Fred Thompson

'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World' is the hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and his trusted assistant, goes on a journey that takes him from a concert stage in New Delhi, to the Taj Mahal, to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan. Written and directed by Albert Brooks, 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World' is a funny and insightful look at some of the issues we are dealing with in a post-9/11 world. The comedy also stars Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, and Fred Dalton Thompson.

Love and faith are put to the ultimate test in this stirring romantic drama set against the landmark Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West, Miracle) is a talented young reporter engaged to Rose (Ashley Johnson, The Help), who works with him at the Tennessee small town newspaper his late father founded. The 'Trial of the Century' brings brilliant adversaries William Jennings Bryan (Fred Thompson, The Genesis Code) and Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy, Cocoon) to Charles' hometown. But as the trial unfolds, Charles is caught up in the media circus and becomes torn between his journalistic integrity and impressing his mentor, the colorful Baltimore Sun editor H. L. Menken (Colm Meaney, Star Trek: The Next Generation), who presses him to 'make a story' instead of report one.

William Jennings Bryan (Fred Dalton Thompson) gets caught up with the vehicle of motive, and the importance of 'scientific testimony.'

William Jennings Bryan (Sen. Fred Thompson) argues at the famous Scopes Monkey Trial (Dayton, TN, 1925) that there is no need for expert witnesses to be spokesmen for the theory of evolution since the case at hand (the trial of Prof. John Scopes) was a simple matter -- the teacher had taught his students that mankind evolved from a lower order of animals.

Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) cross-examines William Jennings Bryan (Sen. Fred Thompson). At the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, this cross-examination made jurisprudential history.

William Jennings Bryan (Sen. Fred Thompson) arrives in Dayton, TN (1925). So started the great Scopes Monkey Trial.

Trailer for Alleged. Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West), a talented young reporter, feels trapped living in a tiny town (Dayton, TN, 1925) in steep decline. Using the Monkey Trial as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break into the journalistic big leagues, Charles becomes the eager prot g of Baltimore Sun editor H.L Mencken (Colm Meany), America's most colorful and influential columnist. The trial itself lives up to its billing as the 'Trial of the Century' when the great Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) defends the theory of evolution against the popular statesman and fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan (Sen. Fred Thompson) who sees the reduction of mankind to mere animal status as both inaccurate and potentially disastrous. Once in the midst of this staged event, Charles is torn between his love for the more principled Rose (Ashley Johnson), his fianc e, and the escalating moral compromises that he is asked to make by the agnostic and acerbic Mencken. When the truth is at stake, Charles discovers, some lies just have to be told.

DVD trailer for Alleged. Love and faith are put to the ultimate test in this stirring romantic drama set against the landmark Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson (Nathan West, Miracle) is a talented young reporter engaged to Rose (Ashley Johnson), who works with him at the Tennessee small town newspaper his late father founded. The 'Trial of the Century' brings brilliant adversaries William Jennings Bryan (Fred Dalton Thompson) and Clarence Darrow (Brian Dennehy) to Charles' hometown. But as the trial unfolds, Charles is caught up in the media circus and becomes torn between his journalistic integrity and impressing his mentor, the colorful Baltimore Sun editor H. L. Mencken (Colm Meaney, Star Trek: The Next Generation), who presses him to 'make a story' instead of report one.

Rose (Ashley Johnson) pays visit to William's (Fred Dalton Thompson) house.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) weighs in on why Mitt Romney needs to work harder on attracting conservative votes.

Music by 69 Fingers.. video by Tex Avery. Frederick Bean 'Fred/Tex' Avery (February 26, 1908 August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy (this last one for the Walter Lantz Studio) into regular cartoon characters. His influence was found in almost all of the animated cartoon series by various studios in the 1940s and 1950s. Avery's style of directing broke the mold of strict realism established by Walt Disney, and encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be done in the world of live-action film. An often-quoted line about Avery's cartoons was, 'In a cartoon you can do anything,' and his cartoons often did just that. He also performed a great deal of voice work in his cartoons, usually throwaway bits (e.g. the Santa Claus seen briefly in Who Killed Who?), but Tex did on occasion fill in for Bill Thompson as Droopy Dog

Fred Thompson announces his candidacy for president on Jay Leno s Tonight Show.