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MusicSuzy ByrneLance Bass on the 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys rivalry: 'The animosity was real'
The rivalry between the Backstreet Boys and ’NSync was all manager Lou Pearlman's fault, says Lance Bass. Until they got wise.
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George Clooney's hotel boycott over Brunei's anti-gay death law gets support: 'I will never step foot in one of his hotels'
George Clooney is calling for a boycott of luxury hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei over a new law in that country that imposes death for gay sex or adultery — and he's getting support.
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He Created *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys — He Was Also The Ultimate Con Artist
There’s a moment in the Lance Bass–produced documentary about boy-band puppeteer and notorious conman Lou Pearlman that’s more heartbreaking than any one of the forlorn love songs *NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys (Pearlman’s biggest conquests) ever recorded. It’s the scene in The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story when the five members of *NSYNC recount the time when, three years into their stadium-touring, million-of-records-sold, screaming-teen-inducing careers, they are finally presented with their first cheques. Bass, along with Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez were at a fancy restaurant with Pearlman and their parents, expecting a massive pay day of at least seven figures.
