A quick Twitter search for "Amy Winehouse" leads to a page riddled with finger wagging superiority. "Now everyone forgot about Norway!" remarked one. "Kids get shot all the time; Amy Winehouse only dies once," remarked another. Fjord kayaking Christ with a beehive. It's possible to care about more than one thing at a…
While Norway reels from a terror attack that left more than 90 people dead, news media scrambles to comprehend why something like this could happen in a peaceful and politically stable Scandinavian democracy.
A Norwegian newspaper created this unfortunate image by juxtaposing a hair-dye ad with a photo of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. AdWeek is calling it "devilish" but we're not really seeing Satan — it just makes DSK's head look stupid. And we're betting the dye company isn't psyched that he's now their mascot.
After two weeks of round robin play, the FIFA Women's World Cup is entering the semi-finals.
A worldwide study shows that the best place to give birth is Norway. Afghanistan comes in last — but the United States isn't doing too well either.
In this promo for the Norwegian TV show Golden Times, or Gylne Tider, a group of random, mostly washed-up celebrities, including David Faustino, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Twin Peaks' "Laura Palmer," sing "Let It Be" while superimposed on a beach.
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Is the surge in Afghanistan stealing the luster from President Obama's award? Arriving today in Norway, the initial controversy surrounding the Nobel Peace Prize faded as grim realities emerged about the current, fragile state of peace.
In the commercial for the Norwegian newspaper VG, a little girl's parents see her put a naked boy-doll on top of naked girl-doll. It seems mom avoids "the talk" by hiding behind the paper, but can anyone translate? [AdGrabber]
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A British woman was arrested in Norway after the police discovered coke under her wig. It seems the Norwegian police have learned to check hair for drugs after that whole Amy WInehouse debacle. • Conservative Virginians are nervous about the popularity of gay marriage, because if it can happen in a conservative…
Just in time for Mother's Day, international nonprofit Save The Children released its list of the best and worst countries to be a mom. The rankings are based on "mothers' and children's health, educational and economic status," according to a press release. Moms in Scandinavia are sitting pretty, with Sweden and…
Morten Traavik, the Norwegian theater director who created a beauty pageant for female landmine victims called "Miss Landmine," is coming under criticism for exploiting the women and creating a "freak show". Traavik responds that he is helping the victims and is "fed up" with pictures of Africans and Cambodians in…
