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 Two teachers fight bullying in a creative way Kelsey Larson Copy Editor Bullying is a common problem is schools worldwide. Recently, on Oct. 10, Canadian teen Amanda Todd made headlines after she committed suicide, just a month after asking for help in a YouTube video that also detailed her years of abuse at the [...]
 And in Norway, the premiere episode lured in over a million viewers. Bruce Springsteen (62) was one of the excited spectators at the New York premiere of bandmate Steven Van Zandt’s (61) new project, the Norwegian drama series “Lilyhammer.” And Springsteen liked what he saw. Netflix, who bought the series, put on sneak previews [...]
 The drummer in the Norwegian rock band “Honningbarna,” Anders Askildsen Eikås (20), died in a car accident last night. The band’s manager Louis Holbrook said this in a statement: “Honningbarna is a close-knit group of friends, and the band are obviously extremely upset by what has happened. Our thoughts go to Anders’ family at this [...]
 “Christmas at the Castle” Their Majesties King and Queen invite for the first time televised Christmas concert at the royal palace. 01.12.2011 King and Queen invited 200 young people from the four projects that the Crown Princess’s Fund works with, to a Christmas concert in the castle’s Great Hall. Cooperation projects are “Run for your [...]
 After a two-year hiatus, popular Norwegian band Donkeyboy releases “City Boy.” It has been a while since we’ve heard anything from the Drammen-based band Donkeyboy, which in 2009 debuted with the album Caught In A Life. Their two hit singles “Ambitions” and “Sometimes” dominated Norwegian airwaves for some time afterward. At one point the [...]
 “I was at Rihanna’s concert in Oslo on Sunday. After the concert I met her for the first time face to face. And when I told her who I was, she hugged me and said thank you, wrote Lene Marlin on her Facebook page. “I started laughing and said thank you to her! It is [...]
 In connection with the reorganization of the Norwegian Concert Institute’s public concerts, funds have been transferred from the Norwegian Concert Instutite to benefit programs for musicians and promoters under the Norwegian Arts Council. “Our wish is that more musicians are able to go on tour, and dare to take on smaller sites and other concert [...]
 Norwegian musician Jarle Bernhoft made his American TV debut on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Sept. 27. “My producers showed me your Youtube video, and I was just blown away, it’s very very impressive,” said Ellen DeGeneres on her show on Wednesday morning. Bernhoft, wearing his trademark big plastic glasses and a pink shirt [...]
 Mona Berntsen (21) has secured her dream job. Now she is on the North American tour with superstar Chris Brown (22). The first show premiered Monday, Sept. 12, and within six weeks, Berntsen will perform in 21 different locations in the United States and Canada. “This is my biggest dream. It is almost too good [...]
 Bernhoft’s management Atomic Soul and the record company Universal said that their big-selling artist will perform on the Ellen show Sept. 27. Bernhoft is a 35-year-old Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist. He is from Nittedal in Norway, but currently lives in Oslo. His best known songs are “Streetlights”, “Shout”, “Choices” and “C’mon Talk”. [...]
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