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San Francisco Chronicle
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland '90s R&B group teases future biopic
En Vogue may be the next music legends to get the biopic treatment. The Oakland R&B group — currently made up of members Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones and Rhona Bennett — celebrated the 35th anniversary of its first album during an appearance on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' last week and hinted at the possibility of a film adaptation of its career journey. 'Do you think there's a world where there would be an En Vogue biopic?' Hudson asked the singers during a rapid fire question segment of the episode, which aired Thursday, May 15. 'Yes,' Herron immediately responded, prompting the studio audience to erupt into cheers. 'That's a good question,' Ellis said with a laugh as the other members of the group flashed knowing smiles. Hudson then asked if there would be a role for her to act in the hypothetical film, to which Jones replied, 'Yes,' while her bandmates continued to giggle. En Vogue was formed in 1989 by songwriters Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy. Ellis, Herron and Jones were founding members, and Bennett joined in 2003, replacing Dawn Robinson. Robinson departed the quartet in 1997, later joining the supergroup Lucy Pearl, led by Tony! Toni! Toné! frontman Raphael Saadiq, who also grew up in Oakland. She eventually launched a short-lived solo career. En Vogue rose to widespread fame in the 1990s with hit singles such as 'Free Your Mind,' 'My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)' and 'Hold On,' which the group performed on the show. After gathering around a piano for an acoustic rendition of 'Hold On,' which was En Vogue's first-ever single, Herron revealed that the song almost didn't get a release by Atlantic Records. 'The label didn't love it. They didn't think it was a radio song, but our producers fought for it to get released as a single. So the label decided to service radio without the a cappella,' she told Hudson, referring to the soulful intro of the song. Herron went on to explain that radio hosts somehow discovered the version with the a cappella intro portion that most fans know and love today, and it skyrocketed to success. Before the '90s R&B group sat down with Hudson, the four singers did a on-camera strut down the Spirit Tunnel as part of the talk show's pre-interview hallway tradition. These filmed hallway dances, shared to the show's social media accounts, are a signature feature where all guests make their entrance, greeted by staff members who line the walls and serenade them with various songs. This time, 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' team chose to sing 'En Vogue is here in the Spirit Tunnel' to the tune of the group's 1992 hit 'My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It).' The clip has since gone viral. All four members began grooving down the hallway, each in lightly colored pantsuits, before stunning the team by whipping out silver fans and striking a pose. They were met with cheers as they continued to shimmy along, waving their fans. In February, En Vogue was back in the national spotlight during the NBA All-Star Game, hosted at San Francisco's Chase Center. The singers performed alongside rappers E-40, Too Short and Saweetie as part of a tribute to the Bay Area. Saadiq was also in attendance, and delivered a pregame performance.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Bachelor' Alum Sarah Herron Shoots Down Mom-Shamers Who Claim Her Disability Hinders Her Parenting
The Bachelor alum Sarah Herron is proving critics wrong when it comes to caring for her twin daughters. Herron, 38, shared a video via Instagram on Wednesday, May 28, with the title, 'You shouldn't be left alone with those babies' — referring to a comment left by a troll. Herron was born without her left arm due to amniotic band syndrome, and the comment appeared to question her ability to parent with a disability. In the reel, Herron took care of her 11-month-old baby girls, Everette Rae and Colette Rose — feeding, changing, lifting, hiking and playing with them on her own. On Wednesday, she shared the caption 'Part 2' alongside the video, including the hashtags: '#adaptivemom #adaptive #twins #twinmom #twinmomlife #SAHM #sahmomlife #11monthsold #11montholdtwins #ivftwins #fraternaltwins #disabilityawareness #disabilityinclusion #disabledparenting.' Bachelor Nation's Sarah Herron Celebrates Twin Daughters' 1-Month Birthdays After NICU Discharge Herron received plenty of support from her followers, including fellow Bachelor alums and moms Lesley Murphy and Lace Morris. 'You're such a badass mama!!!!!' Murphy, who has two daughters of her own, shared, with single mom Morris adding, 'Proud of you.' The post appeared to be a follow-up to a November 2024 video in which she, once again, showed how she took care of her daughters, then 4 months old, despite her disability. In her initial November 2024 video, Herron shared how the aforementioned troll's comment affected her. 'A person left this comment on one of my posts about 2 weeks ago and it's been seared into my brain ever since. Even though I've been living and adapting to life with one hand since I was born, her comment got to me. What if she's right? What if something bad happens when the girls are alone with me and I'm not capable of taking care of them? What if I am not enough? And then I realized 'this could be the case for ANY mama, regardless of ability.' When you're a parent with a disability, things just take a little more forethought, tools and grit. And ultimately, we can't control what's out of our control,' she wrote. She continued at the time: 'I'm not much of a religious person, but two people have left me with mantras that have helped me remain steadfast in my journey as a parent with a disability; 'Your babies didn't choose you despite your differences, they chose you BECAUSE of them' and 'God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called.'I have no doubt I was chosen specifically for these babies, and I couldn't be more proud of that. So back to our regularly scheduled programming.' 'Bachelor' Alum Sarah Herron and Dylan Brown's Relationship Timeline: How They Met, Fertility Struggles and More After many rounds of IVF, Herron welcomed her twins with husband Dylan Brown in July 2024, a little more than one year after the death of their son, Oliver, who was born prematurely at 24 weeks old. 'On January 28th, at 24 weeks old, our beautiful son Oliver Brown was born. He passed away in his dad's arms shortly after,' she shared at the time. 'There are no words for the magnitude of loss and pain we're experiencing. It's beautiful and simultaneously tragic. He had my nose and his dad's mouth and long fingers.' Bachelor Nation was first introduced to Herron during Sean Lowe's season 17 in 2013 and she later returned for seasons 1 and 3 of Bachelor in Paradise, which aired in 2014 and 2016. She met Brown in 2017 after hiring him as a videographer for a charity event. The couple got engaged in May 2021 and eloped at the Grand Canyon in August 2023. 'Happy 8 years with you, my love,' Herron shared via Instagram alongside photos of her family on April 1. 'What a life we've crammed in over the years. I love you forever, daddy to my favorite little human beings, fur baby and angel above. #dreamteam.'
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Missouri women's basketball center Tionna Herron medically retires from sport
Missouri women's basketball center Tionna Herron is calling it a career. Herron announced Monday afternoon via her X account that she is medically retiring from college basketball following an injury- and health-impacted career that saw her spend her final season in Columbia. Advertisement The 6-foot-4 center out of DeSoto, Texas, was a top-75 prospect in the Class of 2022, when she committed to Kentucky. She did not play in Lexington, as she underwent successful open-heart surgery before transferring back to her home state to play for Texas in 2023. Ahead of the 2024-25 season, she transferred to play for former Mizzou coach Robin Pingeton. But, early in SEC play she said she landed awkwardly and tore a cartilage in her knee. The injury required further surgery, and Herron has decided to close the door on her basketball career. 'With the extent of the needed surgery and my prior open-heart surgery, I feel that it is time for me to step away from basketball and focus solely on graduating,' Herron posted to X. 'I never thought this was how my college career would end. With everything I've gone through in these last three years, I'm grateful that I had the ability to learn more about myself through all of the adversity that I went through.' Herron appeared in 12 games for Mizzou before the injury, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds in 5.4 minutes per game. She likely would have had two remaining years of eligibility. Advertisement With Herron no longer on the roster, new Missouri coach Kellie Harper is down to seven players currently able to return or sign and play next season. Six Missouri players have already entered the transfer portal, including standout guard Ashton Judd. Combo guard Tilda Sjokvist, center Lucija Milkovic, forward Hilke Feldrappe and point guards Londyn Oliphant and De'Myla Brown each also intend to transfer out of the program. That leaves Harper with five possible returning players, one high school signing and one transfer commitment eligible to play for the 2025-26 team. Those players are point guard Averi Kroenke, high school signee Nikki Kerstein, returning guards Grace Slaughter and Abbey Schreacke, returning forwards Hannah Linthacum and Ma'Riya Vincent and Kentucky transfer guard Saniah Tyler. Tennessee basketball coach Kellie Harper sends out instructions during the NCAA college basketball game against LSU on Sunday, February 25, 2024 in Knoxville, Tenn. More: Missouri women's basketball loses key player as guard Ashton Judd enters transfer portal Advertisement More: 'I don't know what the crap is going on': Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz talks rev-sharing, GM hesitancy Harper now has room to add eight players before the beginning of next season and remain within the expected upcoming roster limits. A bulk of that is likely to come via the transfer portal, which will remain open to new entries through April 23. This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri women's basketball center Tionna Herron medically retires
CBC
26-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
While N.S. pushes ahead on lifting fracking moratorium, N.B. minister says it's not on the table
Social Sharing As Nova Scotia tries to lift its moratorium on fracking, it's unlikely New Brunswick will follow suit. There's significant interest in expanding New Brunswick's resource exploration, but that doesn't include hydraulic fracturing, Natural Resources John Herron said recently. Herron spoke in the legislature about launching a provincial "mineral strategy to unlock the economic potential of the mining sector." But that strategy "has absolutely nothing to do with the development of natural gas from shale," Herron said after his speech. "There is a moratorium in place and I don't see any evidence that there's an appetite amongst New Brunswickers to change the status of that moratorium." Herron said that while there is "clearly a demand for critical minerals … the same cannot be said with respect to natural gas." First of all, there's a moratorium in place. "Secondly," he said, "to be quite frank, where's the market?" He said there are substantial deposits in shale beds in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York — enough to supply the northeastern United States. "That's not our market and — this just in — it's a little difficult to trade with the Americans these days," Herron said. "So the markets would have to be international and that would require a liquefaction plant — to make the LNG terminal in Saint John to an exporting terminal." When that plan was last considered about a dozen years ago, the price tag was $4 to $5 billion, said Herron. N.S. says fracking can strengthen province in tariff war On Tuesday, the Nova Scotia government passed third reading of a bill that would lift a moratorium on fracking. Premier Tim Houston began talking earlier this year about the need for the province to capitalize on the potential of its natural resources. In trying to explain the policy shift on fracking, he said it would also make Nova Scotia more financially self-sufficient in the face of a trade war with the United States. Kris Austin, New Brunswick PC critic for natural resources, did not respond to an interview request on Wednesday. Rocky road with Indigenous chiefs The issue is a sensitive one for Mi'kmaw and Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick. The chiefs of both nations have always said resource development will not occur without their involvement or consent. While at an international hydrogen summit in the Netherlands in 2023, then-premier Blaine Higgs told an online business publication the clock is ticking for the province to take advantage of willing partners in Europe for natural gas. "We've gotta get on with it," he said. "I want First Nations to be part of this, but there comes a time when you've just gotta find a way to move on, if I can't have any meaningful discussion to make it happen," he was quoted as saying. At the time, the New Brunswick chiefs issued a joint statement saying the premier's "sudden change of position, without any further dialogue with First Nations, also underlines why First Nations lack trust in the Higgs government."
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Yahoo
$2M tool heist from train leads authorities to Southaven homes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office says it recovered $30,000 worth of stolen Milwaukee tools and took one person into custody after searching two residential properties in Southaven, Mississippi. The sheriff's office said its criminal investigations division and SWAT team assisted the Union Pacific Railroad Police in executing search warrants at the homes as part of a long-term investigation into the theft of about $2 million in Milwaukee Tools from cargo containers. The ATF and FBI also assisted with the operation. DCSO has not released any details about the train car heist or the locations where some of the tools were found but said Macon Herron was taken into custody. Man accused of indecent exposure again During the searches, authorities said they also recovered a stolen Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a stolen Can-Am Renegade ATV, and a Glock pistol with a machine gun diversion device. Herron already has an active arrest warrant out of Crittenden County, Arkansas, and a prior arrest record for receiving stolen property, the sheriff's office said. Herron is now facing two counts of felony receiving stolen property and prohibited possession of a machine gun conversion device. Investigators said the case is ongoing, and there could be additional charges or arrests. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
