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What To Watch with George Clooney for Jay Kelly; Nick Tarabay, Graham McTavish, Tenika Davis for Spartacus: House of Ashur; Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

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George Clooney stars as *Jay Kelly*, a famous movie star who just wants to spend a little time with his daughter, regretting all the time he's lost with her, but she's headed to Europe for vacation; he sneakily follows her, hoping to convince her to come to a film festival where he's being honored.

In theaters: *Five Nights at Freddy's 2;* *100 Nights of Hero*, starring Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine, and Charli xcx; and Kristen Stewart's directorial debut, *The Chronology of Water.*

On TV, fans of *Spartacus* can dive back into that world with the sequel series *House of Ashur*; the *Real Housewives of Beverly Hills* loses one of the ladies but gains another on the new season; and *Vanderpump Rules* cleaned house and hired an entirely new cast, who we get to meet this week.s

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Monday, Dec. 1

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. (L to R) Adam Sandler, David Letterman

Adam Sandler on 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman'.

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**Movies*********Troll 2 *- Netflix*******American Sasquatch: Man, Myth, or Monster* (doc) - Digital******

**Streaming*********Bel-Air* - Peacock*******The Gone* - Acorn TV*******The Merchants of Joy* (doc) - Prime Video*******My Next Guest Needs With David Letterman and Adam Sandler* (special episode) - Netflix*******Song of My City* (doc short) - HBO Max********

**8 p.m.*********90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way* - TLC*******Below Deck Mediterranean *- Bravo*******DMV* - CBS*******Finding Mr. Christmas* - Hallmark*******Holiday Baking Championship* - Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)*******Name That Tune* - Fox*******St. Denis Medical* - NBC*******WWE Monday Night RAW* - Netflix (5 p.m. PT)

**8:15 p.m.*****Monday Night Football* (New York Giants at New England Patriots) - ABC / ESPN

**8:30 p.m.*****The Neighborhood* - CBS******

**9 p.m.*********Baked With Love: Holiday* - Hallmark*******Celebrity Weakest Link *- Fox*******FBI* - CBS*******Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition* - Magnolia Network and Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)*******Paul Anka: His Way* (doc) - HBO / HBO Max*******The Pitt* (network premiere) - TNT*******Seeking Sister Wife* (season finale) - TLC*******The Voice* - NBC (next day on Peacock)*******Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen* - Bravo******

**10 p.m.*****Brilliant Minds* (fall finale) - NBC*******Watson *- CBS

**11 p.m.*****The Daily Show* - Comedy Central**

Tuesday, Dec. 2

VANDERPUMP RULES -- Season:12 -- Pictured: (l-r) Natalie Maguire, Shayne Davis, Marcus Johnson, Audrey Lingle, Demy Selem, Lisa Vanderpump, Angelica Jensen, Kim Suarez, Venus Binkley, Jason Cohen, Chris Hah

'Vanderpump Rules'.

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**Movies*****Adventure Tom* - Digital*******Bau* - Digital*******Tapawingo* - Digital*******Tron: Ares* - Digital******

**Streaming*********5-Star* (docuseries debut) - Paramount+*******All's Fair *- Hulu*******The Boulet Brothers' Dragula* - Shudder*******Matt Rife: Unwrapped — A Christmas Crowd Work Special* - Netflix*******Sean Combs: The Reckoning* (docuseries debut) - Netflix*******Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators* - BritBox*******Vanguard* - Viaplay******

**8 p.m.*****Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown* - Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)*******Dancing With the Stars: Dancing With the Holidays* (special) - ABC*******Fixer to Fabulous* (season premiere) - HGTV*******Love & Hip Hop Miami* - BET*******NCIS* - CBS*******The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City* - Bravo******

**9 p.m.*********Baylen Out Loud* - TLC*******CMA Country Christmas* (special) - ABC*******Hard Knocks: In Season With the NFC East* (season premiere) - HBO / HBO Max*******NCIS: Origins* - CBS*******Vanderpump Rules* (season premiere) - Bravo******

**10 p.m.*********7 Little Johnstons* - TLC*******Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane* (series debut) - E!*******NCIS: Sydney* - CBS*******Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen* - Bravo*******What Would You Do?: Holiday Edition* (special) - ABC*******Who Hired the Hit Man?* - ID (next day on HBO Max)

**10:30 p.m.*****Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane* - E!******

**11 p.m.*********The Daily Show* - Comedy Central**

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Wednesday, Dec. 3

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'Oh. What. Fun.'.

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**Movies*****My Secret Santa* - Netflix*******Oh. What. Fun.* - Prime Video

**Streaming*********Down Cemetery Road* - Apple TV*******Ink Master* - Paramount*******Loot* - Apple TV*******The Mighty Nein* - Prime Video*******The New Years* (series debut) - MUBI*******Palm Royale *- Apple TV*******With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration* (special) - Netflix******

**8 p.m.*********The Challenge: Vets and New Threats* - MTV*******Christmas in Rockefeller Center *- NBC / Peacock*******The Floor* - Fox*******Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent* (season finale) - The CW*******Shifting Gears *- ABC*******Survivor* - CBS*******Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas* - Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)

**8:30 p.m.*****Abbott Elementary* - ABC******

**9 p.m.*********99 to Beat* - Fox*******Cheap A$$ Beach Houses* (series debut) - HGTV*******Dangerously Obese* - TLC*******Expedition Unknown* - Discovery*******Sistas* - BET*******Southern Charm* - Bravo (next day on Peacock)******

**9:30 p.m.*****The Amazing Race* - CBS*******Cheap A$$ Beach Houses* - HGTV******

**10 p.m.*********About Face* (season finale) - TLC*******Christmas in Nashville* (special) - NBC*******Expedition Files* - Discovery*******Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen* - Bravo******

**11 p.m.*****The Daily Show* - Comedy Central******

Thursday, Dec. 4

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS -- Season:15 -- Pictured: (l-r) Sutton Stracke, Rachel Zoe, Bozoma Saint John, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Kyle Richards, Amanda France

'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'.

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**Movies*****Love After Holidays* - BET+*******Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning* (streaming debut) - Paramount+******

**Streaming*********The Abandons* (series debut) - Netflix*******Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake* - HBO Max*******Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted* - HBO / HBO Max*******The Assassin* - AMC+*******Blue Lights* - BritBox*******The Kardashians* - Hulu*******Murdering Love* (U.S. debut) - Viaplay*******The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* (reunion special) - Hulu******

**8 p.m.*********Celebrity Family Feud* - ABC*******George & Mandy's First Marriage* - CBS*******Hell's Kitchen* - Fox*******The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills* (season premiere) - Bravo********

**8:15 p.m.*********Thursday Night Football* (Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions) - Prime Video

**9 p.m.*****The Great Christmas Light Fight* (season premiere) - ABC*******It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley *(doc) - HBO / HBO Max*******Matlock* - CBS*******Next Level Baker* (series debut) - Fox

**9:15 p.m.*****Watch Watch Happens Live With Andy Cohen* - Bravo

**10 p.m.*****Elsbeth* - CBS*******The Great Christmas Light Fight* - ABC******

**11 p.m.*****The Daily Show* - Comedy Central**

Friday, Dec. 5

Jay Kelly. George Clooney as Jay Kelly in Jay Kelly.

George Clooney in 'Jay Kelly'.

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**Movies*****100 Nights of Hero* - In theaters*******The Chronology of Water* - In select theaters*******Come Closer* - In select theaters*******The Family McMullen* - HBO Max*******Five Nights at Freddy's 2* - In theaters*******Frontier Crucible* - In theaters, Digital*******La Grazia* - In theaters*******Hunting Season* - In theaters, Digital, VOD*******Jay Kelly* - Netflix*******Jingle Bell Wedding* - The Roku Channel*******Man Finds Tape* - In theaters*******Merrily We Roll Along* (Broadway film) - In theaters*******The New Yorker at 100* (doc) - Netflix*******Night in West Texas* (doc) - In theaters*******A Private Life* - In select theaters*******Reflection in a Dead Diamond* - Shudder*******Rosemead* - In select theaters*******Speed Train* - In theaters, VOD*******Universal* - Digital*******WTO/99* (doc) - In select theaters******

**Streaming*****The First Snow of Fraggle Roc*k (holiday special) - Apple TV*******The Last Frontier* (season finale) - Apple TV*******Heated Rivalry* - HBO Max*******Owning Manhattan* (season premiere) - Netflix*******Pluribus* - Apple TV*******The Seduction* - HBO Max******

**8 p.m.*********2025 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony* (special) - GAF*******Friday Night Vibes* (*Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody*) - TBS*******Gold Rush* - Discovery *******Jingle All the Way to Love* (movie) - Lifetime*******The Last Cowboy* - CMT*******Power Book IV: Force* - Starz*******Ready to Love* - OWN*******Sheriff Country* - CBS*******Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas* (series debut) - Hallmark******

**9 p.m.*****Fire Country* - CBS*******The Last Woodsman* - Discovery*******Spartacus: House of Ashur* (series debut) - Starz*******Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas* - Hallmark*******The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd* - History

**9:15 p.m.*****Happy's Place* - NBC

**9:45 p.m.*****Stumble* - NBC******

**10 p.m.*****Boston Blue* - CBS*******A Christmas Cookbook* (movie) - Lifetime*******Everything on the Menu With Braun Strowman* (season finale) - USA*******It's Florida, Man* - HBO / HBO Max*******Spartacus: House of Ashur* - Starz

**10:15 p.m.*****Dateline* - NBC**

Saturday, Dec. 6

**8 p.m.*********Cranberries and Carols* (movie) - GAF*******Deck the Hallways* (movie) - Lifetime*******Dinner and a Movie* (*Sweet Home Alabama*) - TBS*******Love & Marriage: Huntsville* - OWN*******She's Making a List* (movie) - Hallmark ******

**9 p.m.*****The Christmas Showdown* (movie) - OWN******

**10 p.m.*****48 Hours* - CBS*******The Hallmark Christmas Experience: A Hometown Holiday Christmas Special* - Hallmark*******Merry Missed Connection* (movie) - Lifetime

**11:30 p.m.*********Saturday Night Live* (host Melissa McCarthy; musical guest Dijon) - NBC******

Sunday, Dec. 7

Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, Tracker

Justin Hartley on 'Tracker'.

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**Streaming*********Landman* - Paramount+*******Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints* (fall finale) - FOX Nation*******Mayor of Kingstown* - Paramount+******

**6 p.m.*****Snapped: Behind Bars* - Oxygen******

**7 p.m.*********60 Minutes* - CBS*******America's Funniest Home Videos* - ABC*******Killer Relationship With Faith Jenkins* - Oxygen

**8 p.m.*********90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days* (season premiere) - TLC*******Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking* (season finale) - Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)*******Killer Grannies* - Oxygen*******Masterpiece: Miss Scarlet* (season premiere) - PBS*******Mistletoe at the Manor* (movie) - GAF*******The Real Housewives of Potomac* - Bravo*******Reality Hot Seat* (special) - Peacock*******The Simpsons* - Fox*******Single on the 25th* (movie) - Hallmark*******Tracker* - CBS********

**8:15 p.m.*****Sunday Night Football* (Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs) - NBC

**8:30 p.m.*********Universal Basic Guys* - Fox********

**9 p.m.*********It: Welcome to Derry* - HBO / HBO Max*******Krapopolis* - Fox*******Married to Medicine* - Bravo*******The Road* - CBS*******Robin Hood* - MGM+*******Sweet Empire: Winter Wars* - Food Network (next day on HBO Max and Discovery+)******

**9:30 p.m.*****Bob's Burgers* - Fox******

**10 p.m.*********Sister Wives* - TLC*******Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen* - Bravo*******Words + Music* - MGM+******

**10:30 p.m.*****I Love LA* - HBO / HBO Max**

*times are ET and subject to change

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Simon Cowell Just Revealed the Truth About His Relationship With Former 'American Idol' Costar Ryan Seacrest Jane LaCroixDecember 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM 0 Photo by Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images Simon Cowell isn't exactly keeping tabs on Ryan Seacrest—and he's not afraid to say it. The former American Idol judge raised eyebrows over the weekend after admitting he doesn't really follow his longtime costar's career anymore during an appearance on The Interview, a podcast from The New York Times.

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Simon Cowell isn't exactly keeping tabs on Ryan Seacrest—and he's not afraid to say it.

The former American Idol judge raised eyebrows over the weekend after admitting he doesn't really follow his longtime co-star's career anymore during an appearance on The Interview, a podcast from The New York Times.During the episode, which was shared Saturday, November 29, Cowell was asked why he thought Seacrest has remained so widely liked in Hollywood. "I don't know, actually," he said, bluntly. "He was very, very ambitious. And look, I don't follow his career if I'm being honest with you." Cowell, 66, added that he's not sure "what he's done or doing," noting that the two "rarely talk now." Still, he acknowledged one thing about the 50-year-old host: "He does work hard."

Cowell and Seacrest worked side by side during American Idol's blockbuster early years—with Seacrest hosting and Cowell serving as the show's hardest-to-please judge from its 2002 debut through Season 9. Their on-screen dynamic often sparked headlines, particularly during their famous back-and-forths.

Cowell also admitted in the episode that his harsh critiques sometimes crossed the line.The former judge said he "probably" went "too far" during his early years on the judging panel, where he became notorious for his no-filter takedowns. "I wasn't trying to be a dick on purpose. All I wanted with these shows was to find successful artists to sign to the label," he explained, noting that his bluntness came from real-life audition rooms where honesty was key. Cowell added that his style has softened over the years, acknowledging he has "changed over time" in how he gives feedback.

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As for what he's up to now, Cowell is steering his career back toward the world that made him a household name: building pop superstars. Cowell—who helped launch groups like One Direction, Fifth Harmony and Il Divo—is set to headline a new Netflix docuseries titled Simon Cowell: The Next Act. The project follows him as he attempts to assemble the next global boy-band phenomenon and is set to premiere on December 10th.

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"Harry Potter" star dumbfounded to learn about past encounter with Alexander Skarsgård: 'I'm 84 and gay' Raechal ShewfeltDecember 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM 0 Alexander Skarsgård and Miriam Margolyes on 'The Graham Norton Show' At least Alexander Skarsgård didn't make a bad first impression on Miriam Margolyes. She just didn't remember him at all. Skarsgård had to explain to Margolyes on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show, on which the two were both guests, that they had met previously. At first, she was unconvinced.

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At least Alexander Skarsgård didn't make a bad first impression on Miriam Margolyes. She just didn't remember him at all.

Skarsgård had to explain to Margolyes on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show, on which the two were both guests, that they had met previously. At first, she was unconvinced.

"Well, I clearly made a strong impression on her," Skarsgård said, then tried to jog her memory.

"I believe you own or used to own a condo in Santa Monica. Is that correct?" Skarsgård, 49, asked, as the audiences laughed about the situation. "Were you looking to rent out a room in that at one point?"

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In fact, Margolyes, who's known for her role as Professor Sprout in the 2002 film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011, said she had been looking for a tenant when she went to England to shoot a film about the boy wizard.

So why hadn't he taken it, the actress wanted to know.

"It was a gorgeous apartment, and I remember you were very charming," he continued. "I think, in hindsight, I probably misread the cues, but I felt a strong sexual connection. I probably misread the cues, but I thought this could potentially get messy — if I get a room at this apartment, if I'm your tenant."

"Darling," Margolyes cut in, "I'm 84 and gay! I've been with my partner for 58 years."

"Again," Skarsgård deadpanned, "I probably misread the situation."

The British actress teased that he was "talking out of your bottom."

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Miriam Margolyes in 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' in 2002

More seriously, he said, "But I was actually there, and I do remember that we had a lovely afternoon, which you obviously don't remember."

Along with her important role in Skarsgård's life, Margolyes has worked in film and TV since the '60s, appearing in movies including The Age of Innocence, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors, and Call the Midwife.

The funny conversation between Skarsgård and Margolyes spurred another celebrity sitting on Norton's couch, Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan, to jokingly say, "Miriam, I'm your daughter," as she hugged Margolyes, to which Skarsgård responded that he was Coughlan's dad.

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Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman Reveal What They Learned from Each Other as They Accept Musical Tribute Award at 2025 Gotham Awards (Exclusive) Tommy McArdle, Skyler CarusoDecember 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM 0 Dia Dipasupil/WireImage Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman accepted the 2025 Gotham Awards' inaugural Gotham Musical Tribute for their new movie Song Sung Blue While on the red carpet, the two actors revealed the one thing they learned from working with each other on the film Song Sung Blue is in theaters Dec.

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Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman accepted the 2025 Gotham Awards' inaugural Gotham Musical Tribute for their new movie Song Sung Blue

While on the red carpet, the two actors revealed the one thing they learned from working with each other on the film

Song Sung Blue is in theaters Dec. 25

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman are kicking off their awards season with a prize for their new movie Song Sung Blue.

Hudson, 46, and Jackman, 56, appeared together at the 2025 Gotham Awards in New York City on Monday, Dec. 1, where they received the awards show's inaugural Gotham Musical Tribute for their performances in their new movie about husband and wife Mike and Claire Sardina, who formed the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder in the 1980s.

While on the red carpet, the two actors opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about the one thing they learned from working with each other in the film.

"Hugh, his superpower is to connect," Hudson tells PEOPLE of her costar. "Whether it's on stage, whether it's on set, whether it's with anyone and everyone — he just wants to connect and he wants to make sure that everyone's happy. I learned that one of the great gifts you can give people is that you actually have a desire to connect to them."

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As she turned to Jackson, Hudson adds, "I think you give that to everybody — even though I'm sure it takes a lot from you. You're like a masseuse who's constantly giving energy to other people, and needs energy for you."

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Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman on Nov. 17

Meanwhile, Jackman says of Hudson, "I learned a lot from Kate. I learned about acting on film, actually. I've done almost 50 films, but, somehow, working with Kate — it's a very difficult thing to describe but the mixture of being prepared and just being instinctive is a really fine line and no one does it better than Kate Hudson."

"Being with her, I learned and I think I became a better actor," Jackson says. "Also, there were two key moments where she stuck up for the film, which was inconvenient for timing and everyone, but both of the moments are key moments in the movie now. So, it's sort of that idea of picking your battles, knowing when you need to just really say, 'No I disagree.' And I learned that from Kate, because she's the sweetest, nicest, kindest, always great. So when Kate Hudson says, 'I think this is a mistake, I think we should go left and not right,' everyone stops and listens."

Hudson is receiving Oscar buzz for her role in the new musical movie as awards season kicks off.

"You never know with these things. I've been around now long enough to know just to enjoy that people are really loving the movie," she tells PEOPLE of potential awards glory for the movie, adding with a laugh, "And just, you know, show up to where they tell me to go."

In a Nov. 4 press release, the Gotham Film & Media Institute said that the tribute "will honor Hudson and Jackman for their outstanding musical performances that capture the heart and soul of Neil Diamond's timeless music on the big screen."

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William and Kate Are Skipping King Charles' Christmas Lunch Due to Massive Tension Mehera BonnerDecember 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM 245 Prince William and Kate Middleton are allegedly skipping King Charles' annual Christmas lunch...again. The Waleses will allegedly snub the event due to "nonstop disagreements." Wills and Kate also skipped Charles' lunch last year in what was described as a "coup." Happy Holidays, someone get Netflix's The Crown on the phone, because there's even more drama than usual over in Buckingham Palace.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton are allegedly skipping King Charles' annual Christmas lunch...again.

The Waleses will allegedly snub the event due to "nonstop disagreements."

Wills and Kate also skipped Charles' lunch last year in what was described as a "coup."

Happy Holidays, someone get Netflix's The Crown on the phone, because there's even more drama than usual over in Buckingham Palace. And by that we mean Prince William is allegedly skipping King Charles' annual Christmas lunch. Again.

Rob Shuter's ShuterScoop reports that between "nonstop disagreements" and "icy moments," Prince William's decided to spend the day with Kate Middleton's family instead of the royals.

Per a source, "William and the family will dutifully go to church with big smiles plastered on, but they're not expected for lunch at the big house. It's been an extremely difficult year for William and Catherine."

ShuterScoop also reports that King Charles plans to invite his disgraced brother to lunch—a pretty shocking move, if true. (Reminder: the royals do Christmas in Sandringham, where Prince Andrew is soon to be exiled.)

Last year, there were reports that William and Kate hosted their own "rival" and more "middle class" (um, kay) Christmas at their home in what was described as a "coup" against King Charles. Apparently, the couple were worried that certain royal traditions made them look "weird," and a friend told the Daily Beast that "there's always been a slightly covert, rival Christmas party at [William and Kate's] house, but it's going to be much more obvious this year. If they post pictures, it'll be an official coup attempt."

I mean...guess it wouldn't be the holidays without some family drama?

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Wrongfully convicted Michigan dad sues: 'They did me wrong' Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM 7 Behind prison walls, they called him "Baby Killer." It was a torturous nickname for Michael Griffin, who was serving a life sentence for the death of his infant daughter — a crime he adamantly denies. He said she fell from a baby swing inside their home in Flint, Michigan, and died the next day from a failed surgery. But the police, he said, were hellbent on blaming him for her death, accusing him of abusing her, and trying to bully a confession out of him.

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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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Behind prison walls, they called him "Baby Killer."

It was a torturous nickname for Michael Griffin, who was serving a life sentence for the death of his infant daughter — a crime he adamantly denies. He said she fell from a baby swing inside their home in Flint, Michigan, and died the next day from a failed surgery. But the police, he said, were hell-bent on blaming him for her death, accusing him of abusing her, and trying to bully a confession out of him.

"'Tell us what you did or the doctors won't help your daughter,'" Griffin recalled the police telling him during a three-hour-long interrogation as his daughter clung to life. He described it as a futile back-and-forth:

"I'm telling you the truth."

Michael Griffin, 35, of Flint, sits on a couch with his wife, Kalesha Journeay, 33, in the living room of their home in Flint on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. When he was 19, Griffin's daughter died after falling from a baby swing, and he was blamed for her death. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, though he would profess his innocence for the next 14 years. He was exonerated after medical evidence showed a botched surgery caused her daughter's death. He is now suing over his wrongful conviction, alleging the police, hospital and forensic officials covered up their mistakes.

"No, you're not."

"She fell out of her swing."

"No, she didn't."

"They kept telling me I was lying," recalled Griffin, who at 19 would get charged, convicted at trial and sent to prison, where the "Baby Killer" taunts would tear his guts out for years, triggering fights with those who dared utter it.

"I had to keep telling myself, 'I didn't do it,' Even if the truth never came out," Griffin said in a recent, exclusive interview with the Free Press.

But the truth did eventually come out, Griffin said. In 2023 he was exonerated with the help of the Michigan Innocence Clinic and attorney Mike Morse. Two years into his freedom, he is now suing to hold those accountable for, as he puts it, framing him for a crime that he never committed, and robbing him of 14 years of his life.

'I kept telling myself — I know they did me wrong'

In a wrongful prosecution lawsuit unfolding in U.S. District Court, Griffin alleges that his daughter's death was caused by a failed surgical procedure, and that police, doctors and forensic officials conspired to transform a "tragic household accident into a fabricated homicide." Specifically, the suit alleges, investigators and medical personnel built a false narrative of child abuse, coerced a confession through fear and deceit, then falsified police and medical reports and altered autopsy findings to match their story.

"When I was locked up, I kept telling myself, 'I know they did me wrong,' " Griffin said. "But I didn't think it could be proven."

Griffin's lawsuit is against the city of Flint, Genesee County, two Flint police officers, three doctors, three officials with the medical examiner's office and the Hurley Medical Center where his daughter was taken for treatment. Through multiple lawyers and agency officials, all declined comment for this article.

Among the lawsuit's allegations:

There was no physical evidence of blunt force trauma, yet the police and doctors pushed this theory, and a medical examiner listed it as cause of death on the autopsy report, which also noted the existence of a prior head injury, a bruise on the baby's face and the occurrence of an unsuccessful craniotomy. Yet, "without any evidence" that the injuries were caused by the dad as opposed to the failed craniotomy, the medical examiner determined that cause of death was "Blunt Force Injury of the Head" and the manner of death was "homicide."

In the middle of Griffin's trial, the autopsy report was changed after a doctor testified that no evidence existed to support a finding of "Blunt Force Trauma." A medical examiner then sent the prosecution an "" autopsy report, changing the cause of death to "Abusive Head Injury." A doctor testified that this phrase is used when there is no way to determine how injuries occur, and "admitted" that it was used "to reflect that the doctors did not know what happened to Naviah."

A doctor had discovered a prior head injury in the baby, yet the jury was never informed about how the baby's fall could have reinjured that previous injury. As it turned out, a CT scan showed a new brain bleed had developed, which triggered the need for the surgery that ultimately failed.

The police report stated that Griffin's interrogation was videotaped. The prosecutor also said the same at trial, yet the videotape has never been produced. Griffin's lawyers filed a Freedom of Information Act request for it, but the city of Flint said the video doesn't exist.

Griffin was arrested without a warrant.

A medical examiner testified that she performed an autopsy on the child at 9 a.m., but the baby was still in surgery at that time, and was not pronounced dead until 1:10 p.m.

An investigator with the medical examiner's office lied in his written report — and later to jurors — when he claimed that the mom told him that she believed her daughter had been abused by the father. The mom testified that this never happened.

"There were desperate measures taken here to ensure that Michael would be blamed for the death of his daughter," said attorney Adam Akeel, who is representing Griffin in the lawsuit. He noted the prosecution "showed a shaken-baby video to the jury" when there was no evidence supporting this theory.

"It's them pushing this false narrative to pin it on the dad," Akeel said, "when they all admit that they had no facts to support that it was caused by him."

How Griffin went from grieving parent to murder suspect in 24 hours

According to court records, trial testimony, interviews with lawyers and Griffin, these are the events that unfolded in the fall of 2009, when Griffin's daughter wound up in the Emergency Room at Hurley Medical Center in Flint with a bruise under her eye:

On Sept. 30, 2009, Griffin was home with his daughter while the baby's mom walked to a corner market to buy snacks at about 5 p.m. Both parents were just 19, living in a two-story apartment in Flint with baby Naviah, whose dad had placed her in a motorized infant swing upstairs while her mom went out. He secured her with the attached tray that latched across her lap. He did not use the seat belt. He then went downstairs and played video games, when eventually, he heard a loud thump. He said he thought it might be the neighbors.

But when he went upstairs, he said he found the baby face down on the hardwood floor.

Michael Griffin, center, 33, of Flint, has his hands massaged by his then-fiancée, Kalesha Journeay, 31, while sitting on the front porch of his mother's house on Flint's west side on Friday, May 5, 2023, shortly after Griffin was released from prison on bond. When he was 19, Griffin's daughter died after falling from a baby swing, and he was blamed for her death. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, though he would profess his innocence for the next 14 years. He was exonerated after medical evidence showed a botched surgery caused her daughter's death. He is now suing over his wrongful conviction, alleging the police, hospital and forensic officials covered up their mistakes.

"I panicked and picked her up," Griffin recalled. "I remember this clear as day — as soon as I picked her up, her head went limp on my shoulder. She wasn't crying."

Griffin said he set her on the bed when he heard a knock at the door. It was Naviah's mom. He ran downstairs with the baby and opened the door. Before he could say what had happened, the mom grabbed the baby, who had stopped breathing, ran out the front door and yelled for help. An apartment security guard performed CPR on the baby and resuscitated her before the ambulance arrived and transported her to Hurley Medical Center.

When she got to the hospital, she had a bruise under her right eye and no other external injuries. But the parents would learn overnight that her brain had swollen, and that she would need surgery. A CT scan had revealed a "tiny" and "thin" bleed on the left side of Naviah's brain, and a cystic hygroma — or benign tumor — was discovered on the right side of her brain. This meant that a prior injury had occurred and healed, but was "dangerously susceptible to reinjury," the lawsuit states.

After discovering the existence of the cystic hygroma, hospital officials contacted Child Protective Services and the Flint police, who would interrogate both parents at the police station. Mom went first, telling police that she and Griffin had a good relationship, that he treats her and the baby well and had never abused either of them; and that she had no reason to believe that he would harm their child.

Mom also informed the officers that Naviah had a tendency to kick up the latched tray and pull herself up and out of her swing, and that she had previously done so on multiple occasions.

The police, though, allegedly criticized the mom for trusting the dad, telling her the doctors did not believe Griffin's story about the swing fall, and neither did they.

Fifteen years later, Naviah's mom — who said she initially "didn't want to believe" that Griffin could have hurt their child — says after years of researching the case and rethinking the details, the medical testimony and Griffin's story, she doesn't believe Griffin is telling the truth. And though she testified for the prosecution at his trial — at times providing favorable testimony for the dad — she said she believes Griffin did something that caused her child's death, and is hiding something.

Mom: 'Something happened at that house … that he's not taking accountability for'

For 36-year-old Alecia Patton, Naviah's mother, the pain, sadness and trauma of losing a child has never gone away. Though grateful for the experience to become a mom again — she now has a 10-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter — she still grieves Naviah everyday, she said. And the memory of what happened that tragic day still haunts her, in part, because she believes Griffin is hiding something.

"Something happened at the house that caused her to go to the hospital that he's not taking accountability for," Patton said in a recent interview with the Free Press.

That hospital visit was especially traumatic for Patton, who also lost her father that day. He had come to the hospital to be with her after learning about Naviah, when he died suddenly of a health issue inside his car in the parking lot, just 10 minutes after Naviah died.

"He didn't want her to be alone — that's what I tell myself to keep going," Patton said.

With back-to-back tragedies to contend with, Patton would get hit with another major event in just a matter of days. Her baby's father would be charged with murder.

"I didn't want to believe it," said Patton, who recalled going through a mix of emotions: Anger. Confusion. Sadness. But as time passed, she said, and she had a chance to research the case and process the medical information, she came to a conclusion:

"I was faced with reality — that he's the reason behind her being deceased," said Patton, who cut off all ties with Griffin shortly after her daughter's death.

Patton said she didn't believe Griffin's "she fell out of the swing" explanation: "It just didn't make sense. It never did make sense."

Patton, who is now a certified nursing assistant, said she also doesn't believe that her daughter died from a failed surgery, maintaining that it was Griffin who caused her daughter to be in the hospital in the first place.

"If, whatever happened at the house hadn't happened, then the doctors would not have had to try to get the fluid off her brain," Patton said. "I asked them to do what they could do to try to save her, and they did the best they could do."

'I want to know the truth ... She didn't deserve what happened to her'

It's been more than 10 years since Patton has spoken to Griffin. Their last conversation was a prison phone call.

"I asked him to tell me the truth of what happened," recalled Patton, who said Griffin told her that if she came in person to see him in prison, "he would tell me what happened."

But that prison visit never occurred. Patton said her application to visit him was denied, and she didn't pursue the matter further.

Still, she said, she has never stopped wondering what happened.

"I want to know the truth," she said. "Something happened. … I'm the mother. And I don't know what happened to my first-born child. It's not fair. She didn't deserve what happened to her."

When Griffin was exonerated, Patton said she was blindsided.

"I went into a dark hole. … I wasn't expecting it," Patton said, later adding: "Everybody is saying he deserves a second chance. I feel like, 'leave well enough alone.' "

As for second chances, Patton said: "I'm not God. I can't say what nobody deserves. … But I would be more comfortable if he were in prison. Justice was served before he got out."

As for Griffin's lawsuit, she said: "He's going for money, and all I want is the truth."

Dad says police bullied him with threats to get a false confession

Griffin maintains he has been truthful from the start, and that he was railroaded by police when they first took him in for questioning while his daughter fought for her life. According to Griffin, trial transcripts, and court records, here's what happened:

At the start of the interrogation, the officers closed the door, according to official reports. Then they reportedly told Griffin that both they and the doctors believed he had intentionally abused his daughter and caused her injuries, either with blunt force or shaking her. Griffin protested, but the officers wouldn't let up, allegedly telling him that unless he confessed to harming her, the doctors wouldn't be able to treat her, that they would terminate his parental rights, and that she could die.

Griffin told the officers that a couple of weeks earlier, Naviah had fallen on the metal post of the swing and there was a bruise and suggested that this could have happened again, records show. But the officers would not relent. They wanted more, telling him his daughter will die "because he wasn't man enough to tell the truth," and that they suspected he lost his temper with the mom and took it out on the baby.

Griffin continued to deny hurting his child, but the intense questioning continued, according to reports, with police telling him "they were starting to believe he was a monster," that doctors will remove his daughter's brain should she die and determine she could have been saved had her dad been truthful about hurting her.

After accusing Griffin of not wanting to help his daughter, reports show, they told him he could leave — but threatened that he would likely not be able to see Navia again for at least 18 months, and that parental termination proceedings were imminent.

Desperate and afraid, Griffin caved.

"Given the coercive pressure being placed on (Griffin) ... and in a desperate attempt to satisfy the officers' relentless demands, (Griffin) stated that he sometimes taps Naviah on the back of the head, but he never does it hard and he plays with her that way," the lawsuit states, adding the dad also told the officers that he "sometimes throws her up and down, but also just to play with her and that he has never and would never hurt her."

At 1:10 p.m., on Oct. 1, seven hours after his interrogation, his daughter was pronounced dead following an unsuccessful craniotomy.

Five days later, Griffin was arrested and charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse. At trial, he took the stand in his own defense and broke down crying when they showed him a photo of his deceased daughter. But he was unable to convince a jury that he was innocent.

Mom testifies at trial

During trial, jurors also heard from Patton, whose testimony largely focused on her relationship with Griffin, his parenting skills, and the events that transpired after she came home and found her daughter limp in Griffin's arms. She was never asked at trial whether she believed Griffin's explanation for how their daughter got hurt.

During her testimony, Patton said that she never had any concerns about Griffin appropriately caring for their daughter, that she never saw him lose his patience with her, that he was her primary caretaker while she attended a work program, and that the two did not have disagreements about how he cared for her.

She also pushed back on the prosecution's claims that she nodded her head yes when a medical examiner investigator asked her whether she believed Griffin had abused their daughter. She testified that she did not remember that.

"Did he love her?" the defense asked her on cross-examination.

"Yes," she answered.

Patton also testified that the baby once rolled off the sofa while in the dad's care. She took the baby to the hospital out of caution, she said, but there were no injuries. She also testified that he once broke a window in their home after arguing, but that the dispute was not about the baby.

According to Patton's testimony, here is what happened on the tragic day in question, when she returned home from a walk to a corner store and found her daughter limp in her father's arms:

"I grabbed her from him," she told the jury. "I thought she was gone."

She then ran out of the house, yelled for help. An apartment security guard resuscitated her daughter then grabbed a phone from the dad and called 911. An ambulance arrived and drove the mom and baby to the hospital. Dad was in a car behind them, with his mom.

At the hospital, the mom testified, Griffin would tell her the baby fell from the swing, and that he found her on the floor when he went upstairs to change her diaper. She said they waited for about two hours in the hospital waiting room, but got no answers about the condition of their child. At that point, she said, two police officers showed up and took her to the police station for questioning.

Michael Griffin, 33, of Flint, and his then-fiancée, Kalesha Journeay, 31, take a walk through a neighborhood on Flint's west side with his nephew Jacquees Griffin on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, after Michael Griffin was released from prison on bond. When he was 19, Griffin's daughter died after falling from a baby swing, and he was blamed for her death. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, though he would profess his innocence for the next 14 years. He was exonerated after medical evidence showed a botched surgery caused her daughter's death. He is now suing over his wrongful conviction, alleging the police, hospital and forensic officials covered up their mistakes.

Patton did not testify about the interrogation, but said she went back to the hospital after questioning, and eventually learned that her daughter would need surgery. Five hours later, the doctors would give her the gut-wrenching news: her daughter didn't make it.

Meanwhile, the police would begin building a case against Griffin, using the "illegally elicited" statements he made during his interrogation against him, his lawsuit states. Those same statements would later be used to persuade a jury to convict him. The prosecution also used the statements to convince the court of appeals to uphold his conviction.

It wasn't until the Michigan Innocence Clinic and prominent plaintiff attorney Mike Morse intervened that he was exonerated.

'His court-appointed attorney was a disaster'

In securing Griffin's freedom, the Michigan Innocence Clinic and Morse argued that Griffin had an ineffective lawyer, noting the prosecution brought in seven doctors to testify against Griffin, while his public defender brought in none.

"There are lots of causes of wrongful convictions, but most of these cases have one thing in common: Bad or overworked lawyers, or public defenders. And this is one of the main reasons Mr. Griffin was wrongfully convicted," Morse said during a 2023 news conference when Griffin was released. "His court-appointed attorney was a disaster. He called no expert witnesses, despite the fact that the state called seven."

According to Griffin, it was Morse who ultimately secured his release by finding and bringing in doctors who explained to the court how the baby's death likely occurred. Morse, who had never before handled a criminal case and took this one pro bono, also argued that the scientific consensus around short fall and other head injuries had evolved since 2010, evidence that was not readily available when Griffin was convicted.

Using these arguments, Morse convinced Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Kelly to vacate Griffin's convictions in March 2023, release him on bond, and order a new trial.

But there was no retrial. After reevaluating the case, the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office opted not to retry it, dropped all charges and dismissed the case on Sept. 13, 2023.

When asked to explain this decision, Assistant Prosecutor John Pothbury declined comment, citing pending litigation.

On its website, the Mike Morse Law Firm commended the prosecutor's office, stating: "Throughout this entire process, the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office has been extremely professional and respectful to Mr. Griffin and his legal counsel. It is abundantly clear that Genesee County Prosecutor Mr. David Leyton and his staff care about doing their job the right way and only prosecuting cases when they have a good faith basis for believing the available evidence will support a conviction. "

A fresh start, a wife, and a new baby

Since his release, Griffin, who now runs a cleaning business, has embraced his freedom with new hope and purpose. He is a father again, and a husband. He married a woman he met years ago while he was in prison. The two now have a 1-year-old boy named Nash.

"He looks just like his sister," said Griffin, noting his son makes him smile again.

Michael Griffin, center, 33, of Flint, is hugged by family members as they come to visit him outside of his mother's house on Flint's west side on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, shortly after Griffin was released from prison on bond. When he was 19, Griffin's daughter died after falling from a baby swing, and he was blamed for her death. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, though he would profess his innocence for the next 14 years. He was exonerated after medical evidence showed a botched surgery caused her daughter's death. He is now suing over his wrongful conviction, alleging the police, hospital and forensic officials covered up their mistakes.

And a lot of the anger is gone.

"I ended up letting it go," Griffin said. " I had to let go of all the emotions."

Following his exoneration, Griffin received $435,000 from the state for the years he spent in prison. The payout was supposed to be $696,000, or $50,000 for every year he was in prison. But he said he didn't get the entire amount because authorities said his daughter had been hurt before, and so they decided against giving him the full amount.

It didn't make sense to Griffin, who has long maintained he never harmed his daughter. But he said he's moving on from that, too, shifting his focus to his lawsuit, and working to hold all those accountable for the nightmare he was put through.

Losing a child was hard enough, he said. But then being blamed for her death was another matter.

"I wish nobody would ever go through this," said Griffin, noting he couldn't watch baby commercials for a long time. "I dealt with a lot of pain."

And now he wants the civil justice system to hold the police, doctors, medical examiners and others responsible for it.

"The whole time I was locked up I knew something crazy had happened," Griffin said. "I just kept saying, 'I didn't do it.' I believed the hospitals did something, the cops covered stuff up."

It took more than a year for Griffin to pursue a lawsuit. He said he "had an epiphany."

"I woke up my wife ... I said, 'If I'm sitting here, who is responsible for killing my daughter?' " Griffin recalled, noting he has never received an apology for his ordeal. "Nothing was ever said. Not an 'I'm sorry.' They locked me up for it and said 'I've done it.' "

"But now that I'm out," he added, he's intent on answering this question: "Who did it?"

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Publisher condemns 'violent' use of Franklin the Turtle after Pete Hegseth's boat strike post Raquel Coronell UribeDecember 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM 0 The publisher of Franklin the Turtle released a statement Monday condemning the "violent" use of the children's book character after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an image with the title "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists." "Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity," the publishing house Kids Can Press wrote in a statement on X.

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The publisher of Franklin the Turtle released a statement Monday condemning the "violent" use of the children's book character after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an image with the title "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists."

"Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity," the publishing house Kids Can Press wrote in a statement on X.

"We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image, which directly contradicts these values," the statement read.

Chief Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell responded to the publisher in a statement, saying: "We doubt Franklin the Turtle wants to be inclusive of drug cartels… or laud the kindness and empathy of narco-terrorists."

In the image Hegseth posted, Franklin stands on a helicopter and aims a machine gun at a boat. The post followed news reports that the Pentagon carried out a second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2, which the White House confirmed Monday.

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, blasted Hegseth over the post.

"I've read books to my children, but not that one apparently. This is serious business. I mean, even if it's justified, even if it's right, seriously, you're killing people. And this is your response to tweet out some joke about a cartoon turtle," Smith told reporters.

"I mean, we need a secretary of defense who understands the seriousness and the importance of the job that he has. We don't have one," he added.

Smith put out a joint statement over the weekend with Armed Services Committee chair Mike Rogers, R-Ala., in which they said the panel would provide "rigorous oversight of the Defense Department's military operations in the Caribbean."

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee — Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. — said in a similar statement that they would conduct "vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances."

The White House said Monday that the strike was ordered by Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who was overseeing the operation and at the time and was in charge of the Joint Special Operations Command. Some lawmakers and legal experts say the second attack, which reportedly killed the survivors of an initial strike, could constitute a war crime.

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