Courtney Love, then and now.

Frances Bean Cobain & Courtney Love

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Frances Bean Cobain, left, daughter of Kurt Cobain and executive producer of the documentary film "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck," with her mother and Cobain's widow Courtney Love at the premiere of the film at The MARC Theatre during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

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Frances Bean Cobain, left, daughter of Kurt Cobain and executive producer of the documentary film "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck," with her mother and Cobain's widow Courtney Love at the premiere of the film at The MARC Theatre during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

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Courtney Love kicks off her 2013 tour at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia. (June 20, 2013)

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Singer/actress Courtney Love attends the after party for the Giorgio Armani & Cinema Society screening of "Albert Nobbs" at the Armani Ristorante in Manhattan. (Dec. 13, 2011)

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Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love attend the premiere of "Rampart" at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in Manhattan. (Nov. 1, 2011)

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Courtney Love and Jason Binn attend the 2011 WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. (Oct. 27, 2011)

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Singer/acteress Courtney Love attends the "Friends With Benefits" New York premiere after party at The Standard in Manhattan. (July 18, 2011)

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Rufus Wainwright and Courtney Love attend the 2nd Annual amfAR Inspiration Gala at The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. (June 14, 2011)

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Courtney Love attends the 2011 Creative Time Spring Gala Benefit at Phillips de Pury & Company in Manhattan. (May 5, 2011)

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Musicians Michael Stipe and Courtney Love attend the 2011 Creative Time Spring Gala Benefit at Phillips de Pury & Company in Manhattan. (May 5, 2011)

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Courtney Love attends the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival after-party presented by American Express and The Cinema Society for "Last Night" at Avenue in Manhattan. (April 25, 2011)

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Gina Gershon and Courtney Love attend the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival after-party presented by American Express and The Cinema Society for "Last Night" at Avenue in Manhattan. (April 25, 2011)

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Courtney Love attends the Scream 4 New York screening after party hosted by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Harvey Weinstein at the Mr. H at the Mondrian Soho in Manhattan. (April 12, 2011)

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Musician/film subject Courtney Love attends the 2011 New Directors/New Films screening of "Hit So Hard" at The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. (March 28, 2011)

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Singer/actress Courtney Love attends Save Venice 2011 Un Ballo in Maschero at the Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. (March 15, 2011)

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Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and singer/actress Courtney Love attend the after-party for a screening of "Due Date" hosted by The Cinema Society & DKNY Jeans at Lavo in Manhattan. (Nov. 1, 2010)

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Singer Courtney Love attends the Cinema Society & Laura Mercier hosted after party for "Conviction" at the Soho Grand Hotel in Manhattan. (Oct. 12, 2010)

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Courtney Love attends the after part for New York premiere of The Weinstein Company's "Nowhere Boy" at the Gibson Guitar Studios in Manhattan. (Sept. 21, 2010)

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This Sept. 20, 2010 file photo shows musician Courtney Love in New York.

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Courtney Love and director Brett Ratner attend the "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" premiere after party at the Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan. (Sept. 20, 2010)

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Singer Courtney Love attends the after party following a special screening of "Buried" hosted by The Cinema Society and 2(x)ist at the Soho Grand Hotel in Manhattan. (Sept. 16, 2010)

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Singer Courtney Love attends the closing of Marina Abramovic's "The Artist is Present" hosted by Givenchy at The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. (June 1, 2010)

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Singer Courtney Love attends a special screening of "Sex and the City 2" in Manhattan. (May 25, 2010)

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Loree Rodkin and Courtney Love attend the after party for The Cinema Society with Screenvision & Brooks Brothers screening of "Me And Orson Welles" at Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan. (Nov. 23, 2009)

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Musician Courtney Love attends the 8th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's "An Enduring Vision" benefit at Cipriani, Wall Street. (Nov. 16, 2009)

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Courtney Love attends Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif. (March 20, 2006)

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Courtney Love-Cobain sits in an Orange County, Fla., courtroom, on trial on a charge of misdemeanor assault. (Nov. 2, 1995)

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Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain in 1992.

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