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Former local boy gets TV guest spot

By wire services
Published February 23, 2005

St. Petersburg native Wil Myer was 9 years old when he moved to Los Angeles with his family to chase dreams of Hollywood. He pops up in the CBS drama Without a Trace on Thursday at 10 p.m. on WTSP-Ch. 10.

Wil, now 11, plays the son of a kidnapper.

His father, Bill Pfizenmaier, said Wil most recently appeared in a Lay's potato chip Super Bowl ad, starring with rapper MC Hammer in a spot directed by Spike Lee. He's due to appear soon as the lead in a Dr. Scholl's commercial.

Wil, who shortened his name from Pfizenmaier, was a student at St. Paul Catholic School in 2002 before he went west. His father reported Tuesday that Wil is auditioning during the busy television pilot season and earned entrance into a performing arts academy in the Los Angeles area.

Wil's goal is a recurring lead role in a television series, Pfizenmaier said.

- CHASE SQUIRES, Times TV critic

Beyonce may not be nominated for any Academy Awards, but she will be the main musical attraction at Sunday's Oscars ceremony. The singer will perform three of the five tunes nominated for best original song.

She and Josh Groban will sing Believe, the Glen Ballard/Alan Silvestri tune from The Polar Express. Groban performed the song on the movie's soundtrack.

Beyonce will also step in for Minnie Driver on Learn to Be Lonely, the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart song from The Phantom of the Opera. Driver performed the song on the Phantom soundtrack.

Accompanied by the American Boychoir, Beyonce also will sing Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) from The Chorus (Les Choristes).

Counting Crows will perform Accidentally in Love from Shrek 2.

Rounding out the nominations lineup, Carlos Santana and Enrique Iglesias will perform Al Otro Lado del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries.

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