Five years after their first film’s premiere, Lightning McQueen, Mater – and Josh Armstrong – are back in North Carolina to promote Cars 2. Get the rundown and see exclusive photos here!

Join Animated News & Views’ Ben Simon, James R Whitson and Randall Cyrenne as they head down California way to meet up for the first time at the annual Comic-Con geek fest in San Diego!

Animated News & Views heads down to Los Angeles’ Newport Beach to catch some rarely screened animated shorts from the Disney vaults!

Ben Simon travels to Paris to tour and experience the Il était une fois, Walt Disney (Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney) art exhibition at the Grand Palais, and speaks to the commissioning curator and the exhibition’s instigator Bruno Girveau about this once in a lifetime, ten years in the making event.

Coverage of 2006′s San Diego Comic-Con International and the cornucopia of animated exclusive sneak peeks, screenings and announcements.

On Friday, May 26, 2006, the once-in-a-lifetime premiere of Disney/Pixar’s Cars occurred in Concord, NC. In attendance at the extravaganza was Animated News & Views correspondent Josh Armstrong and guest contributor Brandon Neeld.

The Incredibles make their transfer from CGI to ice and visit the Magic Kingdom in Disney’s new spectacular. Brandon Neeld was at the premiere.

Independent documentary Dream On, Silly Dreamer projects the tragic tale of a medium deemed “dead” by numerous corporate heads. Animated News & Views’ Lindsay Mayer and Christian Ziebarth were on hand to sample the picture at separate screenings.

Animated News & Views presents a lengthy writeup of the Aladdin Reunion held on Friday, April 22, 2005. The report contains four photos from the event, hosted by ASIFA-Hollywood and conducted at the Glendale Central Library.

A report from Roy Disney and Stanley Gold’s SaveDisney.com meeting as well as The Walt Disney Company’s annual shareholder meeting.