Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe GENE HACKMAN Police in Los Angeles reported that Gene Hackman traded punches with a man following a minor traffic collision Monday. Advertisement Neither combatant was injured and no one was arrested, police said. There are conflicting accounts of what happened. Hackman and the other driver got out of their cars to exchange insurance information when, according to a publicist for Hackman, the other driver and a male passenger started shoving the 71-year-old two-time Oscar-winner around. According to one account, the fight was over by the time officers arrived at the scene. Other reports indicate that police broke up the fight. According to one account, Hackman punched the other guy several times before the third man kicked Hackman in the groin. Since no charges were filed, the matter will not end up in criminal court. Hackman won the Oscar for best actor in 1971 for "The French Connection." He won the supporting actor Oscar for "Unforgiven" in 1992. He'll show up in U.S. theaters Nov. 9 in the new David Mamet movie, "Heist," and on Dec. 14 in the Ben Stiller-Gwyneth Paltrow comedy, "The Royal Tenenbaums." Advertisement J. LO IN FOR HALLE BERRY Jennifer Lopez reportedly is replacing Halle Berry in the cast of Ben Affleck's upcoming project "Gigli" -- described as the story of a mobster who kidnaps a district attorney's mentally challenged brother, and the woman sent by the mob to make sure he does the job right. Filming is scheduled to begin next month, with Martin Brest ("Meet Joe Black," "Scent of a Woman," "Beverly Hills Cop") directing from his own screenplay. Berry had been expected to co-star with Affleck, but she had a scheduling conflict with "X-Men 2," the sequel to last year's box-office hit. (The above two items thanks to UPI Hollywood Reporter Pat Nason) EMINEM Filming is underway in Detroit on Universal Pictures' "The Untitled Detroit Project," a drama directed by Curtis Hanson ("Wonder Boys," "L.A. Confidential") that marks the motion picture acting debut of rapper Eminem. The movie also stars Mekhi Phifer ("O," "Shaft"), Brittany Murphy ("Don't Say a Word," "Girl, Interrupted"), Eugene Byrd ("Dead Man") and Kim Basinger. 'OCEAN'S ELEVEN' Elvis Presley, Quincy Jones and Perry Como are among the artists featured on the soundtrack album for the upcoming motion picture "Ocean's Eleven." Advertisement The soundtrack includes such defining 1960s hits as "Theme For Young Lovers" and "Dream Dream Dream" from Percy Faith and His Orchestra; the Perry Como smash "Papa Loves Mambo"; "Caravan" by the Arthur Lyman Group; "Blues In the Night" from Quincy Jones; and Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation," originally heard in his film "Live A Little, Love A Little." Other tracks include "The Projects" by Handsome Boy Modeling School, a 1999 hip-hop collaboration between De la Soul's Trujoy and Del of Del Tha Funky Homosapien. "Ocean's Eleven" stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle in roles originally made famous in the 1960 film featuring Rat Pack luminaries Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Angie Dickinson.
