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'Michael Musto' is an American Manhattan-based writer who began his career at ''The Village Voice'', where he writes the weekly ''La Dolce Musto'' celebrity and gossip column. He is an Italian American and a graduate of Columbia University. He is the author of ''Downtown'' and ''Manhattan on the Rocks''. A selection of his columns has been published as ''La Dolce Musto.''

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Biography

Early life

Career

Notes

Published Works

Awards

See also

External links

Biography

Early life

Michael Musto was born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University.

Career

Musto is a recurring guest on several TV shows including ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' and others on the E! channel. He is openly gay and is published regularly in several gay publications, including ''Out Magazine'' and ''ShowPeople''. He appeared in drag in a blue dress in the all drag queen music video for Cyndi Lauper's single "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)", and as a reporter in the film ''Garbo Talks''.

Musto was named Best Gossip Columnist in a poll conducted by nycsidewalk.com , and in 2002, a UPI profile of Musto called him "one of the wittiest stylists in the English language" [1].
On June 14, 2007 edition of ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', coined the word 'celebutard' (combination of the words 'celebrity' and 'retard') to describe celebutauntes Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan.
His book is a collection of his columns from the ''Village Voice'' through the years.

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Published Works

Musto has authored three books:

★ Musto, Michael. (June 12, 1986) ''Downtown-V285'' Publisher: Vintage. ISBN 0-39474-285-0

★ Musto, Michael. (September 1989) ''Manhattan on the Rocks.'' Publisher: Henry Holt & Co ISBN 0-80501-032-7

★ Musto, Michael. (January 1, 2007) ''La Dolce Musto: Writings by the World's Most Outrageous Columnist'' Publisher: Carroll & Graf ISBN 0-78671-879-X
Musto has provided requested contributions to four published works:

★ Contributed foreword to Boas, Gary Lee. (January 2000) ''Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan'' Publisher: Dilettante Press ISBN 0-96642-725-4

★ Contributed as an author to McMullan, Patrick. (November 2003) ''so8os: A Photographic Diary of a Decade'' Publisher: powerHouse Books. ISBN 1-57687-187-8

★ Contributed as an author to Hastreiter, Kim. (September 14, 2004) ''20 Years of Style: The World According to Paper'' Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account. ISBN 0-060-72302-5

★ Provided afterword in Haden-Guest, Anthony (October 2, 2006) ''Disco Years'' Publisher: powerHouse Books ISBN 1-57687-325-0

Awards

See also

★ The Village Voice

External links

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★ ''Musto's writings at ''The Village Voice''''