Michael Musto

Michael Musto is an American journalist and nightlife columnist known for his long-running Village Voice column La Dolce Musto. Born in 1955 and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, he graduated from Columbia University in 1976, where he wrote theater criticism for the Columbia Spectator. Early assignments took him to Circus, SoHo Weekly News, and After Dark, and he became music critic for Us. In 1982 he began writing for Details, and in 1984 he started his Village Voice column, mixing gossip, nightlife, reviews, and interviews for almost three decades. He was a columnist on E!'s The Gossip Show from 1993 to 2000 and a commentator on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. His film appearances include Slaves of New York (1989), Garbo Talks (1984), and later larger roles in Vamp Bikers and Mister Sister. He has won 11 Glam Awards for Best Nightlife Writer or Blogger and a Living Legend award. In 2021 he returned to write for the revived Village Voice.