Sentences with phrase «first became a household name»

Back when Ben Affleck first became a household name after winning the best original screenplay Oscar with Matt Damon for 1997's Good Will Hunting, few could have predicted the rollercoaster ride his career would go on to become.

But he really first became a household name in his own right during the trial of the Chicago 8 who were arrested in the wake of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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After releasing his first studio album Channel Orange last year, Frank Ocean has become a household name in the last twelve months.

Bailey's rise has been extremely fast, and he became a household name in the Belgian Pro League during his first season in 2015 - 16.

Since breaking out four years ago on Netflix's «Orange Is the New Black,» the actor has become a household name for her career of «firsts.»

In the electric first half of BPM (Beats Per Minute) the film charts the movement of a group of HIV / AIDS activists in France in the early 1990s, just as the virus became a household name and those ravaged by it had grown tired of the pervasive silence around the pandemic.

Starring in the most wildly successful pornographic film of all time, Deep Throat, she would become the porn industry's first household name.

Friday (1995), the first installment in the slacker trilogy starring Ice Cube, marked the directorial debut of F. Gary Gray and featured some promising young thespians like Chris Tucker, Meagan Good and Nia Long before they became household names.

DMC has become a household name when it comes to Lamborghini tuning, their aerodynamic packages for the Aventador have sold in high numbers, first as the Molto Veloce version, which as it turned out would be the Stage 1 kit for those looking into modifying their V12 flagship from Sant «Agata without going too far, a small chin spoiler, a set of side sills combined with a new rear diffuser and a stunning rear wing is all it takes to turn a factory standard Aventador into a very good looking DMC MV.

Bestselling author Augusten Burroughs became a household name after his first memoir, Running with Scissors, became a runaway bestseller in 2002.

Steamworld Dig started to become a household name when it first released in 2013.

Since the first Nintendo gaming console was released in 1983, the Japanese company has not only become a household name, but the proprietary characters have become pop culture icons.

The Saatchi Gallery was the first art space in the UK to show a whole host of artists before they became household names, from Jeff Koons and Bruce Nauman to Andreas Gursky, Sigmar Polke and Damien Hirst, and the contemporary art scene would not be what it is today without their vision.

Through this initiative, many artists, who later went on to become household names in South - east Asia and elsewhere, had a chance to visit New York for the first time and expand their vision beyond the traditions they practiced back home.

Before artists such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey became household names, there were graffiti pioneers who were responsible for adding such things as the first ever crown or arrow to their moniker beg

The Tesla Powerwall battery has become a household name since its first release in 2015 and second model in November 2016.

In the 1950s, Heibron became a household name when she defended gangster George Kelly — becoming the first woman to lead in a murder case.

Not only did he patent a stronger machine that could sew through leather and other tough materials, but he became a household name — not because he was the first to invent, but because he got his machines to the masses with a special deal known as the installment plan.

With 60 million tokens sold during the first two weeks of its ICO, PARKGENE is on track to becoming a household name in shared parking services.

Since then, this prestigious list of the nation's most successful private companies has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success and the place where future household names first make their mark,» Inc expanded the list to 5000 in 2007, «giving readers a deeper, richer understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape and capturing a broader spectrum of success.