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    “One Big Happy” cast credits EP DeGeneres for laughs

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    Actress Elisha Cuthbert attends the NBC Network 2014 Upfront presentation at the Javits Center on Monday, May 12, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

    By Alicia Rancilio

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    When Ellen DeGeneres decided to executive produce a new comedy for NBC, she clearly didn't take the job lightly.

    In fact, the cast said Monday at NBC's presentation to advertisers that she warmed up the audience before the taping of the pilot.

    "Ellen did, I'd say about 10 minutes of warming up the crowd," recalled actor Nick Zano. "We hear Ellen doing standup and the crowd roaring and we're like, 'Damn … I hope we're as funny as that,'" he joked. "She set the bar high and we just had to come close to matching."

    "One Big Happy" is about a straight guy (Zano) who decides to have a baby with his gay best friend (Elisha Cuthbert.) The plan gets complicated when Zano's character falls in love with someone else, a British woman played by Kelly Brook, and marries her so she can stay in the country.

    Cuthbert hopes she does her character justice and makes DeGeneres proud.

    "I'm playing a lesbian and she is the coolest lesbian on the planet."




    A social media ban for under-16s passes the Australian Senate and will soon be a world-first law

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    A teenager uses his mobile phone to access social media, Sydney, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image VIA AP)

    A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law.

    The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

    The Senate passed the bill 34 votes to 19. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the legislation 102 votes to 13.

    The House has yet to endorse opposition amendments made in the Senate. But that is a formality since the government has already agreed they will pass.

    The platforms will have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties are enforced.

    The amendments bolster privacy protections. Platforms would not be allowed to compel users to provide government-issued identity documents including passports or driver's licenses, nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.

    The House is scheduled to pass the amendments on Friday. Critics of the legislation fear that banning young children from social media will impact the privacy of users who must establish they are older than 16.

    While the major parties support the ban, many child welfare and mental health advocates are concerned about unintended consequences.

    Sen. David Shoebridge, from the minority Greens party, said mental health experts agreed that the ban could dangerously isolate many children who used social media to find support.

    "This policy will hurt vulnerable young people the most, especially in regional communities and especially the LGBTQI community, by cutting them off," Shoebridge told the... Read More

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