hit the headlines idiom
突然成为媒体头条，受到媒体强烈关注
to appear in the news suddenly or receive a lot of attention in news reports
He hit the headlines two years ago when he was arrested for selling drugs to the mayor's nephew. 两年前他因向市长的侄子出售毒品而被捕，这使他突然受到媒体强烈关注。