Cartoon Network Invites the Boys and Girls to Premiere

Cartoon Network held a premiere of the live action version of popular cartoon show, Ben 10: Alien Force, this week at the Warner Brothers studio back lot. Though the movie will have a television premiere and head to DVD a week later, the network wanted to host a full-scale event and invited some special kids to take part. If you haven't watched cartoons in a while, I'll fill you in: Its about a kid named Ben, who discovers the Omnitrix. It looks like a watch but it's really a mysterious alien weapon with the power to transform the wearer into 10 different alien species. Thus the "10," which represents all his alter egos.

Turner Broadcasting (parent company of Cartoon Network) partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank to select 100 kids to sit in the bleachers on the green carpet and meet Extra host Mario Lopez as well as the cast of the movie. How exciting! Many of the kids have never gotten a chance to schmooze with stars much less visit a famous back lot. The kids arrived early and enjoyed pizza, burgers and fries before sitting in the bleachers to watch the stars walk down the carpet.

The lucky kids played games in the Ben 10 interactive area before going inside to see the film. It sounds like a dream for the disadvantaged youth, who also had the chance to participate in a biking challenge.

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