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Courtney Love Gave Up Rights to Kurt's Image for Cash

Publicity rights now in Frances' hands until mom repays $2.75M loan

(Newser) - She lost custody of her daughter, Frances Bean in 2009, and in 2010 Courtney Love gave up custody of the name and likeness of Frances' father Kurt Cobain, according to court documents obtained by The Fix . The documents show that Love surrendered publicity rights for the Nirvana frontman in return... More »

Cobain Working on Solo Album When He Died

Eric Erlandson says rough album could someday be released

(Newser) - Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson dropped a bombshell in an interview with Fuse.tv last week that's getting some attention now : When Kurt Cobain died, the Nirvana frontman was working on a solo album. "[Kurt] was headed in a direction that was really cool. It would have been... More »

Courtney Love to Daughter: 'Sorry I Believed Gossip'

'Mommy loves you,' writes Love in surprisingly well-spelled tweet

(Newser) - Live by the Twitter, die by the Twitter ... and apologize for the whole mess on Twitter, too. Courtney Love took to Twitter once again yesterday, this time to apologize to daughter Frances Bean for dragging her into Love's latest Twitter meltdown, reports E! Online . On Tuesday, Love accused ex-Nirvana... More »

Frances Bean Cobain: Twitter Should Ban Mom

Courtney Love daughter denies Dave Grohl hit on her

(Newser) - Courtney Love's latest barrage of weird tweets has prompted a statement from her normally press-shy daughter. "While I’m generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn," said Frances Bean Cobain in response to Love's claim that... More »

Hashtag Gets Gaga in Trouble

'Pop singers don't eat'?

(Newser) - Lady Gaga has spoken out on the importance of healthy body image, particularly important to her since she once struggled with bulimia … so why did she think it was a good idea to use the hashtag #PopSingersDontEat? According to the Huffington Post , a firestorm erupted after Gaga tweeted Tuesday... More »

Courtney: Dave Grohl 'Sexually Obsessed' With Kurt

And she claims he hit on daughter Frances Bean Cobain

(Newser) - Courtney Love and Twitter always mix like alcohol and heavy machinery, and this time around the singer is accusing former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl of attempting to seduce her daughter, 19-year-old Frances Bean Cobain, and of being "sexually obsessed w kurt." Gawker has the tweets, which were sent... More »

Frances Bean Cobain: My Cat Died in Piles of Trash

E-book airs squalor in Courtney Love's home

(Newser) - Courtney Love has always been a fan of TMI , so is it any surprise that she spent nearly a year talking to The Fix for a new e-book called Courtney Comes Clean? The site has a preview of the book (which you can buy in full for just $2.99),... More »

Courtney Love Explains Weird Cobain Rant

Oh, and did we mention she went topless, too?

(Newser) - Courtney Love had quite the night on Sunday, first ranting against a fan who held up a picture of Kurt Cobain before storming off stage, only to return and flash the audience. Afterward, she explained the diatribe (which you can watch in full in the gallery—it’s definitely NSFW),... More »

Courtney Love: First Night With Kurt Was at a Days Inn

They watched 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video in bed

(Newser) - Courtney Love slept with Kurt Cobain for the first time at a Days Inn in Chicago, she recalls in an excerpt from an upcoming book in New York . During their first "post-coital moment," the video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came on, she says, and "I... More »

11 Celebs Rumored to Have Sticky Fingers

Even superstars get the itch to pinch

(Newser) - Despite their fame and (sometimes) fortune, even celebrities occasionally turn to crime. The Frisky rounds up 11 (alleged!) celebrity thieves:
  • Miranda July: The indie filmmaker admitted in the New Yorker that she stole some Neosporin as a college freshman—then peed her pants when apprehended. Even so, she says
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6 Craziest Quotes From Courtney's Vanity Fair Interview

She'd kill Kurt Cobain for killing himself, and more

(Newser) - Courtney Love is getting a lot of press for a recent Vanity Fair interview in which she says that if Kurt Cobain came back to life, she'd kill him again for committing suicide. But that's far from the only interesting thing she says. Highlights:
  • The full Cobain quote:
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Love Penning Tell-All Memoir

Don't worry, it will have a co-author

(Newser) - Oh, goody: Someone decided to give Courtney Love a book deal. The rocker and controversy magnet will write not just a memoir, but a “tell-all” memoir, thanks to the deal with HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint, MediaBistro reports. Love will collaborate with Anthony Bozza, who has co-authored books with other... More »

Ed Norton Engaged (Says His Ex, Courtney Love)

'He got me a ruby,' she crows of ex-fiance

(Newser) - Woe to he who ever dated Courtney Love, much less proposed to her, but more woe to he who goes on to propose to someone presumably less insane: Love's onetime fiance Edward Norton popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, producer Shauna Robertson, three weeks ago, and it's Love who's... More »

Courtney Love Twitter-Ranting Again

Account isn't verified, but sure sounds like her, Gawker notes

(Newser) - Guess who’s back on Twitter? That’s right, everyone’s favorite crazytweeter, Courtney Love. Or at least, someone who claims to be Courtney Love—and sounds a lot like her too, Gawker notes . Love ditched Twitter in January after she was sued for defamation by a fashion designer (she... More »

Courtney Wanted to Snort Kurt's Ashes: Book

Politely, she offered them to author Neil Strauss first

(Newser) - It’s been a while since Courtney Love’s last crazy headline , but fortunately, author Neil Strauss is here to give you a fix. In his new book, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead, he reveals that after Kurt Cobain’s death, Love considered snorting her late husband’s... More »

Courtney Love Sued for Twitter Defamation

First celeb Twitter trial starting next month

(Newser) - The first high-profile trial over Twitter defamation will star none other than Courtney Love. The rocker is being sued by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, whom Love called a thief and a drug-pushing prostitute in a series of angry tweets in 2009. "She has received a VAST amount of money... More »

Courtney Love Tweets More Racy Pics

So how's that image overhaul going so far?

(Newser) - Courtney Love was at it again this weekend, tweeting racy pictures of herself sprawled over a chair in lingerie, flashing her bottom, and kissing a scantily clad woman. The New York Daily News thinks the woman in question looks like Paz de la Huerta of Boardwalk Empire, but no confirmation... More »

Courtney: Zoloft, Naked Interviews, Pulling It Together?

Mrs. Kurt Cobain is still a train wreck ... or is she?

(Newser) - The interview got off to the kind of start one might expect—but somehow still be surprised by—from Courtney Love: She told Eric Wilson to wait in the 6th floor Mercer Hotel room she's lived in for much of the last year, only to appear later ... naked. She put... More »

Courtney Love Tweets Racy Pics

Her latest publicity stunt?

(Newser) - She's at it again: Courtney Love took to Twitter last week to post a few, er, interesting pictures of herself. In the first, she flashes her skivvies, but fair warning: The second is decidedly more NSFW. View both in the gallery, or if you'd rather watch Love butcher Lady Gaga's... More »

Courtney Love Is Writing New Yorker a Pretty Story

Proud of her literary talents

(Newser) - Listen up, New Yorker editors: Courtney Love is preparing a story for the mag. She's always wanted to be a writer, she tells New York Magazine . She's quite proud of the literary heft of her song lyrics and never, ever writes things like "CU later" in her lengthy text... More »

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