JC Chasez affirmed in an interview with Launch.com that *NSYNC planned to regroup following Lance Bass’s space mission, signaling that the hiatus was not a permanent split. Melinda Bell’s journal update offered further insight into each member’s activities: JC was recording in Los Angeles, Joey was preparing for a film project, Chris was focused on FuMan Skeeto and fan outreach, Lance was recovering from surgery and organizing travel, and Justin was continuing photo shoots and studio sessions. Meanwhile, a Popdirt.com transcript of Justin’s TRL phone interview revealed few concrete details about his solo plans. MSN’s Cosmic Log tracked Bass’s cosmonaut training in depth, reporting steady updates on his progress toward qualifying for the Soyuz mission.
June 2002
1 Launch.Com. Publishes an interview in which JC responds to a question about the group’s hiatus.
Title: Matinee Idols
Author(s): David John Farinella
Original Source: Launch.com
Current link(s): https://web.archive.org/web/20021025064128/http://launch.yahoo.com/read/feature.asp?contentID=209140
2 Popdirt.com published a transcript of a telephone interview Justin did on TRL. This graphic features the portion of the transcript pertaining to Justin’s solo album.
Title: Justin Timberlake Phones Carson On TRL
Author(s): Unknown
Original Source: MTV Network Broadcast (unavailable)
Secondary Source: Popdirt.com
Current link: http://popdirt.com/justin-timberlake-phones-carson-on-trl/5111/#more-5111 (full transcript)
3 and 4 On June 13th Melinda Bell posted another update in her journal on NSYNC.com. These graphic contain direct quotes from the journal entry.
Author(s): Melinda Bell
Title: Melinda’s Corner
Original Source: Nsync.com/melindas_corner.html
Current Link: http://web.archive.org/20030425162735/nsync.com/melindas_corner.html
5, 6, and 7 Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log on MSNBC.Com featured semi-regular updates about Lance’s cosmonaut training and aspirations. These graphics feature direct excerpts taken from Boyle’s blog entries.
Title: Cosmic Log
Author(s): Alan Boyle
Original Source: MSNBC.com (blog no longer available)
Secondary Source: Cosmiclog.com
Current Link: https://cosmiclog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/coslog-archive1.docx (MS Word Document containing archived MSNBC blog posts)
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