JOAQUIN PHOENIX: `MARK WAHLBERG CALLED ME NAMES'

JOAQUIN PHOENIX: `MARK WAHLBERG CALLED ME NAMES'

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- There was a lot of name-calling between Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix on the set of their new movie, "The Yards." Phoenix -- whose first name is pronounced "Wah-Keen" -- tells gossip reporter Baird Jones that during the shoot Wahlberg butchered his name, calling him everything from "Yo- Hooker" to "Hakeem." The straw that broke the camel's back was when Wahlberg called Phoenix "Rakeem" -- like he was some kind of rapper. Phoenix says he's used to folks screwing up his name and took Marky Mark's mispronunciation in stride. However, in his private life, he says he minimizes name-calling by having his girlfriends refer to him as "Kitten." "The Yards" opens in limited release October 20.