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‘The Pitt’ Leads With 25 Emmy Nominations and ‘Hacks’ Is Top Among Comedies with 24

This image released by Max shows Noah Wyle in a scene from "The Pitt." (Warrick Page/MAX via AP)
This image released by Max shows Noah Wyle in a scene from "The Pitt." (Warrick Page/MAX via AP)
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‘The Pitt’ Leads With 25 Emmy Nominations and ‘Hacks’ Is Top Among Comedies with 24

This image released by Max shows Noah Wyle in a scene from "The Pitt." (Warrick Page/MAX via AP)
This image released by Max shows Noah Wyle in a scene from "The Pitt." (Warrick Page/MAX via AP)

“The Pitt” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while “Hacks” led all comedies with 24 for its final season as the Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday.

HBO Max’s emergency room series “The Pitt” was a rookie upstart last year with big wins including best drama series, best actor for Noah Wyle and best supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa.

Already a beloved veteran show, it owned this year’s acting categories. Wyle was nominated again, as was LaNasa. Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif and Sepideh Moafi also got nominations, with “The Pitt” taking four of the seven supporting actress spots.

Three of their castmates were nominated for best supporting actor: Patrick Ball, Shawn Hatosy and Gerran Howell.

Emmy voters love a departing show, and have loved “Hacks” since its first season. Those two colliding phenomena let it rake in nominations for its fifth and final season.

“Hacks” star Jean Smart has won best actress in a comedy for all four previous seasons. It would be stunning if she didn’t claim a fifth in September.

Her sidekick throughout the series Hannah Einbinder, who last year broke through and won supporting actress in a comedy in her fourth nomination, got a fifth nomination Wednesday, as did her castmate, the show’s co-creator Paul W. Downs.

Recent winners Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller announced the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC, will be held Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater, the longtime Emmys home that will soon also be home to the Oscars. Mariska Hargitay, who for decades has been one of NBC’s standard-bearers as the star of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” will host.

Two new shows from AppleTV+, the one-woman-against-the-hivemind drama “Pluribus” and the horror comedy “Widow’s Bay,” both scored big in their first seasons.

“Pluribus,” from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan, got 18 nods. They included best actress in a drama for its only lead cast member Rhee Seahorn, who is considered the favorite to win the category.

“Widow’s Bay” got 19, second only to “Hacks” among comedies, including a best actor nod for star Matthew Rhys. Two other Apple shows got best comedy nods, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” whose stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer also got acting nominations, and “Shrinking.”

The nominations for “Shrinking” included a best supporting actor in a comedy nod for Harrison Ford. The buzz is strong for Ford, with prognosticators picking him to finally win an EGOT-tier award after a storied career. His castmate Jason Segel got a lead actor nomination for the show about therapists crossing boundaries.

Netflix’s “Beef” was tops in the limited or anthology series categories with 16 nominations. “Beef” had a dominant first season in 2023, and the anthology’s all-new grudge holders, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, all got nominations.

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US Rapper Pitbull Sets Bald Cap World Record at London Show

Members of the crowd sporting "bald caps" gather in the sunshine ahead of a concert by US rapper and singer Pitbull in Hyde Park, London, on July 10, 2026. (AFP)
Members of the crowd sporting "bald caps" gather in the sunshine ahead of a concert by US rapper and singer Pitbull in Hyde Park, London, on July 10, 2026. (AFP)
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US Rapper Pitbull Sets Bald Cap World Record at London Show

Members of the crowd sporting "bald caps" gather in the sunshine ahead of a concert by US rapper and singer Pitbull in Hyde Park, London, on July 10, 2026. (AFP)
Members of the crowd sporting "bald caps" gather in the sunshine ahead of a concert by US rapper and singer Pitbull in Hyde Park, London, on July 10, 2026. (AFP)

US rapper Pitbull has set the first Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps.

A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time (BST) festival.

Many also sported other elements of the singer's signature style -- a suit, black aviator sunglasses and stick-on dark goatees.

"Record breaking, record making, history in the making," the 45-year-old hip hop artist said before being presented with his certificate.

"Thank you London, thank you to the fans, thank you Hyde Park, thank you to the bald-es," he added, as temperatures reached 31C in the British capital.

In recent years, it has become a trend for fans to dress as Pitbull while attending his performances.

"I think I put it (the bald cap) on too early," 21-year-old student Connie McGovern told AFP.

"I can't take it off now because my hair and my make-up's messed up, so I've got to commit -- it's not coming off."

Her sister Ella, 23, said it was "good to be a part of something".

"We're going to make history today," she added.

Pitbull was the first person to attempt the feat under official adjudication, meaning there was no previous record to beat.

The Miami-born star's hits include "Fireball", "Timber", "Time Of Our Lives", and "On the Floor".

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Music Industry Launches AI-Generated Content Labels

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. (Reuters)
AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. (Reuters)
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Music Industry Launches AI-Generated Content Labels

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. (Reuters)
AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. (Reuters)

Several major music industry organizations on Friday unveiled a labeling system for content created with generative artificial intelligence that they would like to see widely adopted.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the voluntary labels alongside six other groups including the Grammys.

"Fans want to know whether and how generative AI has been used," the chief executives of IFPI and RIAA said in a prepared statement.

"These labels will provide an immediately understandable and easily scalable approach to transparency."

They unveiled two labels. The first would indicate music that is primarily "AI-generated" -- cases where artificial intelligence "was used to generate the entirety or the primary portion of the creative elements of the recording."

This includes tracks generated "entirely" from AI prompts, as well as lead vocals and "key" instrumental tracks that are AI-generated, according to the statement.

The second label applies to "AI-assisted" music recording which are still "created substantially by humans and expresses human creativity" but contain "some expressive elements" that were generated with AI.

However, humans must perform the lead vocals and primary instrumental tracks.

This voluntary labeling system is designed for "broad, global adoption," including on streaming services.

Music streaming site Deezer systematically flags tracks generated with AI, which the company recently said appear in close to half of new uploads. In June, it launched an "AI music detector" which it said is 99.8% accurate.

Earlier this year, an Apple Music executive told Billboard that more than one third of new uploads were entirely created with AI.

The Digital Media Association, a trade group representing streaming companies including Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify, said it was following the labeling announcement closely and looks forward to receiving more detailed and accurate AI metadata as a way to "strengthen our ability to give fans the transparency they deserve."

"DIMA has long advocated for the creators, owners, and distributors of music to provide accurate and timely metadata on all music released and distributed to streaming services," the association's CEO Graham Davies said in a statement.

In April, Spotify launched a "Verified by Spotify" label to signal that users can "trust the authenticity" of an artist, and last year the company announced new efforts to support AI disclosure and combat impersonation.

Spotify declined to comment on Friday. Apple Music and the Digital Media Association did not respond to requests for comment.

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Actor Anthony Hopkins Signs Record Deal as Composer

10 July 2026, ---: Undated handout photo of Anthony Hopkins recording his new album for Decca Classics. Photo: Charlie Gray/PA Wire/dpa
10 July 2026, ---: Undated handout photo of Anthony Hopkins recording his new album for Decca Classics. Photo: Charlie Gray/PA Wire/dpa
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Actor Anthony Hopkins Signs Record Deal as Composer

10 July 2026, ---: Undated handout photo of Anthony Hopkins recording his new album for Decca Classics. Photo: Charlie Gray/PA Wire/dpa
10 July 2026, ---: Undated handout photo of Anthony Hopkins recording his new album for Decca Classics. Photo: Charlie Gray/PA Wire/dpa

Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first classical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer.

"Bracken Road" features on his upcoming "Life is a Dream" album, a collection of orchestral works written over six decades, "revealing a composer whose music shares the same emotional depth and storytelling that define his screen career", Reuters quoted label Decca Classics as saying.

The 88-year-old Welsh-born actor, who won Academy Awards for his performances in "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Father", learned to play the piano at the age of ⁠four and went ⁠on to compose music for local plays as a teenager in the 1950s.

"Music was my first desire, my first wish," Hopkins said in a statement. "I've been composing music all my life. Some of these pieces have lived with me for decades and I still find myself returning to ⁠them."

"Life is a Dream", which is released on August 21, features works Hopkins wrote during different periods of his life that were inspired by his childhood, loved ones and his native south Wales.

It is performed by Grammy Award-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

"It has been a true privilege to collaborate with the distinguished Philharmonia Orchestra and the virtuoso soloists, cellist Gregorio Nieto and classical pianist Sergio Tiempo," Hopkins said.

"My deepest gratitude and respect go to Maestro ⁠Gustavo Dudamel, ⁠whose artistry is an integral part of this musical journey. With the graceful precision of his baton, he transformed each note with profound and indelible meaning, creating a pictorial landscape that invites the listener to feel and imagine something uniquely personal."

Inspired by the landscape around his childhood home, Hopkins composed "Bracken Road" in 1963 when he was a young actor at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, improvising on a piano before rehearsals. Another track "My Fatherland", also pays tribute to Wales, while other pieces draw on loved ones and "the cinema that first caught his imagination", Decca Classics said.