Rising Star

Rising Star may refer to:

  • Rising Star, Texas, a town in the United States
  • "Rising Star" (Babylon 5), a fourth-season episode of the science fiction television series Babylon 5
  • Rising Star (ship), a 410-ton vessel with twin funnels, retractable paddle wheels, and driven by a 60 horse-power engine partially financed by Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
  • Rising Star, a pseudonym of the DJ Armin van Buuren
  • Rising Star, a fictional starship featured in the original Battlestar Galactica episode "Murder on the Rising Star"
  • Rising Star Academy, an Islamic School in New Jersey
  • Rising Star Award, BAFTA, an award given to an actor or actress who made a breakthrough in the acting industry
  • Rising Star Games, a video game publishing company
  • Rising Starr Middle School, a school in unincorporated Fayette County, Georgia, United States
  • Rising Stars, a comic book limited series by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Rising Stars (film), a 2010 American teen musical drama film
  • Rising Stars of Manga, an English-language comic anthology published by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008
  • Rising Stars Challenge, a basketball All-Star game
  • AFL Rising Star, an award given to the best young player in the Australian Football League

Famous quotes containing the words rising and/or star:

    “The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, “culture.” It’s an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing “art” to defend their collapsing culture.”
    —George Grosz (1893–1959)

    “You’re not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.”
    —Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957)