Actress Stockard Channing is to become a regular on hit drama The West Wing . Channing, who had been listed as a guest star in her recurring role as the first lady, has now committed to three seasons on the drama. Stockard has also been nominated for an Emmy award as Best Supporting Actress in the show. In other news, the quartet of actors who had refused to attend early rehearsals over a salary disagreement returned to the set Monday. Allison Janney , Richard Schiff , Bradley Whitford and John Spencer showed up Monday morning despite the lack of a resolution.
Publicists say the salary negotiations continue in good faith.
Superman Pressures Bush Christopher Reeve and actress Mary Tyler Moore are putting the pressure on George W. Bush to fund stem cell research. Christopher, who was paralyzed in 1995 has joined Moore, who suffers from diabetes, in a bid to urge the American president to support vital research. If he decides against federal support, his legacy will be a missed opportunity to make a difference by bringing hope and better lives to 100 million Americans facing incurable diseases and life- threatening medical conditions, just like the two of us. Both stars are active charity workers. Mary is the international chairperson of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, while Christopher started his own charity, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.