In memory of Stefan Karl on his birthday, July 10

written by Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
Kvennabladid, 10 Jul 2020 (Google translated) Today, my dear Stefán Karl would have turned 45 years old. For that reason, we bake a "Betty ****er" chocolate cake, which I can not do as well as he does, despite following the bulletproof instructions on the package. All about it, it will be baked and we will get a slice and drink cold milk with it. It's been almost two years since he died, but not a day when I don't think about him, more often t...

Written by Ritstjórn Albumm
January 27, 2020

Musical experiments have a 38-year history, and the first experiments were held in Tonabær in 1982. That year's music experiments took place in Harpa's Northern Lights Hall from March 21 to 24 and the final evening took place on March 28. Music Experiments was a great springboard for young and promising musicians, but the competition has shot many bands into the starry sky, such as Of Monsters and Men, The Dolls, Greifen, Ag...

Nicksplat, March 13th, 2006

1. How do you manage to juggle it all – medal-winning athlete, TV producer, writer? Do you focus on different things at different times? What is your motivation? To be honest, I don’t always manage to juggle it all because there is so much to do! But one of the strengths that I think I have is to have a really strong focus on one thing that I am doing, and then quickly switch my focus to another task, and then switch back again. I try to do only...

Getlazy in association with LazyTown LiveJournal, December 2007


Question 1: "We have noticed that Julianna who plays Stephanie is growing up rather quickly and seems to be a tall girl now. Will you carry on using the current actress, or will there come a point in time when you need to get a replacement actress?

Magnus: We were so lucky when we found Julianna Rose Mauriello. She brought so much to the show. Like everyone else, she gets older. With regards to...

"I had never been to Europe before I came to Iceland", says Julianna Rose Mauriello who plays Stephanie in the TV series LazyTown on the TV station Nick Junior where it's currently shown. "It was snowing when I arrived in January but it was also snowing in NY where I live and the first thing I noticed when I arrived here was the language which sounded a ot difficult". Julianna spends most of the time on the set for LazyTown till the end of December. "Hanna Maja who's the make up artist is teaching...

Nicksplat, March 20th, 2006



1. How old are you? You surely must be older than the 8-year-old character you play on the show? Do you have any difficulties playing a 8 year old?
I am 14, and turning 15 on May 26th. Sometimes it is difficult being a teenager and playing a child...

Band Pro. April 2007

"For LazyTown, we needed lenses that would pump the image as little as possible while pulling the focus", explains cinematographer Tómas Örn Tómasson. "We also needed sharp, high resolution lenses for a good, high quality key when we shoot on green screen. The Zeiss DigiPrimes were perfect."...

This Is Lancashire. 27th October 2008 The Bolton actress behind Bessie BusyBody in the hit children’s TV show LazyTown has been particularly busy for the past few months. Julie Westwood, who both voices and operates the puppet character in the popular C-Beebies series, has been spending her spare time during the national LazyTown tour arranging for the opening of a new gallery in the town centre. Her biggest challenge has been hunting for the artwork to fill it....

The Bolton News. 7th March 2008 For actress Julie Westwood, the trip from Bolton to Iceland is a familiar one. The TV star has just packed her bags and will today embark on the annual journey, which will see her become one of the most popular characters on children's TV. Since 2004, she has played Bessie Busybody in the hit C-Beebies TV show LazyTown. Every year, she spends time in studios just outside Reykjavik where the hit show is created. Julie is both the voice, played with a mid-American drawl, and the operator behind the character in the international series which combines computer generated images, puppets and live characters. "It's all great fun", she explained, just prior to her latest seven-week filming trip, "and I just love Iceland - it's fabulous!"...

LAUGARDAGUR, May 14, 2011 Interview Stefán Karl Stefánsson [google translation] Most children know the actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson, if not as himself at least as Robbie Rotten. Stephen Karl lives in the United States, plays The Grinch there, has four children and sometimes misses Iceland and working in Latabæ....

Written by Mark Valenti
October 23, 2013

Inspired by the legendary Jim Henson as a child, David Matthew Feldman has devoted his entire career to the art of puppetry. From his formative years at The Puppet Company in New York, to his earliest television work on PBS’s Between the Lions, David has given life to dozens of characters to the delight of audiences both young and old. His stint as the excitable Mayor Milford Meanswell in the hit series LazyTown has propelled him to international stardom. And most recently, David has co-created a new PBS series, Oh ...

Written by John Kaponi
The London Daily News. August 25, 2010

Interview with the creator of Lazytown Magnus Scheving and "Stephanie" Julianna Rose Mauriello



If you are one of those parents who does not want to see their child eat themselves to oblivion, or waste precious time playing moronic games on a games console, there are very few choices open to parents. One of them is to watch "Lazytown" the show developed in Iceland by Magnus Scheving promoting "balance" in the lives of children and exercise. ...

Written by Jon Barrett
Tony Kids, July 1st, 2006

New Yorker Julianna Rose Mauriello, 14, star of Nickelodeon's LazyTown, talks with TONY Kids about her hit show, working in Iceland and her recent Emmy nomination.


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MAGNUS SCHEVING
Producer and Writer of LazyTown
Entrepreneur/World-Class Athlete

Magnús Scheving is an athlete, entrepreneur, writer and producer whose infectious creativity and entrepreneurial spirit has lead him to become the CEO and co-founder of LazyTown Entertainment. Promoting fitness and a healthy lifestyle, Scheving and LazyTown Entertainment produce educational books, videos, games, and sporting goods for children and adults alike. As creator of the h...

Written by Ken Pontac
Iceland, July 14, 2004 Holy Christ! I’m in Iceland! The sun shines all the time here, and the hot water from the tap smells like a fart from a sourstomached old man who’s eaten too many pickled eggs. The signage is incomprehensible, people’s names are unpronounceable, and the money looks like panels from a comic book regaling tales of stern, bearded men wearing odd hats and holding ponderous tomes. ...