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unusual facts about Rising Star


Mary Lee Cagle

In November 1904 the Milan New Testament Church of Christ met in Rising Star, Texas to agree to a church union with the Independent Holiness Church.


Steven Greene

Greene, a hard running player, got a regular game late in the 2001 season and received a Rising Star nomination in the final round.

Taegoon

In March 2009, shortly before releasing his second mini album Rising Star, Taegoon held a showcase and fan meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.


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Aaron Bates

Bates was then released by the Twins on May 15, 2012 due the subsequent demotions of then Twins 3rd baseman Danny Valencia, MLB veteran Sean Burroughs and rising star Chris Parmelee.

Alexis Pinturault

On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star, as the top young racer (under 23) of the season.

Bae Eun-sik

A fellow Kim impersonator, Kim Young-sik, called himself a "rising star" in contrast to the "falling star" of Bae.

Billboard Music Award for Rising Star

In 2008, Colbie Caillat was honored with Billboard's first Rising Star award because of her ascent in the pop charts and the huge repercussion that her music caused.

Blake Berris

2013 Gasparilla Film Festival - Rising Star Award for his role as Dusty Peterson in Meth Head

Buzz Thomas

Senator Thomas received many recognitions for his service, including being named one of Michigan’s five “Key Technology Leaders” by the Detroit Free Press, One Of Four Up-And-Coming Leaders by Savoy, “Most Dedicated Detroiter” and “Best Local Politician” by Real Detroit Magazine, "A Rising Star" by both the The Detroit News and Hotline, and an "Under-40 Political 'Buzz' Saw" by the Michigan Front Page.

Cousin Bazilio

In 1988 the Brazilian company Rede Globo produced a television adaptation of O Primo Basílio in 35 episodes, starring the then rising star Giulia Gam and renowned actors Marcos Paulo and Tony Ramos.

Dave Stryker

Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.” He was recently voted one of the Top Guitarists in the 2013 Critics and Readers Poll of Down Beat, and previously was elected a Rising Star in the 2004-2007 Downbeat Critics Poll.

Dave Upthegrove

The Washington Conservation Voters called Upthegrove "a leader on environmental issues and a rising star in the House." Upthegrove led high-profile environmental initiatives to clean up Puget Sound and to clean up soil at schools and day cares contaminated by a local Asarco copper smelter.

Delphi Greenlaw

Hutchison received the "Rising Star" award in the TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Awards 2004 for her portrayal of Delphi.

Eugenia Yuan

Soon after, Hollywood director Doug Liman hand-picked her for the title role of the cult hit mockumentary Mail Order Wife which brought her to national attention when she was named as a "Rising Star/Screen Acting Discovery" at the premiere of the film in the Hamptons International Film Festival.

German Grand Prix

The 1981 event saw a tremendous battle between Jones and rising star Alain Prost in a Renault, with Jones passing Prost in the stadium due to interference by Prost's backmarker teammate Rene Arnoux; but the race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet after Jones went into the pits with problems with his Williams.

Jake Abel

He was honored with a Rising Star award at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2008 for his work in the film Flash of Genius.

Joel Selwood

Since winning the National Australia Bank-sponsored AFL Rising Star Award, Selwood has been involved in several promotions for the bank, in an ambassadorial role and in several television advertisement appearances.

John Philp Thompson, Sr.

He also was one of the primary founders and innovators of the Dallas Community College District Foundation's Rising Star Scholarship Program that sought to make college education available to children in Texas and served as the Chairman of The Chancellor’s Council for his state's universities.

Lena Nitro

In 2010 she was announced as new rising star at Germany by Bild, Coupé, Happy Weekend and tripple.net.

Lyn Foreman

At the 1982 Commonwealth Games, she ran as the nominal favourite but was beaten by rising star Debbie Flintoff who set a personal best and new Commonwealth Record to win a Gold Medal at her international debut.

Marilinda Garcia

The Republican National Committee named Garcia a "rising star" in 2013 and she is running for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2014 elections.

Marvelous Entertainment

On December 24, 2004, Marvelous Entertainment Inc. announced the establishment of a London-based joint venture company called Rising Star Games Limited with Bergsala AB.

McHenry Venaani

Considered a rising star in the DTA, Venaani ran for the top position in the party in 2005 against Katuutire Kaura.

Michelle Mah

In 2005 Michelle stepped in to captain Kimpton's Ponzu restaurant and was named one of San Francisco Chronicle's "Rising Star Chefs" of 2006 along with Corey Lee of French Laundry and Mike Yakura of Le Colonial.

Mindless Behavior

In July 2012, they embarked their own 25-city tour, (#1 Girl Tour) with opening acts Jacob Latimore, Lil Twist, and rising star Kayla Brianna.

Ozan Musluoğlu

The musicians in this album are: Jeremy Pelt, voted rising star on the trumpet 5 years in a row by Down Beat Magazine; JD Allen on saxophone, Danny Grissett on piano and Darrell Green on drums.

Patricia Duff

She was named a "Rising Star" by the Los Angeles Times in 1986 and one of the "Women we Love" by Esquire magazine for her work in politics as the "conscience" of the entertainment industry.

Ravi Singh

Singh has won numerous awards throughout his career including being recognized in 2010 as one of the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business, receiving the 2010 Sikh In Media Award, and being recognized by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2007 as a Rising Star, a prestigious award given in politics.

Rising Star Games

Rising Star Games is a video game publisher formed in 2004 as a joint business venture between Scandinavian distributor Bergsala and Japanese video game publisher and content developer Intergrow.

Roman Heart

In 2007, Heart appeared in his only film outside of Falcon for Ridgeline Films "A Rising Star", co-starring with studio founder and porn actor Jason Ridge.

Shailesh Vara

At the Conservative Party Conference in 2000, he was awarded the accolade of official "rising star" of the Party, with Lord Alexander of Weedon describing him as a "future Conservative Party leader".

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Thomson notes that Clark Gable was a rising star at thirty: “Now, in our collective recollection, Gable may seem older, worldlier, and more grown-up than Cruise was at thirty. But when did Gable ever risk playing the jerk to whom Cruise was totally committed in The Color of Money? When was Gable as uninhibitedly tender as Cruise managed in Risky Business? And could Gable have survived the black-hole narcissism of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man?”

Thierry Guardiola

His first three Grand Slam appearances were all in his home event, the French Open, where he made the second round in 1992 and lost five set opening round matches in 1994 and 1995, to Bernd Karbacher and rising star Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting

Michael Eric Dyson has described her as a "a rising star among black public intellectuals” and “one of the country's most brilliant and prolific racial theorists".

Tuks Senganga

This rising star's career took off in 2005 with his debut album "Mafoko a me".

Walther von der Vogelweide

After Philip's murder in 1208, he "said and sang" in support of Otto of Brunswick against the papal candidate Frederick of Hohenstaufen; and only when Otto's usefulness to Germany had been shattered by the Battle of Bouvines (1214) did he turn to the rising star of Frederick, now the sole representative of German majesty against pope and princes.

Yamaha NS-10

The initial product was disliked by many engineers, and it became a legend that Bob Clearmountain, then a rising star in record production, had chosen them because they were the worst speaker he could find.