A popular Hollywood pirate made a stop in Knoxville on Friday morning.

Kevin McNally, better known as "Gibbs" in Pirates of the Caribbean took time away from his appearances at Adventure-con and visited with several kids at the East Tennessee Children's Hospital.

McNally says he loves Knoxville and visited this summer when he took a road-trip across the country with his son.

McNally's character, Gibbs, was Jack Sparrow's right-hand man in every Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Arwen is the alpha dog of her Memphis-area household.

"Whatever Arwen wants, Arwen gets," said owner Amanda Stoermer.

The gray poodle is almost inseparable from her poodle pal, Strider, but last year, the elder of the two started having trouble breathing.

"It took a couple weeks to figure out what the problem was," Stoermer said. "(Our veterinarian) did tests, she finally did an x-ray, and there was some suspicious-looking mass in her chest."

More than 1,000 people laced up their tennis shoes and walked to help raise awareness for people with Down syndrome at Knoxville's World's Fair Park on Sunday afternoon.

People walked to not only raise awareness, but raise money as well. Walkers collected pledges from supporters.

The Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee organized the 16th annual "Knoxville Buddy Walk." All proceeds from this event goes towards the group and its community programs.