Yesterday we learned that Courtney Love was stripped of legal guardianship of her only begotten child, Frances Bean Cobain, but when we first heard of the development no real details as to the “why” were known. Today, People magazine is reporting that the matter of Frances‘s guardianship went before a judge because Frances herself has decided that she wants to live with her grandmother rather than with her mother Courtney Love. Apparently, the judge agreed and granted primary custody to Wendy O’Connor — mother of the late Kurt Cobain:

Courtney Love has lost legal control over her daughter, but it’s not because of a drug relapse as has been speculated, her lawyer tells PEOPLE. “Courtney’s been clean for years and is perfectly fine,” says her attorney Keith A. Fink. “This is simply about Frances preferring to live with her grandmother at this time.” On Friday, a judge appointed Kurt Cobain’s mother Wendy O’Connor and her daughter Kimberly Cobain as temporary legal guardians over Frances Bean. A hearing on the matter is set for Feb. 10. “Frances is 17 and a strong-willed child, and this is a decision she made on her own,” Fink adds. “No matter what, Courtney loves her daughter more than anything in the world.” This isn’t the first time O’Connor has been named guardian of Frances. In 2003, L.A. County officials removed Frances from her mother following the singer’s arrest for attempting to break into her ex-boyfriend’s home. O’Connor was given legal control over the girl. But Love regained custody in January 2005 after the singer proved to the court that she turned her life around and had kicked her drug habit. Last year, Frances told Harper’s Bazaar that O’Connor, who lives in Olympia, Wash., has been a constant force in her life. “She’s probably the person I respect most out of anybody in the world,” she told the magazine.

HMMMMM … interesting language by Courtney‘s lawyer, don’t you think? I find it very telling that he refers to Frances as a “strong-willed child” which is just nice talk for saying she’s a “brat”. While it remains to be seen if Frances is just being “strong-willed” or if she is just tired of dealing with C. Love’s craziness, it’s very clear that she has the utmost respect and admiration for her grandmother Wendy O’Connor. To be honest, based on Courtney‘s own public ramblings, I highly doubt Frances holds her own mother with the same regard. It occurred to me that a legal matter over guardianship of a 17 year old had to come down to either a matter of very seriousness or a matter of the wishes of the minor in question. Hearing that this change in legal guardianship came from a desire of Frances to live with her grandmother makes TOTAL sense. I wish her well … sounds like a very smart move on her part.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominations for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards earlier this morning and revealed that George Clooney‘s new film Up in the Air is the movie to beat, garnering 6 total nominations. Both Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock each received double noms (Meryl will be going up against herself in the Comedic Actress category while Sandra received noms in both the Comedic and Dramatic Actress categories). Here is a run down of which movies and TV shows scored Golden Globe nominations this year:

Up In The Air, starring George Clooney, led the nominations at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, with six nods, it was announced Tuesday morning – along with double-barreled recognition for both Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock. Among Up in the Air’s nominations were those for best drama, best actor for Clooney and best director, Jason Reitman. Streep will essentially compete against herself, as best comedy actress in both Julie and Julia and It’s Complicated, while Bullock picked up nominations for leading dramatic role in The Blind Side and as comedic actress in The Proposal. In the dramatic movie category, Up in the Air will be up against Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds and Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Comedy and musical best-picture nominees are (500) Days of Summer, Nine, The Hangover, It’s Complicated and Julie & Julia. As best dramatic actor nominee, Clooney will be going up against Tobey Maguire, Brothers; Morgan Freeman, Invictus; Colin Firth, A Single Man; and Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart, while Streep’s competition in the comedy arena will be Bullock; Marion Cotillard, Nine; and Julia Roberts, Duplicity. In best actress for a motion-picture drama, Bullock is up against Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria; Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; and Gabourey Sidibe, Precious. Best-comedy actors contenders are Matt Damon, The Informant; Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine; Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer; and Michael Stuhlbard, A Serious Man. On the small screen, the best dramas are True Blood, Big Love, Dexter, House, and critics’ favorite Mad Men. 30 Rock, Entourage, Glee, Modern Family and The Office are in the running for best TV comedy. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 17, with British funnyman Ricky Gervais as host.

You know, up until this moment I hadn’t really thought about how many great acting performances have been featured in both film and television but seeing this list of who will be competing against who really shows that there are a lot of talented people vying for award recognition this year. I have a few movies to see before I can make my picks (particularly Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker, among others) but I’m happy that some of my fave TV shows have been recognized. Dexter, ye gods, MUST win this year. Who are you rooting for? Have any of your faves been snubbed? Click HERE to see a full list of this year’s Golden Globe Award nominees.

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Rihanna is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of GQ magazine and in her coverstory interview, Ri Ri talks about how far she’s come since she was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown back in February of this year. She explains how she managed to get over the trauma of being physically attacked and expresses her hope that people who sympathize with her situation will be able to move past the incident like she has. Here is Rihanna‘s racy GQ coverphoto and some excerpts from her coverstory interview:

She’s done “Good Morning America” and “20/20,” but Rihanna gives one of her most revealing interviews about Chris Brown yet in the upcoming January issue of GQ magazine. The Barbados-born beauty fields some difficult questions about her abusive ex, but admits talking about that ugly incident helps the healing process. “It’s relieving,” she told the mag, “because it was built up for so long, and all these thoughts and emotions have been running through my mind for the past eight months. And now it’s like I finally get to let go and move on.” Putting the Feb. 8 assault behind her is crucial in shifting the “Wait Your Turn” singer’s image from punching bag to reigning pop princess. “I wanted people to move on with me,” she continues, “’cause the last big thing they know about me is That Night. And I don’t want that to be what people define me as.” After the violent attack last spring when Brown brutally hit and bit the singer following a pre-Grammy party in Hollywood, Rihanna withdrew from the spotlight to nurse her wounds. She soon returned to the studio and poured her heart and hurt into her latest album “Rated R,” which takes on a distinctly darker, edgier tone than her previous Top 20-friendly song “Umbrella.” “Nobody [helped me]. Really just music. And working,” she explains, “‘Cause I didn’t really want to be around anybody, for them to stare at me and stuff, and feel sorry for me. “The physical pain comes and it goes,” she adds. “The bruises fade away. But the thing that stays with you is the emotional scars.” The 21-year-old singer hopes her new album will inspire other women suffering from domestic abuse to stand up for themselves and get out of harmful relationships – especially those victims who might be blaming themselves. “That’s part of the insight that I wanna give,” Rihanna says. “Stop blaming yourself for that outcome. There’s nothing you can do, ever, to excuse a man’s behavior like that.”

It is very clear that she is becoming more comfortable with talking about her ordeal, which is a very good thing. I hope she continues to talk about her incident for as long as she likes in order to spread her message far and wide. As you can see, Rihanna stripped down for this GQ interview … but she also stripped down, literally, for the accompanying photoshoot. After the jump, check out a few photos from Ri Ri‘s GQ photospread and read a lot more from her GQ coverstory interview …

TMZ is reporting that Michael Lohan, estranged father of Lindsay Lohan and all around toxic parrot, was arrested over the weekend for violating a restraining order placed on him by his ex-girlfriend Erin Muller. Unfortch, we don’t have his mugshot yet UPDATED: with mugshot … and we do have some deets surrounding his arrest:

Michael Lohan was thrown back into the slammer this weekend — and we’ve learned it was all over a phone call to his ex-girlfriend. According to law enforcement sources, Lindsay’s dad was arrested in Medford, NY on Sunday after calling up a woman who has a restraining order against him — his ex Erin Muller. We’re told Lohan was charged with criminal contempt of court because she has an order of protection against him restricting Michael from “trying to communicate by phone.”

What an idiot. If he is dumb enough to get arrested for calling someone who has gone to legal lengths to cut off all communication with him then he deserves to sit in jail. With Michael Lohan off the streets, the douchebagness threat assessment level has gone down at least a notch … toss in his ex-buddy Jon Gosselin and Kevin Federline and we’ll be back to happy days. Ah well, you gotta start somewhere.

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