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Gena Rowlands, the wife and muse of director John Cassavetes, passed away on Wednesday (August 14) at the age of 94.

Rowlands died surrounded by family members at her home in Indian Wells, California, according to TMZ. A representative for her son, writer-director Nick Cassavetes, confirmed her death. She had been battling Alzheimer’s since 2019.

Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters the public domain tomorrow, opening the floodgates to potential remakes, spin-offs, adaptations... and legal battles with Disney.