Courtney Love spent $300,000 on her daughter's birthday party. The Hole singer - who is the widow of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain - spared no expense in ushering Frances Bean into adulthood at her "RIP childhood" themed 16th birthday.

The event - held at Los Angeles' House of Blues restaurant - saw Frances sporting a dress previously worn by her father Cobain at a performance at Reading Festival.

The former Hole singer has been seeing the TV weight-loss guru - who wrote bestselling self-help bible I Can Make You Thin - since piling on the pounds after quitting drugs.

She told friends: "I've known Paul for years. I lost weight last year the old-fashioned way by dieting and living off protein shakes. But it was hard to stay disciplined."

Courtney Love has branded ex-lover Steve Coogan "mean" and "sociopathic." The singer, who briefly dated the British comedian in 2005, says Coogan left her in a "dark" place.

Also making reference to her late husband Kurt Cobain - who committed suicide in 1994 - Courtney posted on her MySpace blog: "The only real 'feud' I ever had was with Mr. Self Destruct back in the 90s and he started it. I just had a far better bon mot than him, which happened.

Courtney Love has been sued for allegedly duping a business management and accounting firm over a percentage of Nirvana's publishing rights.

Love, widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, purportedly failed to give London & Co. their share of $975,000 from the proceeds of the band's publishing rights, which was sold for $19.5 million. They claim that Love made an oral agreement with them in which she promised to give them 5% of her earnings.

Courtney Love is reportedly "suicidal" after her late rocker husband Kurt Cobain's ashes were stolen from her Los Angeles home.

News of the World reports that the Hole singer's pink teddy-bear-shaped bag where she keeps the Nirvana icon's ashes along with a lock of his hair has been missing since a couple of weeks ago. Clothes and jewelry were also said to be taken away from her Hollywood abode.

Courtney Love was advised to abort Kurt Cobain's child.

The Hole singer fell pregnant in 1992 and was advised that her drug use could harm the unborn baby.