Here's something that never happens. Embedded below is a video that was meant to be embarrassing for Lance Bass, but has ended up, in the long term, being embarrassing for Justin Timberlake! Wouldn't you think it's ALWAYS the opposite?! You GO, Lance Bass!

When it was aired on MTV in 2000, this *NSYNC clip got big laughs because Lance forgot his lines. Not only that, but in the video, Justin goes on to jump around the room, enthusiastically mocking his bandmate.

Thing is, when you watch this video in 2009, you forget Lance's flubbed line the second you see JT's chia-head and hear his crazy adolescent voice. Course you can't hate. That voice made a whole buncha people a whole bunch of money (as did Lance Bass's ability to get those lines right when it counted). But man, this video is hilarious.

+ Kevin Federline sez he was, like, totally shocked when Britney filed for divorce. "I was trying to work stuff out with her," claims K-Fed, who swears he was "completely blindsided." Still, Kev insists he's got nothin' but love for his ex. "That's the mother of my children. Just because I'm not in love with her doesn't mean that I don't love her. I'm [still] rooting for her." (MTV News)

+ Hey, ya know who else is rooting for Britney? EVERYONE. Spears' "Don't call it a comeback" tour continued last night with a circus-themed birthday celebration in NYC, where Britney was joined by celeb pals Lance Bass, Ciara, Heidi Klum, Jeremy Piven and, of course, her moms. (MTV News)

+ Omigod, you guys! Did you know Rihanna almost didn't record her smash hit, "Umbrella?" Thankfully, she did! And now you get to think about it EVERY SINGLE TIME it's the teensiest bit overcast outside. Yay! (ContactMusic)

+ You know financial times are tough when even rapper/megamillionaire 50 Cent is feelin' the burn. (Remote Control)

+ And speaking of cost-cutting, these days, not even Diddy can afford to keep sampling other peeps' music. The horror! (Spin)

+ Jessica Simpson attributes her (relatively) newfound interest in religion to a three-part series the Discovery Channel did on The Da Vinci Code. Hey, whatever works. (Scandalist)

+ Amy Winehouse's hubby Blake Fielder-Civil is back behind bars after skipping out of rehab and testing positive for drugs. (I KNOW!) (Usmagazine.com)

+ Pete Wentz has much to say about hottie Brit "footballer" David Beckham! But here's our fave line: "Very few people can pull off wearing a suit and wear football shorts. He can do both. I’m pro David Beckham. He’s a good looking guy." (Showbiz Spy)

+ Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wentz can't wait to give birth to their little bundle of joy. "[Ashlee] wants to have it because it's, like, a struggle to go up and down the stairs," remarked the doting daddy-to-be. (Usmagazine.com)

+ And speaking of the circle of life, Lil Wayne helped to deliver his baby son ("I held the left leg the whole time!") then shared a few words of thoughtful reflection. "It was nasty, very nasty, but it was wonderful," said Weezy. "He’s the best thing to ever happen to me, next to my daughter." Phew, good save! (MTV News)

+ Say hello to Gwen Stefani's new offspring! He's gorgeous, obvs, just like his big bro, Kingston and, oh yeah, his parents. (PopSugar)

+ Why did the Beatles agree to sell their soul -- we mean their music -- to "Rock Band?" Allow us to explain! (Best Week Ever)

+ Lance Bass might be 100% gay, but that still doesn't change the fact that we're 100% head-over-heels in love with him. (E! Online)

+ The Grateful Dead prove they can keep right on truckin' into the next millennium. (Rolling Stone)

+ Former American Idol contestant Josiah Leming is learning that you can check into AI -- but you can never leave. (MTV News)

Lance Bass,

I will be honest. Until recently Dancing With the Stars was nothing more to me than another reality show where sports stars I wouldn't otherwise be able to identify went to breathe one last breath into their dying careers.

But with the inimitable Cloris Leachman, Kim Kardashian's rear, and, of course, you, Lance Bass, starring on this season's show, I knew I had to give it a shot.

And Lance Bass, after your performance last night, Tom Bergeron read my mind when he said why couldn't that have lasted longer? Lance, you and your rock-n-foxtrottin' partner -- Kat Von D in character shoes! -- quick-stepped to one of my favorite Cure songs, "Close To Me," (and they said it couldn't be done!), employing steps like "the gingerbread man," "Transformer," and, endearingly, "the prairie dog," and directives like "pee like a dog on a hydrant" and ended it with a devil-may-care kiss!

And I. Was. Hooked.

Tonight I'll be watching the third of this week's three (!!!) episodes without a shred of irony (alright, it's helped that I've been sick all week too), and I can honestly say I can't wait.

Godspeed you, Lance Bass. May you and Lacey Schwimmer rack up more points than David Hasselhoff on a breathalyzer.

And Clay Aiken, may you bloom and grow into a man as fine as Lance. And someday, if you ever do Dancing With the Stars -- excuse me, DWTS -- I'll be voting for you like your last name was Obama.

xoxo,
Tamar

+ PS: JONAS BROTHERS ARE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS TONIGHT!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

If you're wondering exactly how chill OneRepublic is, the answer is this -- so chill that despite being up for 36 hours straight, the soul-pop fivesome still took their sweet time to talk to us after they finished performing live on TRL, even though they probably would've rather been back at the hotel napping.

First we caught up in the MTV Studios green room and reflected upon the finer points of the show: the wad of $2000 in real bills dangling from a gold rope around The-Dream's neck; and Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams, whom the boys declared can "Sing. Like, Kelly Clarkson-sing." Then we chatted about Brit rock, Lance Bass and what it feels like to be treated like The Hoff. Read on, won't you?

Buzzworthy: Before we get into it, let's talk touring, because you're blowing up, and people wanna know when they can see you live. What are your tour plans for 2008?

Ryan Tedder: We'll be all over Europe in February and touring with Maroon 5 in New Zealand and Australia in March. And pretty much any time we're not out of the country, we'll be playing in the states. Just in the next month alone, we're in Vancouver, Miami, Boston and San Diego, so it's like we're in all four corners of the country.

BW: We'd be remiss if we didn't ask this: how do you feel about all those comparisons to Coldplay? Read more...

Ew. So apparently Lance Bass does NOT love New York. Or wait… he does? Or does he? The former boy bander is in town to play the role of cheesetastic TV host Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray, but got less than a warm welcome from our real estate market. Apparently he saw a bunch of places that he considered overpriced, style-deficient garbage, and then he proceeded to take a verbal bunz on our great city when he apparently said: "There's a lot of crap here for a lot of money... I don't think anyone here has any style. I was looking at fully furnished places and it was like, you can either have a bunch of floral prints or some dusty couch from the 1960s."

He later recanted the statement and fired back at the reporter, who he says misquoted him, in what we think is a rather well-written letter, which he signed "Proud New Yorker."Â New York Magazine has also reported that Lance claims he was the worst dancer out of all five NSYNCers. (We wouldn't wanna step out next to Justin either, but were you REALLY worse than Chris Kirkpatrick? Really?)

Anyway, at this point the drama (which we love, of course), is a matter of he-said/ she-said, but we say if New York is good enough for the inimitable Ashley Parker Angel, (who's also in the show), it's good enough for you, Lance! One more anti-New York word outta your pretty little pouter, and we're gonna stand outside of the stage door of the Neil Simon and have you sign a headshot of Justin Timberlake.)