CARRIE Fisher’s likeness will not be digitally recreated to appear as General Leia in new Star Wars movies, the filmmakers have confirmed.

Lucasfilm denied rumours Fisher’s performance would be recreated for further instalments of the franchise, after it was reported the company was in negotiations with her estate.

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A statement on StarWars.com said: “We don’t normally respond to fan or press speculation, but there is a rumour circulating that we would like to address. We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher’s performance as Princess or General Leia Organa."

RATINGS for the latest series of Sherlock have confirmed its status as one the UK’s most-watched TV shows.

More than 11 million viewers saw the episode broadcast on New Year’s Day: the biggest audience of the festive period.

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A similar number tuned in for the episode on January 1 2016, which was also the most-watched TV drama of the year.

DAVID Bowie has been nominated for two posthumous Brit Awards, a year after his death.

He will go up against Craig David, Michael Kiwanuka and Skepta for the British male solo artist prize, while his record Blackstar, released two days before he died of cancer on January 10 2016, has been shortlisted for the MasterCard British album of the year.

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It will compete against Skepta’s Mercury Prize-winning album Konnichiwa, The 1975′s I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, Kano’s Made In The Manor and Michael Kiwanuka’s Love & Hate.