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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2013 Stories by Michael Musto

• The Crack Addicts Are Back In NYC!

  published Mar 12, 2013

  They must be! They're stealing s**t again! Last night, I went to K Mart with a friend who wanted to buy a bike there. Way down in the basement of the 34th Street store, they have perfectly nice cruis... More >>

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  Another Gay Porn Star Has Died

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Wilfried Knight, 35, is gone, and some reports are saying he took his own life. Furthermore, say insiders, Knight was distraught over the suicide of his longtime partner earlier this month.It's so da... More >>

• The Trip To Bountiful Is Now A Comment On Racism

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Horton Foote's emotional The Trip To Bountiful--about a widow's yearning to revisit her beloved Bountiful, Texas--began as a TV movie, then it was a Broadway play, then a 1985 movie (which won Geraldi... More >>

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  Breaking Story: Large Sodas Are OK In NYC After All!

  published Mar 11, 2013

  A judge has blocked Mayor Bloomberg's measure to ban large sodas at theaters and other establishments. This may be seen by some as a terrible blow against solving the obesity problem.But I see it as ... More >>

• "James Franco Hasn't Been Blown That Hard Since Milk"

  published Mar 11, 2013

  That's a brand new observation from Frank DeCaro in his nuttily funny review of Oz The Great and Powerful on his own Flaming Screens channel on YouTube. Frank DeCaro, of course, was a scream as the g... More >>

• A Night Of Modern Dance And Lap Dances

  published Mar 11, 2013

  The Paul Taylor Dance Company is doing a few weeks at the Koch Theater, and on Saturday night, I caught their performance of "Speaking In Tongues," a haunting work about the culty expressiveness of re... More >>

• Bryce Pilaf And Other Great Drag Queen Names

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Here's my latest batch of fabulous names for drag queens. Pick one--any one--and then start tucking, babes! Donna Thedead Rosie Future Tama ShanterRaquel Domage Tami Flu Sherry Vinaigrette Rose... More >>

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  How Bette Midler Became "Bathhouse Betty"

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Way before she was Sue Mengers (the colorful agent she's playing in a new Broadway play), Bette Midler was known for camping and vamping it up for toweled gays at the Continental Baths in between thei... More >>

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  The Rattiest Block In NYC

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Much as I enjoy the drag shows at the homey hangout Boots & Saddle (76-Christopher Street), going there is something of a horror film for those who don't particularly want rodents with their lipsynchs... More >>

• James Franco's Greatest Shirtless Photos Ever

  published Mar 11, 2013

  There are a lot to choose from, but these are the most powerful--from the semi-drag ones to the nipple closeups to the underwater one and beyond. I even threw in an extra one (the above photo where t... More >>

• Valerie Harper: "We Are All Terminal"

  published Mar 09, 2013

  The beloved Valerie Harper--also known as Rhoda Morgenstern--just got a really harsh cancer diagnosis, but she's got something to say about it, and she did so in a video for People magazine, which is ... More >>

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  10 Reasons Why We Stopped Watching Glee

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Here's a rather knowing slide show of the top 10 reasons Glee lost its tight harmonies. (Click "Next" to go to the next reason, obviously.) Among the main excuses: Recycled story lines. Too many ch... More >>

• Selena Gomez And Demi Lovato Are The Same Person

  published Mar 08, 2013

  I'm not even sure why I know this, but let's face it: Both were born in 1992. Both are slightly exotic, yet in a cutesy homespun way.Both started on TV and branched out to music and other gigs. Bot... More >>

• The Movie With The Most Ex-TV Stars

  published Mar 08, 2013

  The way to make it in music these days is to play cruise ships and theme parks, but if you want to be a movie star, break out on TV first. Oz The Great and Powerful--opening today--features no fewer ... More >>

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  Cyndi Lauper Re Trump: "He Goes To The LCD And Stirs Up The Crap!"

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Cyndi Lauper has been busy promoting the Broadway musical of Kinky Boots that she scored, but she also manages to give us her true colors on topics like Donald Trump, whose Celebrity Apprentice she ap... More >>

• New Life For Rawhide Leather Bar

  published Mar 08, 2013

  As you know, Rawhide--the leather establishment that's drawn fetishists and their fans to Chelsea since 1979--is being squeezed out because the landlord practically doubled the rent. But the buzz you... More >>

• Holland Taylor As Ann Richards: My Review

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Politics and entertainment have always been intertwined, but with Ann--starring Holland Taylor as Texas Governor Ann Richards--we've almost got a politician as standup comic. Ann, of course, was funn... More >>

• Most Bizarre Billboard Ever: From Zsa Zsa Gabor's Husband!

  published Mar 07, 2013

  A lavish expenditure designed to show his love for the lady, though maybe to also cast some kind of elaborate glow on himselfr Couldn't he have just woken her up and said "Happy birthday, honey. I lo... More >>

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  Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher Will Be In The Next Star Wars

  published Mar 07, 2013

  George Lucas has suggested as much, now that negotiations have wrapped for what's being called Star Wars: Episode VII, and I couldn't be happier about it. This is a very rare occasion where Hollywood... More >>

• "Stardom Comes Too Fast Now! It's Too Disposable"

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Those thoughts were articulated by a show biz legend, explaining why she feels she's one of the last vaudeville stars: "I don't think it's because people aren't as talented," she said. "I think it's ... More >>

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  The Five Worst Cover Songs Of All Time

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Taking a classic song that's perfectly fine as is and exhuming it for financial gain is awful enough, but when the result comes out sounding excremental, you want to cover the new artist with a blanke... More >>

• All About That Legendary Prostitute Movie Scene, Complete With Yogurt

  published Mar 07, 2013

  The Ken Russell-directed Crimes of Passion is a heady, hilarious, raunchy, maddening romp about an unhappily married magician, a psychotic reverend, and a female fashion designer who whores at night a... More >>

• Alec Baldwin Fires At Shia, Who Fires Back!

  published Mar 07, 2013

  They're having a wild old time backstage at one of the dramas on the Great White Way (but I don't envy the director). Let me explain. Shia LaBeouf was recently fired from the Broadway production of ... More >>

• Look Who Some Of My Friends Were! I Mean Are!

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Thanks to Ernie Glam for collecting the memories.... More >>

• The Tony Awards Will Bring A Battle Of Little Kids

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Quvenzhane Wallis set a whole new tone for the Oscar Best Actress race; she was the youngest nominee ever in that category, at a mere nine years old! But she didn't have to fight it out with other ki... More >>