St. Petersburg, Florida – “A Gifted Man” is CBS’ hottest new fall series and the show’s lead character, Patrick Wilson, was back in town Saturday night.

The Tampa Bay native was playing on stage in front of a sold out crowd at a club called LOCAL 662 in St. Petersburg. Wilson played the drums while his brothers Mark and Paul also performed on stage with him in a band named “Van Wilson.”

The event was held as a fundraiser to raise money for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic.

Patrick Wilson says, “I feel like if you can do something you’re passionate about and have a great time you know then it doesn’t feel like a dinner when everyone is in suits and ties and you’re giving money.”

Wilson adds, “Those events are certainly important. But for us if you can get the common person that may just want to come out and have a good time and hear some music and give to charity – especially a very noble one like the free clinic – then we’re in good shape.”

Organizers say it’s fitting that the band is raising money for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, because Dr. Holt, the character Patrick plays on “A Gifted Man,” leaves his private practice to help a free clinic.

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Patrick Wilson has always been just on the cusp of great things, particularly after his fantastic breakout performance in “Little Children,” but further acclaim has been just out of reach. Projects he has signed on to since—ranging from the low key drama “Evening,” the race baiter “Lakeview Terrance” and blockbuster fare like “The A-Team” and “Watchmen”—just never quite made the grade, but coming off a massive hit this year with “Insidious” the actor has leapt straight into one of the most anticipated films of 2012.

First mentioned as an unquoted aside in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times, The Playlist has confirmed that Patrick Wilson has joined Ridley Scott‘s “Prometheus.” But of course, as with everything around the movie, Wilson’s role is unknown. But here’s what do know: the film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green and Guy Pearce in a story that is prequel/spinoff from the world first created in “Alien,” sharing some of its DNA. Theron plays the head of The Company and the film is shooting both R-rated and PG-13 versions with a decision on which one hits theaters to arrive after the film is wrapped.

And well, that’s about it. Various images have floated to the web but the actual story has been guarded. A trailer of some kind is expected this fall and the film hits on June 8, 2012.

 

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Stage and screen favorite Patrick Wilson and his wife Dagmara Dominczyk Wilson welcomed the birth of a baby boy on August 9th, according to PEOPLE. The couple have named the child Kassian McCarrell. This is the second son for the family; they have a three-year old named Kalin Patrick.

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Stand Up to Cancer, an initiative to raise funds for cancer research, has a new team of celebrity faces on board.

Yesterday, it was announced that Marcia Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Mandy Moore, Dave Annable, Fran Drescher, Dana Delany, Sharon Osbourne, Patrick Wilson, Sofia Vassilieva and David Archuleta will become part of a team lending their efforts and time to a cause that in the past has included Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

Check out the ways other celebs give back.

“We are eternally grateful for the continuing support of the Hollywood community who have lent their time and talent to this cause, and engaged the public to do the same,” said Laura Ziskin, who is a member of SU2C executive leadership team. “The entertainment industry generously offered this
initiative the most incredible resources

Many of this year’s ambassadors have been personally affected by the disease.

Fran Drescher is a survivor of uterine cancer and the husband of Marcia Cross, Tom Mahoney, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and is currently undergoing treatment.

See which stars have battled cancer.

From its launch on May 28, 2008, SU2C has raised more than $100 million to fund translational cancer research programs.

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Surrounded by family, friends and fans, actor Patrick Wilson, who grew up in St. Petersburg, turned the red carpet into a reunion during Wednesday’s opening night festivities for the fourth-annual Sunscreen Film Festival.

The star of Broadway stages (Oklahoma!, The Full Monty) and movie screens (Watchmen, Little Children), was the main attraction outside Muvico BayWalk 20. Wilson warmly greeted former classmates and acquaintances while politely posing for photographs. Gawkers without tickets to the screening of his film, Passengers, co-starring Anne Hathaway leaned over the plaza’s second floor railing or strolled by for closer looks.

Wilson, 35, the son of WTVT-Ch. 13 anchorman John Wilson and his wife, Mary K. Wilson, has walked his share of red carpets in the past but declared this one, in his hometown and supporting independent filmmakers, something special.

“I’ve wanted to be a part of this festival for a while,” Wilson said. “It’s sort of a no-brainer. I’ve always wanted to shoot (a movie) down here, or do whatever I can to give the film vibe around here a bit of a boost.”

Wilson said the fact that his brother, Paul Wilson of Wilson Media, is handling publicity for the Sunscreen festival didn’t figure into his decision. “I think I was the one who asked him,” the actor said. “I hoped at some point they’d reach out to me. If not, I’ll just reach out to them.”

“Anytime you can do something to help out the independent (film) community, that’s important to me.”

After the Passengers screening, nearly 400 festival VIP pass holders and guests migrated to the nearby Museum of Fine Arts, where live music, hors d’oeuvres and more photo and autograph opportunities with Wilson and others awaited. The opening night party was held in the entrance conservatory overlooking Tampa Bay, with the welcome desk converted into a circular bar serving cocktails.

The menu prepared by the Parkshore Grill included roasted duck breast in mango chutney, shrimp cocktails, pork and chicken nachos, bleu cheese-stuffed meatballs, seared scallops in a goat cheese spinach dip and blue crab cakes in a spicy, sweet tomato jam. Cheesecake tarts and chocolate-dipped strawberries were served as desserts.

Sunscreen gets into full swing today with screenings at BayWalk 20 beginning at 1 p.m. A complete list of films, plus ticket information is available by clicking on this link or visiting the festival Web site at www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com.

If you didn’t make Wednesday’s red carpet events, Wilson, Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum) and Michael Rooker (JFK) are slated to participate Thursday in a 90-minute panel discussion on acting at 10 a.m., free and open to the public. Later, the trio will lead the first day of an acting workshop for aspiring performers shelling out $125 for the experience.

Sunscreen continues at BayWalk 20 through Sunday.

The cast for the cheekily titled Morning Glory (aka “that film where Harrison Ford is going to try and be funny!”) really is shaping up nicely. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they’ve nabbed themselves the second Nite Owl, Patrick Wilson.

“The film that Ford is going to try and by funny in” centers on an up-and-coming news producer played by Rachel McAdams. She has to save a struggling morning show, and get its antagonistic anchors (Ford and Diane Keaton) under control.

Trying to save McAdams from losing the will to live is Wilson, who will play her boyfriend. While Wilson is clearly trying to earn some comedy cred (Morning Glory is the third comedy he’s signed for, he’s also got The Baster and Barry Munday in the works),
I sincerely hope there’s a little more to his part than just “the boyfriend.” Wilson is quite talented, and playing a boyfriend, even to McAdams, seems like a waste of his charm. Then again, how many actresses have been stuck in such a thankless part? Maybe the tide is turning.

There really is a lot of talent here on both sides of the camera: Roger Michell is directing from a script by Aline Brosh McKenna, and J.J. Abrams is producing with his Bad Robot banner. Let’s hope they can bring us a film of the witty, fun Ford (yes, he does exist) and not another Hollywood Homicide.

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Patrick Wilson and his wife are expecting their second child.

Watchmen superhero, Nite Owl II, played by Patrick Wilson, is expecting a little Nite Owl IV, MSN Wonderwall reports.

According to Usmagazine.com, Watchmen star Patrick Wilson and his wife, actress Dagmara Dominczyk, are expecting their second child. The couple already has a two-year-old son named Kalin. Asked Monday if another baby is on the way, Wilson, 35, told Us Weekly, “Yes, we’re about halfway there.” The new baby is reportedly due in June.

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