If ever there were an official hymnal of love songs, rest assured several of the standards would have derived from Joe's well-referenced music catalog. His skilled yet innate ability to blend smooth, sultry vocals with disciplined musicianship and songwriting has edified hearts the world round with an amazing grace that is both entertaining and divine.

Nick Lachey's former 98 Degrees bandmate Jeff Timmons is hoping to recreate his boy band days in a new US reality TV show. Timmons has been selected to lead a quartet of has-been pop stars as they attempt to form a new supergroup.

During the '90s, boy bands reigned supreme and the likes of Backstreet Boys, N*SYNC, 98 Degrees and O'Town ruled the airwaves, spawning a legion of imitators that seemed to multiply unchecked. As part of the boy band club, they sang, danced, and for half a decade maintained a stranglehold on their massive and overwhelmingly female audience.

Happy Birthday to Aussie singer Delta Goodrem (1984), thong lover Sisqo (1978), singer Nick Lachey (1973) of 98 Degrees, blues singer Susan Tedeschi (1970), WWE star Chris Jericho (1970), the Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno (1951), baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson (1935), astronomer Carl Sagan (1934; d. 1996), actress Dorothy Dandridge (1923; d. 1965), and Austrian screen siren Hedy Lamarr (1913; d. 2000).

VH1 gives rockers, rappers, boy banders and fallen music execs a cozy spot in the home for music and pop culture. The network just greenlit six new series: "Irv Gotti Project," "Man Band," "ego trip's White Rapper Show," "Whitestarr Project," "Rags To Riches" and "Bridging The Gap." More info after the jump:

Former 98 Degrees band member Jeff Timmons pleaded no contest to charges of reckless driving and refusing to sign a citation and was sentenced to a year of probation on Wednesday. Lawyers for Timmons entered the no contest plea to the two misdemeanors in a Florida courtroom. The 33-year-old was ordered to undergo treatment for alcohol and substance abuse and must serve 50 hours of community service.

Singer/actor Nick Lachey has finally realized "I don't understand women" after divorcing wife-of-three-years Jessica Simpson. Lachey's fairytale marriage to Simpson, which was documented in MTV's reality show Newlyweds, ended last year, and the former 98 Degrees star confesses the confusing break-up, as well as a new sitcom project, has made him question the difference between the sexes.

Pop hunk-turned-reality TV star Drew Lachey is set to show off his ballroom skills again - as the host of an upcoming dance marathon. New dad Lachey, who won the second season of US TV hit Dancing With The Stars earlier this year, will put ballroom babes and beaus through their paces at the Wrigley's Extra Long Dance-a-Thon fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York on the longest day of 2006.

Former 98 Degrees star Jeff Timmons was arrested last month on suspicion of drunk driving and operating a vehicle without a valid license. Timmons, who sang in the popular boy band alongside Nick and Drew Lachey in the 1990s, was pulled over by police in Florida after a celebrity softball game on April 23.

Nick Lachey is reportedly furious with Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner after the veteran journalist promised him the front cover of the music bible but instead printed the interview in American publication Us Weekly.