10. Selena Gomez – I can already hear people bitching about how she’s too low on this list but what has she really done this year? Besides getting her ass kissed by the media as the perfect role model? She had an under-performing movie out which didn’t exactly gave her the material to show off any acting talent. Wizards of Waverly Place has declining ratings and her album wasn’t a hit even though it got high praise (though I don’t know why). What has she coming up next year? One (pushed back) movie and the end of Wizards of Waverly Place. What will come after that? I don’t know but I hope it will be a bit more adventurous.

9. Emma Stone – An old newcomer on this list seeing she’s already 22 years old, got herself on the list for creating quite a hype around her movie Easy A. She also has a lot of movies coming up in the next two years so her place in Hollywood is set for a while, what worries me in this case is that there are a lot of comedies amongst them. Though maybe that’s the direction she wants to take so in that case it would be fine.

8. Taylor Momsen – This is a difficult one, her acting career is going downhill quite a bit due to her lacking appearances on Gossip Girl (not going to speculate as to why). However she is doing things to get herself noticed in the music industry, she actually does make decent music with The Pretty Reckless. It however is being overshadowed by her transformation within a year where she feels the need to shock people as much as possible to get herself noticed. I would prefer it if she let her music speak.

7. Dakota Fanning – In a way she’s still the go to teen actress in Hollywood, however she seems to have gone from quality actress more to blockbuster actress in a way, mainly due to the Twilight series. However she is also busy with going to normal high school so I can’t blame her for that, out of all the people on the list she’s the only one who became homecoming queen this year. After the Twilight movies it looks more promising again, so she’s still doing her thing in Hollywood.

6. Miranda Cosgrove – Miranda, just like a couple of others, is a bit safe. She doesn’t do any crazy things or things where you’d think that it would be a real challenge. The only thing she did which is a bit out of her comfort zone in a way is play a Disney star on The Good Wife for one episode. Her album did alright enough for a first effort though I don’t ever see her becoming a big seller, of course she doesn’t have to be. Her show iCarly is still going strong and she also had an animated movie that did well. Her future seems to be heading along the same lines as it is now.

5. Chloe Moretz – A lot of people would expect her to be higher up but I don’t see her as bit a hit as some other people. Yes, she did make an impact as Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass. Thing is, no matter how much people talk about that movie it really wasn’t the success they make it out to be. She has a lot of movies coming out in the next two years and they seem like a fairly balanced mix between starring and non-starring roles. So she’s just taking her time.

4. Elle Fanning – Higher than her sister yes and she hasn’t actually done a whole lot in the past year so why is she there? For her it’s more about the next year, she actually has quite a few movies listed and just like with Chloe there is a nice mix between starring and non-starring and bigger and smaller movies. I just see more potential in Elle than in Chloe, I think she actually might be able to take advantage of being in the shadow of a more famous sibling. There doesn’t seem to be that much pressure on her.

3. Taylor Swift – I sort of had to put her up this high even though I don’t actually like it. Despite her lack in development in a way and her general safeness she still makes good music. Yes, she did make her acting debut this year and even though I don’t like saying it; she sucked as an actress. It really isn’t something she was made out to do it seems but it doesn’t seem to be what she really wants to do anyway. Not that she’s never going to act again but music is still her main focus. Despite me having certain issues with her, I still like her music and actually have concert tickets to go see her next year.

2. Victoria Justice – She is the star of Victorious obviously and does a good job of it. She has the looks to make it in Hollywood and she also has the voice for a music career. Whether a music career will be successful for her isn’t guaranteed but she’s working on it. Just like her network mate Miranda it seems she’ll just continue what she’s doing now, focus on her TV show, at this time there are no other acting projects listed. People in general just seem to like her which is a good thing and she’s not afraid to show some personality in interviews.

1. Miley Cyrus – Did I put Miley on #1 again? Yes, despite the (in my eyes unfair) criticism on her acting performance in her first real role outside of Hannah Montana, despite there being tons of non-existent blown out of proportion scandals, despite the “failing” of her music career and who knows what else. You know what? She’s still there, isn’t she? For all the criticism she gets she still is teen star #1 out there. So what is winning there, her talent or her “bad” image? She’s focusing on acting for the time being (though I’m sure music will be back soon enough) and the movies that are coming up are nothing what people in her position would have done in the past.

She chooses movies for strong female characters than just a paycheck. To me that shows that she’s serious about the acting craft and wants to learn and expand herself. Whether the movies will be a success or not is something we will have to wait and see about, just like we have to wait and see whether she can hold her own in those roles. Oh yes people, now that she’s 18 could you give her a little slack and stop it with the prejudice? There are also a lot of people who don’t think that she’ll make it because she’s “ugly”. The worldwide excitement regarding a false rumor about her posing in Playboy tells me otherwise.

So as you can tell for a rising starlets list it’s quite negative compared to previous years but that’s all I could think of. They’re each busy building a career their own way. As I said, if you don’t agree with it, tough luck. Start your own blog and make your own list.

P.S. Before anyone starts bitching about Willow Smith not being on this list, it takes more than one over-hyped song to get on it. As for the other group of people who are going to criticize me for not putting Bella Thorne on there; I just don’t see it.

On starletlinks.com there are two main sister pares featured; Dakota and Elle Fanning are probably the best known ones right now. Dakota is four years older than Elle, that doesn’t really mean she works more though. While Dakota is in the spot light more than her little sister; Elle manages to pull of more movies a year than Dakota. Though I would have to add that a lot of the roles Elle does are smaller, supporting roles instead of starring roles. However she works with experienced actors like Denzel Washington and Brad Pitt, a perfect learning ground.

The fact that Dakota is in the spotlight more might help Elle in the end, she can stay in the background and slowly learn the trade. While Dakota might very well get stuck with the stigma of child star forever; Elle will probably have less of a problem with that. If I had to judge on pure talent I’m not certain actually, I have some movies with Elle and Dakota but not quite enough to form a definite opinion. Right now there isn’t that much of a difference between them I would say, though as I said I rate Elle’s chances in the long run higher.

The other sister pair that is featured on starletlinks.com is the Panabaker sisters; twenty year old Danielle and seventeen year old Kay. Both of them aren’t really big names in Hollywood yet but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the long run. We know already know they’re both very smart girls, something I talked about a couple of weeks ago. They’re also both very cute girls, Danielle is just quite a bit taller than her younger sister. They’re also both not that much in the spotlight which will help them probably; they can slowly build their career. Shooting to a big career right away hasn’t always proven beneficial.

Question just is; who’s the better actress? So far I’ve been able to see quite a lot of both and the result is. Best way to compare them is probably the Disney movie Read it and Weep where Danielle plays the alter ego of Kay. They just both do a good job, also in their other work I can’t really make up my mind. Danielle is currently doing a very good job in the CBS show Shark; meanwhile Kay is busy promoting her movie Moondance Alexander which already won a couple of prizes and is getting good reviews. Of course I haven’t seen that movie yet, the wide release isn’t until later this month.

So in this case I would actually say the both have an equally good shot at making it in Hollywood. They’re smart, cute and their getting acknowledgement for their acting talent. Guess they just need some more drama around them for the big public to take interest in them. Danielle plays a teenager that gets drunk and gets DUI’s on Shark; though that’s not real of course. They’re both steadily building their career so as long as they decide to stick to acting I think we’ll see quite a lot of them in the next ten years.

Also expect other sisters to come along in the next couple of years; no I’m not talking about Aliana Lohan. Her mother is probably ruining any chance of a career she ever had with her public dealing with Lindsay’s problems. I’m more talking about the likes of twelve year old Stella Hudgens, younger sister of Vanessa. She has been cast for the new Fox show Deeply Irresponsible, though it’s uncertain when the show will premiere. I also wouldn’t be too surprised to see a Disney show featuring Noah Cyrus at some point. There are also plenty of sisters out there I don’t even know about yet.