I'll come right out and say it: I spent a large portion of my life believing I was going to marry Lance Bass. I was a weird child. My life came crashing down when he finally confirmed he was gay, but sometimes I convince myself this is all a big trick and he is just waiting to meet me.

So you can imagine my sheer happiness today when news broke that Lance broke up with his latest boyfriend, Ben Thigpen. Who says dreams don't come true?

Call me, Lance!

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We accepted that Lance Bass was gay a long time ago, but he seems to keep reminding us by showing up at stuff like the opening night of The Showgirl Must Go On with Bette Midler. We get it, Lance. We put away our *NSYNC posters long ago. Let us grieve in private.

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• Smiths reference! Can you find it? [DListed]

• Ashley Olsen takes in The Police without Lance Armstrong. Before his time? [PS]

• Sexy animals costumes are weird, because they seem to intend to promote zoophilic feelings. [HT]

• "Daddy's Little Girl" tattoo right next to the crotch. Interesting, but not! [ICYDK]

• Winehouse and Doherty: The Booziest Show on Earth! [INO]

• Paris wears a camouflage miniskirt to show solidarity with our men and women overseas. Or maybe it was just "cute." [Yeeeah]

• Get green in '08! [CityRag]

• Nick Cannon attempts to defile another beauty queen. [EBG]

• Jossip Initiatives' very own intern Whitney takes an indefensible position. Good luck, and heat up my coffee. [Queerty]

After soundly losing a silly record sales competition with Kanye West, 50 Cent has initiated a book sales competition, guaranteeing his new book will outsell that of outed boy-bander Lance Bass. But despite 50's huge fan base, Bass likes his chances.

"50's going down, that's all I have to say," [Bass] said…

"…I don't want to playa-hate, but there's a lot that my book has" that his doesn't.

For example?

"I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any relationships with guys in that book."

Safe bet! The man knows his audience.

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• Topanga dated gay Lance Bass before he admitted to anyone he was gay. Surely he knew, and maybe she did, too. So many secrets! [DListed]

• Sidney Poitier is perfect. No debate. [PS]

• Back together! [INO]

• Prison Break spin-off? Busting out Lane? [ICYDK]

• Kim Kardashian doing Playboy. A regression, no? [HT]

• Horror opera with Paris Hilton? Greenlight! And burn some money, too, just for fun. [Yeeeah]

• Goose! [CityRag]

Literally gay former boy-bander Lance Bass tells GQ he came out of the closet to Britney Spears before he told many of his other friends and family, simply because he "felt bad for her" after her disastrous first marriage.

It was the night of her first wedding, actually. I was in Vegas with her, her dancers, her manager, and my boyfriend at the time… Her manager had already gotten rid of [her first husband] Jason [Alexander] - they’d flown him home. Britney was upset about what she had done…I felt the need to share something. So I sat her on my bed, and I’m like, Well, I’m gay!

Seeing as Bass was "with [his] boyfriend at the time," we're guessing the sit-down revelation was slightly unnecessary, but whatever makes the guy feel good about sharing his deepest secrets with Britney Spears before telling his own mother.

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Proving what a great friend he is, Justin Timberlake asked former band mate Lance Bass and his new boyfriend Pedro Andrade to leave his restaurant opening before him, thereby distracting the paparazzi while he and girlfriend Jessica Biel slipped away unencumbered. As Bass is much less successful than Timberlake, and therefore sheepish and obedient to him, he obliged. That's what friends who are terrified of crossing you are for.

More of the getaway under here.

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Here's Lance Bass' new boyfriend, Pedro Andrade, who's obviously such an obedient model that he doesn't mind if the photographer makes him look like a fucking pervert. Giddy up!

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Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhl called it quits today and belied these photographs, taken only days ago, of them being a happy couple:

This time it's really over! Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhl have unplugged — and this time it looks like it's for good.

Amid rumors of Reichen's involvement in "extracurricular" activities, the former 'NSYNCer just updated his MySpace page to reflect that his relationship status now reads "single," rather than "in a relationship."

Bass also changed the song that plays when his page opens. Now, Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around" plays while you browse Bass' page. This officially puts Lance back on the market …the first time as a single and out gay man. Lance assured his fans, "I am totally fine … so don't worry about me."

Changing the MySpace profile song to an "I've been burned" jam is the new closure for modern relationships. "What Goes Around" is a nice choice since it's new. We also would have accepted "Cry Me a River," "King of Wishful Thinking" and "I Will Survive."

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Jeans were the thing to wear at last night's William Rast Presents "Street Sexy" Party in LA last night. It was the LA Fashion week show of Justin Timberlake's William Rast clothing line. Way to take that "Street Sexy" theme to heart, guys. Especially you, Justin Timberlake, with your Hobo Chic neck hair. And you, Wilmer Valderamma with the heavy scarf that clearly doesn't belong at an indoor party. But especially to you, Paris Hilton, with your extra special 70s street walker wig.

• As per this morning's post: Marriage? Right away? Premium call, Kate Moss and Pete Doherty. [PopSugar]

• Lance Bass is very gay, in both senses of the word. [A Socialite's Life]

• The Today Show will have to do without the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Kirsten Dunst. How will they ever survive? [Celebrity Nation]

• Xtina: A little bit glam and little bit granny. [Hot Momma Drama]

• Conjoined twins and Tom Cruise, the possiblities for humor are endless. [DListed]

• Angelina Jolie: man-stealer, mom lover, child spoiler extrordinaire. [CityRag]

• Boy George sweeping, now in moving form. To think–it's only day one! [BWE]

• Mel Gibson makes Kirk Douglas roll over in his grave. Oh, he's not dead? Awkward. [Junkiness]

• It's not every day we get Penelope Cruz in a bikini. Thrilling, even if it's the least flattering bathing suit possible. [Celebitchy]

• Typical Madonna, talking something fun, like vodka, and doing something lame with it, like washing her clothes. [A Socialite's Life]

• Nick Lachey roughed up a teenager for trying to take a camera phone picture of the singer. You'd think he would be happy to ad another click to his ticker. [WWTDD]

• Tori Spelling and her husband are promised free porn for life, gauranteeing that said husband never actually has to think about Tori while they're doin' it. [Faded Youth]

• Was being forced out of the closet by a controlling boyfriend the best thing that ever happened to Lance Bass or the best thing that ever happened to Lance's boy toy's book sales? [DListed]

• Tara Reid needs a new make-up artist. Baby steps, people. [PopSugar]

• Nicole Richie is the saddest girl to ever wear a white satin party dress. [Hollywood Rag]

• What has long legs, a beak, and shows off its tailfeather? Paris Hilton, Shamlessae Hussius. [Gallery of the Absurd]

• At least she's sexier than Rod Stewart, right? Right? [DListed]

• Keira Knightly's scowl might give me nightmares tonight. [Teddy and Moo]

• Surprise, surprise, Lance Bass has been acting totally gay for years. [BWE]

• Do you wish that you were on Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley's honeymoon with them? Well, thanks to the wonder of paparazzi, you can feel like you are. [Celebitchy]

• Despite teaming with Reebok, Scarlett Johansson's idea of working out is walking to get pizza, and thanking God for being naturally smoking hot. [OAN]

Since former *N Sync-er Lance Bass has done such a good job keeping his relationship with Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl out of the internet rumor mill, his coming out in this week's People Magazine must come as quite a shock to the ageing teeny boppers still holding out for him. I mean, it's not like there were numerous and reliable first-hand accounts of the couple making out in Provincetown gay bars or anything. They were always photographed with at least two girls standing between them after all. How could anyone have known this was coming. Sarcasm aside, congrats to Lance on what must feel like a huge weight off his shoulders, and if he and Reichen are ever able to tie the knot in their state of choice, let's just hope they keep Lance's name.

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