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From his tormented neurotic in River's Edge to his manic-nerd dad in Back to the Future, the thin, plain Glover has always popped on-screen. But he is perhaps most famous for a 1987 appearance on David Letterman in which a long-haired Glover yelled, "I can kick! I can kick!" and proceeded to kick inches from Letterman's face. His reputation also springs from the fact that his role in the Back to the Future sequels was filled in by a Glover look-alike with Gloveresque prosthetics. And quite a few people heard that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: But Crazy in A Good Way | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...which use the same display technology found in laptop computers, are lighter and last at least twice as long as plasma screens. But picture quality generally falls short of both plasma and crt sets. lcd displays have a slow response rate, meaning they don't handle fast on-screen action well. When Bruce Willis dives from that burning building or Ronaldo launches a perfect strike into the upper left hand corner of the net, objects moving quickly across the screen are liable to leave ghostly "tracers" in their wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lean Machines | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

Until Antwone Fisher, Luke said, his on-screen experience consisted solely of two one-liners on the television show “The King of Queens” and one memorable line on “Moesha...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Sneaks Peek At Denzel’s Latest Film | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...LATEST COVER STORY Asano: Japan's On-Screen Id October 21, 2002 Issue Past Issues China's Most Wanted Oct. 14, 2002 ----------------- Headache Prevention Oct. 7, 2002 ----------------- Asia's AIDS Crisis Sep. 30, 2002 ----------------- China's New Rich Sep. 23, 2002 ----------------- Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey Aug. 19-26, 2002 ----------------- 9/11: A History Aug. 12, 2002 ----------------- Plastic Surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's P-Chip Puzzle | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...LATEST COVER STORY Asano: Japan's On-Screen Id October 21, 2002 Issue Past Issues China's Most Wanted Oct. 14, 2002 ----------------- Headache Prevention Oct. 7, 2002 ----------------- Asia's AIDS Crisis Sep. 30, 2002 ----------------- China's New Rich Sep. 23, 2002 ----------------- Ready for War? Sep. 16, 2002 ----------------- 9/11 Remembered Sep. 9, 2002 ----------------- Green Century Sep. 2, 2002 ----------------- Asian Journey Aug. 19-26, 2002 ----------------- 9/11: A History Aug. 12, 2002 ----------------- Plastic Surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Mother Teresa Got to Do with It? | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

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