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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Terence Stamp, Superman villain and ‘swinging 60s' icon, dies aged 87
British actor Terence Stamp, the villain in Superman films and a star in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died at the age of 87, British media cited his family as announcing on Sunday. 'He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer, that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come,' the family of the 'swinging 60s' icon said. The cause was not immediately known. Stamp liked to recall how he was on the verge of becoming a tantric sex teacher at an ashram in India when, in 1977, he received a telegram from his London agent with news that he was being considered for the Superman film. 'I was on the night flight the next day,' Stamp said in an interview with his publisher Watkins Books in 2015. After eight years largely out of work, getting the role of the arch-villain General Zod in Superman and Superman II turned the full glare of Hollywood's limelight on the Londoner. Buoyed by his new role, Stamp said he would respond to curious looks from passers-by with a command of 'kneel before Zod, you b*****ds', which usually went down a storm.
Al Arabiya
27-05-2025
- General
- Al Arabiya
Press review: Car ramming in Liverpool and Macron gets shoved
In this episode of The Dailies, Rawia Alami takes a look at major news stories, reports, analyses, and articles published in newspapers and media outlets around the world. The incident of a car ramming into a crowd of Liverpool fans received extensive coverage in the British media. Other global agencies reported on the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza, as a second official resigned from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Meanwhile, a video of French President Emmanuel Macron being shoved by his wife continues to make the rounds, while American newspapers remain focused on what they describe as US President Donald Trump's war on Harvard University.
