Editing Courtney Love (section)

===1996–2002: Acting success and ''Celebrity Skin''===
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| source = –Love on her role in ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news|author=Moran, Caitlin|title=The girl who wanted to be God|work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=September 1999|page=92}}</ref>
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After Hole's world tour concluded in 1996, Love made a return to acting, first in small roles in the [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] biopic ''[[Basquiat (film)|Basquiat]]'' and the drama ''[[Feeling Minnesota]]'' (1996),{{sfn|Brite|1998|p=204}} and then a starring role as [[Larry Flynt]]'s wife [[Althea Flynt|Althea]] in [[Miloš Forman]]'s critically acclaimed 1996 film ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''. Love went through rehabilitation and quit using heroin at the insistence of Forman; she was ordered to take multiple urine tests under the supervision of [[Columbia Pictures]] while filming, and passed all of them.<ref name="ic" />{{Sfn|Roshan|2012|p=44}} Despite Columbia Pictures' initial reluctance to hire Love due to her troubled past,<ref name="ic">{{cite web|url=http://www.industrycentral.net/director_interviews/MIFO01.HTM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709195759/http://industrycentral.net/director_interviews/MIFO01.HTM|archive-date=July 9, 2015|work=Industry Central|title=Milos Forman (The People vs Larry Flynt)}}</ref> her performance received acclaim, earning a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress]],{{sfn|Brite|1998|p=227}} and a [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/people_vs_larry_flynt/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025010957/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/people_vs_larry_flynt/|archive-date=October 25, 2011|title=The People Vs. Larry Flynt|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|year=2011|access-date=November 1, 2011|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] called her work in the film "quite a performance; Love proves she is not a rock star pretending to act, but a true actress."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961227/REVIEWS/612270303/1023|date=December 27, 1996|first=Roger|last=Ebert|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|title=People vs. Larry Flynt: Review by Roger Ebert|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224232250/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19961227%2FREVIEWS%2F612270303%2F1023|archive-date=December 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She won several other awards from various film critic associations for the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/154449/The-People-vs-Larry-Flynt/awards|title=The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) awards|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306144103/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/154449/The-People-vs-Larry-Flynt/awards|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2016|archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Brite|1998|pages=227–228}} During this time, Love maintained what the media noted as a more decorous public image,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/01/10/hole-truth-courtney-love/|author=''Entertainment Weekly'' Staff|title=The Hole truth: Courtney Love|date=January 10, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071904/http://ew.com/article/1997/01/10/hole-truth-courtney-love/|archive-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> and she appeared in ad campaigns for [[Versace]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092223/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/04/06/versace-advertising-spread-featuring-courtney-love|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/1998/04/06/1998_04_06_049_TNY_LIBRY_000015291|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|title=Versace advertising spread featuring Courtney Love|date=April 6, 1998|page=49|first=Richard|last=Avedon|author-link=Richard Avedon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/courtney-love-fashion-_n_3561160.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327042008/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/courtney-love-fashion-_n_3561160.html|archive-date=March 27, 2017|work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]|title=Courtney Love Is Fashion's Biggest Badass|date=July 9, 2013|author=Persad, Michelle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20126656,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102547/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-altered-states-vol-50-no-16/|archive-date=March 17, 2018|work=People|title=Altered States|author=O'Neill, Anne-Marie|volume=50|date=November 2, 1998}}</ref> and in a ''[[Vogue Italia]]'' spread.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.it/news/encyclo/personaggi/l/courtney-love|work=[[Vogue Italia]]|title=Courtney Love|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603051510/http://www.vogue.it/news/encyclo/personaggi/l/courtney-love}}</ref> Following the release of ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'', she dated her co-star [[Edward Norton]], with whom she remained until 1999.<ref name="actually">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article630036.ece|title=Love, actually|last=Moran|first=Caitlin|date=November 9, 2006|work=[[The Times]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313215619/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article630036.ece|archive-date=March 13, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ed">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/03/14/2010-03-14_courtney_love_says_edward_norton_is_mediator_between_her_and_daughter_frances_be.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013925/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/courtney-love-edward-norton-mediator-daughter-frances-bean-article-1.167270|archive-date=November 5, 2013|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=March 14, 2010|title=Courtney Love Says Edward Norton is Mediator Between her and Daughter Frances Bean|author=Rush & Molloy}}</ref>

In late 1997, Hole released the compilations ''[[My Body, the Hand Grenade]]'' and ''[[The First Session]]'', both of which featured previously recorded material. Love attracted media attention in May 1998 after punching journalist Belissa Cohen at a party; the suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/war-rosses-splitsville-stock-article-1.789748|work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|title=War of the Rosses: What's Value of Splitsville Stock?|first1=George|last1=Rush|first2=Joanna|last2=Molloy|first3=Marcus|last3=Baram|date=May 31, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307052010/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/war-rosses-splitsville-stock-article-1.789748|archive-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref> In September 1998, Hole released their third studio album, ''[[Celebrity Skin]]'', which featured a stark [[power pop]] sound that contrasted with their earlier punk influences.<ref name="int" /> Love divulged her ambition of making an album where "art meets commerce&nbsp;... there are no compromises made, it has commercial appeal, and it sticks to [our] original vision."<ref name="int" /> She said she was influenced by [[Neil Young]], Fleetwood Mac, and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] when writing the album.<ref name="int">{{cite AV media notes|title=The Interview|others=Hole|year=1998|type=CD|publisher=Geffen|id=PRO-CD-1232}}</ref>{{Sfn|Hole et al.|1999|p=3}} Smashing Pumpkins frontman [[Billy Corgan]] co-wrote several songs. ''Celebrity Skin'' was well received by critics; ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called it "accessible, fiery and intimate—often at the same time&nbsp;... a basic guitar record that's anything but basic."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/celebrity-skin-19980901|title=James Hunter reviews Celebrity Skin|last=Hunter|first=James|date=September 1, 1998|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426024647/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/celebrity-skin-19980901|archive-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> ''Celebrity Skin'' went multi-platinum, and topped "Best of Year" lists at ''Spin'' and ''[[The Village Voice]]''.{{sfn|Mitchell|Reid-Walsh|2007|p=409}} It garnered Hole's only number-one single on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart with "[[Celebrity Skin (song)|Celebrity Skin]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109082738/http://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1998-11-07|archive-date=November 9, 2016|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1998-11-07|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart|date=November 7, 1998}}</ref> Hole promoted the album through MTV performances and at the 1998 [[Billboard Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA89|date=December 5, 1998|author=Bell, Carrie|page=89|title=DGC's Hole Harnessing a 'Newfound Energy'|via=Google Books}}</ref> and were nominated for three [[Grammy Award]]s at the [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|41st Grammy Awards]] ceremony.<ref name="grammy">{{cite web|title=1999 Grammy Awards&nbsp;– The Big Picture|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010514233959/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html|archive-date=May 14, 2001|work=[[CNN]]|date=February 24, 1999}}</ref>

Before the release of ''Celebrity Skin'', Love and [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] designed a low-priced [[Squier]] brand guitar, the [[Squier Venus|Vista Venus]].<ref name="hole tones">{{cite magazine|date=January 1999|title=Hole Tones: The Secrets Of Celebrity Skin's Smooth Sound|url=http://www.geocities.com/erictribute/gw199.html|url-status=dead|magazine=[[Guitar World]]|volume=19|issue=1|page=55|issn=1045-6295|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025034712/http://geocities.com/erictribute/gw199.html|archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref> The instrument featured a shape inspired by Mercury, a little-known independent guitar manufacturer,{{sfn|Bacon|2012|p=106}} [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]], and [[Rickenbacker]]'s [[solid body]] guitars. It had a single-coil and a [[humbucker]] pickup and was available in 6-string and 12-string versions.{{sfn|Bacon|2012|p=106}} In an early 1999 interview, Love said about the Venus: "I wanted a guitar that sounded really warm and pop, but which required just one box to go dirty&nbsp;... And something that could also be your first band guitar. I didn't want it all teched out. I wanted it real simple, with just one [[pickup (music technology)|pickup switch]]."<ref name="hole tones" />

Hole toured with [[Marilyn Manson]] on the [[Beautiful Monsters Tour]] in 1999, but dropped out after nine performances; Love and Manson disagreed over production costs, and Hole was forced to open for Manson under an agreement with [[Interscope Records]].<ref name="99x">{{cite interview|publisher=[[WWWQ-HD2|99X.FM]]|date=June 7, 2002|title=Interview with Courtney Love; "Hold on to Me"|interviewer=Axel Lowe and Jill|first=Courtney|last=Love}}</ref> Hole resumed touring with [[Imperial Teen]].<ref name="MTV Hole Walks Out">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203162558/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates.jhtml|archive-date=December 3, 2013|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430056/hole-walks-out-on-tour-manson-injury-postpones-several-dates.jhtml|title=Hole Walks Out on Tour, Manson Injury Postpones Several Dates|author=''MTV News'' Staff|work=[[MTV]]|date=March 15, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203162524/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430055/marilyn-manson-holes-departure-from-tour-not-personal-thing.jhtml|archive-date=December 3, 2013|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430055/marilyn-manson-holes-departure-from-tour-not-personal-thing.jhtml|title=Marilyn Manson Says Hole's Departure From Tour "Not A Personal Thing"|work=[[MTV]]|date=March 15, 1999|author=''MTV News'' Staff}}</ref> Love later said Hole also abandoned the tour due to Manson and [[Korn]]'s (whom they also toured with in Australia) sexualized treatment of teenage female audience members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Woodstalkers-On-the-verge-of-a-sonic-sexual-2907258.php|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Woodstalkers / On the verge of a sonic-sexual Dark Age|date=September 16, 1999|author=Chonin, Neva|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220101/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Woodstalkers-On-the-verge-of-a-sonic-sexual-2907258.php}}</ref> Love told interviewers at [[WWWQ-HD2|99X.FM]] in Atlanta: "What I really don't like—there are certain girls that like us, or like me, who are really messed up&nbsp;... they're very young, and they do not need to be taken and raped, or filmed having enema contests&nbsp;... [they were] going out into the audience and picking up fourteen and fifteen-year-old girls who obviously cut themselves, and then [I had] to see them in the morning&nbsp;... it's just uncool."<ref name="99x" />

In 1999, Love was awarded an [[Orville H. Gibson]] award for Best Female Rock Guitarist.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214145037/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429013/brian-setzer-courtney-love-john-fogerty-lisa-loeb-honored-at-1999-gibson-guitar-awards/|archive-date=February 14, 2016|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429013/brian-setzer-courtney-love-john-fogerty-lisa-loeb-honored-at-1999-gibson-guitar-awards/|work=[[MTV]]|title=Brian Setzer, Courtney Love, John Fogerty, Lisa Loeb Honored at 1999 Gibson Guitar Awards|date=February 24, 1999}}</ref> During this time, she starred opposite [[Jim Carrey]] as his partner Lynne Margulies in the [[Andy Kaufman]] biopic ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999), followed by a role as [[William S. Burroughs]]'s wife [[Joan Vollmer]] in ''[[Beat (2000 film)|Beat]]'' (2000) alongside [[Kiefer Sutherland]].{{sfn|Hemmer|2006|p=35}} Love was cast as the lead in [[John Carpenter]]'s sci-fi horror film ''[[Ghosts of Mars]]'', but backed out after injuring her foot.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/feb/02/news|author=''The Guardian'' Staff|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Will Courtney Love find time for Paula Yates?|date=February 2, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509215644/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/feb/02/news|archive-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> She sued the ex-wife of her then-boyfriend, James Barber, whom Love alleged had caused the injury by running over her foot with her [[Volvo]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/courtney-love-sues-boyfriends-ex-wife-65466/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=Courtney Love Sues Boyfriend's Ex-Wife|last=Saraceno|first=Christina|date=January 5, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530011445/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/courtney-love-sues-boyfriends-ex-wife-65466/|archive-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> The following year, she returned to film opposite [[Lili Taylor]] in ''[[Julie Johnson (film)|Julie Johnson]]'' (2001), in which she played a woman who has a lesbian relationship; Love won an Outstanding Actress award at L.A.'s [[Outfest]].<ref name="outfest">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202121151/http://variety.com/2001/film/news/outfest-fetes-g-d-l-i-e-1117850106/|archive-date=February 2, 2016|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/outfest-fetes-g-d-l-i-e-1117850106/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Outfest fetes 'G-d,' 'L.I.E.'|date=July 23, 2001|author=Kowalski, Eileen|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was then cast in the thriller ''[[Trapped (2002 film)|Trapped]]'' (2002), alongside [[Kevin Bacon]] and [[Charlize Theron]].<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306182745/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B06E7D61E30F932A1575AC0A9649C8B63|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B06E7D61E30F932A1575AC0A9649C8B63|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Trapped (2002) Film Review; When a Perfect Scheme Doesn't Work Perfectly|date=September 21, 2002|first=Stephen|last=Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden}}</ref> The film was a box-office flop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=trapped.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Trapped (2002)|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>

In the interim, Hole had become dormant.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hole-call-it-quits-20020524|title=Hole Call It Quits|first=Christina|last=Saraceno|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 24, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209012333/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hole-call-it-quits-20020524|archive-date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> In March 2001, Love began a "punk rock femme [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]]", Bastard, enlisting Schemel, [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] co-frontwoman [[Louise Post]], and bassist Gina Crosley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441415/courtney-love-unveils-lineup-of-femme-punk-project-bastard/|work=[[MTV]]|title=Courtney Love Unveils Lineup of Femme-Punk Project Bastard|date=March 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906174637/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441415/courtney-love-unveils-lineup-of-femme-punk-project-bastard/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|author=Kemp, Rob}}</ref> Post recalled: "[Love] was like, 'Listen, you guys: I've been in my Malibu, manicure, movie-star world for two years, alright? I wanna make a record. And let's leave all that grunge shit behind us, eh? We were being so improvisational, and singing together, and with a trust developing between us. It was the shit."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Warts and all|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|issue=30|date=August 2001|page=20|issn=1464-7834}}</ref> The group recorded a demo tape, but by September 2001, Post and Crosley had left, with Post citing "unhealthy and unprofessional working conditions".<ref>{{cite web|work=[[MTV]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1448738/love-shopping-bastard-demo-looking-for-new-bandmates/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173628/http://www.mtv.com/news/1448738/love-shopping-bastard-demo-looking-for-new-bandmates/|archive-date=April 3, 2018|title=Love Shopping Bastard Demo, Looking for New Bandmates|author=Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric|date=September 7, 2001|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Weston|first=Colin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006102819/http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1018|archive-date=October 6, 2008|url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1018|title=Sort The 'Bastard' Out|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=May 4, 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2002, Hole announced their breakup amid continuing litigation with [[Universal Music Group]] over their record contract.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnfF_10jpb8C&pg=PA6|first=Doug|last=Levy|page=6|journal=[[CMJ New Music Report]]|date=December 30, 2002|via=Google Books|title=A Month-by-Month Guide to the Musical Mayhem and Mirth of 2002|volume=74|issue=795}} {{Free access}}</ref>

In 1997, Love and former Nirvana members [[Krist Novoselic]] and [[Dave Grohl]] formed a [[limited liability company]], Nirvana LLC, to manage Nirvana's business dealings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=van Horn|first=Teri|date=June 29, 2001|title=Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1444878/courtney-love-sues-grohl-and-novoselic-blocks-nirvana-rarity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010124353/http://www.mtv.com/news/1444878/courtney-love-sues-grohl-and-novoselic-blocks-nirvana-rarity/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2014|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=[[MTV]]|language=en}}</ref> In June 2001, Love filed a lawsuit to dissolve it, blocking the release of unreleased Nirvana material and delaying the release of the Nirvana compilation ''[[With the Lights Out]]''. Grohl and Novoselic sued Love, calling her "irrational, mercurial, self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable".<ref name="Grow">{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=June 18, 2014|title=Courtney Love: It's Time to 'Make Amends' With Dave Grohl|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/courtney-love-on-dave-grohl-its-time-to-make-amends-90272/|access-date=May 24, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref> She responded with a letter stating that "Kurt Cobain was Nirvana" and that she and his family were the "rightful heirs" to the Nirvana legacy.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dansby|first=Andrew|date=December 18, 2001|title=Courtney Fires Back|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/courtney-fires-back-235397/|access-date=May 24, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>