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In an effort to promote his new production of Oscar Wilde's Salome which runs in LA through May 14, Al Pacino created a podcast, located on the show's webpage. Though in theory there will be several episodes, there's currently only one (and it went up almost three weeks ago) -- but since the site offers the option of subscribing to the podcast's feed, it seems reasonable to hope there will be more.

In the current episodes, Pacino introduces the play, wears Crocs, explains his reasons for staging the show as a reading rather than a full production (I'm not sure I buy it, but he claims that period costumes would distance the audiences from the story -- call me crazy, but can't you just stage it in modern dress? It strikes me that seeing people walking around with scripts would be at least as distracting as period clothing.), and discusses whether Salome is going to get naked (they're working on it). It also includes footage of readings, so you can get an idea of what the production looks like. If you're not in LA, never fear -- there's always the movie, which is expected to hit festivals later this year.

[via Digg, WSJ]

Ye olde odds and ends:

• Remember a few months ago, when Anne Hathaway got pregnant the lead in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up? Well, that relationship is totally over -- there was no baby and Hathaway bailed for unspecified reasons. Apatow is probably OK with her departure, though, since her replacement, Katherine Heigl of Grey's Anatomy fame, is much hotter (plus, she can act a little bit).
• The cast of Superman Returns has generously agreed (read: had no choice) to lend their voices to EA's and Warner Brothers' video game tie-in. And Brandon Routh is not only talking, but he's letting the main character look like him -- I bet they're even sticking those weird motion sensor things all over his body, so that the game's version of Superman actual moves like the great Brandon. Mmm ... compulsory promotional tie-ins.
• Ian McShane has joined Matthews Fox and McConaughey in the cast of We Are... Marshall, Warner Brothers' based-on-a-true-story drama about the aftermath of a plane crash that took the lives of much of the Marshall University football team in 1970. McShane will play "a steel mill exec who ... loses a son in the crash," and also happens to be a member of the University's board. Needless to say, those c*cksuckers have no idea what they're up against.
• In the style of Looking for Richard, his documentary about a stage production of Richard III (in which he starred), Al Pacino has announced plans for Salomaybe?, a mostly-documentary look at the production of Salome that is currently running in LA. Pacino plays King Herod in the play, and will direct the movie; he hopes to have it done and ready for festivals by the end of the year. (Meanwhile, the search begins for another pun-worthy play in which he can appear. The Pacino of the Opera, anyone?)