There were some familiar faces popping up at almost every party during the Toronto Film Fest, which ended last week. If you say you were at a film fest party and you didn’t see Samuel L. Jackson at some point, you probably weren’t really at a film fest party.

But an unlikely couple made the rounds — Lance Bass and partner Reichen Lehmkuhl.

Bass, the former ‘N Sync member who came out of the closet at the end of July, was in Toronto shopping around a few movie ideas.

“I’m looking for directors and writers,” Bass told andPOP on the Premiere Lounge red carpet, about an hour before Wyclef Jean performed. “I have a couple of projects that I’m looking for financing. I’m meeting a lot of new people.”

Bass said he has one film that will be suitable for some musicians who want to get into acting, much like he did with the film “On the Line.”

“It’s been a very successful week. Hopefully things will get going in the next month or so,” Bass said, with Lehmkuhl by his side.

Meanwhile, Lehmkuhl was hoping that appearing in Toronto would help him promote his book, “What We’ll Say: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force,” released at the end of August.

“It is about my coming out of the closet at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the other cadets who came out of the closet with me and how we created a secret society to survive there,” he said. “I want to expose what the ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ policy is doing to our service academies that are being paid for by U.S. tax dollars.”

He hopes the book can shake up the military.

“I hope we come one step closer to eradicating the policy and the ban on gay people serving in our nation’s military.”

When Bass confirmed that he was gay, some media reports speculated that Lehmkuhl pushed him into revealing his sexual preference to help him sell his book. Not so, says Lehmkuhl.

“I’ve been working on the book for two years so it’s hard for me to hear that. This is my baby and I’m going to do my best to promote it,” he said, adding that he is “very proud of Lance.”






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