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Jesse McCartney walked away with a bruised ego and nothing more, thankfully – after the singer hit a tire barrier during the 2010 Toyota Pro Celebrity Grand Prix event held in Long Beach California yesterday (April 17th.) Toyota racing officials tweeted his results:

“And for all you Jesse fans, he finished 11th in the Celeb category and 16th overall. He is OK and thanks you for your support.”

Brian Austin Green came in 1st place this year (for the celebs) and last year’s winner, Keanu Reeves, came in 11th. Next year Jesse!

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Nickelodeon’s wildly popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting live action treatment from director M. Night Shyamalan and now Jesse McCartney is in talks to portray Zuko, the exiled and banished Prince of the Fire Nation. Nothing is confirmed as of yet.

The ‘Leaving’ singer is branching out more and more into acting, with a special appearance back in the fall on Law & Order: SVU and in March, he will be a multi-episode guest star on Greek.

Speaking of cast for The Last Airbender, (Avatar will be dropped from the movie title because Titanic director James Cameron has a new movie called Avatar coming out,) Jackson Rathbone (Jasper in ‘Twilight’ ) has been reportedly cast as Sokka, Aang’s sidekick and Katara’s brother. The Last Airbender is due out in 2010.