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Did Courtney Love Kill Her Daughter's Pets?

Posted 2/2/12 5:19 pm EST by in Courtney-Love


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Courtney Love's relationship with her daughter Frances Bean Cobain has long been strained, to say the very least, but now previously sealed documents relating to Frances Bean's 2009 restraining order against the Hole singer detail a sad scene leading to their eventual estrangement.

The Fix obtained Frances Bean's deposition in the '09 filing and it contains some pretty troubling details about Love, including allegations that she accidentally killed her daughter's cat and dog in startling ways.

In her deposition, Frances alleges her cat died after being crushed "in piles of Etsy fabrics, boxes of paperwork, trash and other possessions" and that her dog died after ingesting pills belonging to Love. Frances went on to describe Love's prescription pill use in detail, saying, "She basically exists now on Xanax, Adderall, Sonata and Abilify, sugar and cigarettes," adding, "She [Love] rarely eats ... She often falls asleep in her bed while she is smoking, and I am constantly worried that she will start a fire (which she has done at least three times) that will threaten our lives."

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Courtney Love Reportedly Getting The Boot From Her NYC Abode

Posted 12/15/11 10:32 am EST by in Courtney-Love, Lawsuit


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By Zachary Swickey

Courtney Love is at it again!

The Hole frontwoman is reportedly being evicted from her New York City pad after the owner of the property discovered the house to be a wreck with the rocker also late on $50,000 in rent.

According to the New York Post, owner Donna Lyon is taking Love to court over the four-story West 10th Street house that she’s been renting for just ten months that carries a whopping $27,000 a month payment. Lyon claims Love has ruined the home’s designer interior by painting over fancy hand-finished walls and has continuously been delinquent on her payments.

Lyon purchased the residence just last year for a cool $8 million. Describing it to the Post, she said, “It was decorated by the previous owner, interior designer Steven Gambrel. One of the requirements of the lease is that nothing should be done to the interiors.”

She then described the mess that Love has reportedly made. “I came to New York to see it and I was horrified by what she had done," she told the Post. "The walls that had been hand-painted and glazed were ruined, covered in damask wallpaper and ice-blue paint.” (In Love’s defense, ice blue sounds like a pretty rad color choice.) Read More...

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Courtney Love Continues Being Herself In Latest Absurd Interview

Posted 10/6/11 11:16 am EST by in Courtney-Love


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By Zachary Swickey

In the latest case of crazy from none other than Courtney Love, the singer/attention-seeker has conducted an interview with Vanity Fair that (as always) is filled with several quotes that might be deemed controversial to say the least. The issue will land in stores nationally and on the iPad October 11, but plenty of tidbits have been released that show Love is still her old self.

When the magazine’s contributing editor asked Love if she was angry with her late husband, Kurt Cobain, for committing suicide, she insanely barked back, “If he came back right now, I’d have to kill him for what he did to us! I’d f**king kill him! I’d f**k him, and then I’d kill him!” (Not sure if her wanting to screw him first is supposed to make up for the rest of that quote but whatevs.)

Continuing further into inappropriate territory, Love then showed the editor estranged daughter Frances Bean Cobain's diary – turning to a page that has a list titled “Things That Make Me Smile” and then complaining that she didn’t make the cut. It was less than shocking when Frances Bean emancipated herself from Love two years ago, as the mother and daughter have always had a rocky relationship. But Love wants you to know that, “There were no drugs in my urine, no drugs in her urine when she born,” so she doesn’t sound like too bad of a parent (insert sarcasm font here). Read More...

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Recently Unearthed Footage Shows Baby Frances Bean Cobain On Set With Mom And Dad

Posted 9/23/11 8:36 am EST by in Courtney-Love, Music, Video


By Andréa Duncan-Mao

As the enigmatic leader of one of the most impactful rock acts in modern history, Kurt Cobain’s music touched a generation of fans. Just as we are moved by his dense, personal lyrics, raging guitar and outsider ethos, we are equally fascinated by his complex personality. He was a man who dreamt of fame but couldn’t cope with it, a performer who could move a crowd but couldn’t stand to be in one, someone we all heard of but never really knew.

But there was a chubby toddler with golden locks and crystal blue eyes who knew him in a way no one else would. Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt’s daughter with wife Courtney Love, was born 1992 and even as a newborn went everywhere with him. And in their interactions, we see a glimpse of Cobain as a father — patient, tender, in wonder.

In 1993, Kurt sat down with MTV to talk about his life since the explosive success of Nevermind, and brought Frances and Courtney along. As the camera rolled pre-interview, the happy — and somewhat frazzled — family were captured on tape. In this rare, unearthed footage of the Cobains, we see Courtney in a pre-Hollywood-makeover ripped dress, Kurt in the shadows, and Frances Bean, ready for her close-up at not even two years old.

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Nick Jonas Joins Fellow Famous Faces Who Have Covered Lady Gaga

Posted 7/5/11 5:00 pm EST by in Covers, Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga


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By James Dinh

Attention Lady Gaga fans: there’s a new Little Monster in town, and he goes by the name of Nick Jonas. Yes, the youngest singer/songwriter of the JoBro trio put his paw up for the pop megastar on Friday by covering her latest single, “The Edge Of Glory,” during an acoustic performance in Los Angeles.

Like many of her fan covers that have flooded the world of YouTube, Mother Monster caught wind of the performance and took to Twitter to gush about his rendition. “Swoon! Nick Jonas singing The Edge of Glory … On my way to press conference in Taichung, listening to it. So dreamy! X,” Gaga wrote. Accepting her approval tweet, Jonas replied to the singer, writing “the pleasure is all mine. That is a beautiful song. Keep inspiring the world.”

Now, if Jonas’ Gaga fandom comes as a surprise, then you’re in for a treat, as the MTV Newsroom has decided to take a look back at some other noteworthy Gaga covers from even more friendly faces you might recognize. You know what they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Read More...

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Remembering Some Of Alleged Car Thief Courtney Love’s Crazier Moments

Posted 6/30/11 4:30 pm EST by in Courtney-Love


By Zachary Swickey

Bats**t crazy Courtney Love moment no. 172: Courtney jacks photographer David LaChapelle’s car outside the Soho House in the Meatpacking district of New York City. Well sort of…

According to the New York Post, Love swooped the ride “with permission” to visit director Brett Ratner’s house and promised LaChappelle she would return so they could attend his exhibition at the classy Lever House. Surprise, surprise, Love was a no-show, instead she stayed at Ratner’s through the night and probably watched the sun come up while she begged for a role in Rush Hour 4 (we made that last part up).

Heck, even the Soho House ratted her out when a rep commented on the debacle, saying, “Courtney did take his car. David was flipping out and going crazy at the front desk that Courtney stole his car.”

The Post even rang up Ratner for comment. “Courtney and David are best friends,” he said. “We were all supposed to go to the Lever House together, but I was too tired.”

Sounds like just another day in the life of Love and her celeb companions. This is child’s play compared to past antics of the loudest and proudest female in rock music. Here are the top five Courtney moments that would even put Amy Winehouse to shame. Read More...

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Courtney Love, Patti Smith Bring Punk Cred To Mariska Hargitay's Charity Event

Posted 5/18/11 12:40 pm EST by in Activism, Television



By Sabrina Rojas Weiss

NEW YORK — Your typical posh charity benefit in Manhattan usually includes a celebrity or two, maybe a performance by an artist who was popular in the '90s and a room full of insanely rich (and generous!) people. And while all of the above were at the Museum of Modern Art last night, the benefit for "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart organization had a whole lot more: Alec Baldwin and Brian Williams ribbing each other onstage, the Manhattan District Attorney's office rubbing shoulders with the likes of Maria Bello, Wynonna Judd, Chris Meloni and Isaac Mizrahi, a live auction in which people bid the equivalent of my salary for two years for to have Bobby Flay cook for them in the Hamptons, high heels that probably belonged out in the museum's sculpture garden ...

After several real-life victims of child abuse, rape and domestic violence wrote to her about how they related to the stories on "SVU," Hargitay founded Joyful Heart to help them heal and to make them feel OK to come forward and talk about their experiences. The event included a presentation honoring "SVU" executive producer Dr. Neal Baer and words from victims involved in the organization, but after dinner the real action began: the live auction.

Jaw-dropping amounts of money were pledged to packages like an internship with Charlotte Ronson and a super-first-class trip to Sydney with travel advice from Hugh Jackman (who tried to play auctioneer himself for a minute). But then the celebrities in the crowd decided to up the ante. One package on the block was recording session by Mark Ronson, but at the last minute, Courtney Love threw in half a dozen records owned by Kurt Cobain. And then she made MY evening by getting on the stage because she thought the Christie's auctioneer was under-representing her gift. She rambled on about how she and her late husband used to sing Dolly Parton songs at home, how his Gang of Four records were part of Frances Bean's hope chest, and how much he loved legendary blues artist Lead Belly. And when the bids weren't high enough, Samantha Ronson (who DJ'ed the cocktail hour earlier in the evening), got up next to C.Love to egg people on. It was great fun to see Courtney turn up the crazy on purpose for a good cause.
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Spotted: Courtney Love Gets The Band Back Together

Posted 3/29/11 11:30 am EST by in Music


Every day a multitude of stars wander through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

Courtney Love recently brought back her Hole (they dropped an album in 2010 called Nobody's Daughter) but didn't really get the old band back together. Former band members have sued one another and sniped at each other in the press, but on Monday night (March 28th), everybody put their differences aside to celebrate ground-breaking drummer Patty Schemel and the new documentary "Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death of Patty Schemel." Love appeared with Schemel, bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur and guitarist Eric Erlandson for the first time in years, and everybody was all smiles surrounding the premiere of the movie. Though that isn't the original lineup of the band, many consider it to be the group's "classic" lineup, as it was the quartet who supported the breakout album Live Through This (bassist Kristen Pfaff died shortly after the album was recorded) and also delivered the underrated masterpiece Celebrity Skin. Love teased the idea of recording with the quartet again, but like many things related to Hole, nothing is certain.

They weren't the only stars under the bright lights, as Justin Bieber continued his tear through Paris and Cee Lo Green brought his freaky funk to the O2 Academy in Birmingham, England. Click here for these photos as well as the entire "Spotted" archive, which includes over 500 candid shots of stars like Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, the Jonas Brothers and Madonna!

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Happy Birthday, Frances Bean Cobain!

Posted 8/18/10 9:30 am EST by in Music


There is certainly cause for celebration today, as Frances Bean Cobain — the only child of Courtney Love and late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain — turns 18 years old. It has been a tumultuous journey to today, as she has constantly been at the center of a storm of controversy since she was still in utero.

Born in 1992 at the height of Nirvana's popularity, Frances Bean was named after Frances McKee (guitarist for Scottish indie rockers and Cobain favorites the Vaselines, who wrote "Molly's Lips" and "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam," both of which were covered by Nirvana) and the fact that Kurt thought his daughter looked like a kidney bean on an ultrasound. Because of an investigation by child services over the accusation that both Cobain and Love were drug abusers, Frances was removed from her parents' custody shortly after she was born, and even after the parents regained custody, they had to be monitored. Chaos continued following her father's death (just a few months shy of her second birthday) and the ongoing complications between her mother and herself over custody and the Nirvana estate.

But for a girl who has survived what she has, Frances Bean Cobain is incredibly well-adjusted. She'll be beginning college soon and has show interests in journalism (she interned at Rolling Stone for a while) and art (she recently had her first art show at a gallery in Los Angeles). Whatever she decides to pursue, it's clear she has already figured out a lot about how to navigate the universe. And though she's only done a handful of interviews in her lifetime, she was an early MTV veteran. Kurt brought her out for an interview at the 1992 Video Music Awards when she was just shy of two months old.

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The Jet Blue Flight Attendant Follows Fiona Apple, Johnny Rotten In Best Breakdowns At Work

Posted 8/10/10 11:30 am EST by in Music


The world is buzzing over Steven Slater, a flight attendant for Jet Blue airlines who got fed up with his job, went on a profanity-laden tirade over the public address system on a plane sitting on the runway, grabbed a couple of beers and escaped via the inflatable slide designed to be used as an escape (he was arrested shortly thereafter). Slater has become something of a folk hero, dividing the people who thought what he did was totally nuts and the people who are saying this incident is a moment that expressed the rage of many in the service industry.

Also, it was seriously rock and roll.

Which is why, for today at least, we're making Slater an honorary rock star and putting him in the class of top musical temper tantrums. He joins the following icons.

Fiona Apple
In a performance that still lives in the lore of live music in New York City, Fiona Apple took the stage at Roseland Ballroom and made things rather problematic for all involved. She was so upset by the sound problems she was having that she started ranting about the club staff, threatening journalists not to pan her, crying and leaving the stage twice. She only got through a handful of songs before calling it quits.

Johnny Rotten
In one of the most famous breakdowns in history, Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten decided that his band had come to the end, and he yelled at the crowd "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" He then walked out both on the fans in the club and the band itself.

Axl Rose
Always a moody performer, Rose ascended to new heights at a show in Montreal in the summer of 1992. Read More...

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