sign up for his class. i would. >> i would take it. i feel like it would be very free-flowing. >> right. >> and like the lincoln car commercials. >> yes. >> where he's talking to you. >> absolutely, and his voice is so soothing. >> so you'd either fall asleep or you're just like really into it. >> right, or just watching him. >> just watching. your "all right" was pretty good as well. >> thank you. >> next, forward fashion from gabrielle union that's looking forward. >> the "america's go

actor matthew mcconaughey officially joining university of texas at austin as a professor.iously a visiting instructor and developed a course called script to screen. >> all right, all right, all tou mike. >> good for >>> good morning, america. as we join you on this thursday, hurricane dorian is now heading for the east coast. a state of emergency already declared in florida. bracing for a hurricane, the race to prepare fo lashing puerto rico and the caribbean islands with heavy winds and rain. now threatening to slam into florida as a category 3 storm. with winds topping 120 miles per hour, the new track and timing as we head into the holiday weekend. we're taking you inside the storm with the hurricane hunters. >>> airlines on alert for the storm and the holiday rush. with millions set to fly, more than 100 flights already canceled. will this be a nightmare weekend for travelers? >>> urgent vaping alert.

>>all right all right matthew, mcconaughey has joined the faculty at his alma mater university of texas award-winning actor graduated from there in 1993 yeah he's going to be professor of practice at the moody college of communications. >>in the department of radio television film mcconaughey's been a visiting professor there since 2015 co teaching a script to screen film production class. the university says mcconnell has also taking on the role of minister of culture in that role who's going to create an epic fan experience for you tease new basketball arena. that's opening in 20 21. >>as the only people trying to get into his class. us women's soccer superstar carli lloyd says she's seriously considering trying to kick for an nfl team, the 37 year-old got a couple offers after nailing a 55 yard field goal an practice last week, she's a gl south jersey. that's why she was there in addition, an ailing a 55 yarder also the couple 40 looks really good doing it lloyds coach says she was offered a chance to participate with 2 different nfl teams. in pre season games this week. but he says

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. >>> matthew mcconaughey is kicking off a new career. >> the oscar winning actor will officially joinversity of texas in austin as a professor in the department of radio, television and film. he was previously a visiting instructor and developed a course called script to screen. he earned a film degree from u.t. austin back in 1993. >> who is going to be randomly signing up for the class. >> maybe some huge fan. >> it's going to be very selective, you have to be in this major and this far or be very overrun i would think. absolutely. good for him. that sounds like fun. if i was a little older, i wouldn't mind doing that. >>> let's talk about what's going on in san diego. 66, pretty cloudy as we look northbound from the shark tank, mid to upper 60s in many areas. cooler than yesterday as we round out the day. humidity is the reason why we're mild. higher than average through the weekend. when temperatures start to creep up, it's going to get sticky around here. at least by our standards. not by florida standards, but by our standards. everybody pretty much covered by clouds this mornin

. >>> we begin "pop news" with matthew mcconaughey or should i say professor mcconaughey.a visiting instructor since 2015 but now he has officially been appointed as a professor of practice. he's been -- [ applause ] yeah. co-teaching the script to screen film production course and even helped develop the curriculum to give a behind-the-scenes view of each stage of a film's production. the oscar winner earned his own film degree in 1993 from the university and says, quote, it's the class i wish i had had when i was in film school. >> wow. can you imagine how class starts every day instead of like, hello, everybody, he goes, all right, all right, all right. >> i'm just imagining how you're not going to be able to get in that class. everyone will decide they're a film student real quickly. >>> but now to the lat ongoing bromance between justin bieber and cleveland indians pitcher shane bieber, no relation. just to refresh your memory, earlier this month a new baseball card for shane accidentally identified him as justin in the bio. shane tweeted about it and justin wrote bac

what would you say to matthew mcconaughey if he was your college professor?my award winner landing a new role at the university of texas in austin. he will be a professor of practice for a film class that meets once a week. mcconaughey granted from ut from 1993. katie, can you imagine if he was a professor at your school? katie: no comment, jillian. brian: by the way i'm not going to take attendance show up if you want to. jillian: i would be the first person registered. katie: camping out hours and hours ahead of time to sign up for that class. steve: all right, all right, all right. brian: he is on the sideline of every football game. katie: good for him. that's really cool. brian: they pay for that, right? he gets paid. steve: he does a car ad. brian: two forms of income. steve: meanwhile, banned at the border. the department of homeland security now won't allow democratic staff members from congress in border facilities. katie: republican congressman doug collins visited the border this summer and is he here to react. that's next ♪ ♪ great presentation, t