Current and former soap stars and their families mixed and mingled with primetime and film stars at the 2010 “A Time for Heroes” Celebrity Picnic on June 13, supporting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The event helped raise $1.3 million for the foundation. The Young and Restless’ Lauralee Bell (pictured above with her family), Joshua Morrow, Kate Linder, Tatyana Ali and The Bold and the Beautiful’s Ashley Jones were joined by All My Children alum Jesse McCartney, who performed at the picnic. See more photos after the jump.

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Soap actor turned singer Jesse McCartney was in Philly and did a live interview with Joey Brooks for Q102. Apparently McCartney's meet and greet line was four times longer than anyone else's there. He also revealed that he is writing for Toni Braxton and Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester.

Uh oh. It looks like soap stud-turned-pop star Jesse McCartney has run afowl, I mean afoul, of the good folks over at PETA. According to Allie Is Wired, the All My Children alum and Greek guest star has ruffled the feathers of the animal activism group by copping to eating monkey brains during a recent trip to Asia. Here's what McCartney had to say for himself: 

It was a little chewy and a little bland. It could have been seasoned a lit bit more to tell you the truth."

Poor kid. Someone should have told him it would have been a better career move to admit to doing heroin or cheating on his taxes than daring to admit to being a carnivore in Hollyweird. Here's PETA's statement:

You'd have to be bananas to eat monkey flesh or any meat. When it comes to the ability to feel pain and suffer, a monkey is no different from chickens, cows and pigs. All animals deserve respect, which is why PETA promotes a vegetarian lifestyle. READ MORE

Jesse McCartney teamed up with Ludacris for the official music video for "How Do You Sleep?". The former All My Children star's Departure: Recharged arrives in stores on April 7th.

Take your best Caption This shot of this red carpet picture of Jesse McCartney (ex-JR, All My Children) hugging Paris Hilton at the Grammy Awards. Is it just me or does Paris look like she wants to escape his grasp at all costs?

Primetime Spoiler Round-Up!

GREEK… I’m just crazy about these kids at Cyprus Rhodes. They’ve been picked up for a third season but their friends at Kyle XY got the AX. GREEK returns with the second half of the second season on March 30th with Max! Casey’s boyfriend has ditched grad school in favor of sticking in Ohio with Casey. Will he constantly remind his girlfriend what he’s given up for her? The craziest GREEK news comes from an exclusive on EW.com courtesy of Mr. Michael Ausiello. Apparently the third season will be light one cast member. Frannie, the rogue ZBZ, will not be a series regular. She’s in a pretty major storyline as the season finale cliffhanger was Frannie setting up a new sorority and taking a bunch of ZBZ’s with her. With Frannie leaving campus, what does that mean for Evan? Will we get a Casey-Evan reunion? What about Casey and Cappie? Will they ever get back together? SPOILERS say Casey and Cappie spend time together when Max is away. All MY Children fans, well Jesse McCartney fans, remember the heartthrob is also slated to appear this season on GREEK.

I’m adding a new show to the Round-Up. Army Wives is a great show on Lifetime from the same folks that gave us Grey’s Anatomy. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. They are adding two new African American cast members to the upcoming season and Roger Newcomb at We Love Soaps says one role MAY be what Real Andrews (ex-Taggart, General Hospital) auditioned for. READ MORE

Jesse McCartney dropped by Chelsea Lately to talk with Chelsea Handler about what he's been up to. Chelsea grilled him about his rumored romances with various starlets and couldn't help but ask "Isn't Paris Hilton amazing?"

Chealsea Handler is hilarious. Just had to add that in case you didn't know.

Check out Jesse McCartney's "It's Over" music video.