Well, Bill Maher and Larry Charles’ “Religulous” documentary looks like it will supersede that number shortly, as they’re not far behind with $7,049,342 cume so far according to Box-Office Mojo (via the L.A. Times).

And thank, ahem, God, for that.

Continue reading Clash Of The Titans: ‘Religulous’ Soon To Beat ‘Expelled’ As the Top Grossing Doc Of 2008 at The Playlist.

You’ll remember that Yoko Ono sued the film for using John Lennon’s classic 1971 anthem “Imagine” in the documentary without her permission.
We expected her bulldog lawyers to sue them back into the stone ages, but somehow they won the case with their fair use doctrine defense (‘Expelled’ essentially tricked the Vegas rockers The Killers into signing over one of their songs as well).

Continue reading Now That Yoko’s Out Of The Way, Ben Stein’s ‘Expelled’ Getting Re-Released This Summer at The Playlist.

You’ll recall that Yoko Ono had sued Premise Media and the makers of the creationist propaganda documentary, ‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’ for using John Lennon’s classic 1971 anthem “Imagine” in the documentary without her permission (the full use was 15-seconds).

The filmmakers said they would defend the use of the song under the fair-use doctrine. We assumed they would have no shot in hell given Ono’s litigious nature and surely Cerberus-like lawyers, but we were wrong.

Continue reading Yoko Ono Loses Lawsuit Against Ben Stein And ‘Expelled’ Creationist Cronies Over Use Of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at The Playlist.

They’re claiming the fair-use doctrine, but whatever Ono’s going to sue them into the stone age, wait, they probably don’t believe in that. Sue them back in to the B.C. days?

Either way, Ben Stein the star of the doc has shot back at Yoko via a damning press release.

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