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  • July 2008

    • Love Sued Over Nirvana Catalog

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Love Sued Over Nirvana Catalog

      (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 The End of Music, her company that oversees Cobain's intellectual property. More »

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

    • Indie Heroes the Vaselines (Finally) Play the States

      Radar  |  Jul 11, 08 6:16 PM CDT

      Indie Heroes the Vaselines (Finally) Play the States

      (Newser) - Known stateside as Kurt Cobain’s favorite band, Scottish rockers the Vaselines finally made their US debut Wednesday—18 years after their only release. To a small, adoring, and cultish crowd, the show was “the second coming of Jesus, John Lennon, and Ian Curtis, all at once," writes Marlow Riley in a Radar review of one of the group's three US club dates. More »

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      New Jersey  • Kurt Cobain  • indie rock

  • May 2008

    • 50 Top Pop Brainiacs

      Blender  |  May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      50 Top Pop Brainiacs

      (Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10: Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original." John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles from a covers band to the world’s best-loved and most influential pop act." Chuck Berry: His guitar riffs are still the "bedrock" of rock and roll five decades on. Bob Marley: "No one did more to define and popularize a musical genre." Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: Duo created "decade of classics." More »

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      celebrity  • music  • Madonna  • musician  • pop music  • rock stars  • John Lennon  • Bob Dylan  • Keith Richards  • Mick Jagger  • Kurt Cobain  • Stevie Wonder  • Thom Yorke  • Chuck Berry  • Bob Marley  • Miles Davis

  • April 2008

    • Chanel Eyes Cobain 'Teen Spirit'

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Apr 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Chanel Eyes Cobain 'Teen Spirit'

      (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 struck yet.  More »

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

  • March 2008

    • Cobain Isn't Curt in New Documentary

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Cobain Isn't Curt in New Documentary

      (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 in 1994, speaks openly about his band, his marriage, and his childhood. More »

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

  • October 2007

    • Fans to Reach Nirvana at the Movies

      Variety  |  Oct 19, 07 3:11 AM CDT

      Fans to Reach Nirvana at the Movies

      (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’s widow and an actress/musician in her own right, will produce the drama. More »

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      Universal Pictures  • Courtney Love  • Kurt Cobain  • Nirvana

  • May 2007
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