LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Film Institute (AFI) announced it will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon American comedy icon Mel Brooks

Filmmaker David Lynch Announces $500,000 Matching Grant to Teach Transcendental Meditation to 10,000 Veterans NEW YORK, Sept.

LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The AFI Conservatory, a founding program of the American Film Institute, was voted the #1 film school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter.

NEW YORK, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Express announced today that artists Mark Ronson and Kelis will join Duran Duran as special guests from the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 23rd for the "Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express" live-stream concert, directed by filmmaker David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive).

Artist Supports Charity, Reuniting Lynch Family Nearly 10 Years After Painting Cherished Image of Fallen 9-11 Firefighter NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael Lynch Memorial Foundation, a charitable foundation that has provided $1.6 million in college scholarships to children of firefighters and victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks as well as other U.S.