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NEWS ABOUT: Courtney Love

Courtney Love stories: 18 news summaries

 Worst Celebrity Hotel Guests 

As you probably guessed, Randy and Evi Quaid, Amy Winehouse made the list

Sep 29, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Randy and Evi Quaid certainly aren’t the first celebrities to prove themselves awful hotel guests. In perhaps the understatement of the year, Concierge.com editor Peter Frank tells ABC, “Some of these celebrities do not know how to behave in a civilized manner.” Some of the worst... More »

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entertainment • Courtney Love • Nicole Kidman • celebrity • hotel • Amy Winehouse • Russell Crowe • Mariah Carey • David Carradine • Randy Quaid • Evi Quaid

 Guitar Hero 5 
 Uses Cobain's 
 Image Illegally: Love 

Nirvana frontman's widow threatens to sue Activision

Sep 10, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, says she plans to sue Activision for allegedly including the Nirvana frontman’s image in its Guitar Hero 5 without permission, MTV reports. “For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper... More »

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entertainment • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • civil lawsuits • Activision • likeness infringement • rock music • video games • Guitar Hero 5

 Top Sexiest Ugly People 


Jun 2, 09 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's pretty, and there's ugly, but there's also sexy ugly. Nerve runs down the "sexiest ugly people alive." The top 5, in reverse order:
  • Paul Giamatti: "Somebody's got to say no to firm jaw lines and six-pack abs, and no one does it with Giamatti's panache.
... More »

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Courtney Love • Keith Richards • Paul Giamatti • Mickey Rourke • Sandra Bernhard • sexiness • sexy • looks • pretty • beautiful • ugly

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brit Still a Mess, Literally 

Plus, Courtney Love owes AmEx $350K, and more

May 28, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t read if you’re easily grossed out: A source tells the New York Post that Britney Spears' recent Elle shoot was a disaster because “they dressed her in all these beautiful couture clothes—and, well, let's just say she forgot what time of the month it was.... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Courtney Love • Paris Hilton • celebrity • The Hills • Peter Falk • Doug Reinhardt

OPINION

 Best and Worst 
 Celeb Moms 

Mother's Day survey reveals holiday activities, too

May 7, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a poll of 10,000 readers ahead of Mother's Day, more would trust their kids to Jennifer Aniston than Brangelina, ParentDish.com reveals. More from the survey
  • Most trustworthy babysitter: Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia De Rossi.
  • Best mom: Jennifer Garner, followed by a tie between
... More »

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Britney Spears • Angelina Jolie • Courtney Love • Brad Pitt • parenting • Disney World • Michelle Obama • Roseanne Barr • Dina Lohan • list • mothers • celebrity • recession • Kate Moss • Jennifer Aniston • Reese Witherspoon • Jennifer Garner • survey • Sarah Palin • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Mother's Day • celebrity parents • Jada Pinkett Smith • Clair Huxtable

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 LiLo, Sam Back to 'Complicated' 

Plus, Pam Anderson is broke, and more

Apr 24, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Looks as though Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan are on again—sort of. Ronson updated her Facebook status to “it’s complicated,” Us reports, while Perez Hilton adds LiLo spent a good chunk of yesterday at Sam’s house. Elsewhere:
  • Poor Pamela Anderson “doesn't even have
... More »

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Courtney Love • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Stephen Colbert • Pamela Anderson • Spencer Pratt • Samantha Ronson • Dane Cook • Heidi Montag

Love's Furious Tweets Not Lost in Lawsuit

Star's angry rants sparks microblogging site's first libel suit

Mar 29, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter, the microblogging site that even counts President Obama as a member, has reached yet another milestone: it’s first libel suit, the Independent reports. Courtney Love’s former fashion designer claims the wild rocker left angry “tweets” about her, calling her a “nasty, lying, hosebag thief” with... More »

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Courtney Love • libel • lawsuit • Twitter • tweet

Randy Rourke Loves Courtney on DL, but Eyes, Hands Wander

She seethes as he flirts with girls at Elle party

Feb 11, 09 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke has been secretly romancing Courtney Love since the Golden Globes, though it didn't keep him from flirting with Daily Mirror bloggers, they reveal, at the Elle Style Awards afterparty. Love angrily texted Rourke from across the table as the randy Wrestler star slipped his arms around the pair.... More »

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Courtney Love • celebrity • dating • Mickey Rourke • The Wrestler

Courtney Love Knocks Jews
... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

Jan 16, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going... More »

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music • Courtney Love • parenting • Nirvana • rock bands • Jewish • anti-Semitism • interview • celebrity interview

 Love to Fans: 
 I'm 'Not Suicidal' 

Singer regrets blog post about death

Nov 19, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - After alarming fans in a recent MySpace blog post about death, Courtney Love reassures everyone: “No, I am not suicidal,” Us magazine reports. The musician, whose husband, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide, posted a follow-up to explain: “Occasionally, like all of us, I get depressed.” She said... More »

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suicide • Courtney Love • MySpace • Kurt Cobain • depression • celebrity • blog • Frances Bean Cobain

 Artist to Smoke 
 Kurt Cobain's Ashes 

Nirvana frontman's supposed remains, stolen from wife, will star in Berlin exhibition

Oct 1, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian performance artist who claims to have obtained late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s ashes will smoke them at a Berlin exhibition, NME reports. Artist Natascha Stellmach says the lighting up will symbolize Cobain’s ultimate freedom from the media. As to how she came by the remains,... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Berlin • art • Nirvana • remains • ashes • exhibition • performance artist

 Love Sued
 Over Nirvana
 Catalog 

Company claims Cobain's widow broke verbal contract

Jul 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Business firm London & Co. sued Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, for $975,000 yesterday, claiming she didn’t give them their share of the $19.5 million she earned from selling part of Nirvana's publishing catalog. They allege Love broke a verbal contract to share 5% of profits from... More »

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Courtney Love • music industry • Kurt Cobain • celebrity • Nirvana • music sales • civil lawsuits

 Chanel Eyes Cobain
 'Teen Spirit' 

15-year-old daughter of Love and Cobain may be Lagerfeld's new face

Apr 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Lagerfeld wants grunge god Kurt Cobain's 15-year-old living legacy as the face of his next Chanel ad campaign, the Daily Mail reports. Rocker mom Courtney Love keeps a tight leash on Frances Bean Cobain, who posed for a number of mags earlier this year, so no deal has been... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • model • Chanel • advertising campaign • Frances Bean Cobain • Karl Lagerfeld

Cobain Isn't
Curt in New Documentary

Nirvana leader opens up on life and Love in unheard interviews

Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son, on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide... More »

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music • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • DVD • Nirvana • documentary • rock bands • Michael Azerrad • interview

More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

Thousands get 'undo-plasties' after hating plastic surgery

Jan 21, 08 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands are feeling a little too "cookie-cutter" with their new nipped noses and tucked chins, one doctor says—so they're ponying up for surgery to look like (gasp!) themselves again. These 'undo-plasties' are becoming big business; some doctors spend half their time as "revision plastic surgeons."... More »

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plastic surgery • Courtney Love • doctor • surgeon • Jenna Jameson • 'reversal' plastic surgery

Fans to Reach Nirvana at
the Movies

Courtney Love will produce Universal bio-pic on Kurt Cobain

Oct 19, 07 3:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The story of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain will soon come to life on the big screen, Variety reports. Universal Pictures has commissioned a screenplay about the troubled life of the grunge rocker, which will be based on the Cobain biography “Heavier than Heaven.” Courtney Love, the rocker’... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • Universal Pictures • Heavier than Heaven • Smells Like Teen Spirit

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," singer mumbles

May 1, 07 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tormented rock queen Courtney Love is staging a high-profile yard sale for the personal effects of husband Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who committed suicide 13 years ago. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity," the addled singer promises. More »

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music • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • celebrity • Nirvana • musician • Frances Bean Cobain

Swank Rehab Center Sues Courtney Love

The court forced  her into rehab. Now will it make her pay the bill?

Apr 2, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Courtney Love, mother to Francis Bean, widow to Kurt Cobain, and unexplainable guest at Comedy Central's Pamela Anderson roast, is in the courts again. No drugs or assault on the docket this time: Beau Monde International, a plush rehab facility where Love spent three months in 2005, is trying... More »

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Courtney Love • rehab • Beau Monde • Kurt Cobain • Los Angeles • drug use • rehabilitation center • celebrity • Frances Bean Cobain

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