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“This Is Huge”: Forensics Expert Says Evidence Proves Kurt Cobain’s Passing Wasn’t Self-Inflicted

A veteran forensic scientist presents new evidence suggesting Kurt Cobain’s 1994 passing was actually murder.

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“I just was not expecting the look on people’s faces. It was really just vicious – the most shocking, awful things you could hear from people”: The powerful and controversial Tori Amos song that her record company hated – before the club remix hit No.1

And was this song really an attack on Courtney Love?

MusicRadar

“I said, ‘Listen, I don't think you should die!’” How Dave Grohl realised that the end was near for Kurt Cobain and Nirvana

“Five minutes later the phone rings, and someone goes, ‘Dude, turn on CNN’”

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What’s cooler than sex, drugs and pashing models? I found out from 3 rock memoirs

At the height of his success, Evan Dando was notorious for his good looks, heavy drug use and flaky personality. As his memoir, Rumours of My Demise, effectively attests, the Lemonheads frontman was also a shameless rock’n’roll caricature whose addictions and puerile hedonism repeatedly sabotaged his friendships and relationships, along…

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"Every time I opened Rolling Stone there was a picture of him in his underpants." How Mariah Carey, Cher, Whitney Houston, Courtney Love, Michael Stipe and more got savaged by one of the 90s' most brutal diss tracks

This classic 90s industrial metal banger is also one of the angriest

Metal Hammer

“Icontend that I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff – before the rest of the boys”: How Courtney Love created the grunge classic that was released during her darkest hour

Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide

MusicRadar

"Her story, unfiltered and unapologetic." One of rock's most iconic, inspirational and provocative figures to share her life story in a "raw, complicated" new documentary film

Antiheroine will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival

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Courtney Love to tell her life story for first time in revealing new documentary

Influential rock star frontwoman of Hole, who was married to Kurt Cobain until his death in 1994, had previously been teasing a memoir

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"She was like, ‘This is what happens when you die young’. I thought it was this cool gesture, but it wasn’t a fun gift." Courtney Love gave this indie frontman a lock of Kurt Cobain's hair after he punctured a kidney on broken glass at an awards ceremony

A present given to The Cribs' Ryan Jarmen at the height of his debauchery showed him what happens when you fly too close to the sun

Louder

"I listened to track one and I was like, Ooh, that was nasty!" Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler reveals the iconic '90s rock album that he can't stop listening to

Actor and comedian Adam Sandler shares his love for one of the most raw, brutal and essential rock bands of the 1990s

Louder

"We were stupid kids, just trying to survive, with this really weird music that we were so stubborn about." How five chaos-addicted Californian misfits helped pave the way for the 90s rock revolution with their fabulously freaky debut record

Faith No More's Bill Gould looks back on the making of We Care A Lot, his band's thrillingly unhinged debut album, now celebrating its 40th birthday

Metal Hammer

Jeffrey Epstein dreamt up bizarre series starring Johnny Depp, Courtney Love – and even Stephen Fry

The disgraced financier had an idea for an interview series called ‘Strange Bedfellows’, but none of the stars he fantasised about featuring seem to be aware of its existence

The Independent UK

10 Side-By-Side Comparisons That Show Kim Kardashian “Stealing” Other Stars’ Iconic Looks

“Typical Kim stealing others’ ideas. And somehow she cheapens everything she tries to do…”

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Kim Kardashian Threw On $2.5 Million In Bling, Then Covered Her Face With Gauze To Look Like A Mannequin

A second look shows her Courtney Love-inspired attire.

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International Business Times UK

Star Wars' Mark Hamill Reveals He Almost Left the US After Trump Win — and Why He Chose To Stay

Mark Hamill admits he almost left the US after Trump's win, but reveals why his wife persuaded him to stay — and which stars did move abroad.

MusicRadar

Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide

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“To have Kurt’s beautiful voice over one of my songs would have been amazing”: the story behind every track on Foo Fighters’ monumental debut album

It’s 30 years since Dave Grohl kicked off a game-changing second act, and this was the record that started it all.

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Courtney Love has 'friend with benefits'

Courtney Love has found a "friend with benefits" but doesn't want to name the famous individual.

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The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod: ‘Everyone should have a nemesis’

The singer on air-drumming with her toes, her ‘deep, deep love’ of pop music, and being cornered by Courtney Love

Homes & Gardens

Courtney Love's historic loft combines rock star luxury with raw New York bones – it's on the market for almost $9.5 million

The singer's former SoHo home features exposed brick walls, original wooden columns, a gas fireplace, and high ceilings – take the tour

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“Prettier In Her Twilight Days”: Fans React To Kristen Stewart’s Style At Her Wedding With Girlfriend

Kristen Stewart tied the knot with her longtime partner Dylan Meyer in an intimate ceremony and fans pointed out her style evolution.

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“We hadn’t rehearsed. We weren’t used to playing acoustic. Even the people from MTV thought it was horrible”: A new Nirvana Unplugged exhibition features not only Kurt Cobain’s $6 million Martin D-18E but also his green cardigan

Find out more about their legendary MTV gig and get up close with one of the world’s most famous… cardigans

The Guardian - US

Hollywood exodus: the celebrities leaving the US over Trump 2.0

Many famous names threatened to leave the first time, but as the president chips away at more liberties, plenty are plotting their escape

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I was an excruciatingly shy teenager. Then Courtney Love roared into my life

I swapped my drab clothes for charity-shop nightdresses, highlighted my hair with Sun In – and realised I didn’t need to apologise for being angry

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“It was like being plugged into an electrical socket that has charged me ever since.” Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody on the rock show that made him want to start a band

“I haven’t ever felt the battery power of that night wane”

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