Subject:CINEMA Presents The 8th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars Honors

It’s that time of year again, folks! Time to roll up our sleeves, go through the huge lists we compile every year, and make the big decisions – as in who will make it to the top ten men and women on the annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars Honors list!

We started the Rising Stars Honors list in 2006, shortly after launching our podcast “Subject:CINEMA”, and it almost immediately became one of our most listened-to shows each year. In 2008, we started doing the show as our annual Independence Day special, and in 2010 we officially began ranking the honorees.

The process for making each year’s list is not easy either. Each year, Kim and I keep a short (or, in total truth, rather long) list of performers we want to keep an eye on, and possibly put under consideration for the list.

As always, there are many more performers on our consideration list than we have room for on each years’ official list, so every year in late May, we sit down to discuss (and argue) about the contenders and why each performer should or should not be considered for that years’ list. Some performers remain on the considerations list for several years (including several of this year’s honorees) before we actually name them to the list – for example, Josh Hutcherson was under consideration for the list since 2007, but didn’t make the official list – and at #1 to boot – until 2010, when he was really beginning to break out thanks to his roles in “Journey To The Center To The Earth” and “The Kids Are All Right”. Others make the list almost immediately due to a huge impression they make on us (and sometimes on the general public as well).

This year, 22 males and 17 females were on the considerations list, and those who didn’t make the top ten will remain under consideration for a future list. And we couldn’t decide on one position this year on the male side, so we gave #10 a tie – there are actually 21 people on this year’s list instead of just 20.

We also have a considerable track record – we have spotted a number of young performers before they became household names, including Robert