15 Aug 2024

The Pre-Panel for 15th August 2024

From The Panel, 3:50 pm on 15 August 2024

Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Sam Hollis talks about a Chinese woman who decided to move into a nursing home at the age of 38 and pays tribute to legendary actress Gena Rowlands, who died today at the age of 94.

(FILES) US actress Gena Rowlands arrives to attend the screening of "The Neon Bible" on May 23, 1995, during the 48th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 1995. Gena Rowlands, a US actress best known for starring in the films of her first husband, director John Cassavetes, died August 14 at age 94, according to US media reports.
Rowland died surrounded by family at her home in Indian Wells, California, US entertainment publication TMZ reported. No official cause of death was immediately given, but Rowlands's son Nick Cassavetes said in June she had been battling Alzheimer's disease for the past five years. (Photo by Frédéric HUGON / AFP)

Gena Rowlands at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Photo: FREDERIC HUGON / AFP

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