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Courtney Love Comes To Virtual Kurt Cobain’s Rescue

Emma Renda — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:02:39 +0000

Ah, Twitter, where would we be without you.

In the first of today’s Twitter-leaked news stories, Courtney Love spilled the virtual beans last week about her outrage over the new Kurt Cobain Guitar Hero avatar.

“FOR THE RECORD, I DID NOT APPROVE KURTS AVATAR FOR GUYITARHERO5. i think Kurt would despise this game alone let alone this avatar,” she wrote.

Then came the more telling post: “We are going to sue the shit out of Activision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises.”

Activision has since responded in a less-mouthy fashion.

“Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero® 5,” according to Pitchfork.

Certainly the idea of iconic Nirvana frontman and unofficial leader of grunge, not to mention the figurehead for a generation of disenchanted teengers in the early 90s, is upsetting. Imagine the shaggy, plaid-wearing singer known for his gravelly, disenchanted moan belting ”Total Eclipse of the Heart” at the mercy of some audacious gamers or drunken frat-boys.

It’s enough to make you sick, or at least that’s what happened to Love. (Though it’s probably not that difficult.)

“I saw a piece of [Kurt's] avatar on the nightly news. I actually had to vomit,” she said via Twitter.

Former bandmates Dave Grohl and Kris Novoselic were less violently opposed to the avatar, and actually articulated their stance in an official statement.

Though they claim to have been aware of Cobain’s likeness appearing on Guitar Hero, they didn’t anticipate the control players would have over the avatar.

“This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in “re-locking” Kurt’s character so that this won’t continue in the future,” they wrote in the statement found on Pitchfork. “It’s hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists’ music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.”

It remains to be seen if Love’s claims of legal actions will become a reality, but stay tuned to her Twitter where you will probably find all that information and what she f*****g had for dinner.

Courtney Love Sued for Not Paying Up

andPOP Staff — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:53:27 +0000

London & Co., a business management and accounting firm is suing Courtney Love for failing to give them profits from the sale of a portion of Nirvana’s publishing catalogue.

According to CTV.ca, the company claims that Love agreed orally to split five per cent of her earnings or those from her company when she sold a portion of Nirvana’s catalogue.

The company alleges that Love sold a portion of Nirvana’s publishing catalogue for $19.5 million but did not give them their share of the sale.

The company alleges that they should have received $975,000 from the sale.

Love became a widow in 1994 when her husband and Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain committed suicide. She owns most of the rights to both Cobain’s and Nirvana’s work.

Kurt Cobain’s Ashes Stolen?

andPOP Staff — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:22:35 +0000

According to Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s ashes have been stolen from her Hollywood home, leaving her suicidal.

The remains were stored in a pink bear-shaped handbag and hidden in a wardrobe, leaving Love to suspect a former friend of the theft.

“I can’t believe anyone would take Kurt’s ashes from me,” Love told News of the World. “I find it disgusting and right now I’m suicidal. If I don’t get them back I don’t know what I’ll do. They were all I had left of him.”

Much of Cobain’s ashes were scattered in a New York Buddhist temple and in the Wishkah river in Washington state.

Courtney Love Loves Orlando Bloom, Buddhism

andPOP Staff — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:55:49 +0000

Move over, rehab. Courtney Love has credited an unlikely man with keeping her clean: Orlando Bloom.

Love told “Access Hollywood” that Bloom introduced her to the Buddhist lifestyle that finally changed her ways.

“We chant every day,” Love said. “The 12-step programme demands that you have a spiritual practice that you do daily.

“I don’t mind talking about it because it has changed my entire life, changed everything – restructured my body, restructured my physicality. Truly I can, not all the time, but I can take joy at really shitty situations.”

True to her name, Love said she loves Bloom for his influence, and that he “doesn’t mind being outed as a Buddhist.”

James McAvoy First In Line To Play Cobain

andPOP Staff — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:12:31 +0000

Scottish actor James McAvoy is reportedly the first choice to play Kurt Cobain in a new biopic that will be produced by Courtney Love.

According to a source, “James is making a big impact in Hollywood at the moment. Hollywood bosses are convinced he is the perfect choice to play Kurt Cobain.”

The film, written by David Benioff (“The Kite Runner”) will be based on both Cobain’s personal unpublished journals and the biography “Heavier Than Heaven.”

McAvoy will next be seen in the Ian McEwan adaptation “Atonement” with Keira Knightley. He broke out as Mr. Tumnus in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and garnered critical acclaim in the Oscar nominated “Last King of Scotland.”

Courtney Love Let Off Probation Early

andPOP Staff — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:25:53 +0000

Ex-Hole front-woman Courtney Love has had two probation sentences terminated early, more than a year before the longer one was set to expire.

Reuters reports that Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin let Love off early because she’d successfully completed a substance abuse program.

The judge dismissed Love’s two drug charges and one assault charge. The probation period for the drug charges was set to end next month, while the period for the assault charges wouldn’t have ended until 2008.

“I’m so happy and so excited. I’m relieved,” the singer told Us Weekly magazine. “I just want to put all this stuff behind me. It’s so last year.”

The drug charges were for being under the influence of cocaine and illegal possession of prescription medication, while the assault charge came over an altercation between Love and fellow musician Kristin King.

Courtney Love Goes After British Rock Star

andPOP Staff — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:39:15 +0000

Courtney Love is romantically pursuing a British rock star.

The 42-year-old singer, the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, has set her sights on Towers of London singer Donny Tourette, 17 years her junior. Courtney, who is in the UK promoting her autobiography ‘Dirty Blonde’, has invited Donny and his bandmates to an intimate sleepover.

A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: Donny thinks partying with Courtney will make him look uber-cool.”

The wild rock chick has invited a handful of British stars to join her at the private members club Milk and Honey for a slumber party.

She is hoping to get to know Donny better at the sleepover, much to the displeasure of his on/off lover.

Donny used to date Sir Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches and she is said to be raging with jealousy over Courtney’s plan to seduce Donny.

The source added: “Peaches is livid over the news that Courtney has her sights set on Donny. She also can’t believe she hasn’t been invited to the slumber party.”

Courtney recently admitted her love life is so depressing she was considering becoming a lesbian.

She said: “I don’t have a boyfriend. This is the longest time I’ve gone without one. I love to be in love.”

Courtney Love Credits Mel Gibson for Her Sobriety

andPOP Staff — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:33:19 +0000

Courtney Love says it was because of Mel Gibson she was able to stay sober.

The Associated Press reports that the queen of grunge, who has been sober for 15 months, claims the Gibson kept coming to a hotel room where she was doing drugs one night.

“Mel kept coming to the door with this cheesy grin going, ‘Hi!’ I just kept looking at him going I can’t cuss um, `Blank off!’ … I know him and he’s a nice guy. It didn’t matter who it was. It could have been Jesus. I didn’t care,” Love told “Good Morning America” on Tuesday.

She says that Gibson took the other partygoers out for a burger, while Warren Boyd, and addiction counselor spoke with her about getting treatment.

She also told the morning show that her daughter, Frances Bean, only saw her high “once or twice” and that she is doing “fantastic.”

Courtney Love Opens Her Diary

andPOP Staff — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:49:01 +0000

A preview of Courtney Love’s forthcoming book includes poetry, journal entries, never-before-seen photos, and new glimpses into her life with late husband Kurt Cobain.

The four-page excerpt from “Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love” showed the “impromptu memoir” to contain a variety of childhood records, personal notes and pages straight from Love’s diary, according to MTV. Through one such entry, Love reminisces about her relationship with Cobain shortly after his suicide.

“Exactly one month ago today was the last time I made love with my husband,” she writes in an entry dated April 17, 2004. “I cooked him dinner. We spent four hours in the playroom with Frances. We saw ‘Schindler’s List.’ It made us frightened for life and we saw the value of life. Our convictions we defined until 4 a.m. and we fell asleep in each other’s arms and woke up that way in the morning.”

“Here is a unique visual look into a world that is never captured,” said Love’s literary agent, David Vigliano. “It’s a one-of-a-kind memoir of an extraordinary life lived by a unique artist.”

The book, which was researched and edited by Ava Stander, is slated for release in November.

Warrant Issued For Courtney Love

andPOP Staff — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:01:50 +0000

Courtney Love has been ordered back to court after allegedly violating her probation by taking controlled substances.

Love, 41, was accused Wednesday of violating her probation from an assault case by taking narcotics. Prosecutors would not specify which kind.

This comes after Love failed a drug test while hospitalized in July after fainting during a party at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel.

Los Angelos Superior Court Judge Rand S. Rubin issued a bench warrant for Love’s arrest, but held it pending the singer?s mandatory appearance in court August 19.

“I’m certainly not happy with what’s going on,” Rubin said. He has ordered a report from Love’s drug counsellor.

Love maintained her sobriety at a roast for Pamela Anderson this week.

“I’m clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care,” Love said on the event’s red carpet. “They’re like, ‘Oh, her dramatic weight gain.’ So, stop making fun of me!”

Love was not at yesterday’s hearing.