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15-second Instagram Video of Grace Park with her HUGE fruit-topped chocolate (chocolate frosted/iced, anyway) birthday cake, & what looks like crew members singing Happy Birthday to her, on the H50 set yesterday (Monday), her 42nd(!) birthday. https://www.instagram.com/p/BC81-J-yDhb/

I Googled. It looks like the only places it's available is Amazon Prime Video (you have to have an Amazon Prime Subscription to get the videos), Google Play, & iTunes. It also seems to be on Hulu but, again, it appears hard to access the eps there. This article from Exstreamist explains your options for watching outside of FX broadcasts & official season DVDs. I'm not sure when it was written; some parts seem to have been written before S3 started & other parts seem to have been written during S3 or after S3 ended. http://exstreamist.com/how-to-watch-the-americans-online-for-free/

The Goldmans are slamming The People v. OJ Simpson & will be on The Steve Harvey Show TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 15th, to talk about it. Check local listings for the correct time & channel in your area. http://www.tvguide.com/news/ron-goldman-family-steve-harvey-the-people-v-oj-simpson/

The Wayward Wind singer Gogi Grant dies at age 91. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gogi-grant-dead-wayward-wind-875006?utm_source=twitter

Besides Kate & Jen's parents, I remember Jen's Aunt Barbara (the kids' great aunt) took care of Will in their hotel room while Bill & Jen went to the (fancy) hotel restaurant for dinner 1 night, during the first trip Jen, Bill, & Will took to Florida after they brought Will home from China (it was in 1 of the episodes). Various relatives on Bill's side of the family have probably taken care of the kids too, though we haven't seen it on the show yet.

I read something earlier today which said the Russian spy lady had a gas mask.

Article from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about Hawaiian singer/actor (& longtime friend of both versions of the show--he's had roles in different episodes of both versions, & I think he's also attended many, most, or all of the Sunset on the Beach season premiere parties) Jimmy Borges. He played the unscrupulous doctor in the Chinese medicine shop in this ep, in what will, sadly, be his last appearance in the show; he's dying from lung & liver cancer, & writer Mike Gordon talked to him about his role. http://www.staradvertiser.com/promo/borges-pushes-himself-hard-for-final-five-0-appearance-2/

Catherine resigned her commission in, what, S4 but she's still Naval Intel?

The Hollywood Reporter is saying the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, which is being investigated as a possible suicide. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-emerson-dead-emerson-lake-874650

Jordana Brewster began her acting career as a teen, with a recurring role in the (now cancelled) daytime drama As the World Turns. Since then, among other things, she was in a number of the Fast and Furious movies & the recent TNT network reboot/revival/whatever you wanna call it of Dallas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordana_Brewster

Rectify's Clayne Crawford has been cast as Martin Riggs (the Mel Gibson role) in Fox's TV version of Lethal Weapon. http://tvline.com/2016/03/10/lethal-weapon-tv-series-clayne-crawford-cast-fox-martin-riggs/

Maybe she didn't come out before because it really wasn't the general public's business until she felt comfortable with the world knowing she's a lesbian (although, I'd kind of suspected long before she announced it on her Facebook post). Some are open about it from the beginning, others take years to open up about it. It just depends on the person, as well as the partner (at least in some cases, like if the couple is a celebrity & a non-celebrity) & how comfortable they are with having the world know something that personal about them; especially if it could make them targets of hate crimes & groups like the Westboro Baptist Church (& other judgmental types).

The OC may not be in "perpetual" reruns, but it's at least on the Pop TV network (the 1 which used to be the TV Guide Channel); I think it's on weekdays at 3PM Eastern. I think it's also on Hulu & Netflix. There's something interesting about Mischa Barton & Artem being paired this season, according to People magazine. Artem apparently had a small part in a 4th season episode of The OC. He apparently played a guy who tried to hit on actress Melinda Clarke's character--apparently the mother of Mischa's character--in a bar. However, Mischa wasn't on the show any longer by this point because her character had been killed off. http://www.people.com/article/mischa-barton-dwts-partner-artem-chigvintsev-oc-cameo?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

At the time this happened, Sasha Mitchell was on the fairly popular sitcom Step by Step which starred Dallas' Patrick Duffy & Three's Company's Suzanne Somers as the parents of a blended (but mismatched) family--their characters entered into a whirlwind marriage after meeting while on vacation; the show was part of ABC's TGIF Friday night primetime sitcom block. Sasha Mitchell played, in the show's later seasons, Patrick Duffy's character's not too bright nephew who came to live with the blended family. Sasha Mitchell's also known for playing another character who, it turns out, was also a nephew of another character played by actor Patrick Duffy. He was in some of the last seasons of the original CBS version of Dallas, where he played James Ewing, the long-lost, illegitimate, oldest son of Larry Hagman's JR Ewing & the nephew of Patrick Duffy's Bobby Ewing, JR's younger brother.

Here's a link to the longest (just over 3 minutes) version of the Justice for Vets PSA recently filmed by members of the cast of The West Wing. If you go to YouTube & search "Justice for Vets", there are also 2 shorter versions of the PSA posted. I think 1 is a little less than 2 minutes & 1 is around 30 seconds. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Velpq1x3KNw

Will's the only 1 of the kids who's in school all day (as was mentioned in at least the ep where Zoey went to/apparently got a crush on her Pediatrician & then had to get a bunch of shots at 1 time--when Bill took her to the burger place after the Dr.'s, at 1 point he reminded her they had to eat fast so they could pick Will up at the school bus); Will's in kindergarten this year. Zoey's still in preschool this year & apparently won't go to kindergarten/all day school until next school year. If you meant FT as in Monday-Friday as opposed to all day/half day school, I assume both kids are in school Monday-Friday. It's just that Zoey has a shorter schedule per school day than Will right now.

Does anyone remember the last time Robin was at the anchor desk for a full freakin' week, or at least more than 1 day a week? She was speaking in Sarasota the night of the 7th, according to her Twitter, but no indication where she's been since yesterday, or whenever her most recent day on air at GMA was. That's fine she's popular/in demand as a speaker, but either she or ABC needs to rein in how often per week/month she's allowed to be gone for that, in addition to her contractual sick/ personal/vacation days or when she's doing a GMA/ABC story or special. It's getting so I wonder why they're even counting her among the hosts anymore (when they say "Welcome back to Good Morning America, with Robin, George, Lara, Ginger & Michael.") she's gone so much. Personally, I think it would be nice if she'd put in a little more time, per week, at GMA than at whatever's keeping her off it. When she's off, I still watch but I don't like it as much unless Strahan's on it (& he can't even stick around the whole show when he is, unless he & Kelly pre-taped 1, 'cause he has to get from GMA's studio in Times Square to his & Kelly's studio in time to do his show with Kelly which, of course, goes live in many markets as soon as GMA ends).

Bill Tweeted yesterday, the 8th, that Zoey's had her first karate lesson. https://mobile.twitter.com/ReallyBillKlein/status/707401328788525057?p=v

NBC News story about musician Grace Kelly, a band member in Stay Human http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/musician-grace-kelly-making-new-path-late-night-television-n525956?hootPostID=b9fe96029d4d3c0579cf4529c1c1a1a0

From TV Guide: The Americans Mega Buzz: When will Philip & Elizabeth find out about Pastor Tim? http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-americans-mega-buzz-philip-and-elizabeth-pastor-tim/

The cast (or members of it, at least) recently reunited to film a PSA for the Justice for Vets organization. Melissa Fitzgerald, who played Carol, CJ's Assistant when she was Press Secretary, has been Senior Director for the organization since November, 2013. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/west-wing-cast-reunites-justice-873343

This Tweet links to Keri's recent interview with Seth Meyers. https://twitter.com/theamericansfx/status/707000944987234304

From People magazine's website, people.com: A photo of the entire Jennings family (well, the actors who play them anyway) at the premiere of S4 in New York City Saturday night. http://www.people.com/people/mobile/gallery/0,,20991925_30462775,00.html

Geena Davis is starring in the Pilot of Fox's TV reboot of The Exorcist. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/geena-davis-star-foxs-exorcist-873220

Jimmy Kimmel has been named to host this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, which will air on ABC. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jimmy-kimmel-2016-emmys-host-873080