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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2002 Stories by Michael Musto

• NY Mirror

  published December 31, 2002

  Oy, what a year! Dana Giacchetto did my taxes, Peter Bacanovic my stock-broking, Arthur Andersen my accounting, Rosie... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published December 24, 2002

  At glamorous movie premieres, you stand out in the cold as some power-crazed doorman tells you to "step the fuck back," advice you ignore, pushing... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published December 17, 2002

  Chicago the movie is finally opening after years of speculation, revision, derision, and hope, and, as the ultimate Chicago queen, I... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published December 10, 2002

  The first Sunday gay night at Estate a few weeks ago was a monster hit, the queens taking to the renovated space like rats to Ecstasy. Honey, if... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 26, 2002

  With anticipation in my heart and tip money in my shoes, I raced to the industry-only reopening of the Limelight, I mean Empire, I mean Escape, I... More >>

• Good Pill Hunting

  published November 19, 2002

  The glory of Valley of the Dolls—the flashy, trashy '67 inside-showbiz epic based on the Jackie Susann novel—is that no one... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 19, 2002

  Breaking news 11/20/02: I hear Liza Minnelli and David Gest are planning to sue VH1 in the wake of the channel’s... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 12, 2002

  It's fun to see drag queens grabbing the brass ring with their painted talons, especially since success seems to make their barbs more loving,... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published November 5, 2002

  I'm torn between joy and suicide now that they're planning to remake the inside-showbiz cautionary tale Valley of the Dolls, which has long... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 29, 2002

  "Miami, you are cuter than/An intra-uterine," as the legendary lyric from The Golden Girls goes. And indeed, South Beach is so winsomely... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 22, 2002

  It's pilot season—in my mind, at least—which doesn't require you to don your hottest look and hang out in airport lounges. It means it's... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 15, 2002

  Thanks to the E! True Hollywood Story-ization of the movies, Greg Kinnear gets a raunchy departure with... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 8, 2002

  The glitz! The gallantry! Da noive! Put 'em all together and you've got the New York Film Festival's opening-night gala. Things were... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published October 1, 2002

  The best of New York? The fake flowers at the big 99-cent store in Corona (but the vase costs extra), the three-salad special at Michelle's... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 24, 2002

  With more media elves than ever scrambling for stories, it only takes two similar movies to make up a trend, which is probably why there are so... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 17, 2002

  A giddy genderpalooza called Qwe're Musicfest was all set to launch last week at Tompkins Square Park, where the... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published September 10, 2002

  We have some catching up to do, chickens. First of all, Joey Fatone's opening night in Rent almost had me... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 27, 2002

  Fizzy model-slash-actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos has a hot lezzie scene in the upcoming movie Femme Fatale,... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 20, 2002

  Betsey got wetsy in the Hamptons the other day—but I'm getting ahead of myself. See, the preternaturally youthful design legend More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 13, 2002

  As sure as Anastacia is the new Taylor Dayne, Asbury Park—the sea jewel of New Jersey—is starting to... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published August 6, 2002

  Hey, you guys—no, wait, stop the truck! As a presenter at some gay literary dinner recently, I got heckled for referring to the organizers as... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published July 30, 2002

  The inevitable next step after all the celebrity-based reality tv shows on which fading stars unveil dysfunctions for ratings, Psychotherapy... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published July 23, 2002

  Marching to her own drag drum, host-MC Linda Simpson lured us to Marion's Continental for an all-star revue... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published July 16, 2002

  The Two Boots complex on Avenue A is starting to rival Lincoln Center in the sheer diversity of its kooky entertainment. In addition to that... More >>

• NY Mirror

  published July 9, 2002

  What famous African American couple is bi? What old-time actor, when he has to wear a wig in a movie, has them put it on over his wig,... More >>