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Famous as :
Singer and guitaristBirth Name :
Kurt Donald CobainBirth Date :
February 20, 1967Birth Place :
Hoquiam, Washington, USASpouse :
Courtney Love (musician, 24-Feb-92 - 5-Apr-94) (his death)Claim to fame :
Lead singer and guitarist of rock band Nirvana
Courtney Love Suicidal Over Kurt Cobain's Stolen Ashes
June 02, 2008 02:06:01The remains of legendary musician Kurt Cobain have been stolen, according to his distraught widow Courtney Love. The ashes of the late musician were taken from her Los Angeles home, it's been reported.
Love kept Cobain's ashes in a pink bag shaped like a teddy bear, along with a lock of his hair. However, she was devastated to find the bag and thousands of dollars worth of jewelery missing after thieves broke into her home late last month, Britain's News of the World newspaper reported. Clothes were also stolen from her home.
Converse Launching Kurt Cobain-Inspired Footwear Line
March 19, 2008 02:03:13Kurt Cobain gets his own Converse shoe. The late musician is about to be commemorated in a series of shoes created by the footwear manufacturer which has been making shoes since the early 20th century.
Converse's Cobain-inspired shoes will feature the music legend's name, lyrics, writing and signature. The shoes, moreover, will also feature select drawings and writings first published in 2002's Journals scrawled on them.
Kurt Cobain Made Into Toy Dolls, Lunch Boxes, and Key Chains
June 26, 2007 01:06:10
Courtney Love changes her mind concerning her late husband Kurt Cobain's license. Initially slammed shoe manufacturer Dr. Martens for using an image of Cobain to sell its boots in England, the troubled rocker surprisingly allowed the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) to print his pictures on their products.
Besides being made into toy dolls, Cobain's likeness also featured on a new line of lunch boxes and a key chain. No other details being released on the products.
David Bowie, R.E.M. in Soundtrack of Kurt Cobain's Biopic
June 04, 2007 09:06:21
A soundtrack to biopic "Kurt Cobain About a Son" features songs from R.E.M., The Vaselines, Iggy Pop and David Bowie, some musicians in great influence to Kurt. The compilation, which also receives a composition by Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, will be distributed via Barsuk on September 11.
The soundtrack is the following of the film that has gone premiere in 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Containing Kurt's previously unreleased audiotaped interviews, the 96 minutes film will also be released on theaters and in DVD version in the fourth quarter of this year.
On Sale: Kurt Cobain's Belongings
May 01, 2007 09:05:16
Courtney Love is planning to auction most of her late husband Kurt Cobain's belongings. The controversial actress has not yet set the date for the sale though, except saying that it would occur in the near future.
"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," Love tells AOL music Website Spinner.com. "[My house] is like a mausoleum."
Ewan McGregor As Kurt Cobain Onscreen ?
January 19, 2007 02:01:30
Following the buzz surrounding Courtney Love's plan to develop "Heavier than Heaven", a biographical feature about her deceased husband Kurt Cobain, what probably becomes the hot topic to talk about by now is seemingly the actor to play the Nirvana frontman.
A source for the Daily Express has informed that Ewan McGregor has come out as the top choice among other potential names to assume the role. What's interesting here is if McGregor truly lands the part, this won't be the first time the striking guy portrays a rock star as he had brilliantly done it before in "Velvet Goldmine."
Courtney Love Planning Kurt Cobain Biopic
January 15, 2007 09:01:37
Courtney Love, the widow of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, has acquired the rights to Charles Cross' celebrated biography on her late husband and is planning to turn it into a movie.
Revealed on the project, Love wrote on her fan site that the biopic is in its "embryonic stage with no script and no director decided." Sources said that some studios are in discussions with Love to bring the book to the big screen.
Forbes' Top-Earning Dead Celebrities
October 26, 2006 11:10:53
It's been twelve years after his death that Kurt Cobain, Nirvana singer-songwriter, is making another record. The late rocker, whose wealth in an estimated $50 million between October 2005 and October of this year, tops the top spot on Forbes' 6th annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list.
In the last 12 months, Cobain reportedly earned $50 million, which is said largely due to his widow, Courtney Love, who sold a stake in his song catalog to publishing company Primary Wave. The once proclaimed King of Pop Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 and reigned as the top earner from 2001 to 2005, slips to 2nd spot with earnings of $42 million.
Forbes Magazine's List of Big-Time Moneymakers
June 17, 2006 09:06:28
Even after death, Elvis Presley is still "The King." Approvingly in a recent poll conducted by Forbes magazine on Big-Time Moneymaker, Elvis is ranked 1st with estate earned an estimated $52 million last year.
Meanwhile, the late Kurt Cobain is just behind at No.2. His estate earned about $50 million. Others on the list of dead celebrities with major earning power are Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, and Marilyn Monroe.
Soon to be Released, "The Diaries of Courtney Love"
May 31, 2006 02:05:50
Wanna know further details on Courtney Love's life? If yes, then "Dirty Blonde: The Diaries Of Courtney Love" should be an interesting read for you.
It is a 288-page confessional of the singer complete with poetry, journal entries, letters, childhood records, song lyrics, fanzine material, show fliers and never-before-seen photographs that include her late husband, Kurt Cobain, and their daughter, Frances Bean.
Courtney Love Sells Nirvana's Catalogue
April 01, 2006 12:04:41
Courtney Love has sold 25 per cent of her share of Nirvana's publishing catalogue for more than $50 million. The stake, which she inherited in 1994 after her late husband Kurt Cobain committed suicide, was sold to Larry Mestel of Primary Wave Music Publishing.
As for everybody to know, Love was given 98 per cent of Nirvana's publishing rights following Cobain's death, while his bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic split the remaining two per cent. "I took a strategic partner, Larry Mestel, to help me co-manage the estate because it was overwhelming," Love said.
Courtney Love Sued By Her Lawyers
October 28, 2005 01:10:49Troubled rocker Courtney Love can't clean herself up just like that as she's facing another legal trouble brought to the court by Seattle law firm Hendricks & Lewis. Per MTV.com, the Hendricks & Lewis is suing Love for failing to pay her more than $340,000 debt which she should pay to the firm for work they did in securing publishing rights and other materials from husband Kurt Cobain and band Nirvana.
In details, Hendricks & Lewis claim they were responsible for getting more than $7 million in advances for Love, $4 million for Nirvana's 2002 greatest hits CD and another $3.3 million for Cobain's journals, but when they asked to be paid, Love allegedly said that she didn't have money to do that. The law firm also named Love and Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain in the suit and is seeking a legal claim on all of Love's papers in their possession, which include material belonging to the late Cobain.
