Celeb Gist

Somerset drink-driver has jail sentence increased

published on
Anton Hull filmed himself drink-driving before fatal crashA drink-driver who filmed himself at the wheel saying he was "smashed" before causing a fatal crash has had his jail sentence increased. Anton Hull had been drinking rum and lager before he hit Sarah Baker, who was driving to Somerset. Hull, 22, from Galhampton, Somerset, had been jailed for six years and given a nine-year driving ban. At the Court of Appeal, the sentence was increased to nine years and three months. Read More...

8 Interesting facts about Laura Ingalls Wilder | American Masters

published on
Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1951. When the Ingalls family first began traversing the grassy frontier of America in their covered wagon — bouncing from Kansas to the Dakotas and Wisconsin and back, they had no idea that their stories would go on to become the stuff of folklore — woven in the very fabric of the modern American imagination, and forever memorialized in a series of books for children. The author of these stories, Laura Ingalls Wilder, based the bestselling “Little House” series on her childhood and the simple joys and upheavals of the pioneer life alongside her family: Pa, Ma, her sisters and Jack the dog. Read More...

Aaron Boone has Brett Gardner regrets after Yankees split

published on
Explore More CLEVELAND — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he hadn’t spoken to Brett Gardner since before the lockout last offseason.  “That’s one of my regrets this year because I owe that to him,’’ Boone said before Game 4 of the ALDS. He blamed the unusual schedule, since Boone — even though Gardner was a free agent at the time — was prohibited from talking to the outfielder.  The Yankees opted to not bring back the 39-year-old, who played 140 games for them in 2021, finishing with a career-low . Read More...