:-) I thought I ought to correct that before Lyssa saw it!

There are people who are actually driven by their art who become famous almost incidentally, as a side effect of many people liking their work and wanting to know who they are so they can find more of it. The media leaves these people alone to get on with it. It's generally only the ones who want to take a shortcut to fame who get in trouble, and then it becomes a vicious circle, the more attention they get...