Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 367. The noun phrase today is 15 minutes of fame.
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If a person says that someone had 15 minutes of fame or will only have 15 minutes of fame,
it means he or she will only be famous or in the spotlight for a short time or a very short time
and then will be forgotten about. That's it. They had their time and it's over. The
origin of this phrase is often attributed to the famous Artist, Andy Warhol. However,
he didn't actually coin it. It was printed in a catalog of one of his exhibitions being displayed
in Stockholm. Okay. The quote in this catalog is in the future everyone will be world famous
for 15 minutes. Okay. Let's continue. However, while organizing the program,
the curator , Hulten suggested it should be added in. So another guy was in charge of organizing it,
but the curator suggested you should add this line to it. So some people say that perhaps
Hulten should be credited with coining this term. However, that's still not the end of the story.
A photographer, Nate Finklestein claims that he should be credited because while photographing
Andy Warhol for a book in 1966 Warhol had remarked everyone wanted to be famous and Finkellstein
responded, "yeah, for about 15 minutes. " Now I don't know, maybe was that added to the to the book
or was did did Hulten hear about that somehow. So should Finkelstein have some credit for this.
I don't know. This is as the story goes. Let's continue. All right and we got four examples
to show just how it's used. Here's the first one. The octo-mom had 15 minutes of fame when
she gave birth to eight children at once. Yeah. I did mention her in a few other videos too.
She does hold the world record. She was kind of famous there for at least a few months. Maybe
even more. And she does still actually hold the record for having the most children in one birth.
Okay. Let's continue. All right. Number two. Kevin Federline had 15 minutes of fame
during his short marriage to Britney Spears. Yeah. I think he was one of Britney Spears
backup dancers and they did meet. I guess they fell in love they did have two children, but
their marriage was I think right after the second child was born... this is when their marriage kind
of fell apart and and then of course I don't even know if he continued being a backup dancer much
longer after that. And I I've seen it like in the gossip magazines I've seen photos of him where he
I guess he got kind of fat and out of shape. I don't know if he's still doing that or not.
Let's continue. But you know, nobody heard from him in a long time, but for a few years you know
every time Britney spears was you know around and he was photographed with her. So he had
his 15 minutes of fame. Let's go on. Tanya Harding had 15 minutes of fame during the 1997
Olympic event for her suspected involvement in the attack on the figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan.
Now surprisingly , Tanya Harding was an American Olympic skater and Nancy Kerrigan was one as well
and you know, you think they would be cheering for each other. They're on the same side , but
I think as the story goes if it was true that Tonya Harding was involved in this, I guess
she wanted all of the fame just on her. So she wanted something to happen to Nancy
Kerrigan. Now to be fair. I don't think she was ever 100 you know, found guilty of this,
but she did go to court and her boyfriend or something like that one of them was hired
...did was the one that actually did it. He got caught and he is definitely connected to her,
but anyway this gave her 15 minutes of fame during that you know, 1997 Olympic period of a
few months. There a lot of people got to know who she was. All right. Let's continue. And the last
one here. A lot of reality show TV stars had 15 minutes fame. Yeah, especially in the early 2000s
we had a lot of reality TV shows and you know, every now and then one of those characters got
to be very famous you know, probably for that one year while they were on that show and then soon
after they were never heard from again. That was it. They had their 15 minutes of fame. Anyway,
I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.