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  • Courtney Love Cast in ‘Sons of Anarchy’

    Courtney Love Cast in ‘Sons of Anarchy’

    Actress Courtney Love is set to appear in the 7th and final season of the FX biker gang drama Sons of Anarchy. Love will first appear in the fourth episode as Ms. Harrison, the pre-school teacher of main character Jax’s (Charlie Hunnam) eldest son Abel.

    This will be the television drama debut for Love, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on 1995’s The People vs. Larry Flynt. The Hole frontwoman’s character takes a special interest in Abel, which will likely cause conflict with Abel’s mother Wendy, played by Drea de Matteo.

    Courtney Love has been in the news of late due to the 20th anniversary of former husband and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994, as well as for Nirvana’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Love has been somewhat of a polarizing character for legions of Nirvana fans, with some who believe she may have “Yoko’d” Cobain. A note in which Cobain bashes Love as a charlatan was revealed in April.

    Here is Love’s 2014 single You Know My Name:

    Performance artist Marilyn Manson has also signed on for Sons season 7, and will play a recurring role as a white supremacist. Commenting on his role, Manson said, “‘Sons’ has been such a big part of my life, as well as my father’s. So I was determined to make him proud by being involved in what will probably be remembered as the most amazing piece of television cinema. After all, the very heart of ‘SOA’ is about that relationship. So, now all I need is a motorcycle.”

    In related news, back in March, Love revealed that she had solved the mystery of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Using a satellite imagery map called Tomnod, the rocker was able to extrapolate the exact whereabouts of the missing jet, and posted her findings on Facebook:

    “I’m no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. Prayers go out to the families #MH370 and its [sic] like a mile away Pulau Perak, where they ‘last’ tracked it 5°39’08.5″N 98°50’38.0″E but what do I know?”

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  • Courtney Love Twibel Verdict Will Be a Game Changer

    Who would have ever guessed that Courtney Love would be involved in a court case that could set major precedent over internet defamation laws? Currently, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are a bit like the Wild West. A person can usually pretty much say whatever they want about another person and not worry about a lawsuit. That could all change depending on the verdict of Courtney Love’s current trial. The case is cleverly being called a “Twibel” suit.

    Love’s case is the first time a court has heard a libel suit against a person using Twitter. The case was brought against the Hole lead singer after Love posted a tweet in 2010 which hinted that her former lawyer Rhonda Holmes, who Love hired for a fraud case concerning her late husband Kurt Cobain’s estate, had been “bought off.” Love posted from her now defunct twitter page @CourtneyLoveUK: @noozjunkie I was f***ing devastated when Rhonda J Holmes Esq of san diego was bought off @fairnewsspears perhaps you can get a quote.

    Holmes subsequently sued Love in 2011 for defamation. Love took the witness stand on Wednesday. She claimed that she thought the tweet would only reach two people, not the whole world wide web. She also defended her Twitter rights, stating that her tweet was just her own personal opinion.

    The trial should finish up sometime next week. An attorney named Brian Claypool, who is not part of the Love case, spoke of the importance of the verdict. “The Courtney Love Twitter lawsuit is monumental because the judge has now determined that tweeting in California can potentially give rise to liability under the theory of defamation. The Courtney Love case will set a precedent that will result in, potentially, the average person being liable as well.”

    This is not the first time Love has gotten into trouble with Twitter. In 2011, she tweeted several disparaging remarks about fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir. The designer sued Love for defamation, but the case never went to trial. Love reportedly paid Simorangkir a $430,000 settlement.

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