Lance Bass

At 44 years old, Lance Bass has this physical status:

Career

Bass's musical career has mainly revolved around his time with NSYNC and operating a small management company.

Bass heard from Justin Timberlake and his mother, Lynn Harless, who asked Bass if they'd be interested in auditioning for the pop group NSYNC after the group's original bass player, Jason Galasso, had departed in 1995. As a Mississippi showstopper, Timberlake's vocal coach (who had worked with Bass at the time) recommended Bass as a substitute. Bass was accepted into the group after auditioning in front of the others, and then left school to Orlando, Florida, and rehearse full-time. Bass has said he didn't know how to dance before joining NSYNC, and consequently, he found much of the company's choreography difficult to comprehend. During an episode of VH1's Driven, Jan Boltz, president of BMG's German division, gave NSYNC a recording contract under the condition that they replace Bass, but "not at the same level as all the others." The other members of the company, on the other hand, refused to continue without Bass, and Bolz, the group's manager, convinced Bolz that Bass's dancing will continue to develop rapidly. Bolz resigned, and the band soon relocated to Munich, Germany, to record their first album with BMG. Bass's mother left her job to tour with the company as a chaperone when Bass was still a child, and she began extensive tours in Europe.

NSYNC was signed to the American record label RCA in 1997, after gaining a following in Europe. The group's first single, "I Want You Back," received major radio air play in the United States, and NSYNC soon found themselves to be a "overnight sensation," as Bass describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence." In addition to rising fame and success in the United States, the band also faced Pearlman in a court struggle due to what the group deemed illegal business conduct on his part. NSYNC filed a lawsuit against Pearlman and his recording firm Trans Continental for defrauding the company of more than half of its income rather than his original promise of receiving only one-sixth of the proceeds. The company threatened to leave and join Jive Records, which prompted Pearlman and RCA to sue NSYNC for $150 million US, citing a breach of contract. The injunction was dismissed out of court, and NSYNC signed with Jive after losing their money.

NSYNC introduced No Strings Attached, the first-selling record of all time, in March 2000, and it sold 1.1 million copies on its first day of introduction. In 2001, the group resurrects their Celebrity album, which earned the second highest first-week album sales ever, behind only by the group's previous album. NSYNC also has a worldwide record of over 5 million dollars. The group revealed that they would be going on a "hiatus" in 2002, during which Timberlake began to record solo stuff. Since being disbanded, NSync hasn't released new music, and Bass has stated that the band has officially disbanded.

Bass said in 2007 that he had faith that Timberlake would return after six months off to record another album with NSYNC, and that he was betrayed by Timberlake's 2004 decision to focus on his solo work instead. Bass has also stated that he has no hopes for a reunion after Timberlake has "made it clear" that he would not be interested in discussing another album "any time soon." Bass has denied that he had any ill feelings against Timberlake at the time, saying, "It felt like betrayal" at the time. I was heartbroken. All these emotions came through me. Today, I'm really happy, and Justin and I are such good friends. I don't dislike him at all. And I know what he was going through, because it was as difficult for him as it was for any of us."

Bass formed Free Lance Entertainment, a joint venture with Mercury Nashville, a Mercury Records affiliate, in 2000. Bass recruited childhood friend and promising country singer Meredith Edwards for the company's first release, deciding to keep it "purely family-run business." Edwards began touring with NSYNC in the fall of 2000, and Bass joined MTV and MTV to host a national talent search for more artists later this year. However, Free Lance was soon disbanded after disappointing sales of Edwards' debut album, Reach.

Bass appeared on The WB drama series 7th Heaven, playing Rick Palmer, a love interest in Beverley Mitchell's character, Lucy. Bass performed his first starring role in the 2001 motion film On The Line, which was during NSYNC's peak in recording fame. Kevin, a man who falls in love with a woman on a Chicago subway, began a hunt to find her for the second time. A Happy Place, Bass's production company (later renamed Bacon & Eggs), produced the film, which also included performances by Jerry Stiller, Al Green, former WWE wrestler Chyna, and Bass's bandmates Timberlake, Kirkpatrick, and Fatone, the latter in a big role. In addition, the film featured a soundtrack that featured previously unreleased songs by NSYNC and Britney Spears. Bass collaborated on the film's theme song, "On The Line," with Joey Fatone, Mandy Moore, Christian Burns, and True Vibe (as the "On The Line Allstars).

Despite heavy promotion for NSYNC teen viewers, the film was a commercial failure, grossing only US$4.2 million domestically despite its $10 million budget. Critics also dismissed the film, as well as Bass's acting. Bass later said that the film's success was greatly hindered by its release date, which came just one week after the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. "That was it – our film was finished," Bass said in his 2007 autobiography. "No way, we went to war, there was no way our film would be on anyone's top-priority list."

Bass appeared on On The Line as himself in Zoolander and Wes Craven's Cursed, and as a wedding performer in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In addition, Bass has appeared on several animated television shows, including Robot Chicken and Disney's Kim Possible, Handy Manny, and Higglytown Heroes. Bass performed Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts, a video game character. Bass began playing Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray on August 14, 2007, coincident with the play's five-year anniversary. On January 6, 2008, he came to a conclusion in Hairspray. Bass appeared in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder. Bass appears in the boy band Sev'ral Timez, which is a parody of NSYNC) as a guest star in the 2013 Gravity Falls episode "Boyz Crazy." Bass guest appeared on an episode of the Comedy Central series Review in 2014, in which he traveled through space alongside the show's lead character.

Bass appeared on season two of The Meredith Vieira Show as a full-time contributing panelist in 2015.

In 2017, Bass and his mother were the runners-up after competing with other teams in the FOX reality cooking show My Kitchen Rules.

Bass became a panelist for the forthcoming television series Unicorn Hunters, a business investment show where he and other judges determine whether or not to invest in start-ups and other businesses with high valuation potential in April 2021.

Bass was a contestant on season 7 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with swing dance champion Lacey Schwimmer. With Brooke Burke assisting Derek Hough and Warren Sapp as a teammate with Kym Johnson, Bass and Schwimmer reached their grand finale in the competition. Lance Bass came in third place in the series, with Burke taking the trophy.

Bass founded A Happy Place, his first film development company, alongside film directors Rich Hull, Wendy Thorlakson, and Joe Anderson in January 2001. The company was geared toward family-friendly films and received the Movieguide award for its first feature film, On the Line, and was voted "Excellence in Family-Oriented Programming." A Happy Place changed its name to Bacon & Eggs and produced its second feature film, Lovewrecked, in 2005 after On The Line. Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler appeared in a minor role in January 2007, but it was released on ABC Family in January 2007. This book has received mainly critical feedback.

Lance Bass Productions was later established as a separate production firm. Lance Bass Productions will be collaborating with the Logo network in executive producing a reality television show about the music business on May 14, 2007. The show will be devoted to the creation and growth of an all-gay boy band, according to reports. No such venture has been funded or broadcasted as of date.

Bass co-produced The Grand, and Bass' company in 2008, and the group is expected to produce a music docudrama about rock bands on tour.

Heart, Bass's own boy band, formed in October 2011. Bass, along with Mike C. Manning, became an executive producer of Kidnapped for Christ in August 2013. The film explores the controversial behaviour change techniques used on children at an Evangelical Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic. The film was sold to Showtime and will be broadcast on television on July 10, 2014.

On OutQ, a gay-geared station on Sirius XM, Bass hosted Dirty Pop with Lance Bass, a daily evening drive time radio show focusing on pop culture and entertainment news. Bass was also the host of the weekly "Pop2Kountdown" on Pop2K, which counts down the 30 top hits from that week's different year in the 2000s.

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