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Recovering: Rodney Dangerfield will not perform at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 19 as planned. A publicist for the 81-year-old comic said he needs more rest after surgery at UCLA Medical Center last month.

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Divorcing: Actress and model Rachel Hunter has filed for divorce from singer Rod Stewart because of irreconcilable differences.... Gina Kimmel also cites irreconcilable differences in divorce proceedings against late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel after more than 13 years of marriage.

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Media: Citing unnamed sources, TIME.com reports that former Vice President Al Gore has been “exploring and encouraging” the creation of a media enterprise “that could challenge the dominance of conservative voices in cable television and talk radio.”

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Fellowship: Choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, artistic director of the Long Beach-based Khmer Arts Academy, has received a Guggenheim Fellowship that will enable her to spend a year developing new work in the traditional forms of Cambodian performance.