Mary Ann Mobley
American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959 (1937-2014)
Lance Bass was a member of the massively successful pop group NSYNC. He pursued a career in entertainment, including acting, producing, and even training to be a cosmonaut. In 2006, he publicly came out as gay and released an autobiography.
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About the Lance Bass
James Lance Bassis an American singer, dancer, actor, podcaster, film and television producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC. The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. NSYNC’s success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the 2001 film On the Line, which his company, Bacon & Eggs, also produced. Bass later formed a second production company, Lance Bass Productions, as well as a now-defunct music management company, Free Lance Entertainment, a joint venture with Mercury Records.
After completion of NSYNC’s PopOdyssey Tour, Bass moved to Star City, Russia, in a much publicized pursuit of a space tourism seat on a Soyuz space capsule. Bass was certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program after several months of cosmonaut training and planned to join the TMA-1 mission to the International Space Station. However, after his financial sponsors backed out, Bass was denied a seat on the mission.
In July 2006, Bass came out as gay in a cover story for People magazine. He was awarded the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in October 2006 and released an autobiography, Out of Sync, in October 2007, which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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Lance Bass is known for being a singer, dancer, and bass member of the popular boy band NSYNC, which sold over 70 million records worldwide.
After NSYNC’s success, Lance Bass pursued a career in acting, producing films, and even training to be a cosmonaut to go to the International Space Station, though he ultimately did not get to go.
Lance Bass came out as gay in a 2006 cover story for People magazine, and was later awarded the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award.
In 2007, Lance Bass released an autobiography titled ,Out of Sync, which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list.
Lance Bass grew up in Mississippi before finding fame as part of the pop group NSYNC.
4 Quotes by Lance Bass
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He’s a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.
Lance BassAmerican singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
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I can’t bear looking in the mirror – I guess that’s why my hair looks like this.
Lance BassAmerican singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
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The beginning of the shows are different. One time we’ll say ‘Hello, Denver’. Another time we’ll say ‘Hello, Memphis’. It’s always different.
Lance BassAmerican singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
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You’ve got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.
Lance BassAmerican singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer