Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2010

  "Where's My Book?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 29, 2010

  "Year in Review"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 22, 2010

  "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"

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2013 Stories by Michael Musto

• The Gong Show Is Coming Back

  published Apr 23, 2013

  And this time it's live and in your face! At the Cutting Room, on the first Thursday of the month, starting May 2, The Gong Show will bring back astounding, amazing, stupefying talent that will dumbf... More >>

• My "Saturday Night Fever" Disco Extravaganza Is Nigh!

  published Apr 23, 2013

  And it's looking to be even more eye popping and ear stoking than the last one. It will trot out Elektrik Company, a big band complete with backup singers, all dolled up a la disco fever bunnies. Me... More >>

• "There's Nothing Wrong With Drinking If You Know Why You're Drinking"

  published Apr 23, 2013

  "I know why I drink. I drink to get bagged. "I am no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. I don't have to go to meetings. Ha! Ha! "Drinking removes warts and other skin blemishes. Not f... More >>

• Karen Black Interview! She Reveals Her Screen Inspiration

  published Apr 22, 2013

  Paper's Angelo Pitillo nabbed an interview with one of our all-time favorites, Karen Black--she of the wonderful eyes, burning intensity, and wry humor--just as she's being celebrated in a well-deserv... More >>

• Reese Witherspoon: Don't You Know Who I Amr

  published Apr 22, 2013

  Reese Witherspoon resorted to that weary old shtick the other morning when her hubby was picked up on a DUI and she was asked to get back into the car and stop being unruly. "Do you know my namer" R... More >>

• Jodie Foster Raves About Jennifer Lawrence

  published Apr 22, 2013

  This appreciation by Jodie is from the Time 100: "...I remember going to the cutting rooms of Winter's Bone. I thought, Sure, this girl can act. But, man, this girl can also just be. All of those pai... More >>

• Tan Mom Wants To Do Porn! Here Are Some Titles For Her

  published Apr 22, 2013

  In case you missed it (or blocked it out), TMZ unearthed a letter that the infamous Tan Mom--a/k/a Patricia Krentcil--sent to a porn company, saying she's not only hot, she's hot to trot in an adult f... More >>

• As Elaine Stritch Bids Farewell, Her Documentary Director Gives Me Insight

  published Apr 22, 2013

  Chiemi Karasawa's fab documentary Shoot Me--about the charmingly cantankerous ways of Broadway legend Elaine Stritch--played the Tribeca Film Festival as Stritch prepared to go bye-bye into that good ... More >>

• My Casting Ideas For Pippin The Movie

  published Apr 22, 2013

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• Why Joel McHale Used A Butt Double

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Joel McHale is the comely and humorous fellow from Community and The Soup--the one who's cute, wry, and nimbly able to poke fun at himself (and others). But despite his shapely body, Joel used a butt... More >>

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  Bond Girls, Then And Now (Photos)

  published Apr 19, 2013

  While 007 never seems to age a day (mainly because he's played by a series of continually younger actors), the Bond women tend to mature with time. It just happens! But I've got proof that they stil... More >>

• 24 Songs To Get High To For National Weed Day

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Not that I'm endorsing this or anything. But with National Weed Day coming tomorrow, it's a good time to toke--I mean take--notice of which songs would be the best to inhale to. If that were allowed... More >>

• I Found Out What Carol Channing's Fire Island Act Will Consist Of

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Promoter Daniel Nardicio is once again presenting a series of acts at Cherry Grove's Ice Palace this summer, and one of the more eye-popping of the bunch involves Justin Vivian Bond and Broadway legen... More >>

• Theater Roundup: Alec Baldwin, Jekyll & Hyde

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Orphans is the 1983 seriocomedy about two brothers (or "Dead-End kids," as they're affectionately called) who bond with the gangster one of them has kidnapped, making for an unholy but kind of darkl... More >>

• Dan Savage's Husband Poses In His Underwear

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Terry Miller--who happens to be sex advice columnist/activist/TV personality Dan Savage's husband--has posed in his underwear for the Mr. Turk fashion label.If you think the above photo is good, just ... More >>

• Craziest Cover Version Evah!

  published Apr 18, 2013

  It's Paul Anka's crazy, swingin' remake of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which he recorded for his cross-pollinating experiment of a Rock Swings album in 2006. Watch Anka do it live, smiling a... More >>

• Baseball's 37 Sexiest Players

  published Apr 18, 2013

  I've heard of maybe three of them, but I'd certainly like to find out about the other 34. In any case, here's the link to the slideshow of guys who obviously have very high batting averages to go with... More >>

• Martha Wash Turns It Out On Her Surprising New CD

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Martha Wash is known for booming out hits for the Weather Girls ("It's Raining Men") and C&C Music Factory, and for her own solo efforts. Well, it's raining Martha these days because she has a CD out ... More >>

• Stephen Hawking Says God Had Nothing To Do With The Creation Of The Universe

  published Apr 18, 2013

  In a lecture at the California Institute of Technology, Stephen Hawking discounted God's role in the birth of our world. And he got pretty sardonic about it. "What was God doing before the divine c... More >>

• What To Do About The Rude Person At The Theaterr

  published Apr 18, 2013

  I've written about this before, but like psoriasis, the nagging problem just won't go away. Whether you're watching a $13 flick or a $130 musical, there are generally various nuisances seated around ... More >>

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  Nancy Reagan Supports Marital Equality

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Mind you, she's long out of the White House, and it's her daughter who's passed on that information, and the Reagans were the ones who were mysteriously silent in the early days of AIDS, and...I just ... More >>

• FBI Has Images Of Bombing Suspect

  published Apr 17, 2013

  The FBI reportedly has isolated images of someone who they feel is a suspect in the Boston bombings.The race towards justice has just taken a giant leap.... More >>

• Event Honoring Late DJ Mark Kamins Tonight

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Mark Kamins was an influential Dj at '80s clubs like Danceteria, and as a DJ/producer he was instrumental in helping launch Madonna's career.Tonight there's a party honoring him at Santos, and proceed... More >>

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  LGBT Protest Against Christine Quinn This Sunday

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Protestors say she started as an activist and an ally, but she's devolved into a puppet for Bloomberg. So they're gathering this Sunday at 11:15 AM outside the Mandarin Oriental to raise an LGBT rucku... More >>

• John Legend Stunned The Crowd At Auction Last Night

  published Apr 17, 2013

  I was peacefully enjoying the live auction at City Harvest's "Practical Magic" fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street last night when a surprise item came up for bidding. John Legend came up from the aud... More >>