Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 22, 2010

  "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2010

  "Where's My Book?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 29, 2010

  "Year in Review"

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2012 Stories by Michael Musto

• Whitney Houston, RIP: My Thoughts

  published Feb 11, 2012

  ​I first saw Whitney Houston perform when she was a mere teen, though she exuded the professionalism and power of someone three times her age. In a Central Park concert, her mother Cissy Housto More >>

• Victoria Beckham, Fashion Icon

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ While her husband hawks underwear -- as well he should -- Victoria Beckham has become a rising star in the high-end fashion world. She's bringing her stuff back to New York's own Fashion Week More >>

• My Skin Care Regimen Makes The Years Fly Away!

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ I may look old, but not nearly as old as I really am! So I'm finally going public with my skin care secrets in order to help others in their battle with Mr. Crow's Feet.True, I happen to have More >>

• "Mindful Eating" Is The Hot New Thing For Your Mouth

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ Today's New York Times has an interesting article about a trend called "mindful eating," which is based on Buddhist principles and which will teach your taste buds a thing or two while making More >>

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  Tattoo King Won't Do Celebrities!

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ Or he will, but he'd actually rather not. At an Empire Hotel party for his fashion line yesterday, Miami Ink's Ami James told me he's not starstruck when it comes to doling out tats. "I'm a More >>

• Do You Have To Wear A Button-Down Shirt To Go To xlr

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ Not if you're posing for the invite, lol! But that's the excuse one guy was given when the doorman turned him away from the new gay club I wrote about this week. ("You should be more dressed More >>

• Octavia Spencer: What Do We Know About Herr

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​ She's the favorite to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Minny in The Help, so it's only natural we learn a little more about the woman, rightr Well, she's 39, 5'2", and ha More >>

• How's This For A Happy Facer

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​ Whenever I see a TV camera approaching, my face lights up like a Halloween pumpkin and all the hanging skin inflates like a Thanksgiving Day float based on a long-running animated character. More >>

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  Don't Cry For Amy Winehouse!

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​ Yes, her death was way premature and truly awful, but the time she spent on earth wasn't all tragic. So says the venerable Tony Bennett, who is Grammy-nominated for "Body and Soul," the duet More >>

• Glenn Close: New Queen Of The Oscar Losersr

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​ If the experts at GoldDerby.com (including me) are right, Glenn Close will tie Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter for the most losses in female-acting categories in Oscar history. They each have More >>

• It's Adele vs. Gaga At The Grammys Sunday

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​ And that's good because it'll take some of the heat off Gaga vs. Madonna. But who do you think will win the Grammy for Album of the Yearr The nominees: 21, Adele Wasting Light, Foo Fighters More >>

• I'm The King of Queens! I Visited The Gay Bars There!

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Yes, I checked out the queens in Queens. It was a snowy Wednesday night, but there was still some life to be found in the Jackson Heights bars, where salsa and merengue sounds, twinkly lights, and ch More >>

• Eddie Cibrian Photos: A Lustily Provocative Tribute To A Total Hunk

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​ Feast on your eyes on Eddie Cibrian, whom I first noticed as the towel-dropping masseuse in the 1998 dramedy Living Out Loud. My jaw dropped. Seems like everyone who writes a script for Edd More >>

• Pretty Poison Is Pretty Fabulous At Film Forum

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​ In 1968, a year after Bonnie and Clyde caused a sensation, the way more obscure Pretty Poison trotted out just as bizarre a criminal couple consisting of a weird guy with a sick imagination an More >>

• RuPaul's In Love With A Wyoming Rancher

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​ Today's fast-paced drag-queen superstars break all the rules. No longer are they in love with wonderfully kinky CEOs, go-go boys, hairstylists, or big, scary pimps. RuPaul, in fact, says the More >>

• Teen Idols And Low Urinals At New Gay Dance Club

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​ My new column takes you inside xl, the long-awaited, upper-case-in-spirit glossy dance club in the far reaches of West 42nd Street. And in the process, I tell you which recovering teen idol w More >>

• The Worst Tweet I Ever Read! It Hurt!

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​If you "bing.com" yourself, then press "News," various tweets with your name in them pop up, messages that you may not have seen by clicking on your Twitter account. And lordy, how I wished I More >>

• Fashion Week Approacheth! Here Are The Rules!

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​ Yes, there are rules. Disobey them and you become fashion-unfabulous in the drop of a hemline. *Run around Lincoln Center every day, telling strangers, "Gosh, I hate Fashion Week! I wouldn' More >>

• Kristin Chenoweth Is Paging The Olsen Twins

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ "I'd love to direct one of the Olsen twins in the story of my life!" cracked the Tony- and Emmy-winning star at the Drama League tribute in her honor at the Pierre last night. Chenoweth has s More >>

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  Gloria Estefan Loves Drag Queens! Exclusive Interview

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ She's featuring them in her new video! But first some background: The Cuban-born, Miami-raised "queen of Latin pop" is coming to mix with the gays this Friday night at the F*Word bash at Sp More >>

• Karl Lagerfeld: Greeks Are Disgusting, Russian Men Are Ugly

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ As the guest editor of Metro World News for one day, Karl Lagerfeld proved to be a sort of cross between Andy Warhol and the guy who tweeted dumb stuff about the David Beckham underwear ads. More >>

• Remember How to Dance, New York?

  published February 8, 2012

  New Yorkers are going to have to learn to dance again. After being conditioned to just sit around and blab thanks to years of lounges foisted... More >>

• Another Medical Scam Uncovered By Me!

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ Or it might actually be a cry for help, as it turned out. See, I recently had to undergo some medical procedures that I've written about. After they were all set up, I called to double-check More >>

• Madonna News! Madonna News!

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​ No, she's not going to do a movie of Cleopatra set in the Detroit cheerleading community. Or start a weight-loss Pilates regimen for women over 50 called Reductives. And no, she's not going More >>

• Were Your Parents Proud Of Your

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​ Are they stillr I'm sure the answer is yes, unless you're Christina Crawford. But we often convince ourselves that our parents weren't really supportive of us because it's easier to fall int More >>