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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Alan Alda will join the cast of "The West Wing" this season, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
The five-time, Emmy-winning actor-writer-director will play a Republican U.S. senator from California who plans to run for president.
The cast will also feature Marley Shelton as a former newspaper feature writer who joins the White House staff as assistant press secretary. The Reporter said Jimmy Smits -- formerly of "NYPD Blue" and "L.A. Law" -- was in talks to join the "West Wing" cast this season as well.
Alda -- who won Emmys for acting, writing and directing on "M*A*S*H" -- was nominated for an Emmy in 2000 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his performance as Dr. Gabriel Lawrence on "ER."
"The West Wing," which has won four Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series, is returning for a sixth season on NBC this fall.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 26 (UPI) --
Spain's Eurovision contestant, Pastora Soler, said she hopes she doesn't win the music competition because her country can't afford to host next year's event.
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WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) --
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, Saturday urged the Democratic-controlled Senate to approved House-passed legislation she said would create jobs.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 26 (UPI) --
Sudan received hard currency deposits from foreign friendly nations to support its ailing economy, the central bank deputy governor said Saturday.
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