Rita Lamb loves the sense of character antiques can add to a space.

Carmike's Majestic 12 theater officially opens today, providing downtown filmgoers with screens at least 40 feet wide and a special 21-and-up screening room called the Ovation Club.

CASEY PHILLIPS: Considering she's the source of one of the world's great unsolved mysteries, Hollywood's avoidance of Amelia Earhart as a film-worthy subject for the last 70 years is as almost baffling as her real-life disappearance.

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For Larry Swetman, art has been a saving grace.

Television characters play an intimate role in our lives. They're in our bedrooms, our kitchens, sometimes even our bathrooms.

Casey: The release of a documentary after Michael Jackson's death on June 25 was inevitable since fans were ravenous for a glimpse of Jackson's final days before his sold-out, final tour. Based on "This Is It," which is culled from 80 hours of footage shot during his preparations for the tour, it would have been a doozy.

Rhonda Westfield remembers seeing Michael Jackson on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

Turnout for the midnight showing of Michael Jackson's "This Is It" was no thriller in downtown Chattanooga Tuesday night.

HOLLY LEBER: The appeal of "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" does not lie in the title character. It's an odd little underdog story -- a bored teenager trapped in a high school where, for some reason, everyone wears pastels. He sneaks out one night to a freak show, steals a spider, becomes a half-vampire, makes friends with a snake boy, falls for a monkey girl -- you know, ordinary stuff. All this is embellished with freaky visual effects.