Alan Rickman, David Bowie tribute on "The Simpsons" (video) January 18, 2016 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There's a coincidental tribute of Alan Rickman and David Bowie on the same "The Simpsons" scene that aired three years ago. FOX unearthed the clip in the wake of the actor and the singer's death this month, AceShowbiz reports. In the Valentine episode, Homer and the boys watched a romantic movie called "Love, Indubitably" which has the tone of "Love, Actually". Benedict Cumberbatch voices a British Prime Minister who declares love to his "poor but cheeky secretary," Eliza Commonbottom. As the crowd breaks into a musical, Severus Snape pops into frame and says, "Love is more powerful than all my magic." The clip features "All the Young Dudes" which was penned by Bowie and performed by Mott the Hoo. Rickman portrays Snape in all "Harry Potter" films and is the star of "Love, Actually". The short clip also made other British pop culture contributions such as "Doctor Who", Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare. Neither Rickman nor Bowie had ever made a cameo on the show. Executive producer Matt Selman expressed his regret of not ever having Bowie on the show while creator Al Jean posted a picture of Homer mimicking Bowie's famous pose and look. Rickman died on Thursday, January 14 after a short battle of cancer. Bowie died on Sunday, January 10 of liver cancer. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |