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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter Francis Bean marries Tony Hawk’s son Riley

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Courtney Love, left, and Frances Bean Cobain

Smells like ’90s nostalgia-infused nuptials — now that Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter, Frances Bean, and Tony Hawk’s son, Riley Hawk, are officially man and wife.

The 31-year-old daughter of the late Nirvana singer and the 30-year-old skateboarder — following in his dad’s footsteps — married on Oct. 7 in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Michael Stipe, who is Cobain’s godfather and formerly fronted R.E.M., officiated the wedding, per the outlet.

Cobain, who was previously married to the Eeries musician Isaiah Silva, has been with Hawk since at least early 2021.

She and Silva, now 38, were together for five years before they exchanged vows in 2014. She filed for divorce just under two years later. As part of the settlement, she had to fork over her dad’s famed Martin guitar.

Cobain, who is a visual artist and model, is the only child of the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” singer and the former Hole frontwoman.

The elder Cobain died by suicide in April 1994. As recently as 2021, fans called on the FBI to take another look into the case, believing it might have been a homicide.

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Ryan Seacrest

Britney Spears’ memoir is setting the record straight, from the pop star’s perspective, and taking names — including that of Ryan Seacrest, who once questioned whether she’s a “fit mother.”

The “Stronger” singer, 41, whose “The Woman in Me” memoir dropped Tuesday, recalled an invasive interview by the “American Idol” host, 48, while promoting her “Blackout” album in 2007. That was also the year she infamously shaved her head and attacked a paparazzo’s car, following her split from husband Kevin Federline the year prior.

“The only press I did for ‘Blackout’ was a live radio interview with Ryan Seacrest when it came out in October 2007,” reads the memoir, according to Us Weekly. “In the interview which was supposed to be about the record, Ryan Seacrest asked me questions like, ‘How do you respond to those who criticize you as a mom?’ And, ‘Do you feel like you’re doing everything you can for your kids?’ And, ‘How often will you see them?'”

The pop icon noted she felt “the only thing people wanted to talk about: [was] whether or not I was a fit mother.

“Not about how I’d made such a strong album while holding two babies on my hips and being pursued by dozens of dangerous men all day every day,” she continued.

The interview wasn’t the last between Spears and Seacrest, toward whom Spears reportedly holds no ill will.

Revelations from the memoir began to surface last week, many centering on Spears’ relationship with Justin Timberlake, her more than decadelong conservatorship, and reframing incidents she said lacked context when they played out in the media.

When reached by the Daily News, representatives for Seacrest had no comment.

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Travis Kelce

Travis Kelce’s dad, Ed Kelce, has nothing but rave reviews for the Super Bowl champ’s new lover, Taylor Swift.

The elder Kelce seems to have been enchanted the meet the “Lover” singer, 33, whom he described to People as “a very, very sweet, very charming, down-to-earth young woman.”

Kelce recalled something “very special” he noticed upon meeting Swift in the Arrowhead Stadium suite at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Oct. 12 game — one of four the team has won with Swift cheering them on.

“We’re sitting in the suite … she gets up to go get a drink or something and she starts picking up empty bottles, cans, plates that are scattered around. Because in the suites everybody gets stuff and you empty it down wherever you can,” recalled Ed.

“I’m just thinking, I don’t think she got the diva memo. She didn’t get the spoiled musician. She doesn’t know how to pull that off. And that really to me said a whole lot.”

He also noted that Swift is “very smart. I mean, very. That comes through right away.”

Travis’ brother Jason, who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles, also spoke Sunday on the budding love story. Jason, 35, told NBC Sports that while he’s “happy” for his younger brother, he’s a bit concerned about the inordinate amount of attention he’s receiving and hopes it doesn’t become “a threat to his safety.”

Last week, news broke that Travis Kelce had just closed on a nearly $6 million Kansas mansion he purchased in part to score some more private time with Swift.

Within days, sources let slip that friends of the stars believe them to already be “in love.”

“It’s going so well because it’s easy and nothing is complicated,” an insider told Us Weekly of the couple.

From combined wire services

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