As thespian friends pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, a further poignant detail emerges. The star, pictured, was planning to buy a new house, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

The star died yesterday at a London hospital, surrounded by friends and relatives including his wife Rima, after waging a secret fight with the illness.

A clip featuring late stars David Bowie and Alan Rickman in an episode of The Simpsons has resurfaced and has been posted online as a tribute.

In a 2011 interview the actor, who died last week aged 69, said author Rowling had given him a 'tiny, little, left of field' detail to help his portrayal of antihero Professor Severus Snape.

It features the Harry Potter and Robin Hood actor alongside glam rock legend David Bowie and rock star Lemmy Kilmister - all of whom have passed away from cancer within the space of three weeks.

His last work was lending his trademark dulcet tones to the character of the Blue Caterpillar in the sequel to 2010's Alice In Wonderland.

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.

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.

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.

Adam Whittington's Gold Coast family has called on Channel Nine to front up the US$500,000 so Ali Elamine (pictured) will drop the kidnapping charges against him and three others.

An Australian who was drugged and raped in Korea said she has felt trapped in a 'never ending nightmare' since having to start an online campaign to push police to take her case seriously.

Leah Debono, from NSW, lost her battle with the aggressive skin cancer in January this year - three months after her dream wedding to 'soulmate' Ben Debono.

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.

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

JANE FRYER: Allen McCloud, 59, is the businessman behind the swingers club at the Croydon Hall Hotel, in the sleepy village of Rodhuish, population 293, near Minehead in Somerset.

On Wednesday, Boris was spotted in a Tesco Express in Islington, close to his former marital home. Rucksack on back, crumpled as ever, he was in a hurry and, according to a witness.

JANE FRYER: Bob Weighton, of Alton, Hampshire neither drinks nor smokes. 'I tried one of my brother's cigarettes when I was 12, was sick and I've never smoked since,' he says.

With panic-buying leaving empty shelves on supermarket floors, the Daily Mail has gone to the UK's biggest loo roll factory, Essity in Manchester, to see if its ready to meet demand.

JANE FRYER: Every weekend and holiday, Cameron Newham is out from dawn to dusk, in rain, sun, hail and biting winds, fulfilling his quest to photograph England's rural parish churches.

JANE FRYER: By the time he was 23, Ronan O'Rahilly had fled his native Ireland for London, was running a successful club in Soho, The Scene and set up a record label.

The similarities between the Grenfell fire and Lakanal House, which caught fire in 2009 (pictured), are frightening - yet it seems lessons were not learned by those who should be protecting us.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: One of the longest contracts in sport is complicating the FA’s plan to bring the England players’ commercial operation in-house.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is the intriguing name mentioned as a possible next chairman of the Premier League during informal discussions.

Britain’s National Health Service has plainly been carefully targeted by internet highwaymen looking for easy victims. They did not choose the NHS because it was impoverished.

Beyonce has been dominating the pop culture landscape for well over a decade now, but the busy performer still puts her children Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi above all else.

She's on her way to becoming a pop superstar. So Normani paid tribute to some of her own idols in the magnetic new music video for her single Motivation, which came out on Friday.

She impressed Ricki-Lee Coulter with her first performance on Australia's Got Talent.  

Model Bella Hadid, 23 was found to be 94.35% 'accurate' to the Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi - which measures physical perfection - in research by London plastic surgeon Dr Julian De Silva.

Justin Bieber's 21-year-old wife and model was quick to defend the 21-year-old Fifth Harmony alum from the troll after she posted three snaps of herself in the same poses Cher used for her photoshoot.

Marvyn Harrison, a communications strategist from London, tweeted an image of the couple with the caption: 'Beyonce and Jay Z confirm their 'Conscious uncoupling' | via @BBCBreaking.'

Terry George, 54, from Leeds, won in the public ballot to to be a 'seat filler' yet again at the music awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Just a day after making headlines for remaining seated during the national anthem at the Super Bowl, Jay-Z was all smiles while back home in New York City.

They've always loved Miami, even owning a luxury home in the beachside city at one stage.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI built the Royal Mansour as a luxury oasis that would showcase the very best of the country's rich history and beauty

Beyonce's mother Tina Lawson posted a smoldering throwback snap to her Instagram page this Tuesday. In the picture she was a young woman with a short hairdo and a strapless dress.

Twitter user Yasmin Amirah, from Kent, posted an exchange in which a woman called Sally told her to 'get a grip' for calling out her boyfriend for painting his face black for a family Zoom quiz.

Carol Vorderman has revealed she is constantly criticised for the way she dresses and that she has been a victim of ageism for most of her life.

The blonde actress, 37, oozed sophisticated glamour in her petrol blue blazer and coordinating trousers as she walked the red carpet at St David's Hall in Cardiff, Wales on Sunday night.

The pair looked nothing short of sensational at the star-studded event at The Standard in London on Wednesday.

The Oscar-winning star, 46, looked regal in a stunning black gown with sheer chiffon sleeves and a purple floral embroidered top.

AMANDA PLATELL: I, too, have this week joined the wonderfully woke world of 'carbon neutral' fashionistas.

Olivia Colman joked that the evening she won her Oscar last year was 'the best night...of my husband's life.' She was at the Dolby Theatre this Sunday to present best actor to Joaquin Phoenix.

She's currently basking in a fresh round of critical and fan acclaim for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the latest series of Netflix's The Crown.