★ TV Guide published an interview with Kelly McCreary (Dr. Maggie Pierce) where she talks about season 13 of Grey’s Anatomy focusing on the remaining original characters. Below are the excerpts related to Justin’s character, Alex Karev.

Kelly McCreary, who joined the cast in Season 11 as Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister Maggie, tells TVGuide.com that creator Shonda Rhimes plans to take deep dives into the characters of Meredith, Alex (Justin Chambers), Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) in the upcoming season.

“After such a long period of time and so many new people coming in and out, they remain the foundational characters of the show,” McCreary says. “We’re gonna be spending some more time with them to check in with where they are. The way that we spent time with Meredith last season, exploring the major shift in her life, the loss of Derek, I think we can expect to see those doctors being explored where they are in this moment, all these years later, the changes that they’ve gone through.”

(…) It’s a safe bet that Alex’s Season 13 storyline will revolve around the fallout from Jo’s (Camilla Luddington) revelation that she’s already married and has been living under an alias to hide from her abusive husband — not to mention that beatdown we saw Alex giving DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) in the Season 12 finale.

(…) “One of the things I’m looking forward to most is the focus on … those old, established relationships and those characters,” McCreary says. “Those characters are so rich and they have so much meaning for our audience. I think it’ll be wonderful to spend some more time with them.”

 
★ This Friday was the table read for Grey’s episode 13.03, and creator/producer Shonda Rhimes posted this photo of Justin and his co-star, Giacomo Gianniotti.

 
★ Entertainment Weekly made a list of the 20 best speeches on ‘Grey’s Anatomy. Alex’s wedding vows made the list. Check out the full list at the link below.

#GreysAnatomy will always be remembered for its emotional speeches. See our favorites: https://t.co/F7Tkji6JsK ? pic.twitter.com/0ow4ByA4WF

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 10, 2016

★ Last Thursday was ABC’s day at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, and actress Caterina Scorsone (Dr. Amelia Shepherd) attended and gave a few interviews about season 13 of Grey’s Anatomy. She spoke a bit about Alex and Jo’s storyline and said it will be a big part of the season premiere on September 22nd. Read below what she had to say about Jolex.

Grey’s Anatomy’s Caterina Scorsone on Amelia’s ‘Cake’ Baby, Jo’s ‘Huge’ Story

Speaking of Season 13 drama, Scorsone was able to tease “a huge storyline focusing on Alex and Jo,” whose relationship got rocked in the finale by the heart-crushing reveal that Jo has been living under a false identity, to elude an abusive husband.

“It got messy for them,” Scorsone says, “but that’s going to become a really multi-layered story that has social and personal overtones…. It’s a real opportunity to explore some important issues.”

Entertainment Weekly – Spoiler Room

Are we seeing more of the Owen and Amelia wedding in the Grey’s Anatomy premiere? — Poullete

The season premiere picks up right where we left off, but expect the Alex and Jo storyline to play a bigger role in the season opener. “In the first episode, it’s really wedding night, so Owen and Amelia are otherwise occupied,” Caterina Scorsone tells me. “And there’s a big piece of drama going on having to do with another storyline [with Alex and Jo] that I think is going to play for a while in the season. It’s very explosive, very exciting and interesting on social levels and personal character levels.”

 
 
★ Grey’s crew member, Daniel, posted this behind-the-scenes photo of Justin and Kevin McKidd filming their scene (which apparently was the last scene filmed) in the season 12 finale.

Camilla Luddington posted on snapchat (camillaludd) this selfie with Justin on the set of Grey’s Anatomy where they are currently shooting the season 13 premiere.
A bigger photo can be seen at the gallery in the Season 13 BTS/On Set album.

Here it is. The poster art for season 13 of Grey’s Anatomy.
Media and fans were speculating about the meaning behind the design, but Shonda Rhimes said there is none. It’s just a poster. LOL

 
 
Fans started making their versions of the poster for other characters. Just for fun, here’s the poster I (Diana) made for my favorite, Alex Karev, and also our friend Burkey’s cool poster for him. 😊

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★ Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes tweeted a video of everyone getting ready to start the first table read of season 13. Justin can be spotted sitting across wearing a black shirt and glasses. Sitting next to him in the red and white shirt is co-star Giacomo Gianniotti (Dr. Andrew DeLuca).

FYI, the first day filming will be on Monday, August 1st. 🙂

 
★ Photo taken later in the day, after the table read…

★ As some of you may recall, a while back there was an issue with an Instagram account going around claiming it was Justin’s new account (I posted about it here and here).

Well, Justin’s Instagram account (instagram.com/officialjustinchambers) now displays the verified badge (blue check in the profile) that authenticates the account.

Hopefully, that discourages people from impersonating him and avoids Instagram users being duped.

 
★ I’ll have to sort through the video archive soon, but for now I posted on Twitter (@JChambersOnline) a couple of 1999 TV commercials for ‘Calvin Klein Contradiction’ that Justin was the face of.

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT 1999 Calvin Klein 'Contradiction' TV commercial featuring @7JustinChambers pic.twitter.com/TaeVGTjkoF

— JustinChambersOnline (@JChambersOnline) June 9, 2016

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT 1999 Calvin Klein Contradiction for men TV commercial featuring @7JustinChambers pic.twitter.com/NreMVBmARz

— JustinChambersOnline (@JChambersOnline) July 21, 2016

★ Some of Justin’s Grey’s Anatomy co-stars tweeted him birthday wishes yesterday. Check out Ellen Pompeo, Camilla Luddington and Kevin McKidd’s tweets below, and also Justin’s tweet thanking everyone.

Aww. YOU GUYS!! Thanks for all the birthday love!!!

— Justin Chambers (@7JustinChambers) July 11, 2016

Happy Birthday @7JustinChambers I love you like crazy ????

— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) July 11, 2016

Happy birthday @7JustinChambers ????????????????

— Camilla Luddington (@camilluddington) July 11, 2016

@7JustinChambers happy birthday bud!!! 🙂 Kev X

— Kevin McKidd (@TheRealKMcKidd) July 11, 2016

 
★ Grey’s crew member, Bryan Mendoza, uploaded this cool BTS video of Justin filming episode 12.03 “I Choose You” to his Instagram with a birthday wish.

 
★ Actress Cathryn Dylan, who guest starred in Grey’s episode 12.13 “All Eyez on Me” tweeted this funny pic with Justin on the set (see another pic she posted previously HERE).

Happy Birthday, Justin!! You're the best (and also the coolest). xx @7JustinChambers pic.twitter.com/EV9OqwjkPv

— Cathryn Dylan (@cathryndylan) July 11, 2016