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Sydney Morning Herald
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘I'm a specialist': Actor-comic Mary Coustas on finding positives from heartbreak
This story is part of the May 10 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories. Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week, he talks to Mary Coustas. The Logie Award-winning actor, 60, is renowned for her alter-ego, Effie. She's the author of the memoir, All I Know, appears in the new season of Strife and stars in her solo stage show, This Is Personal. SEX Growing up, what were the attitudes towards sex in your Greek-Australian household? I don't know if we had too many conversations about sex, but my mum was very funny and had a take on things I'd never heard before. When I asked her, 'Why do these jokes about Greek shepherds keep coming up?' , she said to me [puts on thick Greek accent]: 'Well, in my day, the girls had to be virgins and there were no prostitutes in the village. A man tends to the animal because a man is an animal.' Wow. [ Laughs ] I didn't think she knew what was funny or appropriate. So, I'd say I've definitely got a comic filter on how I looked at sex growing up. Now, when I think of Effie, I also think of her raw, sexual confidence. But she was also a virgin until her wedding night. I like to think she'd have given half a hand-job [before she got married], but that was it. In my mind, she lost her virginity on her wedding night. In real life, you've been with your husband, George, for 21 years. What attracted you to him initially? In those days? Heat. I like to say, 'I'd only ever dated boys, then I met a man.' A man! Tell me more. He was in his early 40s; I was close to 40. I instinctively felt that he understood what life was really about. I'd already seen a lot: I was born into a household where my dad was dying – I knew that very young – so I wanted someone who knew what mattered. I also wanted to be with someone who'd help me evolve. I've got great ambition for the second half of my life, but often men still want the girl they met: 'Can't you just stay like that?' I wanted a grown-up. Effie's a bit of a gay icon. Is she arguably also a bit of a drag queen? [ Nods solemnly ] Under the wrong lighting and with the wrong make-up artist. DEATH
The Age
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘I'm a specialist': Actor-comic Mary Coustas on finding positives from heartbreak
This story is part of the May 10 edition of Good Weekend. See all 14 stories. Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week, he talks to Mary Coustas. The Logie Award-winning actor, 60, is renowned for her alter-ego, Effie. She's the author of the memoir, All I Know, appears in the new season of Strife and stars in her solo stage show, This Is Personal. SEX Growing up, what were the attitudes towards sex in your Greek-Australian household? I don't know if we had too many conversations about sex, but my mum was very funny and had a take on things I'd never heard before. When I asked her, 'Why do these jokes about Greek shepherds keep coming up?' , she said to me [puts on thick Greek accent]: 'Well, in my day, the girls had to be virgins and there were no prostitutes in the village. A man tends to the animal because a man is an animal.' Wow. [ Laughs ] I didn't think she knew what was funny or appropriate. So, I'd say I've definitely got a comic filter on how I looked at sex growing up. Now, when I think of Effie, I also think of her raw, sexual confidence. But she was also a virgin until her wedding night. I like to think she'd have given half a hand-job [before she got married], but that was it. In my mind, she lost her virginity on her wedding night. In real life, you've been with your husband, George, for 21 years. What attracted you to him initially? In those days? Heat. I like to say, 'I'd only ever dated boys, then I met a man.' A man! Tell me more. He was in his early 40s; I was close to 40. I instinctively felt that he understood what life was really about. I'd already seen a lot: I was born into a household where my dad was dying – I knew that very young – so I wanted someone who knew what mattered. I also wanted to be with someone who'd help me evolve. I've got great ambition for the second half of my life, but often men still want the girl they met: 'Can't you just stay like that?' I wanted a grown-up. Effie's a bit of a gay icon. Is she arguably also a bit of a drag queen? [ Nods solemnly ] Under the wrong lighting and with the wrong make-up artist. DEATH
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New Music Friday: Miley Cyrus, Snow Wife, Elton John
Karwai Tang/WireImage;for TIME; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) New Music Friday listicle including singers Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Snow Wife It's Friday, and we have a new batch of fresh tunes for your earholes! The pop girls clocked in! Miley Cyrus returns with an escapist anthem on "End of the World," Snow Wife is our latest rave queen on "Bodyology," Ciara finds "Ecstasy," Kalena Zanders wants you to "Promise We'll Live Again," and Haim releases one of their favorite songs they've ever written! Meanwhile, R&B star Khalid teams up with Rudimental for a new EDM banger, Between Friends has made friends with the "DJ," and Destin Conrad and Teezo Touchdown team up for their sensual new track. And did we mention that Elton John and Brandi Carlile's long-awaited joint album has finally arrived? Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's on Spotify. - YouTube Miley's back, and ready to pretend it's not the end of the world on this escapism anthem. - YouTube Khalid joins Rudimental on their new EDM track "All I Know." - YouTube R&B is alive and well on Destin Conrad and Teezo Touchdown's gorgeous new track. - YouTube Snow Wife kicks off her new era with this dancefloor-ready banger that we can't wait to hear at the club. - YouTube Join Between Friends at the favorite place: the dance floor. - YouTube Ready to dance? Kaleena Zanders delivers the vocals and the drops on her uplifiting new track. - YouTube Perfume Genius performs "It's a Mirror" live on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. - YouTube Who Believes In Angels?, the collaborative album from Grammy winners Elton John and Brandi Carlile, is out now and boasts this joyous ode to rock and roll icon Little Richard. - YouTube Escape into Dreamer Isioma's world on the visually stunning music video for "I Am Going Through Hell (Bittersweet)." - YouTube Alex Champan and Tommy Geneis want to see you "Slip & Slide" on this high BMP banger. - YouTube Pop/R&B legend Ciara gets grown and sexy on her stunning mid-temp track "Ecstasy." - YouTube PinkPanteress brings the vibes to the dancefloor on "Tonight." - YouTube People pleasers unite! Haim's latest is about figuring out what you want after getting lost in the noise. Taylor Henderson is a music contributor to Out magazine. Be sure to follow 'the alphabet mafia' playlist on Spotify!
