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===Success with 'N Sync===
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In 1995, Bass joined [[Justin Timberlake]], [[JC Chasez]], [[Chris Kirkpatrick]] and [[Joey Fatone]] in the [[boy band]] 'N Sync, after the original bass singer, Jason Watkins, quit the group.<ref name="Watkins">{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.celebritypro.com/bio/nsync_bio.htm |title='NSYNC Biography |accessdate=2007-10-25 |publisher=CelebrityPro.com}}</ref> In need of a replacement, the group began searching. Timberlake and his mother called Bass, following a recommendation by vocal coach Bob Westbrook, who had worked with a young Timberlake and coached Bass during his time in the Mississippi Show Stoppers.<ref name="Larry King" /><ref name="Sports Hollywood" /><ref name="Westbrook">{{cite web| author=Schruers, Fred| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276157,00.html| title = 'N The Drivers Seat| publisher =Entertainment Weekly | accessdate =2007-12-05}}</ref> Bass was accepted into 'N Sync after auditioning in front of the other bandmembers and [[Lou Pearlman]], and soon left his junior year of high school to move to [[Orlando, Florida]] and rehearse with the group full-time.<ref name=Autobio28-43>{{cite book|last = Bass|first = Lance|title = Out of Sync|pages = 28-30, 35-43}}</ref> Bass has said that he found the group's [[choreography]] difficult at first, as he did not know how to [[dance]] before he joined 'N Sync.<ref name="Larry King" /> (In a 2007 interview, Bass described himself as the group's "worst dancer", and stated that, to this day, he "kind of hates" to dance.)<ref name="New York Mag">{{cite web | author=Yuan, Jada.| title=Lance Bass Not Hooked on NYC |url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/36581/ | date=2007-08-27 |accessdate=2007-12-05| publisher=[[New York (magazine) | ''New York'']] magazine}}</ref>
In 1995, Bass joined [[Justin Timberlake]], [[JC Chasez]], [[Chris Kirkpatrick]] and [[Joey Fatone]] in the [[boy band]] 'N Sync, after the original bass singer, Jason Watkins, quit the group.<ref name="Watkins">{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.celebritypro.com/bio/nsync_bio.htm |title='NSYNC Biography |accessdate=2007-10-25 |publisher=CelebrityPro.com}}</ref> In need of a replacement, the group began searching. Timberlake and his mother called Bass, following a recommendation by vocal coach Bob Westbrook, who had worked with a young Timberlake and coached Bass during his time in the Mississippi Show Stoppers.<ref name="Larry King" /><ref name="Sports Hollywood" /><ref name="Westbrook">{{cite web| author=Schruers, Fred| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276157,00.html| title = 'N The Drivers Seat| publisher =Entertainment Weekly | accessdate =2007-12-05}}</ref> Bass was accepted into 'N Sync after auditioning in front of the other bandmembers and [[Lou Pearlman]], and soon left his junior year of high school to move to [[Orlando, Florida]] and rehearse with the group full-time.<ref name=Autobio28-43>{{cite book|last = Bass|first = Lance|title = Out of Sync|pages = 28-30, 35-43}}</ref> Bass has said that he found the group's [[choreography]] difficult at first, as he did not know how to [[dance]] before he joined 'N Sync.<ref name="Larry King" /> (In a 2007 interview, Bass described himself as the group's "worst dancer", and stated that, to this day, he "kind of hates" to dance.)<ref name="New York Mag">{{cite web | author=Yuan, Jada.| title=Lance Bass Not Hooked on NYC |url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/36581/ | date=2007-08-27 |accessdate=2007-12-05| publisher=[[New York (magazine)| ''New York'']] magazine}}</ref>
[[Image:LanceBassinNYC.JPG|left|thumb|Bass in August 2007]]
[[Image:LanceBassinNYC.JPG|left|thumb|Bass in August 2007]]
After a year of performing at local venues, the group signed a deal with [[BMG]]'s [[Germany|German]] division and moved to [[Munich, Germany]] to record their first album.<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> 'N Sync began extensive touring in Europe, and Bass's mother quit her job to tour with the group as a [[chaperon|chaperone]], as Bass was still a [[minor (law)|minor]].<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> After gaining significant notability in Europe, 'N Sync was signed to American record label [[RCA]] in 1997.<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> The group's first single, [[I Want You Back (*NSYNC song)|"I Want You Back"]] began receiving major radio play in the United States, and 'N Sync soon found themselves becoming an "overnight sensation", a period which Bass describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence".<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> Along with increasing fame and recognition in the United States the band also experienced a highly publicized legal battle with Pearlman, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part.<ref name="Pearlman1">{{cite web |author=Manning, Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432531/19991124/n_sync.jhtml |title='N Sync Scores Small Victory As Legal Battle Begins |publisher=MTV News, [[November 24]], [[1999]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> 'N Sync sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, for [[fraud|defrauding]] the group of more than 50% of their earnings, rather than his original promise of only receiving one-sixth of the profits.<ref name="Pearlman1" /> The group threatened to leave and sign with [[Jive Records]], which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue 'N Sync for $150 million US, citing [[breach of contract]].<ref name="Countersuit">{{cite web|author=Wolk, Josh. | date = [[October 13]] [[1999]]| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84723,00.html| title ='N Court| publisher =Entertainment Weekly| accessdate =2007-12-03}}</ref> The injunction was thrown out of court<ref name="Pearlman1" /> and, after winning back their earnings, 'N Sync signed with Jive.<ref name="Jive">{{cite web| url =http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Zomba-Records-Ltd-Company-History.html| title =Zomba Records, LTD: Company History| publisher =FundingUniverse.com| accessdate =2007-12-04}}</ref> Bass has been estranged from Pearlman ever since.<ref name=BassGQ>Rapkin, Mickey. [http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2007/10/lance-basss-gay.html Lance Bass's Gay Adventure]. ''[[GQ]]'' Magazine, [[October 17]] [[2007]]. Retrieved [[October 17]], [[2007]].</ref>
After a year of performing at local venues, the group signed a deal with [[BMG]]'s [[Germany|German]] division and moved to [[Munich, Germany]] to record their first album.<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> 'N Sync began extensive touring in Europe, and Bass's mother quit her job to tour with the group as a [[chaperon]]e, as Bass was still a [[minor (law)|minor]].<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> After gaining significant notability in Europe, 'N Sync was signed to American record label [[RCA]] in 1997.<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> The group's first single, [[I Want You Back (*NSYNC song)|"I Want You Back"]] began receiving major radio play in the United States, and 'N Sync soon found themselves becoming an "overnight sensation", a period which Bass describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence".<ref name="Autobio28-43" /> Along with increasing fame and recognition in the United States the band also experienced a highly publicized legal battle with Pearlman, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part.<ref name="Pearlman1">{{cite web |author=Manning, Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432531/19991124/n_sync.jhtml |title='N Sync Scores Small Victory As Legal Battle Begins |publisher=MTV News, [[November 24]], [[1999]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> 'N Sync sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, for [[fraud|defrauding]] the group of more than 50% of their earnings, rather than his original promise of only receiving one-sixth of the profits.<ref name="Pearlman1" /> The group threatened to leave and sign with [[Jive Records]], which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue 'N Sync for $150 million US, citing [[breach of contract]].<ref name="Countersuit">{{cite web|author=Wolk, Josh. | date = [[October 13]] [[1999]]| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84723,00.html| title ='N Court| publisher =Entertainment Weekly| accessdate =2007-12-03}}</ref> The injunction was thrown out of court<ref name="Pearlman1" /> and, after winning back their earnings, 'N Sync signed with Jive.<ref name="Jive">{{cite web| url =http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Zomba-Records-Ltd-Company-History.html| title =Zomba Records, LTD: Company History| publisher =FundingUniverse.com| accessdate =2007-12-04}}</ref> Bass has been estranged from Pearlman ever since.<ref name=BassGQ>Rapkin, Mickey. [http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2007/10/lance-basss-gay.html Lance Bass's Gay Adventure]. ''[[GQ]]'' Magazine, [[October 17]] [[2007]]. Retrieved [[October 17]], [[2007]].</ref>


In March 2000, 'N Sync released ''[[No Strings Attached]]'', which became came the fastest-selling record of all time,<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | author=BBC |title='N Sync ''Celebrity'' Review | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/d3n8/ | publisher=[[BBC]] | accessdate=July 11 | accessyear=2007}}</ref> selling 1.1 million copies in its first day of release.<ref name="Westbrook" /> In 2001, the group followed up with their ''[[Celebrity (album)|Celebrity]]'' album,<ref name="recordsales">{{cite web | author=Billboard |title='N Sync Artist Biography | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=261075&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&kw=NSYNC | publisher=Billboard.com | accessdate=August 20 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> which scored the second highest first-week album sales ever, trumped only by the group's previous album.<ref name="Celebrity Sales Record">{{cite web| date = [[September 28]] [[2007]]| url =http://50.lycos.com/080201.html| title =The Lycos Daily Report| publisher =Lycos| accessdate =2006-07-26}}</ref> 'N Sync went on to sell over 56 million records worldwide.<ref name="Record Sales">{{cite web| author=Gutierrez, Pedro Ruz.| date = [[January 28]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-mpearlman2807jan28,0,7354100.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-orange| title = Pearlman's Money Woes Follow Him Downtown| publisher =The Orlando Sentinel | accessdate =2007-12-04}}</ref> In 2002, the group announced that they would be taking a "hiatus", during which Timberlake began to record solo material.<ref name="Hiatus Feelings">{{cite web |author=Westhoff, Ben |url=http://www.westword.com/2007-11-15/music/out-of-sync/ |title=Out of Sync |date=2007-11-15| accessdate=2007-12-07 |publisher=The Denver Westword}}</ref> The group has not recorded new material since, and Bass has stated that he feels 'N Sync is "definitely broken up."<ref name="BrokenUp">{{cite web |author=Abbott, Jim |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-bass2307oct23,0,2291743,print.story?coll=orl_mezz |title=Lance Bass Book Comes Out |accessdate=2007-10-23 |publisher=The Orlando Sentinel}}</ref>
In March 2000, 'N Sync released ''[[No Strings Attached]]'', which became came the fastest-selling record of all time,<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | author=BBC |title='N Sync ''Celebrity'' Review | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/d3n8/ | publisher=[[BBC]] | accessdate=July 11 | accessyear=2007}}</ref> selling 1.1 million copies in its first day of release.<ref name="Westbrook" /> In 2001, the group followed up with their ''[[Celebrity (album)|Celebrity]]'' album,<ref name="recordsales">{{cite web | author=Billboard |title='N Sync Artist Biography | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=261075&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&kw=NSYNC | publisher=Billboard.com | accessdate=August 20 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> which scored the second highest first-week album sales ever, trumped only by the group's previous album.<ref name="Celebrity Sales Record">{{cite web| date = [[September 28]] [[2007]]| url =http://50.lycos.com/080201.html| title =The Lycos Daily Report| publisher =Lycos| accessdate =2006-07-26}}</ref> 'N Sync went on to sell over 56 million records worldwide.<ref name="Record Sales">{{cite web| author=Gutierrez, Pedro Ruz.| date = [[January 28]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-mpearlman2807jan28,0,7354100.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-orange| title = Pearlman's Money Woes Follow Him Downtown| publisher =The Orlando Sentinel | accessdate =2007-12-04}}</ref> In 2002, the group announced that they would be taking a "hiatus", during which Timberlake began to record solo material.<ref name="Hiatus Feelings">{{cite web |author=Westhoff, Ben |url=http://www.westword.com/2007-11-15/music/out-of-sync/ |title=Out of Sync |date=2007-11-15| accessdate=2007-12-07 |publisher=The Denver Westword}}</ref> The group has not recorded new material since, and Bass has stated that he feels 'N Sync is "definitely broken up."<ref name="BrokenUp">{{cite web |author=Abbott, Jim |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-bass2307oct23,0,2291743,print.story?coll=orl_mezz |title=Lance Bass Book Comes Out |accessdate=2007-10-23 |publisher=The Orlando Sentinel}}</ref>
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In order to be admitted into training, Bass agreed to undergo heart surgery to correct [[cardiac arrythmia]], which was discovered in 1999 when he collapsed after a concert.<ref name="Heart Surgery">{{cite web|date=[[May 17]], [[2002]]|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2002-05-17#celeb4 |title=Lance Bass Has Heart Surgery |publisher=WENN|accessdate=2007-07-06}}</ref> After several months, Bass received cosmonaut certification and was scheduled to fly into space on the [[Soyuz TMA-1]] mission that was to be launched on [[October 30]], [[2002]]. The capsule was scheduled to fly to the [[International Space Station]], and land in a desert in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="Cosmonaut 2" /> When the original deal to air the documentary about Bass fell through, Bass's camp turned to [[MTV]] who agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues".<ref name="Space Review" /> Shortly after, all of Bass's other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor that pulled out because they worried about the image of their brand possibly being tarnished if Bass were to die on the mission.<ref name="Space Review" /> Bass was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonaut [[Yuri Lonchakov]], and an empty container.<ref name="Yuri" />
In order to be admitted into training, Bass agreed to undergo heart surgery to correct [[cardiac arrythmia]], which was discovered in 1999 when he collapsed after a concert.<ref name="Heart Surgery">{{cite web|date=[[May 17]], [[2002]]|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2002-05-17#celeb4 |title=Lance Bass Has Heart Surgery |publisher=WENN|accessdate=2007-07-06}}</ref> After several months, Bass received cosmonaut certification and was scheduled to fly into space on the [[Soyuz TMA-1]] mission that was to be launched on [[October 30]], [[2002]]. The capsule was scheduled to fly to the [[International Space Station]], and land in a desert in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="Cosmonaut 2" /> When the original deal to air the documentary about Bass fell through, Bass's camp turned to [[MTV]] who agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues".<ref name="Space Review" /> Shortly after, all of Bass's other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor that pulled out because they worried about the image of their brand possibly being tarnished if Bass were to die on the mission.<ref name="Space Review" /> Bass was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonaut [[Yuri Lonchakov]], and an empty container.<ref name="Yuri" />


Bass's failed space attempt landed him on ''People'' magazine's list of "2002's Losers", coming in fourth place behind [[Michael Jackson]], [[George Michael]], and [[Senator]] [[Trent Lott]].<ref name="Losers">{{cite web | title=Michael Jackson Tops "2002's Losers" | publisher = IMDB | url= http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2002-12-23#celeb1| accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref> On [[September 26]], [[2002]], rumors began to surface that Bass was "[[depression|depressed]] and [[suicide|suicidal]]" after his attempts at space travel had failed.<ref name="Suicide Rumor">{{cite web| author=User "canalbaby" - scroll to September 27 entry|date = [[September 27]] [[2002]] | url =http://canalbaby.livejournal.com/63406.html| title = 'N Sync Chronology| publisher =LiveJournal | accessdate =2006-10-16}}</ref> Publicists associated with Bass denied the reports, with one [[Jive Records]] executive saying, "Lance is a very happy person and I'm sure he's got more in his life than this trip, so I'd be very surprised if he got that upset about it all."<ref name="Suicide Rumor" /> In his 2007 autobiography, Bass wrote that his failure to make it onto the Soyuz mission was "extremely embarrassing" and left him in a state of emotional exhaustion. "It was heartbreaking; there is no other word for it."<ref name="Space Review" />
Bass's failed space attempt landed him on ''People'' magazine's list of "2002's Losers", coming in fourth place behind [[Michael Jackson]], [[George Michael]], and [[Senator]] [[Trent Lott]].<ref name="Losers">{{cite web | title=Michael Jackson Tops "2002's Losers" | publisher = IMDB | url= http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2002-12-23#celeb1| accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref> On [[September 26]], [[2002]], rumors began to surface that Bass was "[[Clinical depression|depressed]] and [[suicide|suicidal]]" after his attempts at space travel had failed.<ref name="Suicide Rumor">{{cite web| author=User "canalbaby" - scroll to September 27 entry|date = [[September 27]] [[2002]] | url =http://canalbaby.livejournal.com/63406.html| title = 'N Sync Chronology| publisher =LiveJournal | accessdate =2006-10-16}}</ref> Publicists associated with Bass denied the reports, with one [[Jive Records]] executive saying, "Lance is a very happy person and I'm sure he's got more in his life than this trip, so I'd be very surprised if he got that upset about it all."<ref name="Suicide Rumor" /> In his 2007 autobiography, Bass wrote that his failure to make it onto the Soyuz mission was "extremely embarrassing" and left him in a state of emotional exhaustion. "It was heartbreaking; there is no other word for it."<ref name="Space Review" />


In October 2004, during [[World Space Week]], Bass was formally inducted as a member of the [[National Space Society]]'s [[Board of Governors]]. Serving in an advisory and public outreach capacity, Bass has joined astronauts and prominent individuals who have made a lasting, positive impact on human [[space exploration]], including actor [[Tom Hanks]], journalist [[Hugh Downs]] and author and futurist Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]], among many others.<ref name="NSS">{{cite web| date = [[September 29]], [[2004]] | url =http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20041004.html| title =Lance Bass Brings Excitement of Spaceflight During World Space Week 2004| publisher =National Space Society| accessdate =2006-07-28}}</ref> Bass has served as World Space Week's "Youth Spokesman" since 2003,<ref name="Space Review" /> and has retained fluency in [[Russian (language)|Russian]].<ref name="Russian">{{cite web| title = Multilingual| date = [[December 8]] [[2007]] |url =http://www.nypost.com/seven/12082007/gossip/pagesix/multilingual_119455.htm |author=Page Six staff.| publisher = Page Six|accessdate = 2007-12-08}}</ref>
In October 2004, during [[World Space Week]], Bass was formally inducted as a member of the [[National Space Society]]'s [[Board of Governors]]. Serving in an advisory and public outreach capacity, Bass has joined astronauts and prominent individuals who have made a lasting, positive impact on human [[space exploration]], including actor [[Tom Hanks]], journalist [[Hugh Downs]] and author and futurist Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]], among many others.<ref name="NSS">{{cite web| date = [[September 29]], [[2004]] | url =http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20041004.html| title =Lance Bass Brings Excitement of Spaceflight During World Space Week 2004| publisher =National Space Society| accessdate =2006-07-28}}</ref> Bass has served as World Space Week's "Youth Spokesman" since 2003,<ref name="Space Review" /> and has retained fluency in [[Russian (language)|Russian]].<ref name="Russian">{{cite web| title = Multilingual| date = [[December 8]] [[2007]] |url =http://www.nypost.com/seven/12082007/gossip/pagesix/multilingual_119455.htm |author=Page Six staff.| publisher = Page Six|accessdate = 2007-12-08}}</ref>

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Lance Bass

James Lance Bass (born May 4 1979), known as Lance Bass (Template:PronEng), is an American pop singer, actor, producer and author. He grew up in Mississippi and planned on becoming an astronaut, but instead rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band 'N Sync. After the dissolution of 'N Sync, Bass furthered his various film and television appearances and founded two production companies, Bacon & Eggs and Lance Bass Productions.[3] Bass also formed a now-defunct music management company, Free Lance Entertainment, which was a joint venture with Mercury Records.[4]

In 2002, Bass moved to Star City, Russia and entered cosmonaut training for a mission aboard a Soyuz space capsule.[3] Bass was eventually certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program[3] and planned to join the TMA-1 mission to the International Space Station in October of 2002.[5] However, after his financial sponsors backed out, Bass was denied a seat on the mission.[6]

In July 2006, Bass revealed that he was gay in a cover story for People magazine, which received major media attention.[7] He was awarded the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in October 2006,[8] and released an autobiography, Out of Sync, in October 2007, which debuted on the The New York Times Best Seller list.[9]

Early life

James Lance Bass was born in Laurel, Mississippi[10] to James Irvin Bass, Jr., a medical lab technician, and Diane Bass (née Pulliam),[11] a middle school mathematics teacher.[1] Bass was raised in Ellisville, Mississippi as a Southern Baptist,[12] and has one older sister, Stacy.[13] As a young boy, Bass developed an interest in space, and at age 9 traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida with his father to watch his first live space shuttle launch. Of this experience Bass said, "I was certain from then on that that my future was to be involved with space."[14] Bass attended space camp in Titusville, Florida,[15] and aspired to attend college and study engineering, with the hope that he would one day work for NASA.[10]

When Bass was 10 years old, his father was transferred to a different hospital, and the family moved to Clinton, Mississippi.[1] There, Bass began singing in his Baptist church choir, and was encouraged to audition for local performance groups by his childhood best friend, Darren Dale.[16] Bass soon joined Mississippi Show Stoppers, a state-wide group sponsored by the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, and the Attaché Show Choir, a national-award-winning competitive show choir group at Clinton High School.[13] He was also a member of a seven-man vocal group named Seven Card Stud, which competed at state fairs and performed at several social and political events for Senator Trent Lott.[16] Regarding academia, Bass said that he remembers "hardly anything" about classes, and feels that school left him "unprepared for the real world", as his sole focus during his high school career was singing.[16]

Music career

Success with 'N Sync

Main article: 'N Sync

In 1995, Bass joined Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone in the boy band 'N Sync, after the original bass singer, Jason Watkins, quit the group.[17] In need of a replacement, the group began searching. Timberlake and his mother called Bass, following a recommendation by vocal coach Bob Westbrook, who had worked with a young Timberlake and coached Bass during his time in the Mississippi Show Stoppers.[10][13][18] Bass was accepted into 'N Sync after auditioning in front of the other bandmembers and Lou Pearlman, and soon left his junior year of high school to move to Orlando, Florida and rehearse with the group full-time.[19] Bass has said that he found the group's choreography difficult at first, as he did not know how to dance before he joined 'N Sync.[10] (In a 2007 interview, Bass described himself as the group's "worst dancer", and stated that, to this day, he "kind of hates" to dance.)[20]

Bass in August 2007

After a year of performing at local venues, the group signed a deal with BMG's German division and moved to Munich, Germany to record their first album.[19] 'N Sync began extensive touring in Europe, and Bass's mother quit her job to tour with the group as a chaperone, as Bass was still a minor.[19] After gaining significant notability in Europe, 'N Sync was signed to American record label RCA in 1997.[19] The group's first single, "I Want You Back" began receiving major radio play in the United States, and 'N Sync soon found themselves becoming an "overnight sensation", a period which Bass describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence".[19] Along with increasing fame and recognition in the United States the band also experienced a highly publicized legal battle with Pearlman, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part.[21] 'N Sync sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, for defrauding the group of more than 50% of their earnings, rather than his original promise of only receiving one-sixth of the profits.[21] The group threatened to leave and sign with Jive Records, which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue 'N Sync for $150 million US, citing breach of contract.[22] The injunction was thrown out of court[21] and, after winning back their earnings, 'N Sync signed with Jive.[23] Bass has been estranged from Pearlman ever since.[24]

In March 2000, 'N Sync released No Strings Attached, which became came the fastest-selling record of all time,[25] selling 1.1 million copies in its first day of release.[18] In 2001, the group followed up with their Celebrity album,[26] which scored the second highest first-week album sales ever, trumped only by the group's previous album.[27] 'N Sync went on to sell over 56 million records worldwide.[28] In 2002, the group announced that they would be taking a "hiatus", during which Timberlake began to record solo material.[29] The group has not recorded new material since, and Bass has stated that he feels 'N Sync is "definitely broken up."[30]

In 2007, Bass stated that he had faith Timberlake would return after six months off to record another album with 'N Sync, and that he felt "completely betrayed" by Timberlake's 2004 decision to pursue his solo career instead.[29] Bass has also said that he has little hope for a reunion, since Timberlake has "made it clear that he wouldn't be interested in discussing another album any time soon."[30] Despite these statements, Bass has denied that he harbors any ill feelings towards Timberlake, saying,

At that time... it did feel like betrayal. I felt heartbroken. All these emotions went through me. Today, I’m really happy, and Justin and I are really great friends. I don’t hate him at all. And I understand what he was going through, and it was as hard for him as it was for any of us.[12]

Free Lance Entertainment

In 2000, Bass formed a music management company named Free Lance Entertainment, which was a joint venture with Mercury Nashville, a division of Mercury Records.[4] Vowing to keep the company "a strictly family-run operation", Bass employed his parents and sister as talent scouts, and recruited childhood friend and aspiring country singer Meredith Edwards for the company's first release.[31] Edwards began touring with 'N Sync as an opening act in the fall of 2000,[31] and Bass teamed up with MTV to hold a nationwide talent search for more artists later that year.[32] However, Free Lance soon folded after disappointing sales of Edwards's debut album, Reach.[32][33]

Film, television and theater

Acting career

File:Onthelineposter.jpg
Promotional poster for the 2001 film On The Line

In 2000, Bass guest-starred as the character Rick Palmer on the WB drama 7th Heaven.[34] The following year, while 'N Sync was in the midst of recording Celebrity, Bass received his first starring role in the 2001 motion picture On The Line.[35] The film was produced by Bass's production company, A Happy Place (later renamed Bacon & Eggs), and featured appearances by Jerry Stiller, Al Green, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, former WWE wrestler Joanie Laurer, and Bass's bandmates Justin Timberlake and Chris Kirkpatrick.[35] The film also featured a soundtrack which included previously unreleased songs by 'N Sync and Britney Spears. Bass collaborated with Joey Fatone, Mandy Moore and Christian Burns (as the "On The Line Allstars") for the film's theme song, "On The Line".[36]

Miramax marketed the film heavily towards 'N Sync's teen fans; however, the film was a box-office flop, grossing only $4.2 million domestically compared to its production budget of $10 million.[37] Bass's performance was criticized by New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick, who wrote that Bass made "Freddie Prinze, Jr. look like Al Pacino."[38] Despite the film being critically panned, Bass has said that the true reason for the film's failure was its release date, which came a week after the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001. In his 2007 autobiography, Bass wrote, "That was it - our film was finished... once the country went to war, there was no way our film was going to be on anyone's top-priority list."[39]

After On The Line, Bass made cameo appearances in both Zoolander and Wes Craven's Cursed.[34] In the 2007 film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Bass played a wedding singer.[34] Bass has also lent his voice to several animated television programs, such as Robot Chicken and Disney's Kim Possible and Higglytown Heroes.[40] On August 14, 2007, Bass began a six-month stint as Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray, coinciding with the play's five year stage anniversary.[41] Of making his Broadway debut, Bass said, "I’ve always wanted to do Broadway. I think every entertainer’s dream is to eventually do some kind of theater in New York."[41]

Producing career

In January 2001, Bass formed his first film production company, A Happy Place, with film producers Rich Hull, Wendy Thorlakson and Joe Anderson.[42] The company received the Movieguide award for "Excellence in Family-Oriented Programming" for its first feature film, On The Line.[43] After On The Line, A Happy Place relaunched as Bacon & Eggs,[42] and produced their second feature film, Lovewrecked, in 2005.[44] The film debuted on the ABC Family Channel in January 2007, and starred Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, with Bass in a minor role.[44]

Bass later formed a separate production company named Lance Bass Productions.[3] On May 14, 2007, Brian Graden announced that Lance Bass Productions will be working with the LOGO network in executive producing a reality show about the music business.[45][46] It has been reported that the show will focus on the creation and development of an all-gay boy band.[47]

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Bass, Commander Sergei Zalyotin, and Flight Engineer Frank De Winne during familiarization training at the Johnson Space Center

Spaceflight plans

In August 2002, Bass entered cosmonaut training in Star City, Russia.[14] Bass was originally supposed to be the host of a space competition show to be entitled "The Big Mission", in which several contestants would go through rigorous training in order to win a seat on a Russian Soyuz space capsule. However, the game show concept fell apart when the producers of the show decided it would be a much better idea to shoot a documentary of a celebrity actually training and going into space, and airing it on a major network. The producers came up with the idea of using Bass when, while sitting with a friend and discussing the space project, the friend's daughter shouted out, "Lance Bass wants to go into space!" The girl, who was an 'N Sync fan, learned of Bass's lifelong dream of space travel when she read it in an online chat, and suggested Bass to the producers.[14]

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Bass's official cosmonaut photo, September 2002

In order to be admitted into training, Bass agreed to undergo heart surgery to correct cardiac arrythmia, which was discovered in 1999 when he collapsed after a concert.[48] After several months, Bass received cosmonaut certification and was scheduled to fly into space on the Soyuz TMA-1 mission that was to be launched on October 30, 2002. The capsule was scheduled to fly to the International Space Station, and land in a desert in Kazakhstan.[5] When the original deal to air the documentary about Bass fell through, Bass's camp turned to MTV who agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues".[14] Shortly after, all of Bass's other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor that pulled out because they worried about the image of their brand possibly being tarnished if Bass were to die on the mission.[14] Bass was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov, and an empty container.[6]

Bass's failed space attempt landed him on People magazine's list of "2002's Losers", coming in fourth place behind Michael Jackson, George Michael, and Senator Trent Lott.[49] On September 26, 2002, rumors began to surface that Bass was "depressed and suicidal" after his attempts at space travel had failed.[50] Publicists associated with Bass denied the reports, with one Jive Records executive saying, "Lance is a very happy person and I'm sure he's got more in his life than this trip, so I'd be very surprised if he got that upset about it all."[50] In his 2007 autobiography, Bass wrote that his failure to make it onto the Soyuz mission was "extremely embarrassing" and left him in a state of emotional exhaustion. "It was heartbreaking; there is no other word for it."[14]

In October 2004, during World Space Week, Bass was formally inducted as a member of the National Space Society's Board of Governors. Serving in an advisory and public outreach capacity, Bass has joined astronauts and prominent individuals who have made a lasting, positive impact on human space exploration, including actor Tom Hanks, journalist Hugh Downs and author and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke, among many others.[51] Bass has served as World Space Week's "Youth Spokesman" since 2003,[14] and has retained fluency in Russian.[52]

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Bass in Atlanta, Georgia, October 2007

Coming out

Bass revealed that he was gay in a cover story for People magazine on July 26, 2006.[7] There had been considerable media speculation about his sexuality due to numerous paparazzi snapshots of him at gay bars and nightclubs, most notably during the preceding July 4th weekend in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[53] Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton had also been posting items on his website about Bass's sexuality since September 2005,[54] and New York gossip column Page Six ran a blurb on July 12, 2006 that reported a sighting of Bass at a gay bar with his then-boyfriend, Reichen Lehmkuhl.[53] However, Bass has denied that any of these incidents were responsible for "outing" him, instead saying that his mother had already suspected that he was dating Lehmkuhl after Bass had introduced him to her as his "friend", and she eventually asked Bass's sister, to whom he had come out the previous year, for confirmation.[55][56] Bass said he decided to go public with his sexuality because he wanted to end the speculation on his "own terms".[7] In his coming out interview, Bass said,

The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say. I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I’ve been my whole life. I'm just happy.[7]

Bass's announcement received a large amount of media attention. The American public's reaction was generally positive, with Bass receiving "overwhelming support" from many teenagers and young adults who grew up listening to 'N Sync.[57] However, Bass received criticism from the LGBT community when statements that he made in his People interview offended some activists. In the interview, Bass referred to himself and his friends as straight acting. "I call them the SAGs — the straight-acting gays," Bass said. "We're just normal, typical guys. I love to watch football and drink beer."[58] This comment angered some members of the LGBT community, who believed that Bass not only implied that effeminate gay men were not 'normal', but further enforced unneeded stereotypes.[57][59] Bass, according to LGBT groups, also seemed to imply that he had little interest in the fight for equal rights, after Bass commented that he was not planning on "leading the parade".[8][58]

In a 2007 interview with the Southern Voice, Bass said these statements were misunderstood. “I am very new to this, so I would be stupid to lead the parades and talk at these events, because I don’t know what I'm talking about. I don’t know the phrases to say, and everything that I say is going to be taken wrong... I'll definitely get involved, but I'm not going to pretend I'm the smartest person out there [or say], ‘Listen to me because I know what I'm saying.’”[8] When asked by the Dallas Observer if he stood by his description of himself as a "straight-acting gay", Bass replied, "No... I was trying to say that there are so many types of gay people, just like there are so many types of straight people. And that just didn’t read well. I didn’t explain it well."[12]

Bass, along with then-boyfriend Lehmkuhl, was awarded the 2006 Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award on October 7, 2006.[8] The awards benefit gala was met with a harsh guest editorial in the Washington Blade from a long-time HRC supporter who claimed that neither recipient had done enough to deserve the award and that HRC was simply capitalizing on Bass's fame to sell tickets.[60] The Human Rights Campaign stood by Bass and defended his award, responding to critics by saying, "Bass is the biggest music star since Melissa Etheridge to come out, and maybe some people think HRC should just ignore these moments of cultural significance, but his declaration did initiate a positive, national conversation that continues today."[61]

Bass's 2007 autobiography, Out of Sync

Autobiography

Main article: Out of Sync

Following public response surrounding his coming out, Bass announced that he was releasing an autobiography. The book, entitled Out Of Sync, was published on October 23, 2007.[62] It was co-written by New York Times best-selling biographer Marc Eliot, who also wrote the book's introduction, and was published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster.[46][63] The 208-page book covers what Bass describes as "the first chapter" in his life, from his childhood growing up in rural Mississippi, to his efforts to obtain a seat on a Russian space capsule and the proceeding financial issues he had with his sponsors, and culminating with Bass's decision to go public with his sexuality.[62] The book includes details about boyfriends that he kept from family and friends and recounting 'N Sync's 2002 decision to go on an "extended hiatus".[63][46] Out of Sync debuted on the The New York Times Best Seller list for the week of November 11, 2007.[9]

Philanthropy

Bass has been involved with a number of charities during his career. In 2001, Bass founded The Lance Bass Foundation, a non-profit organization that was designed to meet the health needs of low-income children.[3] In 2003, Bass donated $30,000 US to establish the Amber Pulliam Special Education Endowment at The University of Southern Mississippi.[11] The endowment is in honor of his younger cousin, Amber Pulliam, who has Down's Syndrome, and was established to financially aid students from Mississippi's Pine Belt who plan a career in special education.

After 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Bass launched "uBid For Hurricane Relief", a celebrity auction to benefit victims of the hurricane, with uBid.com.[64] Many of Bass's family members in Mississippi were directly affected by the hurricane.[65] That same year, Bass appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where he wrote a check for $50,000 US and presented it to a Russian woman with Cerebral Palsy who started a camp for disabled Russian children.[66]

Personal life

Bass is the godfather of bandmate Joey Fatone's daughter, Briahna.[67] A practicing Christian, Bass has been vocal about his faith and has mentioned in several interviews that he considers himself "very religious"[68] and that he regularly attends church.[69][70] In a 2007 interview, Bass stated that, although he does not affiliate with a specific Christian denomination, he attends Presbyterian church services because, "they have really great music".[12]

Bass dated actress Danielle Fishel of TV's Boy Meets World for a year between 1999 and 2000, and attended her high school (Calabasas High School) prom.[71] On the October 23, 2007 episode of The Tyra Banks Show, Bass and Fishel said that their relationship was non-sexual.[72] Bass later said, "I didn’t want to do anything, because I knew I’d come out of the closet eventually, and I was thinking ahead, and didn’t want her to say, ‘I lost my virginity to a gay guy.'"[12]

In an October 2007 interview, Bass stated that he once married a former girlfriend in Las Vegas, Nevada.[73] Of the quickie wedding, he said, "The only reason we did it is because we wanted to get free drinks all night."[73] However, a marriage license search done the following day in Clark County, Nevada came up empty, with no record of Bass's marriage existing.[74] Bass's publicist, Ken Sunshine, immediately issued a statement that Bass was joking and that a legal wedding never took place.[75]

Bass dated Miami, Florida native Jesse Tannenbaum for two years between 2002 and 2004; in his autobiography, Bass refers to his relationship with Tannenbaum as the first time he was ever "in love".[76] In early 2006, Bass began dating Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl, who was Bass's real estate agent at the time.[58] Their relationship quickly became high-profile after Bass came out in July of that year.[7] The couple split in January 2007.[77]

Bass is currently in a relationship with New York-based hairdresser Ben Thigpen.[52][78][79]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Longshot Flight Engineer
2000 7th Heaven Rick Palmer Television guest role
2001 On The Line Kevin Grossed: $4,201,288
2001 Zoolander Himself Cameo appearance
2002 Kingdom Hearts Sephiroth Voice only, video game
2004 Kim Possible Robbie Voice only, television appearance
2004 Higglytown Heroes Electrician Hero Voice only, television appearance
Credited as James Lance Bass
2005 Cursed Himself Cameo appearance
2005 Robot Chicken Himself Voice only, television appearance
2005 Lovewrecked Dan
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Band Leader

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