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

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:41:00 CDT

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...

Cobain Working on Solo Album When He Died

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:51:55 CDT

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 his White...

Courtney Love to Daughter: 'Sorry I Believed Gossip'

Mark Russell — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:02:29 CDT

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 drummer...

Frances Bean Cobain: Twitter Should Ban Mom

Rob Quinn — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:02:00 CDT

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 her late father's one-time bandmate...

Hashtag Gets Gaga in Trouble

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:57:05 CDT

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...

Courtney: Dave Grohl 'Sexually Obsessed' With Kurt

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:57:18 CDT

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 out last...

Frances Bean Cobain: My Cat Died in Piles of Trash

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:49 CST

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....

Courtney Love Explains Weird Cobain Rant

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:16:05 CST

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), the...

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

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:59:30 CDT

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 pulled away from him,...