Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - Fans, this seems already to have been a perilous season for "DWTS" dancers. First, Jeffrey Ross sustained a scratched cornea, forcing him to wear an eyepatch during his brief stay on the show. Second, pro Karina Smirnoff twisted her ankle and had to sport an Ace bandage that was at least two shades lighter than her spray tan. And now comes word that Misty May-Treanor suffered an ankle injury -- not a broken ankle, as some reports claimed -- and her status is uncertain. We'll get an update on tonight's show.

In happier news, today I interviewed Lance Bass during a

Playbill.com - New York, NY, USA - Lance Bass will be the second 'N Sync member to make it to Broadway when he assumes the role of Corny Collins in Hairspray Aug. 14, a day before the fifth anniversary of the hit musical's opening.

Joey Fatone, his boy-singer pal from the now-disbanded pop group, has appeared as Mark in Rent and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. In Hairspray, Bass will play Corny, the charming Baltimore TV dance-show host, through Jan. 6, 2008, a spokesman said.

Bass will be with Hairspray during the period following the July release of the movie version of the Marc Shaiman-Scott Wittman-Thomas Meehan-Mark O'Donnell