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Jesse McCartney is participating in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Races event this year in Long Beach, California. The annual event takes place on April 17th and McCartney and other celebs (Keanu Reeves, Christian Slater and Adam Corolla are a few,) begin practicing now for the 1.97 mile street circuit through Long Beach.

Toyota will donate $5,000 in each celeb’s name to Racing for Kids charity and the winner gets an additional 5k donated to the organization of their choice. Racing for Kids benefits hospitals in the Long Beach/Orange County area.

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Nickelodeon’s incredibly popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is headed to the big screen with director M. Night Shymalan overseeing the live action film. Jackson Rathbone has left his Twilight character of Jasper Hale behind and plays Sokka, the wisecracking, boomerang-throwing Southern water tribe teen who, along with his sister Katara (Nicola Peltz) help airbender Aang (Noah Ringer) discover his true destiny and restore balance to the world. After casting controversy, Dev Patel has the role of Prince Zuko of the Fire nation and Jesse McCartney is not the banished prince.

The Last Airbender will hit theaters July 2nd, 2010.

There are some pictures of Jesse McCartney completely nude and laying in bed wearing a candy G-string being shopped around. The 22 year-old singer/actor has already threatened to sue whoever publishes these pictures. More details on Jesse McCartney Naked Photos At Bumpshack>>

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Jesse McCartney was on hand on December 5th at Variety’s Power Of Youth event benefiting the Starlight Children’s Foundation and LA’s Best. The singer and actor was honored for his ongoing commitment to the City of Hope organization. Enjoy the pics from the weekend.

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Jesse McCartney, Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus will be in Los Angeles on Saturday October 25th, to perform at the 2nd annual Concert of Hope. The event benefits lifesaving cancer research and treatment programs at City of Hope, one of the nation’s leading cancer centers. Tickets for the Concert for Hope will go on sale Friday, September 25, @ 10AM through Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster retail outlets including all Macy’s, FYE Music & Ritmo Latino locations, and by Phone — (800) 745-3000.

For more info, check out City of Hope’s website.

Spending a sunny afternoon in Malibu playing flag football, actor and singer Jesse McCartney had a great time tossing the ball with other celebrities and pro athletes. The Madden NFL 10 Pigskin Pro-Am on Xbox 360 Football event was held and taped on Friday in California. Former NFL players faced off with celebs like McCartney, Kelli Rowland and Jeremy Piven. The game will be shown at multiple days and times leading up to the August 14th release of Madden NFL 10. Look for the fun on VH1, ESPN2, Spike and the NFL Channel.

Jesse McCartney’s new music video is totally HOT! The video for Jesse’s new song “How Do You Sleep?” features cars, speed, a desert and Ludacris! HOT! Jesse is a cutie and his new album “Depature: Recharged” is in stores on Tuesday, April 7th.

Citing his busy touring schedule, Jesse McCartney has dropped out of M. Night Shyamalan’s big screen, live action movie of The Last Airbender and will not be playing the Fire Nation’s Prince Zuko. According to Shyamalan, McCartney cannot make time to begin martial arts training, however McCartney has said he already is training.

“Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts,” Shyamalan said.

Did the controversy of all white actors win out? Shyamalan has now cast Dev Patel, of Slumdog Millionaire to play the part. Patel will do a great job, no doubt, but the excuse that McCartney can’t make the boot camp seems weak. Jackson Rathbone has cleared time from his New Moon filming for it, so I’ve got to wonder. Regardless, I loved the Nickelodeon series, so I’ve got high hopes for this Avatar film. Shyamalan, do it right!

With controversy swirling, M. Night Shyamalan has cast Jesse McCartney as Prince Zuko in The Last Airbender. The live action film version of Nickelodeon’s super successful animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is receiving it’s share of criticism due to the all white cast. McCartney had this to say:

“There’s a lot of hard-core fans out there [who] probably know more about it…I’m still learning. This is M. Night’s vision and this is what he wants. To all the fans, I can tell you I’m putting my best foot forward.” He further adds, “I’ve been in kung-fu training for the last month and half-learning all the moves. I’m looking forward to it.”

The rest of the confirmed cast: Noah Ringer as Aang, Jackson Rathbone (he was Jasper in Twilight) as Sokka and Nicola Peltz as Katara.

The uproar is caused by many fans who believe asians actors should be cast as the lead characters. The show itself pulls many different styles of martials arts as inspirations for the movements of ‘bending’ (the ability to manipulate the natural elements.) There is also a distinct anime style to the drawing of the series and of course, asian mythology used thru the show. But were the characters meant to be specifically any particular ethnic group? The movie is due out sometime in 2010.

Jackson Rathbone cast as ‘Sokka’

Nicola Peltz cast as ‘Katara’

Let’s hear from you – what do you think?

In a blue teardrop shaped bottle, Jesse McCartney launches himself into the fragrance game with Wanted. The scent, due out sometime this year, has jasmine, rose blossom and chilled apple added to give it a confident and romantic air.

Is this something you would try? I admit I’m skeptical but who knows? If it smells good, then why not?

What do you think?