Ed Rendell is taking the Sarah Palin route out of politics: media stardom. NBC News says it has hired the former Pennsylvania governor as a political analyst.
"Governor Rendell has never been afraid to share his thoughtful analysis on national and local issues," says NBC prez and local lad Steve Capus, an alum of William Tennent High School in Warminster.
"[Rendell's] extensive experience serving the people of Pennsylvania gives him a unique perspective," adds Capus.
The news comes days after host Keith Olbermann and MSNBC parted company for unknown reasons.
Bret Michaels 'in good spirits'
Bret Michaels, 47, successfully underwent heart surgery at a Phoenix hospital on Monday to repair a hole in his heart (known as a patent foramen ovale or PFO), a rep for the Poison rocker told Life & Style on Tuesday. "Bret is in good spirits," and fiancee Kristi Gibson "has been by his side," said Carmelle Malkovich.U.S. declares war against Italy
MTV said Tuesday that its zoological study of the worst minds of our generation, Jersey Shore, will invade Italy for its fourth season, viciously taking that sovereign nation hostage in the name of reality TV."While the Stateside Jersey Shore locales have become iconic," says MTV exec veep Chris Linn, "it's really the constantly evolving dynamic amongst the cast that keeps them coming back." (Next he'll tell us the show is the culminating dialectical synthesis of Nature and Spirit foretold by Hegel.)