Cobain Film Gets A Run Despite Efforts Of Love

Banned at Sundance, Nick Broomfield’s controversial documentary “Kurt and Courtney” is enjoying a run in San Francisco.

“Because of all the (fuss), the film has taken on a bigger life,” Roxie owner Bill Banning told the San Francisco Examiner. “This isn’t just about Kurt (Cobain) and Courtney (Love) anymore, it’s about free speech.”

The film had been scheduled to premiere at Sundance, but legal action by Love caused festival organizers to back down. The film was later shown at a Sundance alternative festival.

The opening-night crowd enjoyed the irony of Love’s opposition based on her role in the film “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” which championed free speech. The audience roared at a sequence in Broomfield’s film that included footage of Love being honored by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Loose talk

Jennifer Beals on her post “Flashdance” acting career: “I realize this is an awful thing to say, and from a business sense foolish, but as an actor it doesn’t matter to me so much how many people see it. For me, the real joy is doing it. I don’t even watch my own work, for the most part.”

His best movie: ‘The Boy With Green Hair’

Dean Stockwell turns 62 today.

This time, apparently, Michael Myers contracts rabies

“Halloween: H20,” set for an October release, will feature the return of Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising her original role. She’s joined by TV stars Adam Arkin (“Chicago Hope”), Michelle Williamson (“Dawson’s Creek”) and Joseph Gordon Levitt (“3rd Rock From the Sun”).

And the Apostle E.F. thanks us one and all

If you think that Robert Duvall’s movie “The Apostle” gives a less-than-respectful view of a fire-and-brimstone preacher, then note this: Duvall has been awarded the Grace Prize, an honor that is given annually to an actor whose performance “best exemplified God’s grace and mercy toward us as human beings.”

First seen scrawled on a cave wall: Doo-be-doo-be-doo

Frank Sinatra Jr. has nothing but respect for the musical tradition passed down by his eminently more famous father. “The endangered species of the musical world. That’s what it’s all about,” he said during a recent performance in Atlantic City. “Kids who like the Spice Girls look at this like it’s ‘Jurassic Park.’ Well, guess what? Dinosaurs are in.”

Drs. Greene, Ross, Benton and Carter are attending

After taking a fall on Friday, her 66th birthday, Elizabeth Taylor took a breather in the hospital. “She’s a little bit cautious after everything that has happened to her, and she feels more comfortable there,” a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokeswoman said.

And then they all went out for hot dogs with relish

How did director Peter Cattaneo gain the trust of his “The Full Monty” cast? “I took my clothes off,” the director told Entertainment magazine. “Not all of them, of course. I didn’t want to make them ill. But it helps build camaraderie once you’ve seen each other’s buns.”

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