The musician and actor, who both passed away aged 69, will be honoured with screenings of their iconic films, The Man Who Fell To Earth and Sense And Sensibility at the event, in February.

She's worked with a range of esteemed actors during her long and varied career. And Helen Mirren was able to star alongside the late Alan Rickman in her new film - one of the last he made - Eye in the Sky.

It has been revealed that the Alan Rickman left £4million in his will including legacies of £100,000 to charity.

He left £100,000 to charity when he passed away to cancer in January. 

Director Richard Curtis revealed that the upcoming Love Actually Comic Relief special will not pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, after he tragically passed away last year.

The actor, who died in 2016 aged 69 from pancreatic cancer, reveals his misgivings in his archive of personal papers covering more than 40 years on stage and screen.

Richard Curtis who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral said at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire that he had wanted Alan Rickman but was outvoted.

In 2003's Love Actually, cheating husband Harry - played by the late Alan Rickman - gifts his wife Karen (Emma Thompson) Jon Mitchell's album Both Sides Now which fans say is a mistake.

A study by Zhejiang University, China, found patients in the early stages of the disease have higher levels of two types of bacteria in their mouths, while another two bugs are notably lower.

The author, 54, made a touching tribute to the late star, who tragically died in 2016 of pancreatic cancer, when a Harry Potter fan gushed about his portrayal of Severus Snape in the film franchise.

EDDIE HEARN: The heavyweight world is total carnage right now. Tyson Fury did an incredible job to shake up the division last year but now he has done it again without even stepping inside the ropes.

EDDIE HEARN: There is a fine line between hyping a fight and going against the codes of conduct of the sport. Dereck Chisora went too far and now there will be a British Boxing Board of Control meeting.

Elsa Hosk looked loved up with her man Tom Daley when they were spotted cosied together during in New York on Saturday. Elsa cuddled up to her boyfriend, while her beau gave her a loving kiss.

Tara Brown was even supposed to board a getaway boat with three TV crew members following the abduction of Sally Faulkner's children in Beirut earlier this month.

Sydney's Ten Eyewitness News presenter Hugh Riminton, who worked for Channel Nine for over a decade, dubbed Mr Rice the 'scapegoat for the 60 minutes fiasco' in a series of tweets on Friday.

Channel Nine news director Darren Wick has revealed the Australian network will still 'pay for stories,' denying money was to blame for 60 Minutes botched 'child abduction' story

Sacked 60 Minutes producer Stephen Rice has enlisted the help of a high-profile lawyer to fight his dismissal over the botched abduction of Sally Faulkner's two children in Lebanon last month.

Journalist Liz Hayes has broken down during an interview with a former police officer shot in his Sydney home in 1984, after refusing a bribe from now-convicted murderer Roger Rogerson.

Roxy Jacenko has posted a happy snap of herself and 60 minutes presenter Allison Langdon just days after slamming the reporter for questioning whether there may be 'cynics' over her breast cancer battle.

Legendary singer Barbra Streisand, 73, schooled 60 Minutes Australia reporter Michael Usher on how to pronounce her name correctly.

Tara Brown and husband John McAvoy (pictured) are just the latest couple to split after one partner worked for Australian current affairs program 60 Minutes - and it's now been labelled the '60 Minutes curse'.

Michael Clarke has broken down when talking about the tragic death of late cricketer Phillip Hughes in a preview for his tell-all interview with 60 Minutes. 

He breaks down during a interview on 60 Minutes which airs on Sunday night. But Michael Clarke seemed far more relaxed as he enjoyed a swim with 11-month-old daughter Kelsey Lee on Saturday.

Michael Clarke addresses rumours ex-fiancée Lara Bingle flushed her $200,000 engagement ring down the toilet for the first time in his tell-all interview with 60 Minutes.

Beirut police officers investigating the botched 60 Minutes child abduction were able to track down Tara Brown after googling her name.

Joanne Lees has revealed the chilling moment she realised police were treating her as a potential suspect in the case of her murdered boyfriend Peter Falconio, who was killed in 2001 in outback Australia.

Peter Stefanovic has spent time apart from wife Sylvia Jeffreys as he visits multi-million dollar 'survivalist condo'

It looks like the fun has continued for Peter Stefanovic, who shared a comical photo of himself to Instagram on Thursday.

Renee McBryde, the daughter of Australian convicted murderer Michael Caldwell has opened up about what her life has been like as the child of killer and discovering the secret.

Francis Wark, who murdered Hayley Dodd in WA in 1999 and was jailed for the brutal rape of another hitchhiker in Queensland in 2007 had more victims, a former police officer suggested.

Max Whelan, 11, has autism so severe his family, who live on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, are living in fear of his violent and aggressive outbursts.

She's one of Australia's biggest Hollywood exports, having appearing in films including The Others and Eyes Wide Shut. 

Chris Froome's team-mate Geraint Thomas believes the injuries the four-time Tour de France champion suffered in a horrific crash last week could have been 'a hell of a lot worse'.

Tour de France organisers put a spring in the step of the climbers after unveiling the 2020 route featuring a mountain stage on the second day and one time trial on the eve of the final Champs Elysees parade.

Chris Froome's comeback from career-threatening injuries gathered pace in Paris as the four-time Tour de France winner targeted victory in next year's race.

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: Michael Morkov had travelled to Berlin from the UAE Tour, which was cancelled after two Italian staff members tested positive for the virus and he is now in isolation.

Holding the Olympics in empty stadiums (Shizuoka velodrome pictured today) could be the best way to avoid calling it off completely, UK Cycling chief Stephen Park has claimed.

Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has tragically passed away at the age of 40. A statement from Team Ineos said that the Frenchman died at his home in Andorra on Tuesday afternoon.

Team INEOS has announced they are pulling out of all racing until the Volta a Catalunya on March 23.

The iconic climbs of this year's Tour de France will have to be fan-free if the organisers are to stage a 2020 edition despite the coronavirus crisis, a task Chris Froome is sceptical of being possible.

JANE FRYER: As they stood outside the Old Bailey yesterday, Charlotte Brown's family were a vision of dignity, strength and integrity. Everything indeed that James 'Jack' Shepherd lacks

JANE FRYER: This is a story of self-belief, stamina, serendipity, shelves groaning with championship silverware — and two very unlikely heroes.

JANE FRYER: Exactly four years ago, a brand new, specially- designed post office opened in the back of the Dandelion gift shop on the gorgeous honey-stoned high street of this Cotswolds town.

Richard Dinan announced that the technology for nuclear fusion would soon be available in his rented warehouse on a business park on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, writes JANE FRYER.

JANE FRYER lifts the lid on the Three Tenors - Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo, the European opera singers adept at transporting their fans to a higher plane.

JANE FRYER: John Richards has impressively bushy eyebrows, two children, a grandchild, an amicably divorced wife, a passion for detective novels and a vast, exacting brain.

The Rev Chris is the hottest thing in the Church of England right now. Not just in terms of his fame - he has more than 117,000 Instagram followers and is a massive hit on YouTube channels.

Prince Albert's cruel notes to Queen Victoria shatter their mythic love story - he called her 'my child' and cut her down - saying 'I feel the dreadful waste of most precious time, and of energies' with her.

Theresa May's radical plans for tackling the crisis was a big mistake, but she was right to identify provision of social care in our ageing society as one of the greatest challenges facing the country.

The decision of consumer goods giant Unilever to abandon plans for the relocation of its corporate headquarters from London to Rotterdam is a spectacular victory on every conceivable level.