- Pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for hitting a clubgoer on the head with a microphone stand during a performance in New York. (2004)
- Is looking for a younger lover to help her straighten her life out. She is reportedly asking friends to set her up with eligible boys between the ages of 18 and 30. (2004)
- Got a bench warrant for her 40th birthday when she failed to appear in court in Los Angeles for arraignment on an assault charge. (July 9, 2004)
- Agreed to enter a drug rehabilitation program after pleading guilty to being under the influence of cocaine. (May 28, 2004)
- Has reportedly been forced to set up home with a porn star pal because she can't live with her young daughter Frances Bean at her Los Angeles mansion. (May 26, 2004)
- The prosecutor in the misdemeanor drug case against her said Monday she tested positive for cocaine when she was arrested last year. (May 4, 2004)
- Is convinced she'll be cleared of hitting a fan in the head with a microphone stand at a gig last week - because she's got hundreds of witnesses on her side. (March 25, 2004)
- Her former lawyer, William Genego, has denied her claims she fired him from her current drugs trial, but declined to explain why he left her case. (February 27, 2004)
- Made a brief court appearance Monday with a new lawyer and was ordered to return in two weeks to face trial on a misdemeanor drug charge unless the case is settled by then. (February 24, 2004)
- The security concerns which prevented Love from showing up in court last week have been explained - a man accusing her of murder has been pestering her. (February 21, 2004)
- Avoided an arrest warrant on Tuesday when she showed up in a Beverly Hills courtroom for a hearing on charges of possessing two prescription painkillers. (February 18, 2004)
- Has hit another stumbling block in her fight to prove she's responsible enough to have custody of her daughter - she reportedly lost the 11-year-old at Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (February 14, 2004)
- A court hearing for Love, who faces two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, was postponed Tuesday after the judge said additional investigation was needed before the case could proceed. (January 28, 2004)
- Is sued by her lawyers who claim she's failed to pay up in her highly publicized battle to leave her former label, Universal Music Group. (January 22, 2004)
- Startled fellow patients at her rehab center over Christmas by walking around naked. (December 29, 2003)
- Her album America's Sweetheart, which was originally due Oct. 28, was rescheduled for a Feb. 10 release. (December 19, 2003)
- The hearing on felony drug possession charges against her is postponed until Jan. 27. (December 12, 2003)
- Has voluntarily checked into a California detox center.
- Stayed home Friday and let her lawyer do the talking at her arraignment on a misdemeanor drug charge. (November 17, 2003)
- Is begging her mother-in-law to stop fighting for custody of her daughter Frances Bean, because she just wants to get on with her life as a singer and a mother. (November 14, 2003)
- Pleaded not guilty on November 12 to drug possession charges stemming from her arrest last month after breaking windows outside her boyfriend's house. (November 13, 2003)
- Denies she has a drug problem despite being charged with possession of narcotics last month, insisting everybody has prescription painkillers Hydrocodone and Oxycodone, which she was arrested carrying. (November 6, 2003)
- Surrendered to Beverly Hills police on Tuesday to face drug possession charges stemming from her arrest earlier this month. (October 29, 2003)
- Regrets she was with her daughter Frances Bean when she overdosed on narcotic Oxycontin at her Beverly Hills home earlier this month, but insists she tried to make the experience as relaxed as possible as they waited for an ambulance to arrive. (October 24, 2003)
- Has decided to enter rehab following a suspected drug overdose last week. (October 8, 2003)
- Was admitted to a hospital following a suspected drug overdose hours after she was arrested for attempting to break into a house. (October 4, 2003)
- Love was overheard at Saturday's JT Leroy reading at the Coral Room telling a male editor from a magazine, that all female editors hate female rockers. (September 16, 2003)
- Love's mother, Linda Carroll, has denied reports that Love is Marlon Brando's granddaughter. (August 25, 2003)
- Love is still madly in love with former beau Edward Norton -- In an interview with an American magazine, she confesses, I love Edward so much. If I die, I've left Edward everything. He's a dad to (Love's 11-year-old daughter) Frances. (June 4, 2003)
- Love has placed full-page ads in New York's Village Voice and L.A. Weekly in an attempt to recruit new members for her live band -- The ad says, Women required for International Rock Revolution. Join Courtney Love's touring band and get famous. See the world. (May 2, 2003)
- Virgin Airlines tycoon Richard Branson described Love as disturbed and said he never should have let her fly on his airline. (February 13, 2003)
- Love, cautioned by British police this week for throwing a tantrum aboard a trans-Atlantic flight, is welcome to fly back to L.A. with the same airline after saying sorry -- Virgin Atlantic said Thursday that Love had apologized to the airline's boss, Sir Richard Branson, at a glitzy charity concert. (February 8, 2003)
- Love allegedly stripped down to her underwear during the air rage incident which led to her arrest and police caution Wednesday - a passenger says, She wasn't bothered at the thought of being arrested. As the plane landed she was taking her clothes off and singing loudly. (February 7, 2003)
- British police released Love without charge on Tuesday after she received a warning for swearing at a crew member on her flight from Los Angeles -- an airline spokesman said the singer had become disruptive and had verbally abused cabin crew during the flight, which had 200 passengers on board; no one was injured during the incident. (February 5, 2003)
- She will be in control of MTV2 for 24 straight hours starting at 8 p.m. this weekend; she'll play the videos she likes, invite her friends over for an on-camera jab fest and do whatever else she pleases. (September 18, 2002)
- Her breakthrough role was that of Althea Flynt, the drug-addicted wife of pornography tycoon Larry Flynt in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996) for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination and New York Film Critics Circle award.
- Apparently was a bit of a wild child who occasionally got in trouble with the law, something that later would fuel her stage and screen persona.
- 1999 brought with it greater authorized screen time for Love, first as one of the leads in the ensemble film 200 CIGARETTES, and then in MAN ON THE MOON, Milos Forman's biopic of the late legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.
- Edward Norton saved her life - by getting her off drugs after the death of rocker husband Kurt Cobain.
- Has laughed off reports of a steamy night with Russell Crowe - insisting they just wrote poetry.
- A Vancouver homeowner sued Love - saying she owed him more than $26,000 in rent.
- Was originally hired to play the role of Lieutenant Melanie Ballard in GHOSTS OF MARS (2001)
- One time Courtney offered Axl Rose a blow job and he rejected her.
- Is also a photographer in a magazine.
- What finally broke Hole, the alternative rock band formed by Courtney in 1989, was not their album sales or live shows, but rather Courtney Love's relationship with Kurt Cobain, the enigmatic disaffected frontman of Nirvana. Nirvana briefly became the most popular influential rock band in the U.S. with the release of the 1991 album Nevermind.
- Some songs of her album are really from Kurt Cobain
- When she was 3 years old her parents left America to live in New Zealand and left little Courtney to live with her mother's friend.
- When she was little she stabbed a girl at school.
- Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan once fought for her
- After Kurt Cobain died many people thought that Courtney was the murderer, but they could never prove it.
- Her first husband, James Moreland, was a transvestite.
- Best known as the flamboyant and controversial leader of the alternative rock group Hole, and for her marriage to the late leader of the group Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love is also a recognized film actress.
- Love says she's settled Nirvana suit -- therefore, she says, a long-awaited Nirvana retrospective, possibly with an unreleased track, should be out by Christmas (September 2002)
- Love and Charlize Theron developed a mutual hatred on the set of forthcoming thriller TRAPPED, while Co-star Kevin Bacon says leading lady Theron couldn't stand the rock widow turned actress - and the Hole frontwoman felt the same way. (September 2002)
- She will play Lady Macbeth and star opposite Scottish actor Peter Mullan in the Shakespeare drama LADY MACBETH.
- In her website, she has been noting that she's been studying other actresses' interpretations of the character.
- For her role as Lady Macbeth, she said she's ''humbled beyond belief'' to have beaten what she says is a number of Oscar-caliber actresses for the part.
- Irish superstar Bono of the group U2 has been asked to testify for Love, while the band's former band members, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, questioned Courtney's mental stability in court papers filed this year.
- Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Awards for THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1997)
Quotes- "Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions."
- "If there's any time you should be on drugs it's when you're pregnant, cause it sucks."
- "Kurt Cobain makes my heart stop...but he's a shit."
Awards- L.A. Outfest: Grand Jury Award - Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, JULIE JOHNSON (2001)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1997)
- Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1997)
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996)
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