ladies and gentlemen, joining us live via skype, lance bass is with us. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for joining us, lance. >> thanks for having me, jimmy. >> jimmy: lance agreed there would be no conditions on this interview, that this would be an open field, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> jimmy: okay, so for years, you've been the subject of much speculation, accusation. would you like to take a moment right now in front of the whole world to set the record straight? >> okay, jimmy. here goes. for many years, throughout the '90s, i had frosted my tips. >> jimmy: you frosted your tips. >> yes. i used chemicals to make the tips of my hair appear to be lighter than the rest of my hair. >> jimmy: but the tips of your hair weren't lighter than the rest of your hair. so in essence, you were cheating. >> yes. >> jimmy: wow. and did the other members of 'nsync know about this? >> j.c. knew, the others didn't. >> jimmy: do you think you guys should give back your grammys now? >> we didn't win any grammys. >> jimmy: do you feel like a weight has been lifted off your shoul

>> jimmy: thanks to mark wahlberg, thanks to jennifer lopez, thanks to lance bass, and thanks to "science bob" pflugfelder. again, go to his website, sciencebob.com. we apologize to mad damon, we did run out of time for him. "nightline" is next. free chips for everyone. thanks for watching. good night. >>> tonight on "nightline," an american icon's shattering confession. lance armstrong coming clean about the lies that could cost his reputation, millions, and his live strong empire. >>> heartbreak or hoax? the tragic romance that never was. the curious case of a college football star and his fake online girlfriend. tonight, was he duped or did he know? >>> and a dramatic rescue mission for american hostages held by terrorists in north africa. we have the latest as some of the missing make their way home. >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with bill weir. >> good evening, thanks for staying up late with us tonight. well, a cancer survivor wins the most grueling race in the world seven times clean. it's the kind of story we want to believe in, right? well, tonight brought confirmat

lance bass there was. >> i had to crash the gay parade. >> after this show -- you wanted to speak toe audience that we would sing duets. are you ready for our first one? >> no. they say we're young and we don't know we won't find out until we grow. >> babe. i got you babe? i don't know -- i don't know if all that's true because you got me and baby i got you. i got you babe, i got you babe >> i apologize to sonny and cher because that is not bringing it. >> we're going to do "you don't bring me flowers." >> i don't do karaoke. >> you must have a karaoke. >> do shrubs -- i don't want no scrubs >> tlc? >> is that don't bring me waterfalls -- don't go chasing waterfalls >> is that tlc? >> of course it is. >> during the break, we turned around to see who was there and anderson said i don't know anyone anymore, i'm old. >> it's true. >> who is watching, who is the demographic? my mom. >> your mom is older than my mom. my mom e-mailed me in all caps and she wanted to make sure we didn't get a cold. that was her concern. >> i was sniffling on the air. >> you look like a lohan. >> i don't kno

the trees will provide a habitat for the bass, blue bill and sun fish in horseshoe lake. >>> there are reports that lances enhancing drugs -- performance enhancing drugs. the "new york times" citing anonymous sources reports that armstrong is considering publicly admitting to doping in the hopes that officials will allow him to resume his career. armstrong's lawyer denies any knowledge of such a plan. >>> time is running out for the players in the nhl to salvage any the part of the season if in deals made. they negotiated for 12 hours and they started another session. two get a 48 game season, a deal needs to be reached by january 11th. >>> wildcard weekend gets underway today. and one game, the packards are hosting the minnesota vikings. fans showed up to help shovel snow from the stabbed as they often do. if they win tonight, they'll hid to san francisco to play the 49ers. >>> we'll get to watch and wait. no snow here. >> no. >> but maybe rain? it's coming. >>> rain is coming. take a look at the satellite. we're mostly cloudy and cool right now. here are asierra snow will be in the north this bring the