Read more profile stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13672/profile.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:20:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74026/omg-enuf-with-ur-duckface.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChances are, if it doesn’t describe the face you’re making in your Facebook profile picture, it describes one (and likely more) of your friends: the pouty-kissy duckface. And the minds behind Stop Making That Duckface! are sick of it. “Stop doing it,” reads the manifesto just above the address where...http://www.newser.com/story/74026/omg-enuf-with-ur-duckface.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 13:50:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65071/obamas-best-pal-keeps-him-in-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the president has made up his mind, there’s one person who can change it: Valerie Jarrett, who acts as his “intermediary to the outside world,” Robert Draper writes in a hefty New York Times Magazine profile. “There are two people he’s not going to say no to: Valerie Jarrett...http://www.newser.com/story/65071/obamas-best-pal-keeps-him-in-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 8:08:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48909/rahm-less-partisan-more-powerful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s chief of staff has a reputation as a feisty, vicious partisan, but he’s trying to tone it down as he takes a central role in the White House, writes Mark Leibovich in the New York Times . Never far from his boss, Emanuel is more “chief” than “staff,” unlike...http://www.newser.com/story/48909/rahm-less-partisan-more-powerful.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 11:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43847/jill-biden-goes-her-own-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJill Biden is not your typical vice presidential spouse. She has four degrees, three kids, and a teaching career that’s unlikely to take a back seat to her Washington duties, Politico reports. “She’ll still teach in the spring, but hopefully near Washington,” said a colleague at the Delaware community college...http://www.newser.com/story/43847/jill-biden-goes-her-own-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Nov 2008 13:34:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42363/vince-vaughn-is-livin-large.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVince Vaughn looks much like his on-screen persona in real life, except bigger. Much bigger, writes Chris Jones of Esquire . Though he's writing a script with longtime buddy Jon Favreau, co-starring with Reese Witherspoon in a holiday flick, and finishing a “fantastic” documentary about Belfast, his "great golden acreage" is...http://www.newser.com/story/42363/vince-vaughn-is-livin-large.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Nov 2008 18:54:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41677/winslets-back-with-eyes-on-oscar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time around, the 33-year-old...http://www.newser.com/story/41677/winslets-back-with-eyes-on-oscar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38667/jury-selection-turns-to-facebook-blogs-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGet called for jury duty these days, and you can expect attorneys to know a lot more about you than they let on. Trial consultants who used to specialize in legwork—visiting neighbors and friends to gather clues to potential jurors' views—are now expert Web surfers, tracing things like...http://www.newser.com/story/38667/jury-selection-turns-to-facebook-blogs-data.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 11:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33974/scruffy-rogen-rising-star-of-comedy-mafia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeth Rogen's comedy career stumbled for years, but Pineapple Express may catapult him into full-fledged movie stardom, Alex Pappademas writes in GQ . Films like Knocked Up established Rogen as a hilarious "bromantic" lead, and the action-comedy Pineapple , which he co-wrote, proves the scruffy stoner can hold his own with hunkier...http://www.newser.com/story/33974/scruffy-rogen-rising-star-of-comedy-mafia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 11:05:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30172/inside-pams-wacko-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs Pamela Anderson playing us all? Andrew Goldman can’t seem to make up his mind, as he reports on a wacky road trip with the silicone diva for Radar . Goldman does manage to tease a few salient facts out of the actress, who is producing a new “docu-series” about herself....http://www.newser.com/story/30172/inside-pams-wacko-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 12:15:45 CDT