Entertainment Weekly reports that funeral-makeup practice cadaver/ rock singer Courtney Love no longer has any use for her famous last name, insisting that she will now go on using her given name, Courtney Michelle Harrison.
Says Love, er, Harrison:
The 2010 Olympics may be over but man oh man, do we have a GEM for you. You may think you’ve gotten your fill of ice skating competitions, but thanks to Boing Boing (via BoreMe.com) and the the creators of YouTube we can ask you to go back in time with us and gawk at this horrific marriage of Nirvana and figure skating.
After Gus Van Sant’s fictionalized account within Last Days, and Nick Broomfield’s Courtney-did-it “documentary” Kurt and Courtney, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is set to get a third cinematic treatment. The twist? The film—get this!—aims to be an accurate, true-story portrayal of singer/ guitarist who committed suicide in 1994.
Deadline Hollywood reports that Oren Moverman, director of 2009’s harrowing The Messenger, has been selected to direct the film, which will focus on Cobain’s final two days before his suicide. Moverman will also rewrite the script, originally titled All Apologies and written by X-Men Origins: Wolverine scribe David Benioff. Let me repeat that: “written by X-Men Origins: Wolverine scribe David Benioff.”
Courtney Love has lost her most precious possession — her daughter. TMZ reported that Love lost temporary guardianship of her and Kurt Cobain’s 17-year-old daughter on Friday Dec. 14th; the teen is now in the custody of Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, and sister, Kimberly Dawn Cobain.
The celebrity news site released pictures of the three-long page order. However, the public release did not contain any information as to why Love lost guardianship of her daughter.
Guitar Hero 5 is having some issues in both the legal department and their liaison with musicians. To many fans of the game, getting a certain avatar to sing other people’s songs can sound kind of fun. However, it might be a little weird to hear Kurt Cobain exclaim, “Yeah Boyeeee” like Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav or sing songs by Bon Jovi… or Bush.
Hardcore Nirvana fans do not support this feature in the game, and Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, along with Dave Grohl and Kris Novoselic certainly don’t stand for it either. Love had threatened to sue Activision, the game’s makers, so Cobain would not be seen singing other artists’ songs in the game.
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, the surviving members of Nirvana, on Thursday issued a statement objecting to the use of the late Kurt Cobain’s likeness in the Guitar Hero 5 video game.
In the game players who unlock Cobain’s image can utilize him for any kind of song the player wants. Grohl and Novoselic have urged Activision (the maker of Guitar Hero) to ‘re-lock’ Cobain’s character to stop this usage.
Click below to read the joint statement from Novoselic and Grohl.
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How much would you pay for a priceless piece of Nirvana memorabilia? Apparently a lot. The auctioned off guitar was destroyed by Kurt Cobain during a concert in New Jersey. A short while later Cobain traded the guitar with The Grannies and Hullabaloo guitarist for a working one.
The guitar sold by Sluggo, a friend of Cobain’s, for $100,000 in a US auction to an unidentified private collector. This (surprisingly) is not the most expensive piece of Cobain memorabilia auctioned off to date. His Mosrite Gospel Mark IV guitar was sold for $131,000 in 2006.