BERMAN: Welcome back to THE LEAD, everyone. Today's Pop Lead, the movie that turned the Norse God of Thunder into a Box Office brides maid. The "Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" blew everything else away, more than $161 million in its first weekend. That is the best November debut ever. The "Thor" sequel finished second with about $14 million. So you've got to fight for your right to parody. A company called Goldie Blocks did a send-up of the Beastie Boys' 1986 song "Girls" for its educational products. The spoof version talks about girls doing spaceships including apps. The original talked about girls. Goldie Blocks has sued the hip-hop legends claiming use of the song is OK. Both surviving Beasties are bewildered by all this. Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz writing "Long ago, we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and/or name to be used in product ads, when we tried to simply ask how and why our song "Girls" had been used in your ad without our permission, you sued us." OK, Downtown Abbey" isn't the show for knee-slapping bathroom humor and "Family Guy" isn't really the place for drama and tears, which makes this most recent episode so jarring. There's no punchline there. Brian the family dog got hit by a car and is gone. The show's executive producer defends the decision, saying it's less traumatic than killing off one of the kids. That's all for THE LEAD. I'm John Berman filling in for Jake Tapper. I turn you over to Wolf Blitzer in "THE SITUATION ROOM."
Beasties In Battle Over "Girls"