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This just in! Swaggering $3 million man and new Yoko Ono lawsuit target Ben Stein responds to his latest nemesis via press release: "So Yoko Ono is suing over the brief Constitutionally protected use of a song that wants us to 'Imagine no possessions'? Maybe instead of wasting everyone's time trying to silence a documentary she should give the song to the world for free? After all, 'imagine all the people sharing all the world...You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the World can live as one.'" No doubt a fitting rejoinder from a man who once provided legal counsel to Richard Nixon. Good luck, Ben! [Movie City Indie]

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tell it to the judge

Yoko Ono to Compete in Special Courtroom Episode of 'Win Ben Stein's Money'

As one might have expected following the opening-weekend success of his anti-Darwinism documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Required, everybody in town wants a piece of Ben Stein. Among them: Yoko Ono, a huuuuuge Stein fan from back in his Nixon speechwriting days who nevertheless bristled at the part of the film that featured "Imagine" without the John Lennon estate's permission:

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, Ono accuses the producers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed of suggesting to viewers that those who guard John Lennon's legacy somehow authorized or sponsored the film.
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12:25 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By STV
1,328 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: Let's see, what is Yoko suing for: "Imagine there's no Heaven. It's easy if you try." Uh oh, Defamer's lawyers better prepare for a letter from Yoko's now. But that's right, the wacko lefty crowd has no problem with Defamer. more »

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Unlikely $3 Million Man Ben Stein Arrives As New Great White Hope For Conservatives

On a Monday when Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Jason Segel's penis duked it out for biggest story at the weekend box office, another argument was taking place among indie followers who witnessed a different star performance altogether: Ben Stein, whose anti-Darwinist screed Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed finished in the week's ninth-place spot with $3.1 million. Its $2,997 per-screen average — no great shakes for most mainstream openers — is nevertheless more than double the $1,401 average of Morgan Spurlock's Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden? To hear at least one documentary observer tell it after the jump, love Stein or hate him, this is pretty big: More »

4:45 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By STV
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Latest by n/a: Not even allowing Intelligent Design to be brought up in the face of mounting evidence that life on Earth is a random event is what's truly moronic. Do a little research as to what is involved in even a single cell. Then more »