Search Details

Word: onscreen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...future hold for you? -Ed Flood, Havertown, Pa.Most actors don't get that kind of time in the spotlight, so the trick is to focus more on writing and directing. My hope is that as time goes on and people want to see less and less of me onscreen, which happens to everybody, I'll be able to direct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for George Clooney | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...part that made Canadian actress Lois Maxwell famous--Miss Moneypenny, the down-to-earth British intelligence secretary in the first 14 James Bond films--required fewer than 200 words and less than 60 minutes onscreen over 23 years. But she made the role unforgettable. Starting in 1962's Dr. No, she was the definitive un-Bond girl: the smart, cute assistant who spurned Bond's advances, knowing he would break her heart, yet lit up when he entered the room. Many "hoped [Bond] would end up with her," said Maxwell, "because all the other women were so two-dimensional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 15, 2007 | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...Atwood heels and Devi Kroell bags to offerings from big guns like Marc Jacobs and Chloé. "Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground," says Massenet. To guide the search, editors' favorites are highlighted, while onscreen Post-it notes offer styling suggestions. Then there's the lush packaging, rapid delivery and, just as crucial, free returns service. Net-a-porter gets more than 1 million visitors a month, 140,000 of whom are regular shoppers spending an average of $800 a click...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E-commerce: It's Now Just a Click Away | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...unfashionable aspects of the genre that attract directors to it. "There's something wonderfully analog about the western," says Mangold. "What's happening onscreen is happening. It's not a guy hanging in front of a green screen." Dede Gardner, who produced Jesse James through Pitt's company, Plan B, sees the western as therapeutically anachronistic and human-friendly: "We're besieged by technology, iPhone this and robot that. We're figuring out how to exist without even talking to one another. Well, you can't do that in [westerns]. It's all about person-to-person confrontation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Tough to Die | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...surprising if students in Rogers were the only ones plugging into interactive workouts, but they're not. Some 2,000 schools in at least 35 states have begun to set up exergaming fitness centers with motion sensors and touch-sensitive floor mats to allow kids to control the action onscreen not just with their thumbs but also with their bodies. Do enough dancing or kung-fu kicks, and you just might get the same level of exercise as from chasing a soccer ball. What's more, this is a workout kids don't try to duck. "Physical education used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games That Keep Kids Fit | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Next