Taylor Kinney's Exit from 'Chicago Fire' Might Have Already Aired

Taylor Swift is about to begin her Eras Tour in the newly entitled Swift City (Glendale), Arizona.Fans' excitement and speculation about the tour, her first in five years, is through the roof. Will we catch a rare glimpse of Taylor's boyfriend Joe Alwyn? What surprise celebrity guests might appear (Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively... Harry Styles?!)? Taylor Swift performing during her Reputation tour in 2018But perhaps the biggest source of stress is whether the singer will be able to perform everyone's favorite hits on the night.

New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer. ET has you covered for everything in between.Taylor Swift released four previously unreleased songs this week, a celebration of the Eras Tour kickoff in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday night.

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Two ships passing in the night! Jesse Spencer will return to Chicago Fire for a special episode amid Taylor Kinney’s temporary leave of absence.

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Jesse Spencer will make a special comeback in the role of Matt Casey in an upcoming Chicago Fire episode.

An original star of Chicago Fire is returning to the show later this season!

Emily Longeretta Casey is back in Chicago, once again. Jesse Spencer, who left NBC’s “Chicago Fire” in 2021 after 200 episodes, will return for the 18th episode of Season 11, Variety confirms. Details about his storyline are still under wraps. Spencer portrayed Matt Casey on the Dick Wolf drama for the first nine seasons. He left during the the fifth episode of Season 10, as the character moved to Oregon with a three-year commitment to a new job. At the time, he shared that he was walking away from the show since he’d been doing television for 18 years and wanted to take a step back and spend more time with his family. (He previously starred in the Australian soap “Neighbours” and portrayed Dr. Robert Chase on Fox’s “House.”)

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Nominations for the 2023 CMT Music Awards are led by country’s woman of the moment, Lainey Wilson, with four, followed by three apiece for Cody Johnson, newcomer Jelly Roll and the show’s recurring co-host, Kane Brown. For the second year in a row, the three-hour telecast will be getting its premiere network airing on CMT’s big sister network, CBS — along with a livestream on Paramount+ — and for the first time, it will be based out of Austin. The show goes out live from the Moody Center April 2 at 8 p.m. ET on the broadcast network and airs tape-delayed in the same time slot on the west coast. Several days after the broadcast and streaming premiere, the show will appear on its titular network, CMT, as an “extended cut” with 30 minutes of additional material, bringing the running time there to three and a half hours. That expanded edition bows on CMT April 6 at 8 ET/PT.

CMT Music Awards will have plenty of familiar faces — and a whole lot of new ones. Lainey Wilson leads the charge with four noms, including Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year. Tied with three nominees apiece are first-time nominee Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown.Across all categories, CMT is recognizing 21 first-time nominees.Meanwhile, the first round of nominations for the highly coveted Video of the Year award has 16 acts, including another nod for Carrie Underwood, who reigns as the most awarded artist in CMT history with a total of 25 wins.

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Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide is off getting some specialized arson training.

Emily Longeretta It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. During Wednesday’s episode of “Chicago Fire,” Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide left town to go to “the best arson investigation training program in the world.” While he could have turned down the last-minute opening, the opportunity was too big to pass on. Kinney did not appear on the episode, as he had already left the set at the time of shooting. Instead, the news was delivered to Boden (Eamonn Walker) from the captain. While the chief is disappointed, he knows the training will be beneficial for the firehouse whenever Severide returns. Last month, Variety confirmed that Kinney was taking a leave of absence from the procedural to deal with a person matter.

is addressing Taylor Kinney's absence.On Wednesday's season 11 episode, titled «Damage Control,» while Kinney's character, Lieutenant Kelly Severide, was not seen, his absence was definitely felt by his wife, Stella. At the top of the episode, Stella is seen in their empty apartment, while Severide is off at an arson investigation program in Alabama.As OFI boss Van Meter explained to Boden, who was visibly upset that he lost one of his best firefighters with one day’s notice, the last-minute opportunity was just too good for Severide to pass up.

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Jennifer Garner has become a veteran actress since her breakout role as Sydney Bristow on Alias, but even after twenty plus years in the industry, she can still admit to her shortcomings.The actress stars in the new third season of the cult-classic comedy Party Down, also starring Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullally.Despite having undertaken all sorts of challenges throughout her career, there's one that was required of her while filming the upcoming reboot that she really needed help with: pretending to be inebriated.WATCH: Jennifer Garner transforms into a dolphin in memorable throwbackMORE: Jennifer Garner's appearance gets fans talking as she poses in the showerSpeaking with Entertainment Tonight at the red carpet premiere of the comedy's new season – its first in thirteen years – Jennifer detailed her fears when it came to filming a scene in which her character is high on magic mushrooms.She confessed that she actually hasn't even seen the episode, and recalling the filming process, she said: "It was terrifying."MORE: Jennifer Garner joins J-Lo and Ben Affleck for daughter Seraphina's musical eventThe star explained: "Any time I have to play inebriated, or any altering anything – to me… I don't have a lot of experience." The actress is a guest star on the new seasonHowever, she certainly had full support throughout the process from the makers of the show, and she added: "Ken Marino really held my hand, and he was an amazing director."DISCOVER: Taylor Kinney rocks bright red lipstick in first pictures after Chicago Fire departureDISCOVER: The Rookie star Nathan Fillion's secret struggle with ongoing condition revealed"He really made me feel as good as one can feel when they are

Jesse Tyler Ferguson's husband, Justin Mikita, is certainly looking out for him. In fact, the alum says his husband is the one responsible for his scene-stealing role in Cocaine Bear.Ferguson walked the red carpet at the premiere of the action horror comedy in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and he spoke with ET's Ash Crossan about how the gig came about thanks to a fortuitous social media post shared by director Elizabeth Banks.«It's very cool, he actually kind of got me this job,» Ferguson shared. «Because Liz is a friend of mine, I've known her for 20 years.

Dylan Dreyer caused a stir on Today this week when she joined in with an animated discussion over how often you should clean your clothes.Al Roker quizzed his co-stars over the frequency of their pajama washing and Dylan's answer took Craig Melvin by surprise. The heated conversation can be seen in the video below where Craig has a horrified reaction to both Dylan and Sheinelle Jones' answers. WATCH: Dylan Dreyer and Craig Melvin get animated on Today At one point he appears to offend the women - in particular Dylan - and he makes a swift apology.It's not the first time the mom-of-three has come under fire from her co-hosts as on Valentine's Day this year, Al aimed a "savage" comment her way live on air too. TRENDING NOW: Heidi Klum's son looks identical to dad Seal in rare childhood photo POPULAR: What is Chicago Fire's Taylor Kinney's next project? The cheeky weatherman compared her to an "older vintage" wine as he pointed out the five-year age gap in her relationship with her husband, Brian Fichera. Dylan is 41 while Brian is 36.