matt damon and ben affleck are teaming up for a movie about whitey bulger. everybody is happy about the project. the wheels are in motion for the film on boston mobster whitey bulger. matt damon said the script has not been written, but they're searching for ideas. >> as we all know good will hunting was an amazing idea. >> but not everybody was excited abthe idea. steven davis says his sister was a victim. he said it's nothing to glamorize. >> he's also working with a script with michael o'day. >> nothing is more powerful than the man who has the true story. i think we have one up on them there. >> there's a couple of competing movies. i don't think it's announced we're doing it. the sooner it's announced, the better, hopefully everyone else will back off. >> i'm not upset they're doing it. they have the power to do what they want. >> and this movie will focus on rise to power as a gangster while serving as an informant, jack nicholson's character was based on this character. >>> the parents talk to wjz a day after their courtroom win against the state. >>>

when she was with ben affleck, there was a whole thing. they were bennifer., with bradley cooper? i have no idea. what's casually dating mean? what's the cutoff between casually and really dating? >> meeting for coffee and stuff. >> so nothing physical is what we're saying. >> absolutely not. just casual dating. meeting for some coffee. all right. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned because "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama speaking at the dedication of the martin luther king memorial in washington links dr. king's struggle for equality to that of the occupy wall street movement. the question is, will the president wrap himself more explicitly in the occupy groups while out this week pushing for the pass only of some version of his jobs bill. meanwhile, iran demands access to the men arrested in the plot on the alleged assassination plot on the ambassador. the question is, where's this thing headed? and horror on the race track in las vegas on sunday. 33-year-old indy 500 champ dan bhel don

george will be rubbing elbows with anne hathaway, ben affleck and michelle williams. >> i'm burstingith pride to tell you, drum roll, please, that our own nancy o'dell is hosting for the first time. you got it worked out what you're going to wear? >> i'm going to wear the green dress or possibly the black one or the blue. >> you have work ahead of you. you'll get it all sorted out. you're going to get backstage scoop for us. >> i am, a lot of big stars there. speaking of big stars. eddie murphy has a lot of time to rehearse. 125 days until hollywood's biggest award ceremony, the oscars on sunday, february 26. our christina mclarty talked to eddie about how he's getting ready. >> congratulations. you are hosting the oscars. are you so excited? >> i am excited. looking forward to it. i'm going to wear a powder sky blue tuxedo. >> got an exclusive here. >> in his role as first time host, eddie is already warming up. >> clint eastwood. >> eddie is already warming up. eddie and ben star in tower heist, the film out november 4th is directed by brett ratner who is co-producing the oscar cer

like in the ben affleck movie, they threw bleach on atms to destroy evidence. the real bandits robbed delis, diskountd stores and pizza rias to the tune of $217,000. president obama is not keeping up with the kardashians. the first lady and the president are selective about what they let their daughters watch in the white house. mr. obama is not a fan of the reality show. mrs. obama says she's more concerned about what the kids take away from tv. if they are learning the right lessons, she's okay with it. there you go. >> there you go. >>> the redskins starting lineup is shaping up. >> mike shanahan is benching rex grossman in favor of beck. the quarterbacks got the news early this morning. the quarterback controversy started when grossman was pulled after throwing four interceptions. that led the offense 80 yards for the only touchdown of the game. washington takes on the carolina panthers this coming sunday. >> our facebook fans buzzing about grossman getting the boot. >> about time. i thought they were going to use him last week as the start. >> adam feels d

one guy looked like ben affleck. another guy looked like marc anthony.oves. i want to say, i like j-lo, let's not forget she is an actress as well. maybe she was trying to get a little sympathy, pr. i don't know. >> that's pretty traumatic. why would you have the redux of all of your relationships out there dancing. >> for dramatic, theatrical effect, she is an actress, now with bradley cooper. he'll be the fifth one on stage by the time she goes on tour. i'm just saying. skeptical about that one. >> sticking with singers. john mayer has undergone throat surgery for inflammation. put his performances and recordings on hold. >> wonder how he caught that? >> he said he looked for an alternative to surgery. there was no way. he canceled a number of concerts including appearance, tony bennett. his album pushed back to next year. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> out of commission for a little while. all of the women of the world, get a slight break. lo rcht e loretta country singer, 76 years old in the hospital with pneumonia. needed to cancel performances.

they say just as in the ben affleck movie they poured bleach on things trying to store the dna. they told investigators they saw it in the movie. they stole from delis, discount stores and pizza rias. they napped $217,000. >>> lindsay lohan is facing more league troubles. >> the judge revoked her probation after skipping out on community service appointments. we have the report. >> reporter: lindsay lohan had to make a court appearance in los angeles wednesday. she violated the terms of her probation for stealing a necklace from a jewelry store. the judge was not happy. >> i am revoking her probation, pending a hearing. i am setting bail at $100,000. 60 days ofe judge who sentenced community service said lohan was not progressing toward completing the sentence. >> a year is a generous amount of time. the way i can count, she's got 57 out of the 60 days left to do. >> lohan's attorney made the same request she made before. >> the court is correct we are six months into it. we are six months away from the deadline. >> reporter: the judge stuck by her decision to revoke the probati

there were these basically body doubles that looked like her ex-boyfriend, chris judd and ben affleckchildren and it's raw. she has been out and about, but it still hurts. she ran off the stage crying achl lot of bus out of an interview here about steve jobs. the book by walter isaacson and that's in stores and available now. to tee that up they had sound from steve jobs himself as well in 60 minutes. we got to learn a little bit more about this guy and was he a good guy and specifically they discussed was he a good manager or was he kind of a mean manager? take a look. >> he was not the world's greatest manager. in fact he could have been one of the world's worst managers. she was always up ending things and throwing things into turmoil. this made great products, but it didn't make for great management style. >> for you took away anything from the 60 minutes interview, this book is not just a glowing profile of steve jobs and how fantastic he was and his vision was totally fantastic. i don't think anyone can disagree. he was not always good to people in restaurants and parked in hand

number four, word ben affleck and matt damon are teaming up for another movie this one about whitey bulgers on better than expected news about european debt. number two. police investigating the disappearance of a baby in missouri studying new surveillance video. and number one tonight. president obama announcing a new plan to help americans refinance their mortgages even if they owe more than their homes are worth. and that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1901, a 63-year-old school teacher became the very first person to take the plunge over niagara falls in a barrel. annie edison taylor was reportedly low on cash and looking for some fame. on her birthday, two assistants helped strap her into an old wooden pickle barrel with nothing but some cushions inside to help break that fall. she came out of the barrel with her place in history and some pretty deep bruises. she later said she would rather have a cannon blow her to pieces than make that trip again. she made the long fall and got back up 110 years ago today. and now you know the news for this monday, october the 24t

matt damon and ben affleck plan to partner for another film. >>> tmz has confirmed that lindsay lohanooting nude photos for playboy. the actress reportedly asked for $1 million to pose, but lohan was offered $750,000 for the spread. >>> and usually the judges talk and the dancers listen, but monday night on "dancing with the stars" that wasn't the case when hope solo's partner took issue with the judges about their performance. >> i have been in this business for nearly 50 years. >> maybe it's time to get out. >> let's not be disrespectful like that. >> everybody is putting a lot of effort. everybody on that balcony has been dying and killing themselves only to hear your guys a little judgmental. >> judge's decision still stands. the score for solo and her partner's rendition of "season of love "was only 20 of 30. >>> 100 years old and claims to be the oldest runner to finish a marathon. a guinness book of world records says, nope, have to prove it. zain verjee joining us from london. zain, why is guinness saying no? >> oh, kyra, it ain't going to happen. well, guinness is saying that

i just finished a film with ben affleteflec affleck. >> we ask folks on this series who would you wantink he is one of the finest actors that we have seen in so long and i would love to work with him and love to meet him. >> high praise from ernie douglas. >> the importance of being ernie, here we are, you know? thank you very much. >> good stuff. a lot of stuff about being a child actor in there and a lot of stuff we didn't get to today. interesting stuff. barry, thank you. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, top chef master marcus samuelson is here with us this morning to help us kick off a new food segment called "the dish." you're watching "the early show" on cbs. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by v8 vfusion juice. could have had a v8. [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. cubanv8 v-fusion smoothie. cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stac

. >> jimmy: a lot of -- super big cast, ben stiller, eddie murphy, gabourey sidibe -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: casey affleckan alda. >> jimmy: alan alda. >> yeah. >> jimmy: how cool is that? >> everywhere i look. i was, oh look, it's judd hirsch. everywhere i look, there was somebody famous. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah, all over, yeah. all over the set. >> jimmy: even if you looked in the mirror. you're like, that's me. [ laughter ] matthew broderick, so, that's cool. >> wow. yeah, me. >> jimmy: it's about a robbery, though. this movie. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and i was wondering, did you ever get caught stealing or doing any robbing of your own? i never read about it anywhere, but maybe. >> yeah, i don't like to, you know. but i will talk about it a little bit. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: you bury that in the press. >> yeah, you know, there's some things i don't go into. >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah, but here on our show, you're free. >> my life of crime, yeah. i did, all that i can remember a little bit of shoplifting as a maybe 9-year-old. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> you know -- >> jimmy: like gum or something

ben stiller, matthew broderick. it's killer, man. it's super funny movie. >> casey affleck. >> jimmy: casey affleck.ibe. >> i call her gabby. [ laughter ] i just cut to the chase. >> jimmy: smart. >> i'm going to call her gabby. >> jimmy: smart man. that means -- heavy hitters in that movie, and gosh, you hold your own. you're great. you're super funny in this movie. >> uh -- i appreciate it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the movie is about -- >> i just looked this way and you're like, "yes!" >> jimmy: the movie is about, like, a bernie madoff guy played by alan alda, and he rips these people off. and you guys want to get the money back -- almost like a robin hood thing -- and give the money back to the people who got ripped off. >> exactly. and my guy just -- he was -- you know, he was a new employee at the towers and he just -- >> jimmy: who did you base this character on? if you base your people on everybody? >> well, i did this movie called "the world trade center" before, and i, you know, i was doing a lot of research, and i would get my coffee at this one place, you know, every morning. an

told "gq" he and ben afleck, who last worked together writing and starring in 1997's "good will hunting," will work on a film about boston's whitey bulger. with damon starring and affleck directing. >>> nearly half the 28 million people who watched the first "two and a half men" episode with ashton kutcher have stopped watching. it's still the most watched sitcom on television but now kutcher stands below charlie sheen's average ratings and speculation is growing viewers are turned off about stories of cutchers alleged infidelity. >>> and fans of mtv's "jersey shore" can live just like a cast member, renting the seaside home where the series is taped. the landlord says everything there except the mess that he has already cleaned up. >> we can walk to the clubs and put on the outfits and the hairspray. >> fist pump. got to bring that out. come on, bill. >>> well, this comes to us from knbc nbc 4 in los angeles, california, where a few failed marriages have ignited a fire sale in one of the city's toniyest neighborhoods. divorced women are financing their futures by hawking luxurious gifts from their ex-husbands. the high-end beverly hills thrift store is stocked with me

and ben afleck, who last worked together writing and starring in 1997's "good will hunting," will work together again on a film about boston's phitey bulger. damon will be starring in it and affleckl be directing. >>> nearly half the 28 million people who watched the first "two and a half men" episode with ashton kutcher have stopped watching. it's still the most watched sitcom on television but now kutcher stands below charlie sheen's average ratings and speculation is growing whether viewers are turning off the sitcom because they're turned off by stories of kutcher's infideli infidelity. >>> and fans of mtv's "jersey shore" can live just like a cast member, renting the seaside home where the show is taped for $2,500 a night. the landlord says everything is there except the mess, that he has cleaned up. but you still need purell and a hazmat suit. don't go in the hot tub. >> i'm one of those who stopped watching "two and a half men." i drifted away. >> i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. >>> president obama spent the day in vegas saying he's moving forward on the economy with or without congressional republicans by introducing a new