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

• Lou Maletta, RIP

  published Nov 05, 2011

  Brooklyn-born Lou Maletta was that bearish guy in a leather harness whom you'd see on TV being openly gay, openly fetishy, and openly himself. In 1982, he founded the Gay Cable Network (and hosted M... More >>

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  James Franco's Bare Ass! Photo Below!

  published Nov 04, 2011

  This is in the newest Flaunt magazine. If you've got it, flaunt it. And baby, James Franco has got it. I could look at this for, I don't know, 127 hours. ... More >>

• Robin Byrd, The T-Shirt!

  published Nov 04, 2011

  It's the classic one, the one you banged your box to, the one you snuggled up with your loved one in. And it's back!The Robin Byrd T-shirt is on sale at TAGG, a fashionable rebirth that was celebra... More >>

• Ryan Phillippe As Carol Channingr

  published Nov 04, 2011

  I mean Channing Tatum. I mean Channing McClaren! You see, some friends and I happened to be passing by New World Stages last night when we saw these posters outside and squealed, "Ooh! Ryan Phillip... More >>

• Kim Kardashian Does Not Destroy The Culture

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Last night, I spoke before a group of gay journalism students at Columbia and was surprised to find that one of their top concerns was that Kim Kardashian brings down our culture! I was amazed that ... More >>

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  The Best Wedding Songs Of All Time

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Not songs to be sung at weddings -- I'm not here to write about "Color My World," thank you -- but songs about weddings. Here are my all-time faves: (8) "Wedding Bell Blues" -- sung by the Fifth D... More >>

• Other Desert Cities: My Review

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Move over, Addams Family. The most intriguingly dysfunctional clan in town is now the one in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, in which a tell-all book manuscript surfacing at Christmastime put... More >>

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  Studio 54, The Musical!

  published Nov 03, 2011

  I'm truthin'! The legendary '70s disco -- and specifically the rise and fall of Steve Rubell, who co-founded it -- is the subject of a Tommy Tune-directed musical trying out in Florida! In case the... More >>

• I Judged A Brazilian Reality Show About Broadway

  published Nov 03, 2011

  You want a reality show based on talent, success, and nice people wanting each other to do wellr You have to go all the way to Brazil, where a show called Broadway Dreams has young hopefuls competin... More >>

• Getting A Flu Shotr I'm Not!

  published Nov 03, 2011

  And I explain why in this Paper mag roundup of downtown celebs and whether they regularly get shots to shoo the flu away or simply take a wild and wacky chance on phlegm. Some fly right into their f... More >>

• Michael Jackson Was A Raving Hetero, Says David Gest!

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Liza Minnelli's ex-husband David Gest, who bristles when gay stuff is suggested about himself, does the same when it comes to his old pal Michael Jackson. In fact, in a new DVD called Michael Jacks... More >>

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  My Sexual Thoughts About Neil Patrick Harris And Wanda Sykes

  published Nov 03, 2011

  They're right here in a blog written to welcome me back to my alma mater, the prestigious Columbia University! For one hour! See, I'm heading up there to talk to some young LGBT journalists, and I'... More >>

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  Hogan's Heroes Star Hated Me!

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Werner Klemperer -- the zany Nazi from TV's Hogan's Heroes -- just turned up in a trashy old movie on TCM, which totally reminded me: One of the first columns I ever wrote humorously referred to clu... More >>

• Why Are Filene's Basement and Syms Going Bye-Byer

  published Nov 03, 2011

  The economy is so rotten that even discount stores are going under! But the real reason for Filene's and Syms going bankrupt, according to this article, is that larger department stores have started... More >>

• Marilyn Maye Sings Jerry Herman With Pizzazz

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Cabaret queen Marilyn Maye has brought her luscious pipes to Feinstein's at the Regency for The Best of Times Is Now! a lovely tribute to Jerry Herman, who wrote all those great diva songs for and ab... More >>

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  The Kardashian Marriage Was Far From The Shortest In Showbiz History

  published Nov 02, 2011

  As I pointed out the other day, the unlikely duo of Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman topped Kim and the ex-Mr. Kim's 72-day marriage by splitting after only 32 days. But there are some that croaked e... More >>

• Blair Witch Star Moved On To Growing Pot!

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Heather Donahue, who made a big splash in the scarily sensational Blair Witch Project in 1999, saw her life literally going to pot when the movie's glow waned and her career went into underdrive. So... More >>

• Celebrity Photos From Chiller Theatre!

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Today's column is all about my interactions with various Oscar winners, ex-child-stars, sitcom survivors, and other culty icons at the Chiller Theatre autography show in New Jersey the other night. ... More >>

• I Met Elvis's Costar Who Became A Nun!

  published Nov 02, 2011

  And three Oscar winners! And Pam Grier, Valerie Perrine, a former porn star, a lesbian movie star, Michael Pare, and Martine Beswick. They were all in the same room at the Chiller Theatre autograph... More >>

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  Does Saying "LOL" Excuse Everythingr

  published Nov 02, 2011

  It's long been a cliché to add "LOL" to any comment just to take the sting out of it and make it seem hilarious. I always throw it in at the end of a text or email, no matter what horror has ... More >>

• Mean Streets Was Almost a Blaxploitation Flick!

  published Nov 01, 2011

  In Corman's World -- the captivating documentary about renegade director Roger Corman, due in December -- Martin Scorsese reveals that he originally brought his 1973 project Mean Streets to Corman. ... More >>

• The Ultimate Theme Party Photo Of All Time

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Sometime in the distant past -- in 1988, to be precise -- I had a zebra-themed bash at El Morocco, whose zebra-patterned banquettes gave us the eye-popping idea in the first place. Those were the da... More >>

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  Calvin Klein And The Boyfriend Went Trick Or Treating!

  published Nov 01, 2011

  And wasn't it a treat that he brought his trickr Here they are, thanks to Huffington Post, in full glorious costume at Sunday night's Saints and Sinners party at the Standard. And what exactly are ... More >>

• Three Oscar Winners, An Ex Porn Goddess, And Elvis's Costar Who Became A Nun!

  published November 2, 2011

  Elvira, three Oscar winners, an Elvis co-star who became a nun, an out lesbian actress, an ex-porn star, and one crazed reporter, all in the... More >>

• Superman's British: Anyone Carer

  published Nov 01, 2011

  This debate's been raging on for some time now, but I have to finally break my rule of not giving a flying hoo-ha about action heroes and weigh in on it. You see, Henry Cavill plays the title role i... More >>