Entertainment is an activity designed to give people a diversion. It is usually conducted in one's free time. An audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

The playing of sports and reading of literature could be considered a form of entertainment, but these are more often called recreation, because they involve some active participation.

The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry.

Examples of entertainment

Animation

An animated cartoon horse

Animation provides moving images that are generated by an artist, in contrast to the live action normally used in motion pictures. It is typically accompanied by a sound track consisting of recordings of live actors. Animation is often used in computer-based forms of entertainment.

Cartoons are a comedic form of animation. Anime or TV manga refers to animation originating from Japan in the Occidental use of the word. In Japan the word refers to all animation. It may contain adult themes and futuristic locations.

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What is the best festival entertainment you have ever seen?
Q. I am booking an entertainment act for an outdoor, family festival. The past two years we have had a lumberjack show which drew a large crowd. We want to do something different this year. Any suggestions?
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A. Renaissance faire?
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A. I'm afraid I don't know about the cost of radio and film, but in the 20s most people went to the cinema at least once a week, so I would guess that it probably wasn't that expensive. They generally had different priced seats in different parts of the movie theatre, you would pay less if you sat close to the front for instance. People would go out dancing, at dance halls and clubs, jazz music was very popular in the 20s, and the dances that were popular included the Charleston, the foxtrot and the Black Bottom. Going to the theatre was popular, and vaudeville (where a a variety of different acts would perform, singers, dancers, comedians, conjurors, acrobats etc), circuses. Sport was popular of course, both for watching and for… [cont.]
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Has entertainment and entertainers decreased in potential, or are people unable to accept change?
Q. Has entertainment and entertainers decreased in potential, or are people unable to accept change? Has entertainment and entertainers decreased in potential, or are people unable to accept change? ...Or are people just not as talented?
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