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Lance Bass (born May 4th, 1979 as James Lance Bass) is an American pop singer, dancer, actor, film and television producer, entrepreneur, manager, philanthropist and a certified Cosmonaut. Best known as a member of the phenomenally successful pop group 'Nsync he has also made a name for himself in a variety of other endeavors.

Early life

Lance was born in Laurel, Mississippi to James Irvin Bass Jr., a medical technologist, and Diane a 6th grade math teacher. Along with his older sister, Stacy, Lance grew up in nearby Ellisville, Mississippi, and was raised as a Southern Baptist.Lance sang in his Baptist church choir, which is where he sang for the first time.

As a young boy, Lance developed an interest in space.At the age 9, he traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida with his dad and granddad to visit his Uncle Julius and ended up getting to watch his first live space shuttle launch. Of this experience Lance said, "I was certain from then on that that my future was to be involved with space. At the age of 10, Lance attended space camp in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and aspired to attend college and study engineering, with the hope that he would one day work for NASA.

When Lance was 10 years old and in 5^th grade, his father was transferred to a different hospital, and the family moved to Clinton, Mississippi. In 7^th grade, at the age of 12 Lance met Darren Dale, who encouraged him to audition for local performance groups. When Lance was 13, he joined the Mississippi Show Stoppers, a state-wide music group sponsored by the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. In his second year with the Mississippi Show Stoppers, Darren and Lance picked five guys from the group and formed their own group, Seven Card Stud. In his freshmen year he joined the big high-school show choir called the Attaché Show Choir, a national-award-winning competitive show choir group at Clinton High School.

At Clinton High School, Lance was elected vice president of his junior class, and has said that he performed well in math and science. However, Lance later stated that his primary focus during high school was singing, and when looking back, he remembers "hardly anything" about academics.

Music career

In 1995, during his junior year of high school, Lance received a call from Justin Timberlake and his mother, Lynn Harless, who asked Lance if he would be interested in auditioning for a popgroup that Justin Timberlake was a part of. After the group's original bass singer, Jason Galasso, had quit, Justin's vocal coach (who had worked with Lance Bass during his time as a Mississippi Show Stopper) recommended Lance as a replacement. Lance was accepted into the group, which was later named 'N Sync, after auditioning in front of the other band members and Lou Pearlman, and soon left school to move to Orlando, Florida and rehearse full-time. Lance has said that he did not know how to dance before he joined 'N Sync, and therefore found much of the group's choreography difficult to learn.

According to an episode of VH1's Driven, Jan Boltz, president of BMG's German division, offered 'N Sync a recording contract under the condition that they replace Lance, whose dancing, he felt, "wasn't at the same level as all the others". However, the other members of the group refused to accept the contract without Lance, and the group's manager, Johnny Wright, convinced Jan Bolz that Lance's dancing would quickly improve. Jan Bolz conceded, and the group soon moved to Munich, Germany to record their first album with BMG. 'N Sync began extensive touring in Europe, and Lance's mother quit her job to tour with the group as a chaperone, as Lance was still a minor.

After gaining significant notability in Europe, 'N Sync was signed to American record label RCA in 1997. 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 Lance describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence"

Along with increasing fame and recognition in the United States the band also experienced a highly publicized legal battle with Lou Pearlman. '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. The group threatened to leave and sign with Jive Records, which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue 'N Sync for $150 million, citing breach of contract.  In Dec. 1999, 'N Sync and Trans Continental settle and 'N Sync signed with Jive.

In March 2000, 'N Sync released No Strings Attached, which became the fastest-selling record of all time, selling 1.1 million copies in its first day of release. In 2001, the group followed up with their Celebrity album, which scored the second highest first-week album sales ever, trumped only by the group's previous album. 'N Sync went on to sell over 56 million records worldwide. In 2002, the group announced that they would be taking a "hiatus", during which Justin Timberlake and JC Chavez began to record solo material. 'N Sync has not recorded new material since, and Lance has stated that he feels the group has officially disbanded.

In 2005, Joey Fatone and Lance talked with MTV. Joey was unsure and Lance had faith. In 2005, 'N Sync released their Greatest Hits Album. In 2008, Lance stated that a reunion is always a possibility but not being discussed. In 2009, Lance said he hopes for a reunion but wont stand in the way of Justin's success. 

Free Lance Entertainment

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

Acting career

In 2000, Lance guest-starred on the WB drama series 7th Heaven, playing Rick Palmer, a love interest for Beverly Mitchell's character, Lucy. In 2001, Lance starred in the Miramax film On the Line. Lance played Kevin, a man who falls in love with a woman on a train and begins a search to find her again. The film was produced by Lance's production company, A Happy Place (later renamed Bacon & Eggs). On the Line received the coveted Movieguide award for excellence in family-oriented programming. Lance received the Golden Apple Award as Male Film Discovery of 2001.

After On the Line, Lance made appearances in the film Zoolander and Wes Craven’s Cursed, Tropic Thunder and he played a wedding singer in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Also, appeared in television shows The Simpsons, Star Search, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and was a resident judge on NBC’s America's Most Talented Kid and co-host for the American Music Award's Red Carpet Party as well as many voices for Disney.  Lance played the voice of several animated television programs, such as Robot Chicken and Disney's Kim Possible and Higglytown Heroes.

On August 14, 2007, Lance Bass began a six-month stint playing Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray, coinciding with the play's five year stage anniversary. Lance ended his run in Hairspray on January 6, 2008.

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. After On the Line, A Happy Place changed its name to Bacon & Eggs and produced its second feature film, Lovewrecked, in 2005. The film debuted on the ABC Family Channel in January 2007, and starred Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, with Lance in a minor role.

Lance Bass later formed a separate production company named Lance Bass Productions. On May 14, 2007, Brian Graden announced that Lance Bass Productions will be working with the LOGO network in executive producing a reality television show about the music business. It has been reported that the show will focus on the creation and development of an all-gay boy band. In 2008, Lance co-produced The Grand, and Lance's company is reported to be developing a music docudrama about the life of rock bands on tour.

Space plans

In order to be admitted into training, Lance had to undergo heart surgery to correct cardiac arrhythmia, which was discovered in 1999 when he collapsed after a concert. After several months of training, Lance 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.

Several months before Lance was scheduled to fly, the original deal to air the documentary about Lance fell through. Lance’s camp turned to MTV, who initially agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues". Shortly after, all of Lance’s other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor that pulled out because they worried about the image of their brand possibly being tarnished if Lance were to die on the mission. Lance was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonauts.

Space advocacy

Lance Bass successfully trained to be a cosmonaut at Russia’s Star City and was certified by both the Russian Space Program and NASA. In 2003, Lance began serving as World Space Week's Youth Spokesman.  He is still currently the National Youth Spokesperson for World Space Week- a program designed to educate youths about space and space travel.

Lance has stated that he believes young people becoming more interested in space exploration "will help the future of our planet". From 2003 to 2005, Lance spent World Space Week traveling to American high schools speaking with students about space exploration and encouraging them to explore careers in the fields of science and mathematics. Lance is a member of the National Space Society, a non-profit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. Lance has served on the National Space Society's Board of Governors since October 2004, alongside other space advocates such as actor Tom Hanks and author and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke. In a 2007 interview with GQ magazine, Lance stated that he "absolutely" still intends on going to space, and that he hopes to work on a space documentary. Lance has also retained fluency in Russian, which he was required to learn during his training.

Charity Events

Lance Bass has been involved with a number of charities during his career. In 2001, Lance founded The Lance Bass Foundation, a non-profit organization that was designed to meet the health needs of low-income children. In 2003, Lance Bass donated $30,000 US to establish the Amber Pulliam Special Education Endowment at The University of Southern Mississippi.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. Proceeds from the auction were split between the Child Welfare League of America, The Brett Favre Fourward Mississippi Foundation, and Ashton Kutcher's RockWorks Foundation. Many of Lance Bass's family members in Mississippi were directly affected by the hurricane. That same year, Lance Bass appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where he wrote a check for $50,000 and presented it to a Russian woman with Cerebral Palsy who started a camp for disabled Russian children.

Lance Bass is a member of the Environmental Media Association's Board of Directors. He has also been involved with Animal Avengers, Shannon Elizabeth's animal rescue organization, and has two dogs, Dingo and Foster, which he adopted from a rescue shelter.

Sexuality

July 26, 2006, Lance revealed that he is gay in a cover story for People magazine. In August 2007, Lance wrote a guest commentary for LOGO's "Visible Vote '08" blog, in which he expressed support for gay marriage. In September 2007, Lance participated in a series of GLAAD television advertisements promoting tolerance for the LGBT community. In December 2007, Lance was on the cover of the new issue of The Advocate for the magazine’s special 1,000th issue. In the accompanying interview, Lance talks about his life, love and celebrity blogs. Later in 2007 he, along with then-boyfriend Lehmkuhl, was awarded the 2006 Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award on October 7, 2006. Lance has also been involved in fundraising for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. 

Autobiography

Following public response surrounding his coming out, Lance announced that he was releasing an autobiography. The book, entitled Out Of Sync, was published on October 23, 2007. 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. The 208-page book covers what Lance 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. The book includes details about boyfriends that he kept from family and friends, and recounts 'N Sync's 2002 decision to go on an "extended hiatus". Out Of Sync debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list for the week of November 11, 2007.

DWTS

Lance was on Season 7 Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with swing dance champ Lacey Schwimmer. The show started September 22, 2008 and ended on November 24, 2008. They finished in third place, following first runner-up Warren Sapp and winner Brooke Burke. Lance and Lacey joined DWTS on tour. The tour wrapped up on February 8, 2009.

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