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Courtney Love

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Courtney Love at an event for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
SOAKED IN BLEACH reveals the events behind Kurt Cobain's death as seen through the eyes of Tom Grant, the private investigator that was hired by Courtney Love in 1994 to track down her missing husband (Kurt Cobain) only days before his deceased body was found at their Seattle home. Cobain's death was ruled a suicide by the police (a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound), but doubts have circulated for twenty years as to the legitimacy of this ruling, especially due to the work of Mr. Grant, a former L.A. County Sheriff's detective, who did his own investigation and determined there was significant empirical and circumstantial evidence to conclude that foul play could very well have occurred. The film develops as a narrative mystery with cinematic re-creations, interviews with key experts and witnesses and the examination of official artifacts from the 1994 case.
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The daughter of Grateful Dead devotee and first manager Hank Harrison and psychotherapist Linda Caroll, Courtney Love was born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California in 1964. Love spent her early years living in hippie communes in Oregon and at schools in Europe and New Zealand, under the care of her mother and other family members.

By age 16, Love became legally emancipated and traveled throughout Europe, living off of a small trust fund left behind by her grandmother. Love eventually returned to Portland, Oregon, still pursuing music, and then moved around to various locations in the United States before making her break into the industry.

As a musician, she played in early incarnations of Babes In Toyland and Faith No More, as well as acting in bit parts for some Alex Cox films. In 1989, she started her own band, Hole, and in 1992 married Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, giving birth to their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, that same year. After Cobain's suicide in 1994, and the release of Hole's second album "Live Through This", Love continued to thrill her fans and enrage her detractors with her on- and off-stage antics.

By 1998, Hole had released their third studio album, "Celebrity Skin", and Love had attracted cinematic notoriety for her performance in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which not only garnered her a Golden Globe nomination, but recognition as a serious performer.

Early into the millennium, Hole broke up, and Love took some supporting roles in films such as Trapped (2002), but her rocky past and propensity toward drug addiction eventually caught up with her, sending her through a whirlwind of numerous health and legal issues.

After unsuccessful stints in and out of drug rehabilitation centers, Love was ordered by the L.A. county court to three months in lock down rehab, which came to an end in 2006. Love soon after released a scrapbook-like diary recounting her life, titled "Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love", and continued writing music, testifying her sobriety to the press and public.

In 2009, after losing custody of daughter Frances Bean Cobain for unrelated reasons, Love re-formed Hole with an entirely new lineup, and soon after released the band's first album in ten years, titled "Nobody's Daughter".
BornJuly 9, 1964
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Courtney Love in Sid and Nancy (1986)
Jim Carrey and Courtney Love in Man on the Moon (1999)
Jim Carrey and Courtney Love in Man on the Moon (1999)
Courtney Love and Paul Rudd in 200 Cigarettes (1999)
Jim Carrey and Courtney Love in Man on the Moon (1999)
Courtney Love in Empire (2015)
Courtney Love in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Courtney Love and Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Hole, and Patty Schemel in Hit So Hard (2011)

Known for

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
7.3
  • Althea Leasure Flynt
  • 1996
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999)
Man on the Moon
7.4
  • Lynne Margulies
  • 1999
Kevin Bacon and Charlize Theron in Trapped (2002)
Trapped
6.1
  • Cheryl
  • 2002
Christina Ricci, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo, Casey Affleck, Courtney Love, Angela Featherstone, Kate Hudson, Dave Chappelle, and Paul Rudd in 200 Cigarettes (1999)
200 Cigarettes
5.9
  • Lucy
  • 1999

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Actress

  • The Possibility of Fireflies
    • In Development
  • The Long Home
    • Completed
  • Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart in JT LeRoy (2018)
    JT LeRoy
  • Daisy Head in A Midsummer's Nightmare (2017)
    A Midsummer's Nightmare
  • Courtney Love, Nico Tortorella, and Myko Olivier in Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017)
    Menendez: Blood Brothers
  • Courtney Love, Derrick Beckles, Christine Barger, and Allie Costa in The Hopes (2016)
    The Hopes
  • Madeleine Stowe and Emily VanCamp in Revenge (2011)
    Revenge
  • Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Empire (2015)
    Empire
  • Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy
  • Samuel Caruana in Fall Out Boy Feat. Elton John: Save Rock and Roll (2014)
    Fall Out Boy Feat. Elton John: Save Rock and Roll
  • Courtney Love, Elton John, Tommy Lee, Andrew Hurley, Joe Trohman, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Samuel Caruana, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and Foxes in Fall Out Boy: The Young Blood Chronicles (2014)
    Fall Out Boy: The Young Blood Chronicles
  • Courtney Love: Samantha (2012)
    Courtney Love: Samantha
  • The Dark Night of the Soul
  • Nice Brothers (2009)
    Nice Brothers
  • Helen Mirren in Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)
    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
  • Kevin Bacon and Charlize Theron in Trapped (2002)
    Trapped
  • Lili Taylor and Courtney Love in Julie Johnson (2001)
    Julie Johnson

Composer

  • Hole: Be a Man
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  • Hole: Awful
  • Hole: Malibu (1998)
    Hole: Malibu
  • Hole: Celebrity Skin (1998)
    Hole: Celebrity Skin
  • Hole: Gold Dust Woman (1996)
    Hole: Gold Dust Woman
  • Hole: Softer, Softest (1995)
    Hole: Softer, Softest
  • Hole: Violet (1995)
    Hole: Violet
  • Hole: Doll Parts (1994)
    Hole: Doll Parts
  • Hole: Miss World (1994)
    Hole: Miss World
  • Courtney Love, Jill Emery, Eric Erlandson, Caroline Rue, and Hole in Hole: Garbadge Man (1992)
    Hole: Garbadge Man

Producer

  • Not Bad for a Girl (1995)
    Not Bad for a Girl
  • Courtney Love, Jill Emery, Eric Erlandson, Caroline Rue, and Hole in Hole: Garbadge Man (1992)
    Hole: Garbadge Man
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Trailer 2:16
U.S. Version
Hit So Hard
Trailer 1:37
Hit So Hard
Straight To Hell Returns
Trailer 1:12
Straight To Hell Returns
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Trailer 2:21
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Trapped (2002)
Trailer 1:55
Trapped (2002)
Beat
Trailer 1:42
Beat
Sunset Strip
Trailer 2:01
Sunset Strip
Soaked In Bleach Official Trailer
Trailer 2:14
Soaked In Bleach Official Trailer
Which A-Listers Almost Starred in 'Pulp Fiction'?
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Which A-Listers Almost Starred in 'Pulp Fiction'?

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    • July 9, 1964
    • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Kurt CobainFebruary 24, 1992 - April 5, 1994 (his death, 1 child)
    • Frances Bean Cobain
    • Hank Harrison
  • Other works
    TV commercial for MTV's Celebrity Skin Contest (1998)
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    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 7 Interviews
    • 43 Articles
    • 29 Pictorials
    • 15 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Was rejected from The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12 after reading a Sylvia Plath poem for her audition.
  • Quotes
    I'm not a woman, I'm a force of nature.
    • Messy blonde hair

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