Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Why I Hate Being Gay! 62 Reasons!"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Help! Blandness Has Taken Over Our Culture!"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2011

  "Fame Is Better Than Drugs And I Want To Mainline That Shit"

• 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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2010 Stories by Michael Musto

• Diana Ross Is Officially My Top Blog of All Time!

  published Dec 08, 2010

  My once-popular blog post about "People Who Work Your Last Gay Nerve" stalled a while ago at a mere 1124 comments. What gay nerve! But that only paved the way for the runner-up post, "Remembering Di... More >>

• The Best Drag King Names of All Time

  published Dec 07, 2010

  I'm always posting items about hilarious and insightful drag queen names, but how about the kingsr I'm glad you asked! Here are some really special ones I just happen to have thought of: No, really... More >>

• Will Spider-Man Flyr

  published Dec 07, 2010

  It sounded good on paper: Julie Taymor. Bono and The Edge. A Marvel comic classic. But the reality is that superheroes generally don't fly on Broadway, unless you count Thoroughly Modern Millie, ba-... More >>

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  Mr. US Gay and I Frolic at Sex Art Show

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Here's Mr. US Gay Eddie Rabon and my esteemed self at "Do Not Be Afraid," a no-holds-barred show of man-sexy art and photos at Thom Simmonds Gallery in Times Square Arts Center, aptly enough. Genita... More >>

• Sissy Spacek Was a Pop Singer! (Music Below)

  published Dec 07, 2010

  We all know Oscar winner Sissy Spacek as Carrie, Coal Miner's Daughter, and the co-star of this year's gritty rural drama Get Low. But in 1968, she called herself Rainbo and sang a pop ditty titled... More >>

• My Worst Travel Nightmare Ever

  published Dec 07, 2010

  A couple of years ago, I had to fly to L.A. to do a major TV appearance. I absolutely couldn't fuck this up. I hailed a cab to JFK and efficiently prepared to check in. But as I looked at my sheet... More >>

• Mel Gibson Hides Behind the Beaver

  published Dec 06, 2010

  The trailer for Mel Gibson's comeback film The Beaver, in which he's a disturbed man who lets a beaver hand puppet speak for him, is a masterpiece of unintentional guffaws for those with really cheap ... More >>

• Ballroom Dancing for New Year'sr

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Why not bring in the New Year actually touching your partnerr (You can go back to the frosty aloneness at the stroke of 12:01.) Try the Edison Ballroom's event featuring Joe Battaglia's New York Big ... More >>

• Remembering the "Eloise" TV Movie Disaster

  published Dec 06, 2010

  In 1957, Kay Thompson agreed to let her classic Eloise tale of a bratty girl living at the Plaza get made into a TV movie, as long as she retained full creative control -- sort of like Eloise herself.... More >>

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  Which "Disease Movie" Makes You Cry the Hardestr

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Love & Other Drugs has Jake Gyllenhaal falling for Parkinson's sufferer Anne Hathaway, his once-callow personality tested by the possible commitment to a challenging situation. But this being Holly... More >>

• Cherry Vanilla Regrets Not Banging More Rock Stars

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Cherry Vanilla is the ex-groupie/Bowie-publicist/rock performer with a new book out about the great times she had popping her Cherry. At a reading I went to the other day, Cherry sat on a gigantic, r... More >>

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  Addams Family Star: "This Show Has Been Shat Upon!"

  published Dec 01, 2010

  And she's fuming mad about it! But she's also a little annoyed about the less appealing aspects of her part in the show itself and the low-class audiences that come to lap it up on a regular basis. ... More >>

• 'Addams Family' Star: This Show Has Been Shat Upon!

  published December 1, 2010

  Broadway funny lady Jackie Hoffman is furious about the eight months of obsessive critical abuse that has been flung at The Addams... More >>

• It's Vacation Time!

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Sorry, folks, but even this well-oiled machine has got to slow down for a week and get lubed up again. Feel free to spend the time commenting on the millions of existing posts here, which should keep... More >>

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  Kim Kardashian: "I Love Being 30 and Single!"

  published Nov 24, 2010

  CLICK HERE for my column in which I talk to the biggest star since Paris Hilton about her People cover, her taste in jewelry, and her advancing age. It's really kool! And by the way, she's not really... More >>

• Chelsea vs. Hell's Kitchenr

  published Nov 24, 2010

  When a lot of gay action started migrating from Chelsea to Hell's Kitchen a few years ago, I assumed the former neighborhood would become as obsolete as phone calls. But the reality is that Chelsea i... More >>

• The Most Fabulous Video I've Ever Done

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Please indulge my Norma Desmond-like obsession with the past just one more time -- today -- and watch this YouTube classic, filmed at the notorious Limelight club by Nelson Sullivan sometime in the ca... More >>

• A New Pill to Maybe Prevent AIDS in a Lot of Cases

  published Nov 23, 2010

  And all it would cost in America is $14,000 a year for the rest of your life.But the Pope finally said whores can use condoms! Wouldn't that be cheaperr LINK... More >>

• "There's No Way I'm Going to Jersey Without My Hair Gel."

  published Nov 23, 2010

  No, I haven't lost my mind. If I ever go back to Jersey, I'll surely be brave enough to do it sans gel -- and even sans undies. I'm just quoting one of the beach blanket witticisms in the new Gym, ... More >>

• Kim Kardashian: "I Love Being 30 and Single!"

  published November 24, 2010

  Kim Kardashian is hotter than shiitake logs these days, so I joined the crowd at Soho's Bebe store to pounce on the... More >>

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  What Are We Thankful forr

  published Nov 23, 2010

  It's turkey time, which is a fabulous chance to sit back and savor all the things we're not all that unhappy about. Let's drop the ironic posing for a second and be sincere on this topic, please.Dig ... More >>

• Marlene Dietrich Listened to Records of Her Applause!

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Christmas 1962. Noel Coward was having a star-studded house party in wonderfully neutral Switzerland. After dinner, the double pianos were enchantingly taken over by Coward and Kay Thompson (you know... More >>

• My Out 100 Photo Redone, Warhol-Style

  published Nov 23, 2010

  The above image was flashed on a large screen at the Out 100 party last week at the IAC Building as thousands cheered. It's me, filmmaker Kimberly Reed, and VH1's Laverne Cox, all striped and strobed... More >>

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  Male Prostitutes Rejoice!

  published Nov 22, 2010

  For years, every hustler I know has been frantically wondering, "What does the Pope feel about condom user I think he's, like, against it, rightr I will only do what he says. He's the one I turn to fo... More >>

• The 50 Unsexiest Men Alive

  published Nov 22, 2010

  I usually try to stay away from items making fun of celebrities' looks, though I feel it's fair game to mock anything about their appearances that's voluntary, i.e. a choice. And these people have ma... More >>