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

• Sir Roger Moore Is Stirred, Not Shaken, By 007's Legacy

  published Nov 14, 2012

  The most charmingly self-deprecating of all the James Bonds, Sir Roger Moore has a new book out called Bond on Bond: Reflections On 50 Years Of James Bond Movies and came to town to celebrate that plu... More >>

• Miss Guy Urges You To "Take It Off"! NSFW!

  published Nov 14, 2012

  What could be sexier than a zippy, funny, insinuatingly appealing "Take It Off" video by rocker Miss Guy, with guest appearances by New York's least-self conscious club creaturesr Nada. As the relea... More >>

• Lindsay Lohan And Porn Star Get Sensual In New Movie Trailer

  published Nov 14, 2012

  They're calling it "Lindsay Lohan's confusing new movie trailer", but it's quite clear to me. It's a loving sendup of a 1952 pulp drama, this one featuring Lindsay and a real porn star, James Deen. ... More >>

• A Thanksgiving Song That's Even Worse Than "Friday"!

  published Nov 14, 2012

  Remember "Friday," the Rebecca Black song/video that paralyzed America with its banal images of tweens bopping in cars and singing stupid lyricsr Well, a young songstress named Nicole Westbrook can... More >>

• I Helped Choose Edwin Drood's Killer: My Review

  published Nov 13, 2012

  At The Mystery of Edwin Drood, melodrama meets shtick meets interaction, as Charles Dickens' unfinished last novel gets completed by audience members picking the killer of orphan Drood. It's basicall... More >>

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  Two Reasons Given For Romney's Loss

  published Nov 13, 2012

  That is, two out of the multitudes of available reasons. For now, let's leave out the 47% remark, the flip flopping, the Big Bird thing, the "whole binders full of women," the running mate, the "Let ... More >>

• A Legendary James Bond Reveals What He Thinks of Daniel Craig

  published November 14, 2012

  A wry, old dynamo named James Bond happens to be stirred, not shaken, by Skyfall. In fact, he feels it's the best Bond film ever made.... More >>

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  New Shuffleboard Club Opening In Brooklyn!

  published Nov 13, 2012

  And I found out about it while playing Bingo! I joined Murray Hill and Linda Simpson in calling Bingo numbers last night at the Hotel Chantelle to help raise money for the Ali Forney Center. (Their d... More >>

• A Chanukah Carol Is Jewbilant--And Back

  published Nov 13, 2012

  Jackie Hoffman is bringing back her hilarious A Chanukah Carol in which the famed kvetchaholic rethinks her life after being visited by Ghosts of Chanuah Past, Present, and Future, and Molly Picon. A... More >>

• Streisand at the Hollywood Bowl: A Report

  published Nov 13, 2012

  A friend sent me this positive review of Barbra Streisand's concert on Friday: "It was a good show. Her son's singing was very nice. And her sister did a duet with her toward the end. "I go... More >>

• Nicole Kidman: "I Was Madly, Passionately In Love With Tom"

  published Nov 13, 2012

  The Oscar winner talks to Dujour magazine about her life and loves. "I was totally smitten," she says about her ex, Tom Cruise, whom she married at 23. "I fell madly, passionately in love. "I was ... More >>

• Elmo Puppeteer Says "I Am A Gay Man!"

  published Nov 13, 2012

  UPDATE: ACCUSER RECANTS HIS ALLEGATION! Kevin Clash is the talented puppeteer who does Elmo on Sesame Street, which is having quite a year what with the unsuccessful Romney attack on Big Bird and all... More >>

• The Power of Forgiveness

  published Nov 13, 2012

  I re-learned it the other evening after seizing upon the power of apologizing. At a screening, I was seated right behind Tony winning actor/singer/humanitarian Phyllis Newman and cringed every time s... More >>

• Racial Film Classic Gets a Revival

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Michael Roemer's 1964 drama Nothing But a Man--a classic about a black worker in the South who won't play by the white man's condescending rules--is back at Film Forum and looking really sturdy. I sa... More >>

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  The Five Worst Types of Hospital Visitors

  published Nov 12, 2012

  We've all been laid up in a hospital at one time or another, some more seriously than others. While stuck there, being greeted by visitors can certainly bring you comfort--at least if they act friend... More >>

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  The Hurricane Actually Did Help Obama

  published Nov 12, 2012

  The Republicans may well be right. Hurricane Sandy prompted a near blitz of Presidential politics on TV news the week before the election, helping to short circuit any attempt by Mitt Romney to creat... More >>

• I'm Calling Bingo Numbers Tonight!

  published Nov 12, 2012

  And I'm not even in a rest home yet!Linda Simpson and Murray Hill enlisted me to help them call Bingo at the Hotel Chantelle, to benefit the Ali Forney Center (whose drop-in center was devastated by t... More >>

• Lance Armstrong Sends Out a Taunting Photo

  published Nov 12, 2012

  As part of his Twitter feed this weekend, Lance Armstrong sent out a photo of himself reclining in front of the seven Tour de France jerseys he won. He captioned the photo, "Back in Austin and just l... More >>

• Romney Shellshocked By His Loss!

  published Nov 12, 2012

  We were ecstatic when Obama won last week, but opponent Mitt Romney went into shock, for some reason. Mitt put on a stoic face and quickly composed some conciliatory remarks to feed his feeble fan ba... More >>

• Satirizing Presidential Politics Is Nothing New

  published Nov 12, 2012

  It existed way before The Daily Show and even before Saturday Night Live! In fact, a 1962 comedy album starring comedian/impersonator Vaughn Meader was a cultural phenomenon and ended up winning the ... More >>

• Bye Bye Gershwin Hotelr

  published Nov 10, 2012

  The Gershwin is the funky, arty hotel at 7 E. 27th Street, where the atmosphere is experimental and cultural--simultaneously avant garde and rich in history--and the event space hosts many a Warhol-th... More >>

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  I Spill the Tea Biscuits As A Guest On Kiki Kitchen

  published Nov 09, 2012

  Glenn Payne's Kiki Kitchen has the charming host whipping up a food treat while interviewing a drop-by guest, both parties wrapping up by engorging themselves on the finished product. Well, this time... More >>

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  Twitter Battle Between Jonah Hill and Don Lemon

  published Nov 09, 2012

  It's been a while since there was a good celebrity battle--I think it was Rosie against whoever--so this one is wacky and kind of fun, while shedding light on whether certain star behavior is rude or ... More >>

• "I'm Not The Queen Of Porno Chic" Says Fashion Editor!

  published Nov 09, 2012

  And yet she told a packed crowd at the French Alliance the other night that it was her idea to have the letter G shaved into a model's beav for a Gucci shoot. ... More >>

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  The Ultimate Gay YouTube Collection

  published Nov 09, 2012

  You don't have to be gay to enjoy the staggeringly entertaining and wildly campy clips I've compiled for you, but it helps. Simply click on the links and you'll see: Joan Crawford/Cyd Charisse, "Tw... More >>