{
  "id": 7346964,
  "title": "Why 2026 Primetime Emmys Host Mariska Hargitay Asked to Hear This Taylor Swift Song During a Photo Shoot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/why-2026-primetime-emmys-host-mariska-hargitay-asked-to-hear-this",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T15:38:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/mariska-hargitay-asks-for-taylor-swift-song-photo-shoot-1236339339/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During a photo shoot for a Los Angeles Times story on Mariska Hargitay's upcoming role as host of the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards, the award-winning actress revealed a specific request she made to her photographer. Hargitay, who will be the first woman in 15 years to host the prestigious event, asked the photographer to play a Taylor Swift song called \"The Man.\" The song, from Swift's 2019 album Lover, imagines how Swift's career and experiences within the music industry would have differed if she had been a man. Hargitay expressed her own thoughts on the matter, stating that while change is hard and progress can take time, she feels honored to hold the position of host.",
  "summary": "The actress will be the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}