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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2012 Stories by Michael Musto

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  FEATURED STORY

  Guess What Makeup Artists Call Angelinar

  published Dec 17, 2012

  A top makeup artist was recently applying all sorts of wizardry to my face while sharing some insider gossip with me the way makeup artists are delightfully wont to do. And he said that in makeup sch... More >>

• The Man Behind Barbra's New Movie

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Barbra Streisand returns to the screen where she belongs in The Guilt Trip, in which she and Seth Rogen go on a mother-and-son drive that puts them at cross purposes which melt into mutual appreciatio... More >>

• Billy Crystal: "I Turned Down Toy Story!"

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Billy Crystal has a new movie called Parental Guidance, which I'm sure he's happy about, but because of bad management guidance, he's not part of one of the biggest franchises of all time. "I'm the d... More >>

• I'm Hosting "My Chiffon Is Wet" In The East Village This Thursday

  published Dec 17, 2012

  It's the wild, gender-nonspecific weekly party this Thursday at Eastern Bloc. So drop by, have a beverage, dance your ass off, wet your chiffon, and see if I really look like a Japanese anime charact... More >>

• Dear Al Pacino...

  published Dec 17, 2012

  I loved you in your last Broadway appearance, as the controversial Shylock in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; you were fiery and poignant and commanding, a true star. And I figured I'd adore you in... More >>

• The Glorious Absurdity of Celebrity Poetry

  published Dec 17, 2012

  I talked about it as a guest at Molly Equality Dykeman's show at the Laurie Beachman. Molly (the zany yet slightly dazed comic creation of Andrea Alton) is a lesbian traffic guard slash poet who I fe... More >>

• Alan Cumming: "I Have a Non Grindr Marriage!"

  published Dec 12, 2012

  I just caught up with radioactively original Alan Cumming for the new column, and he told me that he and his husband Grant Shaffer have an old-school, traditional relationship that helps ground them. ... More >>

• Alan Cumming: "I Have a Non Grindr Marriage!"

  published December 12, 2012

  "I march to my own drum," Alan Cumming told me last week, and though he was referring to his iconoclastic dancing style, it could have... More >>

• It's Another Vacation Week!

  published Dec 10, 2012

  Well, I have it coming, so I'm going to use it and simply relax by spending the week going to movies, plays, and nightclubs--basically, all the things I always do! But there won't be a blog this week... More >>

• Lady Bunny Is Dropping Out Of Weekly Event

  published Dec 08, 2012

  Hot Mess is the highly entertaining drag revue every Friday night at xl, hosted by the wickedly funny duo Bianca del Rio and Lady Bunny. Or at least it was. Gossip in the drag bars had it that Bunny... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Gilbert Gottfried: Who Do I Apologize Tor

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Hilariously angsty comic Gilbert Gottfried is coming to Caroline's on Broadway December 20 and Gotham Comedy Club (in a benefit for PS 11) on February 12. What's more, he has a book out called Rubb... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Taylor Swift Is A Cougar!

  published Dec 07, 2012

  This is outrageous! The 22-year-old singing star is apparently dating Harry Styles from the boy band One Direction. And he's way younger than she is! He's only 18!That's four whole years younger th... More >>

• Get Ready For Some Really Loooong Movies

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Got three hours to killr Still have no power and feel anxious to spend long stretches of time anywhere where there's heat and lightr Then you're gonna love this season's batch of Oscar-bait flicks. ... More >>

• A Lot of Broadway Flops This Season, And I Love It!

  published Dec 07, 2012

  No, I'm not thrilled that hard-working people are suddenly out of work. But I happen to be fascinated by Broadway flops, so I've gotten a perverse kick out of their return as a genre. My reasons are... More >>

• Animated Film Is Pro-Gay, And Yet....

  published Dec 07, 2012

  In Hollyweird, the lord giveth and she taketh away. For every yay-gay message that seeps into films, there's at least one to make you question just how accepting these people really are. A case in p... More >>

• Rent Boy...The Musical Is Coming

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Yes, something called Rent Boy...The Musical is apparently really going to happen, unlike Rebecca the Musical. And I bet a lot of old men in trench coats will line up for tickets. It's a stage show ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Calvin Klein Made His Ex BF Take A Lie-Detector Test!

  published Dec 06, 2012

  So says Calvin's ex Nick Gruber in Page Six magazine, remembering a time when Calvin thought Nick may have cheated. Says Nick, "[Calvin] picked me up in his car, drove me down to the Holiday Inn in C... More >>

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  In Defense of the Travolta/Newton-John Video

  published Dec 06, 2012

  True, they look a little bit like wax figures of themselves and wear matching, all-forgiving black tops. Yes, the passion isn't quite as convincing as it was in 1978. True, it sounds like country ea... More >>

• Flight Attendants Prefer To Work Coach!

  published Dec 06, 2012

  I learned this from a flight attendant for a major international airline. He said that, based on seniority, flight attendants are given the chance to request where they'll fly to every month and whet... More >>

• Patti LuPone's Diction: Let's Discuss

  published Dec 06, 2012

  And speak clearly when you answer me! Don't you love the way Patti LuPone talksr I feel it's clipped and expressive and distinctive--the sign of a real star. Her speaking style is anything but gene... More >>

• Why I Hate Christmas With A Passion

  published Dec 06, 2012

  'Tis the season to be cranky, so let me spit out my eggnog and tell you what I hate about this enforced annual nightmare: *The fact that it starts earlier and earlier each year. This year, the hype ... More >>

• I Just Sang With Some Rock Legends! (Video Below)

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Remember when I told you about the Frankie's Friends benefit (to help sick pets) at the Cutting Room, where Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle were headliningr Well, it really happened on Tuesday night, ... More >>

• When You're With Someone Who Keeps Staring At Their Cell Phone...

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Should you grab it out of their hands, crush it into bits, and throw it back in their facer Let's say you're at the theater with them and looked forward to some quality social time, a little chitchat... More >>

• Streisand Is Thinking of Casting Lady Gaga In Gypsy

  published Dec 05, 2012

  As you know, Barbra Streisand is supposed to play Grandma Rose, I mean Mamma Rose in another movie version of Gypsy. And she told Time magazine that she's thinking of casting Lady Gaga in it! That's... More >>

• Photographer Of Grisly NYC Subway Death Defends Himself

  published Dec 05, 2012

  The cover of yesterday's New York Post has become a collectible for sickos. It features the photo of Ki Suk Han hanging on, moments before he was killed by an oncoming Q train. It's sort of like Pen... More >>