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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2010 Stories by Michael Musto

• A New Publisher for My Book!

  published Nov 22, 2010

  So I got the rights to my book back -- long story -- and was immediately besieged with lovely offers for a whole new publisher. And I've gone with Vantage Point Books, a prestige label which will twe... More >>

• What's the Best Courtroom Movie Everr

  published Nov 22, 2010

  You be the judge. Was it Michael Claytonr Erin Brockovichr A Few Good MenrThe Verdictr Judgment at Nurembergr Witness For The Prosecutionr To Kill a Mockingbirdr Twelve Angry Men Anatomy of a ... More >>

• Lose Weight With Preparation H

  published Nov 22, 2010

  I've heard for years about people who ingeniously use Preparation H to shrink the bags under their eyes, but I never imagined it would also be used to reduce one's waistline. So I was stunned when a ... More >>

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  Bitch Fight at the Movies

  published Nov 19, 2010

  I went to a screening at a large theater yesterday and was a little dismayed that it was mostly filled with skanks seemingly picked out of trash pails and sewers. Before the movie even started, a ver... More >>

• Mommie Dearest Dish From Rutanya Alda

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Rutanya Alda played loyal housekeeper Carol Ann in the 1981 flick about Joan Crawford's abuse of little Christina, who fought back with a tell-all. She's interviewed in my current column, but here ar... More >>

• I'm "Pithy, Scintillating, and Fearless"

  published Nov 19, 2010

  That's according to Jesse Archer's rollicking interview with me on 60 by 80. Check it out and you'll learn even more about my esteemed self than I know. Things like:Which celebs have snarled at mer ... More >>

• Legendary DJ Headed to Russia

  published Nov 19, 2010

  Moscow does not believe in tears, but it does believe in good DJs, so they're spending many a ruble to import a good friend of mine, legend Anita Sarko, to spin there. And not only will she spin, b... More >>

• Burlesque Director Helped Get Hustler for Boy Band Mogulr

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Here's more hustler dish from David Forest, who's writing a book in which he recalls his exploits as the head honcho, as it were, of an escort agency. "I thought it was kind of 'neat' when a hot, non... More >>

• 'Hookers for Jesus' Makes 'Hos Holy

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Hookers: Saved on the Strip is the new Investigation Discovery series (starting December 8) about Annie Lobert, "who sold her body in Sin City for over a decade" but now helps similar women get on the... More >>

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  Bristol Palin Semi-Apologizes for Willow's Homophobic and Illiterate Slurs

  published Nov 18, 2010

  In a new twist on a fiery Facebook drama, abstinence-loving Bristol Palin has stepped in to apologize for her sister Willow Palin having called a guy who'd derided mama's Alaska show an f-word. But h... More >>

• Campiest Actress Ever: Coral Browne!

  published Nov 18, 2010

  The great Coral Browne was a noted Australian actress with the following gay-camp screen credits: She was the larger-than-life actress Vera Charles in the ultimate campfest, Auntie Mame, opposite bos... More >>

• Pee-wee's Theater Is Ice Cold!

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Pee-wee Herman is doing his zippy Broadway show of bratty antics at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, which is a funny observation in itself, but not so riotous is the fact that the place is colder than... More >>

• "Bah, Humbug!" to Radio City's Christmas Spectacular

  published Nov 17, 2010

  For years, I was invited to The Radio City Christmas Spectacular and wrote glowing reviews praising its dazzling entertainment and expensive holiday uplift. I loved the 3-D Santa's sleigh ride that... More >>

• The King's Speech! Elf! Mommie Dearest! Mr. U.S. Gay!

  published Nov 17, 2010

  CLICK HERE for my column in which all of those things, plus a Shakespeare play, are dissected with my usual judgmental (with the emphasis on "mental") glee. Yes, this column is all over the place, so... More >>

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  Willow Palin's Homophobic, Illiterate Facebook Remarks

  published Nov 17, 2010

  Sarah Palin's TLC show Sarah Palin's Alaska is a touching, beautiful tribute to the state Palin basically said "fuck you" to by dropping out of the governorship to grab more money and power. Well, i... More >>

• The Wire Hangers Incident Never Happened!

  published Nov 17, 2010

  If you're gay and of a certain age, the iconic scene from Mommie Dearest where Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford shrieks at her daughter Christina, "No wire hangers!" has been ingrained into your being li... More >>

• Lifetime Is Doing Another Project Runway

  published Nov 17, 2010

  The network that brings you Project Runway is shooting a pilot for a a whole other, similar show with various designers competing for the approval of several judges. They asked me to keep this on the... More >>

• Merv Griffin and Rock Hudson's Hustler Tales

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Former escort agency entrepreneur David Forest has looked through the trees and written an upcoming tell-all, pausing to spill some of the racy beans-to-come to blogger J.C. Adams. Some of the tidbi... More >>

• YouTube Treasure: News Anchor Calls Blind Man Gay

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Talk about confusing your disabilities, ba dum pum. This short but sweet 2006 clip has a rattled TV anchor saying that upcoming on the program is an interview with a man who climbed Mount Everest -- ... More >>

• Fran Lebowitz Sort of Comes Out

  published Nov 16, 2010

  Acerbic wit Fran Lebowitz is the star of Public Speaking, the Martin Scorsese-directed documentary about her invariably funny take on things, which will debut Monday on HBO. It's a terrifically enter... More >>

• Colin Firth Said the C-Word!

  published November 17, 2010

  As George VI in The King's Speech, Colin Firth looks even sadder than he did onscreen last year, when he was suicidal over the... More >>

• Hot Photos From the U.S. Mr Gay Contest

  published Nov 16, 2010

  In between judging the U.S. Mr. Gay pageant in Philadelphia last Saturday, I encouraged fellow judge Mickey Boardman to put his tongue back in his mouth and take these shots of the hot-licious array... More >>

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  My Oscar Predictions Thus Far...

  published Nov 16, 2010

  ...along with those of other esteemed movieland pundits, as told to Goldderby.com. The gum-flapping gang has anointed The King's Speech, Colin Firth, Annette Bening, and Danny Boyle as the golden one... More >>

• A New Chain of Magazines

  published Nov 15, 2010

  I'm hearing that everywhere that has Plum TV -- which covers style, glamour, and lifestyles -- will soon have a Plum magazine, from Aspen to New York and beyond. Resorts and metropolises alike will b... More >>

• Cindy McCain Flip-Flops on Gay Rights

  published Nov 15, 2010

  Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, is a little less outspoken right now than a couple of days ago. Just the other day, she was part of an all-star anti-bullying video in which she critici... More >>