It has been over two years since Heath Ledger passed away but the late actor remains in the memories of his family, friends, his fans, and others.

Thursday night at the Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards, the Heath Ledger Scholarship was presented to up-and-coming actress, Bella Heathcote, reports People.com.

Heath Ledger’s sister, Kate, and Mother, Sally Bell, attended the ceremony.  His sister commented, “It is very special,” she said, “It’s honoring our boy so we couldn’t be prouder and we think it is an amazing scholarship that is going to give so many opportunities.”

“He had a huge passion for acting. That was the most important thing for him. It wasn’t about the money. He had such a passion that just showed through regardless of how big the role was,” said Ledger’s mother.

Although the actor is gone, he continues to be remembered and honoured by his loved ones and the industry his talent graced.

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John Stamos finally went on record attributing his hilarious 2007 train wreck appearance on an Australian talk show to alcohol, US weekly reports.

“I was on sleeping pills and I was jet-lagged, but I was also just plastered. And I never said I wasn’t, but that whole Warner Bros. publicity machine got involved and said, ‘Just say he was jet-lagged,’” said Stamos.

Stamos slurred his words, made innappopriate jokes and even made a lewd gesture to the host with a glass head. He finished off the interview reading the host’s lines off the teleprompter while squeezing her beside him.

But Stamos wasn’t phased by the incident, and didn’t see why his publicists had to skew the story. “I said, ‘No, tell ‘em the truth! I was f****** drunk in Australia. Big deal.’”

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