Michael Musto | |
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 Michael Musto in 2007 | |
| Born | December 3, 1955 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, actor, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) |
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Michael Musto (born December 3, 1955) is an American journalist who has long been a prevalent presence in entertainment-related publications, as well as on websites and television shows. Best known as a columnist for The Village Voice, where he wrote the La Dolce Musto column of gossip, nightlife, reviews, interviews, and political observations, in 2021, he started writing articles about nightlife, movies, theater, NYC, and LGBTQ politics for the revived Village Voice, which returned as a print publication, with accompanying website, and now is web only.
His books are Downtown and Manhattan on the Rocks, as well as a compilation of selected columns published as La Dolce Musto: Writings By The World's Most Outrageous Columnist and a subsequent collection, Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back. He currently writes a monthly gossip column called "Read Now, Cry Later" for Queerty.