“He is alive in my heart and in my head. Every day I talk to him,” Ledger’s sister, Kate told PEOPLE Thursday night at the sixth annual Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards in Los Angeles. Kate and Ledger’s mother, Sally Bell, were on hand to watch Colin Farrell present up-and-coming actress Bella Heathcote with the Heath Ledger Scholarship.

“It is very special,” Kate 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.

His mother added, “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.”

Ledger’s family said it comforts them to know he will be forever immortalized in films, but Kate admitted that “we haven’t been able to watch any.”

“We find that too difficult,” the late Oscar winner’s mother added.

Bell also gushed about her granddaughter, Matilda, Ledger’s daughter with actress Michelle Williams.

“She is amazing. We keep in touch with Michelle and Matilda a lot. We spend as much time together as we can as a family and on Skype and phoning.”

When asked if she sees pieces of Heath, who died in January 2008 from an accidental overdose, in Matilda, Bell quickly responded, “Absolutely.”

“In some of her movements it is just naturally in the way she moves. But there is a lot of Michelle there as well.”

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CNN.com reports William Balfour pleads not guilty today to the October killings of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew.  Balfour is the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister, Julia Hudson.

Balfour was indicted last month on three counts of first-degree murder for the Hudson deaths. He’s been held in the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Illinois, since soon after his arrest in December. Investigators say Balfour shot Darnell Donerson, Jason Hudson, and Julian King after a disagreement with his estranged wife Julia.  His next court date is January 27.

Hudson competed on the third season of singing competition “American Idol” in 2004, becoming one of the top seven contestants before her elimination.  After being eliminated she went on to win best supporting actress Oscar for her portrayal of Effie in the 2006 film version of the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls.”  Hudson has not performed in public since the deaths, but the National Football League announced  that she will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

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