Facts about Courtney Love:
(28 May 1998) Nightlife columnist
Belissa Cohen sued Love for "assault, battery, negligence, and intentional
infliction of emotional distress" resulting from an incident involving
Cohen's attempt to photograph Love at an LA fashion show.
Has one daughter, Frances Bean
Cobain, (born 8/18/1992)
Was linked romantically to Edward
Norton.
Auditioned for the role of Nancy
in "Sid and Nancy" but was given the small role as Gretchen instead.
Used to work as a stripper and
claims nobody looked at her because she was fat.
Love's biological grandmother
is children's author Paula Fox
Dating Jim Barber (Dec 1999).
Godmother of daughter 'Frances
Bean Cobain' is Drew Barrymore.
Alex
Cox gave her bit parts in her first two films (Sid & Nancy and Straight
to Hell), starting her movie career.
Has admitted to having extensive
plastic surgery on her face and body.
(15 May 2001) Love suffered a
miscarriage. She refused to name the father.
Her legal name since February
24, 1992 has been Courtney Michelle Cobain, though she uses the name Courtney
Love professionally.
(May 24, 2002) It is announced
that Love's band Hole has broken up.
Personal quotes:
"Drugs have nothing to do with the creation
of music. In fact, drugs are dumb and self-indulgent. Kind of like sucking your
thumb."
Courtney Love
"I don't need plastic in my body to validate
me as a woman."
Courtney Love (although she underwent plastic surgery several times in recent
years)