'Cars 2' premiere: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt and Larry the Cable Guy debut sequel

The stars of "Cars 2" put their silly smiles into overdrive at the Saturday premiere of the Disney-Pixar film featuring the voice talents of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt and Larry the Cable Guy.

Wilson, Hunt and the Cable Guy revved up the fun on the blue carpet at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. The actors reprise their roles as beloved talking cars Lightning McQueen, Sally and Mater, who in the Disney sequel go overseas to compete in a world racing competition. Click the pics for more photos.

Cars from and inspired by the movie paraded down the red carpet ahead of the actors, and Hunt brought her family along for the ride, as did Joe Mantegna, the voice of Grem, who was spotted with daughter Gia Mantegna.

Pictures: 'Cars 2' movie premiere

Cheech Marin, the voice of Ramone; Emily Mortimer, the voice of Holley Shiftwell; and British comedian Eddie Izzard, who voices Sir Miles Axlerod, also came out for the premiere with director John Lasseter.

Cast members Jenifer Lewis, Peter Jacobson and Pixar film staple John Ratzenberger, sidled up the blue carpet, which was lined with stacks of tires as well as flags from around the world.

The family-friendly film prompted singer Sheryl Crow, "Handy Manny" actor Wilmer Valderrama, musician Travis Barker, singer-actress Christina Milian and their broods to park it at the theater. "Joey and Melissa" star Joey Lawrence also attended with younger brother Andrew Lawrence.

Also spotted: Disney President and CEO Bob Iger, "Modern Family" actress Sarah Hyland, singer Michel Michelis, "X Factor" judge Nicole Scherzinger and British Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton. "True Grit" star Hailee Steinfeld, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" actor Zachary Gordon and "Shake It Up" actress Bella Thorne also joined the festivities along with "Southland" actor Tom Everett Scott.

"Cars 2" speeds its way into theaters Friday.

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Photos: (top) Bonnie Hunt, left, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy and Emily Mortimer. Credit: Gus Ruelas / Reuters

(bottom) Lightning McQueen, Owen Wilson's character from "Cars 2," arrives at the premiere. Credit: Gus Ruelas / Reuters

'Midnight in Paris' sees premieres in Beverly Hills and NYC

Woody Allen's latest effort, "Midnight in Paris," got domestic premieres this week after his stars Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson and Michael Sheen lit up the Cannes Film Festival last week in the south of France.

On Monday, McAdams wowed in a long white gown posing with her director, while beau Sheen stuck close by. Kathy Bates, who plays Gertrude Stein in the flick, came to support, as did Howard Stern's wife Beth Ostrosky Stern, director Sofia Coppola, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Gina Gershon.

Click the pic for more photos from the New York event.

A jaunt across the country saw an AFI screening of the flick Wednesday at Beverly Hills' Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sheen made the trek and Wilson showed, spending a few minutes on the red carpet before taking a seat inside. A dessert reception followed, where talk in the room was full of pleasant surprise over Carla Bruni-Sarkozy -- the French first lady who appeared in several scenes.

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Photo: Rachel McAdams and her director Woody Allen at the New York premiere of "Midnight in Paris." Credit: Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images

Owen Wilson and Jade Duell have a baby, as promised

This post has been corrected. Please see the note at the bottom.

Owen Wilson and Jade Duell's camp wasn't kidding earlier this week about the couple's baby being "due any day" -- the two rolled out their own version of Maui wowie Friday morning, welcoming a son at the actor's oceanfront home in Hawaii.

Duell's pregnancy went public Monday via Us magazine, which said "Little Fockers" star Wilson and his girlfriend of a year wanted "to do everything as natural as possible."

Indeed, it was a water birth with two midwives and no meds, the Star said Saturday, quoting an insider as saying, "Owen has been doing a celebratory hula dance all afternoon!" Us reported the birth Friday. 

Ford Linton Wilson reportedly weighed in at 6 pounds, 13 ounces, the Star said.

Actress Kate Hudson, a former girlfriend of Wilson's, was also outed this week as being pregnant.

[For the record, 5:35 p.m.: An earlier version of this post was unclear about the source for the baby's weight. That information is from the Star.]

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Photo: Owen Wilson arrives at the "Little Fockers" premiere in New York on Dec. 15. Credit: Lucas Jackson / Reuters