From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcapture the headlinescapture the headlinesto be talked or written about a lot in the newspapers or on television Irvine Welsh first captured the headlines with his novel ‘Trainspotting’. → capture
Examples from the Corpus
capture the headlines• Teenager Lee Ellison captured the headlines, and attracted League scouts to Feethams, with his goal scoring earlier in the season. 