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.

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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.

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: You probably have seen the video of Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte going at each other. That's made us think very carefully about how put them face to face in the build up to their fight.

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.

EDDIE HEARN: This is the first time Aanthony Joshua has has had any disruptions during his camp and it hasn't been ideal. It's been a pretty long road to Saturday's showdown in Cardiff.

EDDIE HEARN: Over here, we are thinking about what next for Tony Bellew. He has emerged as a real stand-out star of British boxing in the last few years.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAURA LAMBERT: Jack Laugher is trying to explain how hard it is to string together six perfect dives. 'It is like taking a penalty in a World Cup final,' he tells Sportsmail.

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.

The pair looked every inch the happy couple as they attended the Pride of Britain Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday.

Channel 9 paid $120,000 to a child recovery agency whose operator was previously arrested in Singapore and who have Facebook posts of 'successful' operations which are not theirs.

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.

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner has made a 'guarantee' to bring her children Lahela, five, and Noah, three, back after the botched 60 Minutes child abduction in Beirut, Lebanon.

The four remaining prisoners jailed in Beirut over the botched 60 Minutes child abduction case have been refused bail after Ali Elamine refused to drop charges against the men.

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.

Child recovery agent, Adam Whittington, has accused the Australian Liberal Government of ignoring him and his family and has urged people to ‘think twice before voting’ on July 2.

The PR queen said the disgraced investment banker is now working as a clerk at Parklea Correctional Centre - two months after being jailed for insider trading.

On Monday morning Roxy Jacenko looked fresh and stylish as she arrived at the KIIS FM radio studios in Sydney dressed in leather trousers after her tell-all 60 Minutes interview went to air.

Tara Brown and her TV producer husband John McAvoy avoided eye contact and conversation as they walked through Ballina Airport with their two children on Thursday.

After almost a month since her arrest, accused cocaine smuggler Cassie's Sainsbury's family have touched down in Colombia after leavign Adelaide to visit their daughter in prison.

She's the mother to Willow Sage, 6, Jameson Moon, nine-months, and wife to professional motor cross racer Carey Hart, 42. And known for her rocky 16-year marriage, on Sunday, Alicia 'Pink'

Filmmaker James Cameron was revealed the terrifying moment he almost lost his life during one of his deep sea dives.

Chris Froome has insisted he is 'on the road to recovery' following his horror crash which saw him lose four pints of blood and required six-hours of surgery, and has admitted he feels lucky to be alive.

DANIEL BENSON - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR CYCLINGNEWS.COM: Last Wednesday Chris Froome and the Team Ineos squad arrived in the outskirts of the French commune of Roanne.

Team Ineos principal Dave Brailsford is convinced Chris Froome will fight to return to top-level cycling after his life-threatening crash. Froome suffered extensive injuries when his bike hit a wall at 35mph.

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'.

Team Ineos were fearing their Tour de France ambitions had been derailed on Tuesday after Geraint Thomas crashed heavily and ended up in hospital during the Tour de Suisse.

Froome had been treated at the University Hospital of St Etienne, where he underwent a six-hour operation to repair a fractured right femur, broken hip, fractured elbow and fractured ribs.

The 33-year-old was ruled out of even competing in the grandest of cycling's three tours after suffering extensive injuries in a crash during the Criterium du Dauphine last month.

Chris Froome admitted he is 'relieved' to be back home and will be following the Tour de France from his bed following the horror crash that left him seriously injured.

Chris Froome has become the 2011 Spanish Vuelta winner because of Juan Jose Cobo's disqualification for blood doping. Cobo did not meet a deadline to challenge his three-year ban.

MATT LAWTON ON THE COL DU TOURMALET: Owner of Ineos Jim Ratcliffe must have sat in the team car on Saturday afternoon and wondered if he had just bought a cycling team in decline.

Chris Froome has returned to training just six weeks after a crash in a training ride left him in intensive care. The 34-year-old suffered a broken leg, elbow and multiple broken ribs in Roanne last month.

The 34-year-old suffered multiple broken bones after he collided with a wall during this year's event, but is ahead in his recovery and is targeting next year's race as a potential return date.

Chris Froome is back in hospital again after cutting his thumb with a kitchen knife. Froome's hopes of a record-equalling fifth Tour title this year were ended in violent fashion in June when he crashed heavily.

Chris Froome has revealed that he does not remember any part of the horrific crash that almost cost him his life during a training ride in May.

Chris Froome is due to compete in the end-of-season Saitama Creiterium, which will be his first race since suffering a horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in June.

Chris Froome shared a photo of himself as he steps up recovery from a life-threatening crash that left him with broken legs, ribs and elbow and neck.

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.

Froome posted a picture on social media following the operation, restating his goals of getting back to full fitness in time for next summer's Tour de France and the Olympic road race in Japan.

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: All riders in the race, including four-time Tour de France champion Froome, were in lockdown in their Abu Dhabi hotel rooms and were awaiting testing for the disease.

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.