James 'Whitey' Bulger Request To Ban Boston Globe Journalists Under Review By Judge

The Boston Globe offers a piece on James 'Whitey' Bulger's request to ban the Globe's reporters and other journalists from his trial. (Bulger is seen in the above FBI photos).

James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who allegedly rampaged through Boston’s underworld for decades, is trying to exclude veteran Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and reporter Shelley Murphy from covering his much-anticipated trial simply because he hates them, a federal prosecutor said today.

Assistant US Attorney Brian T. Kelly told a federal judge that the 83-year-old Bulger can be heard on jailhouse tape recordings describing his loathing for Cullen and Murphy, who recently published a book that chronicles Bulger’s career as a vicious criminal who worked as an informant for the FBI.
“It’s all over jailhouse tapes. He hates certain members of the media, including Murphy, Cullen and Howie Carr. Especially Howie Carr,’’ Kelly said, referring to Boston Herald columnist and talk show host Howie Carr. “He is trying to use this as a tool to kick out people the defendant doesn't like.’’

You can read the rest of the story via the below link:

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/CrEaAwPV7WxpPEyHEjmcTK/story.html

Mat Damon And Ben Affleck To Make Film About Boston Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger

Amy Wallace at GQ.com reports that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are planning to make a film about James "Whitey" Bulger.

Damon will portray Bulger and Affleck will direct.

Just days after Matt Damon confirmed that he's settled on his first directing project, the actor tells GQ that he and Ben Affleck have also chosen their next collaboration: a movie about the reputed former godfather of the Irish Mob, one of the coldest, most ruthless figures in the history of organized crime.

"We're doing a Whitey Bulger movie," Damon says of the leader of South Boston's Winter Hill Gang, who had been on the lam for 16 years and was wanted for 19 murders, among other things, when he was apprehended in Santa Monica in June. "Warner's got it for us."

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201110/whitey-bulger-matt-damon-ben-affleck-irish-mob