How It's Used

“The sweet-voiced Euan Morton is a dead ringer for the young Boy George, and Raúl Esparza is sneeringly vivid as the best-friend narrator. (The Boy himself, who somehow managed to survive his 15 minutes of fame, appears in a secondary role, looking like Erich von Stroheim in rhinestones.)”

—Terry Teachout, “Rosie’s Turn,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2003, p. W11.

"Surveys in Chinese and German cities have found that about 30 percent of adults report regularly daydreaming about being famous, and more than 40 percent expect to enjoy some passing dose of fame—their '15 minutes,' in Andy Warhol’s famous phrase—at some point in life, according to data analyzed by Dr. Brim. The rates are roughly equivalent to those found in American adults. For teenagers, the rates are higher."

—Benedict Carey, "The Fame Motive," The New York Times, August 22, 2006.

“But already the consequences have been no joke for Mr. Zaidi. By most accounts, he has been roughly treated in prison, where he was taken after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's guards were seen beating him after he threw the second shoe. He now faces as many as 15 years in prison, one for every one of his 15 minutes of fame.”

—Mark Bowden, “How Bush Can Transcend the Shoe Thrower: A small outrage requires a grand gesture,” The Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2008.

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15 Minutes of Fame

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