Patrick Wilson

Patrick WILSON wanted a piece of Samuel L. Jackson. "I love that challenge," he said of facing off against Jackson in "Lakeview Terrace," which opens Friday. "Maybe it's the athlete in me. You channel those nerves into performance. 'Yep, I'm doing a scene with Sam Jackson, how cool is that?' But then when you're working, it's 'All right, let's get to it.' He didn't want me to back down; he wanted to go toe to toe with someone. I absolutely loved working with him."

Over the last 15 years, Patrick Wilson has painted some of the most physically resplendent paintings to come out of Los Angeles. His new ones make his old ones look tame, not quite clunky but nowhere nearly as sophisticated as his mind-blowing acrylics on canvas and paper at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Proj- ects. If Wilson were a professional athlete and his game had improved so dramatically, fans would surely think he was juiced. His paintings perform like champions, rising above the competition to do their own thing with such panache and dazzle that they are at once pleasurable and inspiring.

Broadway bound: Arthur Miller's 1947 drama "All My Sons" will be revived on Broadway this fall, featuring a cast of John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and, making her Broadway debut, Katie Holmes. Simon McBurney will direct.

Is Katie Holmes helping "All My Sons" pull in potent grosses on Broadway? Last week, the revival of the Arthur Miller drama was the highest-grossing play on Broadway, with $684,002 for its first full week of eight preview performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It played to nearly 98% capacity at the 1,052-seat theater. The revival -- starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Holmes -- opens officially on Oct. 16. It has a top ticket price of $116.50 with premium tickets topping out at $300 for certain performances.

Is Katie Holmes helping "All My Sons" pull in potent grosses on Broadway? Last week, the revival of the Arthur Miller drama was the highest-grossing play on Broadway, with $684,002 for its first full week of eight preview performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It played to nearly 98% capacity at the 1,052-seat theater. The revival -- starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Holmes -- opens officially on Oct. 16. It has a top ticket price of $116.50 with premium tickets topping out at $300 for certain performances.

-- Elizabeth Snead * Warming up in the minors Hollywood's seemingly ceaseless small awards shows are good practice for young Oscar hopefuls. 2. At the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Awards on Dec. 14, "Little Children's" Patrick Wilson broke into song ("Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ") when he won. 3. "The Devil Wears Prada" co-star Emily Blunt admitted that playing a spiteful, bossy fashion snob "wasn't a reach." 4.

Over the last 15 years, Patrick Wilson has painted some of the most physically resplendent paintings to come out of Los Angeles. His new ones make his old ones look tame, not quite clunky but nowhere nearly as sophisticated as his mind-blowing acrylics on canvas and paper at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Proj- ects. If Wilson were a professional athlete and his game had improved so dramatically, fans would surely think he was juiced. His paintings perform like champions, rising above the competition to do their own thing with such panache and dazzle that they are at once pleasurable and inspiring.

Thomas Patrick Wilson, known professionally as Tom Wilson, 47, singer, composer and record producer. Wilson performed and recorded with such stars as Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder and Ernie Freeman. After he was found to have AIDS, Wilson devoted his remaining years to helping to develop the 24-hour radio network KHIV, which provides AIDS information. His hope was to provide a nationwide forum for doctors, patients and their families and friends to discuss problems and treatment for AIDS victims.

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Patrick WILSON wanted a piece of Samuel L. Jackson. "I love that challenge," he said of facing off against Jackson in "Lakeview Terrace," which opens Friday. "Maybe it's the athlete in me. You channel those nerves into performance. 'Yep, I'm doing a scene with Sam Jackson, how cool is that?' But then when you're working, it's 'All right, let's get to it.' He didn't want me to back down; he wanted to go toe to toe with someone. I absolutely loved working with him."

Broadway bound: Arthur Miller's 1947 drama "All My Sons" will be revived on Broadway this fall, featuring a cast of John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and, making her Broadway debut, Katie Holmes. Simon McBurney will direct.

-- Elizabeth Snead * Warming up in the minors Hollywood's seemingly ceaseless small awards shows are good practice for young Oscar hopefuls. 2. At the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Awards on Dec. 14, "Little Children's" Patrick Wilson broke into song ("Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ") when he won. 3. "The Devil Wears Prada" co-star Emily Blunt admitted that playing a spiteful, bossy fashion snob "wasn't a reach." 4.

Thomas Patrick Wilson, known professionally as Tom Wilson, 47, singer, composer and record producer. Wilson performed and recorded with such stars as Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder and Ernie Freeman. After he was found to have AIDS, Wilson devoted his remaining years to helping to develop the 24-hour radio network KHIV, which provides AIDS information. His hope was to provide a nationwide forum for doctors, patients and their families and friends to discuss problems and treatment for AIDS victims.

ALTHOUGH actor Patrick Wilson has more musical-theater credits than Claire Danes -- he was nominated for a Tony for "Oklahoma!" and "The Full Monty"; she wasn't -- Danes dances his pants off, literally, to the Broadway show tune "Anything You Can Do" in a TV campaign for the Gap's "boyfriend trouser" for women.

Kerry Washington, 33, is probably best known for playing the wives of Ray Charles (in "Ray") and Idi Amin (in "The Last King of Scotland"). Other prominent appearances include the two "Fantastic Four" movies, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Lakeview Terrace" with Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson, "The Human Stain" with Anthony Hopkins, "I Think I Love My Wife" with Chris Rock, "Bad Company" with Hopkins and Rock, and Spike Lee's "She Hate Me." Of 2006's "The Dead Girl," she says, "I watched it again just recently when Brittany [Murphy]