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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2011 Stories by Michael Musto

• Dynasty The Movie: Who'll Be In Itr

  published Jan 24, 2011

  Yes, a Dynasty movie is in the works--in Hollywood, imagination knows no bounds--but bear in mind that it'll be a prequel, set in the '60s. This way, if it's a hit, they can turn it into a series spi... More >>

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  Keith Olbermann, Thank You!

  published Jan 23, 2011

  For more than six years, I was a regular on your show, and from the start I felt we had a way more comfortable rapport than, let's say, Spitzer and whatshername. As we chewed over topics from Tom Cru... More >>

• Colin Farrell's Weird Animal Fixation

  published Jan 21, 2011

  In Peter Weir's The Way Back, a bitter-cold schlepp about Siberian Gulag escapees, Colin Farrell plays a thickly accented roughian who seems to use a lot of animal imagery in his conversation, often w... More >>

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  Calvin Klein, Go Back In The Closet!

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Calvin, darling, you're embarrassing yourself. What's worse, you're embarrassing the whole community. You were never really that much of a gay hero in the first place.Remember when you suddenly ha... More >>

• Guess Who The Surprise Performer Will Be at the Super Bowl Half-Time Showr

  published Jan 21, 2011

  We know that The Black Eyed Peas are all set to perform. But guess who I hear is joining themr La Toya Jacksonr No! It's Slash! The dude from Guns N' Roses! (But not the other dude from Guns N' ... More >>

• Driving Miss Daisy Ticket Giveaway!

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Want to see two legends--James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave--in the current Broadway revival of the Pulitzer winning Driving Miss Daisyr I'm giving away three pairs of ticke... More >>

• Honey Davenport: New Drag Queen On The Scene!

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Honey Davenport has the look, the moves, and the spirit to give the drag performance scene some zingy new energy. And this, her virgin La Daily Musto interview, will certainly propel her to the top ... More >>

• Willow Palin To Star in Annie!

  published Jan 20, 2011

  Kidding. That was just another attempt for me to get the Palin name into print so the whole family can become even more overexposed and hopefully implode. It's actually Willow Smith--the little daugh... More >>

• Joan Rivers: My Palin Jokes Cost Me A Fox News Booking

  published Jan 20, 2011

  My favorite comic, Joan Rivers, recently joked that Sarah Palin should go to another planet and get out of our faces, and that people are right to blame her for the Arizona shootings because "she's st... More >>

• My Weirdest Piece Of Press Ever

  published Jan 20, 2011

  Surely you read about the Portuguese gossip columnist who was recently killed and castrated by a psycho 20-year-old at the Intercontintal Hotel. Well, in a New York Observer piece about this tragedy,... More >>

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  The Six Worst Chain Restaurants in NYC

  published Jan 20, 2011

  Something about a chain restaurant tends to breed familiarity and efficiency, but it can also lead to a certain blandness and a numbing lack of individuality which makes chowing down tasteless in more... More >>

• Let's All Get Behind Sarah Palin!

  published Jan 20, 2011

  Not literally. That sounds mildly dirty. Just as supporters. If we can rally around the whack job and help her get the Republican nomination in 2012, then we're totally safe for four more years! She... More >>

• Fox News, Watch Out! Here Comes an Even Dumber Channel!

  published Jan 19, 2011

  It's ONN (Onion News Network), a show on IFC which amusingly spoofs the excesses, biases, and crassness of certain cable news. Unlike Fox, it's supposed to be funny. At a panel discussion at the Pa... More >>

• Liza Insight From Singer Jim Caruso

  published Jan 19, 2011

  Jim Caruso hosts Cast Party, the long-running Monday night entertainment free-for-all at Birdland, but he's even better known for performing with the lusty legend known as Liza Minnelli. In honor of ... More >>

• Oscar Predictions: The Only Ones You'll Need To Read

  published Jan 19, 2011

  CLICK HERE for my final batch of Oscar predictions--until the next one, of course. This time, I detail who will surely get nominated on the 25th, who'll get royally shafted, and who'll get screwed wh... More >>

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  The 10 Best NYC Clubs of All Time

  published Jan 19, 2011

  1) Studio 54. The be-all and end-all of '70s glitz and hedonism. A crazy salad populated with the bad and the beautiful. 2) Mudd Club. The anti-54, this divey new wave hangout on a side street in dow... More >>

• Richard Chamberlain Gets Raged Against By Gays!

  published Jan 19, 2011

  Well, one gay, anyway. Me! An Enquirer article points out that I'm not happy with Richard Chamberlain's recent remarks that actors should stay in the closet because there's still homophobia in the ... More >>

• Here She Comes, Miss'd America

  published Jan 18, 2011

  Well, that's actually the second runner up in the photo. (And though her cones look vaguely Madonna-esque, she' s actually doing Gaga--and very well, thank you.) Below I'll show you which drag queen... More >>

• Film Critics Got Stern Warning Before Awards Show

  published Jan 18, 2011

  A source tells me that before the Critics' Choice Awards the other night, the critics were sent a harsh message instructing them not to pose with the celebrities on the red carpet or anywhere else, fo... More >>

• Ricky Gervais: Too Mean On The Golden Globesr

  published Jan 18, 2011

  Nah. Those entitled phonies are sitting there lapping up the glory--and free drinks--and they could certainly deal with a few potshots, especially on a dignity-free night when The Tourist is up for B... More >>

• Oscars Dish: Who'll Get Royally Shafted?

  published January 19, 2011

  At a luncheon for the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Lottery, co-hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell, I felt compelled to ask the... More >>

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  American Idol Dish about Kara vs. Ellen

  published Jan 18, 2011

  Turns out the competition on that show isn't always just between the contestants. According to a new book called American Idol: The Untold Story by Richard Rushfield, judges Kara DioGuardi and Ellen ... More >>

• Disney, Please Sue the Museum of Sex!

  published Jan 18, 2011

  They want you to! In their new exhibit, Comics Stripped, there's a large wall filled with various Disney characters engaging in sexy shenanigans and provocative poses. They should call it "Phallus in... More >>

• Lady Gaga Is Doing a Video With Transsexuals

  published Jan 16, 2011

  No, not Beyonce. REAL transsexuals.I hear Gaga's people were at Alannah Starr's transsexual party earlier this evening, rounding up girls to be in the lady's video, shooting in NYC next week. Top, th... More >>

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  La Toya Raiding Michael's Corpse For a "Tell-All"!

  published Jan 14, 2011

  This June--just in time for the anniversary of her brother's death--bottom-feeding La Toya Jackson will release Starting Over, a tell-all book, big surprise. Here's the plug for the book, and in pare... More >>