I got my 15 minutes of fame, as they say.
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With any good viral video comes 15 minutes of fame.
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Many thought that was it, 15 minutes of fame over.
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Chewbacca Mom's 15 minutes of fame are miraculously getting even longer.
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"That or they want their 15 minutes of fame," Trump said.
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Coconut oil is having its 15 minutes of fame, for sure.
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"I'm hoping my 15 minutes of fame goes quickly," he said.
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And I don't know — people get 15 minutes of fame a lot.
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Ryan Lochte is getting his second shot at 15 minutes of fame.
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By day, he's earning his 15 minutes of fame -- as a rapper.
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Sounds like a tough way to earn your 15 minutes of fame.
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There's one proven way to extend 15 minutes of fame: monetize it.
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Click here to view original GIFWhat's 15 minutes of fame worth to you?
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We've all thought about doing something weird for our 15 minutes of fame.
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Seriously, 15 minutes of fame has never felt so long or drawn out.
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Former FBI director James Comey continued to overstay his 15 minutes of fame.
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And he said that everyone in the future will have 15 minutes of fame.
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When people come out [saying that], they only want their 15 minutes of fame.
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"When people come out, they only want their 15 minutes of fame," she added.
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He returned to New York City for his 15 minutes of fame, and embarrassment.
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If you add any more to her 15 minutes of fame you are terrible.
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You can also move aside, rainbow eyebrows — your 15 minutes of fame are up.
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Andy Warhol claimed that in the future, everyone would get their 15 minutes of fame.
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And now we talk about the 15 minutes of fame as if it's a thing.
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Still it's a grim reminder that our 15 minutes of fame will always be fleeting.
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Andy Warhol might have imagined a world where everyone got their 15 minutes of fame.
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He was the ordinary guy on the cusp of getting his 15 minutes of fame.
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Death Wish is getting ready, having learned from its 15 minutes of fame back in 2013.
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"I just don't understand the younger generation on trying to get their 15 minutes of fame."
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Bottom line is it's a non-story and this guy wants his 15 minutes of fame.
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Josh said everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame every day, and will trade anything for that.
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Those 15 minutes of fame translated into a trip to Fiji where 'Survivor' filmed earlier this year.
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It's her 15 minutes of fame — a chance to go from unknown prosecutor to state-wide celebrity.
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Katy Perry got her 15 minutes of fame this weekend ... in the wedding crashing world, that is.
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Like many ex-reality stars, Andi Dorfman is coming to the end of her 15-minutes of fame.
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Just wait till next month, when just about any election-related study will get 15 minutes of fame.
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But if we thought this was the peak of Cardi's 15 minutes of fame, we were very wrong.
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I feel I used my 15 minutes of fame to collect the greatest concentration of nerd projects ever.
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Lately, we've seen sneakers — from Stan Smiths and Yeezys to Puma Creepers — have their 15 minutes of fame.
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A lot of people have 15 minutes of fame, [but] these people are extending it to provoke publicity.
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The viral spread of videos could incentivize violent acts among people looking for their 15 minutes of fame.
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It's sort of like an alcoholic La Croix (another fizzy beverage that had its 15 minutes of fame).
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" Mr. Leventhal also suggested that Mr. Gooley was lying and that he was seeking "15 minutes of fame.
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Predictably blunt, Dorfman said she's well aware that her 15-minutes of fame are almost up, and accepts it.
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She covered herself in the Trump muck and didn't even really get her 15 minutes of fame in exchange.
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"The Clout" is a three-minute laundry list of all the bizarre things people do for 15 minutes of fame.
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Lemson is aware of its limited 15 minutes of fame, and even jokingly produced a ninja cat jumping the shark.
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These people, they want to have 15 minutes of fame in talking about me, and reporters don't check the facts.
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A pig in Greece just got her 15 minutes of fame — and so did the journalist she couldn't stop pursuing.
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Maybe we will "caption this pic" correctly and it will go viral and we will have our 15 minutes of fame.
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But what was a thoughtful gift from her significant other gave Baptiste, an aspiring singer, at least 15 minutes of fame.
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And since music festivals are devoid of most societal norms, plenty of outlandish trends can have their 15 minutes of fame.
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Don't even try to utter something about everyone getting their 15 minutes of fame, because Leo craves a lifetime of fame!
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" MJ recommends listening to Migos and reading The Ringer's profile of them, "Migos and the Never-Ending 15 Minutes of Fame.
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Elwood shared another message Wednesday, emphasizing that she wasn't looking for her 15 minutes of fame — she just wants to reduce bullying.
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So I view this as my 15 minutes of fame, lasting a little longer than 15 minutes but just about as important.
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He's raking in that sweet, sweet sponcon money by exploiting the 15 minutes of fame that he's gained by using your name.
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"My job is to take my family's 15 minutes of fame and turn it into 30," Kris told More magazine in 2011.
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The desire for likes and shares—and perhaps even 15 minutes of fame—trumps practically everything else on the hierarchy of needs.
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In one bitterly ironic scene, two characters watch the interview and hope that Trump's 15 minutes of fame will be over soon.
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For Andy Warhol, the prolific creator who coined the cultural observation we know today as one's '15 minutes of fame,' stardom was ephemeral.
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Of course, Chewbacca Mom is just one of many viral stars who've made serious, life-changing sums following their 15 minutes of fame.
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The phrase describes when a person's 15 minutes of fame are followed by an abrupt fall from grace when distasteful misdeeds are unearthed.
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The phrase describes when a person's 15 minutes of fame is followed by an abrupt fall from grace when distasteful misdeeds are unearthed.
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In today's pop culture, 15 minutes of fame have been whittled down to a momentary blip on Twitter and the frenzied media cycle.
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A Thai soldier is getting his 15 minutes of fame, thanks to his skillful and successful resuscitation of a little puppy that nearly drowned.
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The category had its 15 minutes of fame when Apple opened up access to customizing your keyboard input with the rollout of iOS 8.
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Along with getting a well-deserved 15 minutes of fame from the Internet, Biro also received a real-life encounter he will never forget.
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Golden achieved 15 minutes of fame in October thanks to Uber driver Edward Caban, who posted his dashcam video of Golden drunkenly attacking him.
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Others, like Stonecrest, Ga., have used the opportunity to earn 15 minutes of fame by offering to rename their city "Amazon" if they win.
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In fact, mentioning the words "millennial" and "avocado" in a sentence has been known to score anyone and everyone their 15 minutes of fame.
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The phrase describes when a person's 15 minutes of fame is followed by an abrupt fall from grace when distasteful past misdeeds are unearthed.
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But while the image may have granted the marmot its 15 minutes of fame, the rodent did not survive its encounter with the fox.
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Danielle Bregoli's laughing off DJ Suede's claim her 15 minutes of fame are up, and tells us ... Suede needs to check his own watch.
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The result is a generation that's less willing to play the villain or the idiot for 15 minutes of fame and a lifetime of infamy.
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The same things you get with any score in the excellent range and not much else, experts say, besides 15 minutes of fame, of course.
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Witness got its 15 minutes of fame in December 2015 when it was featured in a brief conversation on the cybercrime television show CSI: Cyber.
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But then again, for those thrill-seekers looking for an oppor-tuna-ty to get their own 15 minutes of fame, any fin is possible.
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With an astute business strategy helmed by matriarch Kris Jenner, America's reality TV family has stretched their 15 minutes of fame into more than 10 years.
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Bez, it could be argued, is the physical embodiment of the late twentieth century's rapacious desire to enact Andy Warhol's inescapable 15 minutes of fame maxim.
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Describing CBD as "having its 15 minutes of fame," Milanova says the company doesn't believe cannabidiol should be added to everything, from dry shampoo to cocktails.
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We've taken Andy Warhol's prescient prediction of 15 minutes of fame and turned it into an endless loop of derelict dialogue, inane celebrity and moral ineptitude.
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What were the basic strategic moves that she made to so decisively block a President who has survived much longer than his 15 minutes of fame?
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After their 15 minutes of fame at the Guggenheim they'll be distributed to schools throughout New York, to live and die at the whims of children.
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"A gold medal is great in the Olympics, you get your 15 minutes of fame, but nobody really cares, especially in judo," Harrison told Business Insider.
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If HQ can keep stoking that feeling that we, as individuals, have more wisdom than the crowd, it just might outlive its 15 minutes of fame.
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He, like so many who had come before him, had enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame, tried to parlay it into something bigger, and been bitten.
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For this variety, soy protein powder is replaced with pea protein powder, a type of plant protein that has been having its 15 minutes of fame recently.
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In the world of reality television, it can sometimes seem like everyone is just out for their 15 minutes of fame and, ahem, a paycheck or two.
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Just when you thought Walt Disney World's animatronic Donald Trump had lived out his 15 minutes of fame — the faux president is having another moment on Twitter.
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Many would have been willing to bet that Trump's 15 minutes of fame were just that, a temporary breaking wave in the large sea that is politics.
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While 15 minutes of fame may not be possible for everyone, reality TV, talent shows and social media influencers have greatly expanded the pool of celebrity candidates.
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"I'm eternally grateful that I've been able to stretch this 15 minutes of fame into a 30-year career," Mr. McFarlane said in a recent telephone interview.
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This thinking goes that they were waiting for their chance to board the proverbial bandwagon for 15 minutes of fame -- an approach that is patronizing at best.
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"In many respects, we're coming to the last seconds of central bankers' 15 minutes of fame, to use the Warhol line, which is a good thing," Carney said.
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That might be thanks to their use of professional photography, donated by John Dowling from Sydney Pet Photography, which aims to give each critter 15 minutes of fame.
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In either instance, it sounds as though the tap-to-advance feature may have had its 15 minutes of fame, though that doesn't mean it will go away.
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"In many respects, we're coming to the last seconds of central bankers' 15 minutes of fame, to use the Warhol line, which is a good thing," he said.
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Unfortunately, Yiannopoulos is getting his 15 minutes of fame as he was recently brought on ABC's Nightline (presumably) to apologize — or prove that he's a halfway decent person.
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"Baruck took such pride in his 15 minutes of fame that he was a guest in the CBS show 'I've Got a Secret' in late 1966," said Bradley.
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Since his family's sudden 15 minutes of fame, Pieter Hanson has been tweeting out mostly jokes and pictures of cats -- along with an appeal to, fittingly, turn #negativesintopositives.
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A traffic cam in Montreal captured something far more interesting during a boring and wintery commute on Sunday: a snowy owl (Hedwig) ready for her 15 minutes of fame.
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"It's not about me or Trump or 15 minutes of fame, it's about the future generations," he told The Daily Mail in April, while discussing his support for Trump.
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Sister Jean's appearance on "Good Morning America" capped an interview-filled 24 hours and proved, without a doubt, that 15 minutes of fame sometimes demand a full day's work.
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The Twitter beatdown was an event in and of itself, but the sandwich has gone beyond its 15 minutes of fame and maintained its momentum well beyond the aftermath.
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The franchise has always been an opportunity for contestants to access 15 minutes of fame and move on, but like everything in the world today, this season feels remarkably different.
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But for the rest of the reality stars (and we seem to be creating new ones every day), capitalizing on that 15 minutes of fame can take creativity and optimism.
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He even accused Gooding Jr.'s alleged victim of coming forward "simply to get their 15 minutes of fame," and said the actor had "no knowledge" of the 2008 incident.
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With his opening of a Bowery saloon, Steve Brodie capitalized on the 15 minutes of fame he earned in 1886 by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge on a $200 bet.
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But before the civilian can enjoy the proverbial 15 minutes of fame, a dark or divisive facet from his past is discovered, promptly destroying the purity of the person's reputation.
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John and some of his entrepreneur buddies got 15 minutes of fame -- and a lot of money -- when they successfully pitched the Paint Brush Cover to the "Shark Tank" team.
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" But, he said, "I wouldn't be meeting all of you if I hadn't been bounced so hard from the White House ... Some people say my 15 minutes of fame are over.
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One of the quirks of Warhol's career is that the artist who invented the concept of "15 minutes of fame" has had a staying power few of his peers can match.
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Backstage, Jeff claims all the allegations against him are lies and the 14 women and counting who are speaking out against him just want money or their 15 minutes of fame.
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Shangela and I are like yin and yang, we're like Buffy and Faith in that we took our 15 minutes of fame on Drag Race and made it into a career.
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It's "getting my 15 minutes of fame out of the way," he says, but he's more focused on watching his son run track this afternoon and his daughter getting into college.
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Click here to view original GIFThanks to YouTube, the easiest way to score your 15 minutes of fame is to buy an expensive machine, master its capabilities, and film yourself using it.
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Of course, Chris has been riding his 15 minutes of fame since his viral meltdown in the bagel shop, where he lost his cool over a number of things, including lady troubles.
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Shannon Wright: I think he's an interesting and creative young man who has a mastery of marketing and knows how to stretch those 15 minutes of fame a bit longer than most.
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A Philadelphia man heroically saved a bunch of children from a burning building on Sunday ... and used his 15 minutes of fame to hilariously roast the hell outta Eagles receiver Nelson Agholor.
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Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station owner who received his 15 minutes of fame — actually, about a month of it — through the "Late Show With David Letterman," died on Monday in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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It wasn't a coincidence that Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All platform, now somehow halfway in the political mainstream, got so much traction around the same time Shrekli had his 15 minutes of fame.
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It's a time to think about all the hilarious and totally odd trends that had their 15 minutes of fame throughout the past 12 months... And then, create costumes that honor the moments.
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Not only is Daniels a willing party to the agreement but she is someone who now appears to be cashing in on her 15 minutes of fame in media interviews and the tour.
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There are subtle -- and sometimes not so subtle -- insinuations about the woman's motive, suggesting she is bitter, spurned and somehow crazy or confused, and out for 15 minutes of fame/money/power/revenge.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Central bankers' "15 minutes of fame" are coming to an end as governments around the world focus increasingly on fiscal spending and trade, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Thursday.
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But those passionate about Pop Art need fire protection just as much as the rest of us — and their 15 minutes of fame shouldn't come from a potholder getting too close to the stove.
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Those who understand how to exploit it can use it as a free publicity machine to promote their work, sustain what might have otherwise been 15 minutes of fame — or even run for president.
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Singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the major leagues, free tuition, a trip to Facebook headquarters, her own action figure — this might be the most jam-packed 15 minutes of fame we've ever seen.
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They're usually made up of insanely talented people who rarely get their due 15 minutes of fame, relegated to liner notes and maybe performing on stage with a well-known artist a couple times.
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These people, they want to have 15 minutes of fame in talking about me, and reporters don't check the facts...You can see how they turn around stories and how unfair they can be.
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We sat down with Klimkowski to hear when he realized he could pull off the impersonation, what it's taken to perfect it, and how his 15 minutes of fame have affected his comedy career.
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The snake was released outside after its little adventure in the world of television, but knowing how the reptiles are in Australia — there will be another one looking for its 15 minutes of fame soon.
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The Internet has really taken to this one simple picture and, now that she knows no one will blow up her house, I hope Bruce takes a moment to enjoy her 15 minutes of fame.
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The site got its 15 minutes of fame on infosec Twitter last week, when hackers and security researchers collectively scratched their heads wondering if this was real, and mocked it just in case it was.
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The idea of remaining anonymous might sound appealing if you're not so interested in your 15 minutes of fame (and all of those long-lost relatives who might want to share in your sudden good fortune).
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Heller accused the woman who lodged the complaint against Gooding last weekend of seeking "simply to get their 15 minutes of fame" and said he hoped she would herself be prosecuted once Gooding's case is resolved.
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Asked what she felt about the many women who have accused the president of sexual assault, she said she knew it was "going to sound awful", but wondered if they were seeking "their 15 minutes" of fame.
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He had his Warholian 15 minutes of fame on the front page of The Times, and then disappeared back into his lab in Urbana, scarcely touched by popular limelight throughout the remaining 35 years of his career.
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Instead, the dominant trend online and even on TV is to impugn these survivors' credibility—to say they are Soros puppets, doing it for their 15 minutes of fame, doin' it for the Vine, or whatever else.
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"It's a chance for experts to help the general public separate diets that are looking for their 15 minutes of fame from diets that are based on what we know about the fundamentals of healthy eating," she said.
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"My colleague @SenatorRomney wants to appease the left by calling witnesses who will slander the @realDonaldTrump during their 15 minutes of fame" tweeted Ms. Loeffler, who along with her husband had been a major donor to Mr. Romney.
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James Damore, who experienced his 15 minutes of fame earlier this year when he wrote a memo for Google that was widely decried as sexist, also has some thoughts about the Ku Klux Klan and its job titles.
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In the age of social media anyone can seize an opportunity to publicly take a stand against President Trump, and know that it could easily become national news and give them their 15 minutes of fame in the process.
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As the most famous seamstress in American history comes back around for another 15 minutes of fame, it's worth dusting off a history book to see what's behind the flag that was sewn into the new line of shoes.
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I had spoken at several churches encouraging young people to hold fast to their values, and saw an opportunity to use my 15 minutes of fame as a reality TV star to influence pregnant women to keep their babies.
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Now 16, Falcon has come a long way since his 15 minutes of fame: he's all grown up with hair down to his waist and is the lead singer in a heavy metal rock band he formed with his brothers.
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Like anything that goes viral on the internet, imitators sought similar spotlights, and the internet lit up with other folks begging airlines, restaurants, cruise ships, and telecoms for free services in exchange for a shot at 15 minutes of fame.
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And FaceApp had its 15 minutes of fame for letting you take a pic of yourself or someone else and view that same picture in a foursquare as a younger person, an older person, and with changed gender (yes, sometimes controversially).
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However, what many people don't know is that Edgar Martirosyan, the delivery dude who got his 15 minutes of fame on air that night in 2014, went on to open a Neapolitan-style pizzeria with his brother Erik in Los Angeles.
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To some extent, the paper was saying what the alt-right wanted it to say: It was a movement, it had its 15-minutes of fame, and it was different from the conservatism of Ayn Rand-devotees like Paul Ryan.
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A civil rights attorney appearing as a guest on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle" opposite conservative commentator Candace Owens called her out Wednesday evening, accusing Owens of getting her "15 minutes of fame" during a contentious congressional hearing on white nationalism.
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A specific conversation about Donald Trump seeking his 15 minutes of fame along with Fairstein, now a successful crime novelist still refusing to cough up the truth, appear to highlight that those who blatantly accused the Five have faced no real consequences.
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Though he's on the $10 bill, Hamilton's contributions had largely been overlooked until he got his 15 minutes of fame in 2015, when Lin-Manuel Miranda's breakthrough, prize-winning musical "Hamilton, " based on Chernow's biography, took New York, Hamilton's adopted hometown, by storm.
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His 15 minutes of fame may be coming to a close, but the most notable attempt to capture some secondhand magic of the Ken Bone story is still up and running, courtesy of lingerie brand Yandy: Holiday procrastinators, meet the "Sexy Undecided Voter" Halloween costume.
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Had he stuck by what few principles he has and declined the invitation to speak at CPAC—which managed to tarnish his reputation in a way the media simply couldn't—his 15 minutes of fame might well have extended into a legitimate political career.
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In the wake of mass shootings, the family and friends of many victims have advocated for the media to withhold names and photos of shooting suspects to keep the focus on those injured and killed, and to avoid giving shooters their 15 minutes of fame.
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To achieve mainstream recognition, the meme and its creators must pass through a ceremonial rite of passage called "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," where past luminaries like Alex from Target, Rebecca Black and Lydia Lee (the Adele-singing student) have gathered to extend their 15 minutes of fame.
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" The team at Good American sent the following statement: "Ms Bleu's claim that Good American and Khloe Kardashian copied or stole her designs is flagrantly false and little more than a cheap publicity stunt and an attempt by Ms Bleu to get her 15 minutes of fame.
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With the New Hampshire primary quickly approaching, seven GOP candidates are hoping to get their final 15 minutes of fame at the Republican presidential debate in the state Saturday night, acutely aware that this will likely be the last time they will all be up there together.
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" In response, Good American has released the following statement to PEOPLE: "Ms Bleu's claim that Good American and Khloé Kardashian copied or stole her designs is flagrantly false and little more than a cheap publicity stunt and an attempt by Ms Bleu to get her 15 minutes of fame.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads "It's not vandalism, I'm a performance artist," said David Datuna, the New York-based artist who's basking in his 15 minutes of fame for eating the banana in Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 installation-slash-troll Comedian last week at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Foringer, who trained with the muralist Edwin Blashfield, had his 15 minutes of fame with "The Greatest Mother in the World," a Madonna-like Red Cross poster from 1918 — the only work mentioned in his 20013 obituary in The New York Times, Mr. Tomasko noted a bit forlornly.
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But it also lowered the bar in terms of at least creating the appearance of unnecessarily placing people in potential harm's way as a source of entertainment, and prominently featured one participant who came across either as a posturing reality-TV wannabe seeking 15 minutes of fame or wholly delusional.
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INGRAHAM: OK, so we went from Russia collusion, the election tampering, to a stripper-porn star who is cashing in on her 15 minutes of fame, and Michael Cohen and some check that somebody wrote -- again, starting off, it sounded really nefarious with Russian collusion, and now we are here.
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" In response to Bleu's lawyer's claims, the denim brand released the following statement to PEOPLE: "Ms Bleu's claim that Good American and Khloé Kardashian copied or stole her designs is flagrantly false and little more than a cheap publicity stunt and an attempt by Ms Bleu to get her 15 minutes of fame.
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This wasn't the most loathsome thing Pierson said in her CNN hit (that would be her insistence that Trump's accusers only want "15 minutes of fame") but despite its ridiculousness, it is instructive of how the campaign will likely approach these allegations: by highly scrutinizing individual details to cast the accusers as liars.
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"I can't talk about it too much," he said, "but they're essentially, like, 'Listen, we're working on a new ad campaign...'" While King mentioned that he won't really do anything to maintain his 15 minutes of fame — he has no plans for launching a handbag or makeup line — he does plan to "have a little fun" with it.
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Click here to view original GIFIf your plan for 15 minutes of fame involves a fancy billiards trick shot, you're going to have to spend far more than a quarter of an hour trying to top the Allstars Sports Bar in the UK who recently pulled off what has to be the most amazing, most complex pool shot in history.
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Nevertheless, the miniseries offers a damning window into the criminal-justice system, from the media's willing adoption of the "wilding" narrative to then-private citizen Donald Trump wading into the controversy by advocating for the death penalty -- eliciting a tart rejoinder from a parent who suggests (in what feels a bit too on the nose) that the real-estate developer's 15 minutes of fame were nearly up.
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The same week Sorry to Bother You hit theaters, Katherine Cross wrote for The Verge about the still-unfolding "Plane Bae" controversy, in which two people flirting and possibly hooking up on an airplane were turned into a viral news item without their knowledge, resulting in a fun 15 minutes of fame for the man involved and relentless, slut-shaming judgment for the woman.
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Mr. Horowitz, a former film studio executive who also masterminded winning Oscar campaigns for, among other blockbusters, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," played a role in brokering Mr. Clinton's appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" after Mr. Clinton bombed in what was supposed to be, literally, his 15 minutes of fame at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
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Still, even by the standards of reality TV -- a genre populated by exhibitionists and those seeking their 15 minutes of fame -- "Tiger King" is so awash in hard-to-believe oddballs that lean into their image it genuinely feels like a Coen brothers movie come to life, the kind of thing any studio would return to the writer saying the screenplay was too over the top.
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"I got a call last Thursday from my manager saying it didn't look like NBC was going to pick up the show," Philipps told Entertainment Weekly of The Sackett Sisters, which explores the all-too-common premise of capitalizing on 15 minutes of fame and follows sisters (Philipps and Wilson) as they perform an act of heroism — against one of the sisters' better judgment — and then become the stars of a national news story.
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But we know what will happen next: Mr. Langendorff and Mr. Willeford will have their 15 minutes of fame, and then we will move on to the next mass shooting in another state where any number of people will die because no one can be bothered to go up against the N.R.A. But before the two men get exploited for their bravery — and before I get pilloried for politicizing a disaster — I would like to say that there is nothing particularly Texan about a mass killing these days.
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Meghan Miraglia from Massachusetts suggests the reason people join these trends is to have their 15 minutes of fame: When I first heard about the Tide pod challenge, it took every tendon, muscle, and piece of sinew in my body to stop myself from looking up at the sky, throwing my palms up in disgust, and asking the clouds what in the world has happened to humanity, for us to have been brought to a place where we look at pods of detergent and think it's a brilliant idea to eat them.
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