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provides an overview of and topical guide to entertainment and the entertainment industry: Entertainment is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to

amuse Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with posit ...

themselves in their leisure time, and may also provide

fun Fun is defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment". Etymology and usage The word ''fun'' is associated with sports, entertaining medi ...

, enjoyment, and laughter. People may create their own entertainment, such as when they spontaneously invent a game; participate actively in an activity they find entertaining, such as when they play sport as a hobby; or consume an entertainment product passively, such as when they attend a performance. The

entertainment industry Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have dev ...

(informally known as show business or show biz) is part of the tertiary sector of the economy and includes many sub-industries devoted to entertainment. However, the term is often used in the mass media to describe the mass media companies that control the distribution and manufacture of mass media entertainment. In the popular parlance, the term ''show biz'' in particular connotes the commercially popular performing arts, especially

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

, vaudeville, comedy,

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

, and music. It applies to every aspect of entertainment including cinema, television, radio, theatre, and music.

Types of entertainment

Exhibition entertainment

Amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...

s * Art exhibits *

Fair A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...

s * Festivals * Museums * Trade shows * Traveling carnivals * Travelling exhibition * Water parks * Wax museums * Zoos

Live entertainment

Air show An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The largest air show m ...

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Banquet A banquet (; ) is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors. Modern examples of these purposes i ...

Burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

** American burlesque ** Neo-Burlesque ** Victorian burlesque * Cabaret * Circus ** Contemporary circus * Comedy clubs * Concerts ** Concert residencies ** Concert tours *

Dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

* Discotheques *

Drag show A drag show is a form of entertainment performed by drag artists impersonating men or women. Typically, a drag show involves performers singing or lip-synching to songs while performing a pre-planned pantomime or dancing. There might also be so ...

s * Drama * Escape Rooms * Fireworks * Fashion shows * Ice shows * Improvisational theatre *

Magic Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

* Minstrel shows *

Music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Bri ...

Musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

* Nightclubs * Operas *

Parade A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, float (parade), floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually ce ...

s * Parties * Performance art *

Performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

** Marching arts *** Color guard *** Drum and bugle corps *** Indoor percussion ensemble *** Marching band *** Pep band *** Winter guard * Professional wrestling/ Sports entertainment *

Puppet shows Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – wikt:inanimate, inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. S ...

Rave A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...

s * Revues * Sideshows * Spectator sports *

Stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

Street theatre Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including shopping centres, car parks, recreational reserves, college or university c ...

Strip club A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other Erotic dancing, erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or Bar (establishment), bar style, and can also ...

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Symphonies A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...

* Theatre * Variety show * Vaudeville * Ventriloquism * Video art *

Wild West shows Wild West shows were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe that existed around 1870–1920. The shows began as theatrical stage productions and evolved into open-air shows that depicted romanticized stereotypes of co ...

Mass media entertainment industry

* Live entertainment **

** Plays ** Performance art ** Comedy ** Drama ** Sports *

Film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

Film studio A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production ...

s ** Movie theaters / cinemas ** Film score ** Film production ** Acting * Broadcasting ** Television *** Television programs **** Reality television ** Radio *** Radio programs *** Podcast *Animation * Music industry ** Composers and songwriters ** Singers and musicians ** Choirs ** Orchestras ** Concert bands ** Karaokes ** Concert hall * News media ** Web television ** News articles * Fashion, Fashion industry ** Model (person), Modeling *Literature

Digital Entertainment Industry

* Online Digital Content Videos ** Comedy sketch,short films,vlogs * Digital Music

Electronic entertainment

* Short Message Service, SMS content * Video game industry ** Video games * Toys

History of entertainment

Entertainment by historical period

* Entertainment in the 16th century * Entertainment during the Great Depression

History by entertainment type

History of exhibition entertainment

* Amusement park#History, History of amusement parks * History of art exhibitions * History of fairs * History of museums * History of theme parks * History of trade shows * History of wax museums

History of live entertainment

* History of busking * History of the circus * Comedy#History, History of comedy * History of comedy clubs * History of concerts * History of dance * History of fireworks * History of musical theatre * History of nightclubs * History of discotheques * Opera#History, History of opera * History of parades * History of performance art * History of plays * Magic (illusion)#History, History of magic * History of sports * History of striptease * History of lap dancing * History of strip clubs * History of theatre * History of variety shows * History of vaudeville

History of mass media entertainment

* History of animation * History of film * History of literature * History of magazines * History of the music industry * History of new media * History of radio * History of radio programming * History of sound recording * History of television * History of television programs * History of video games

Entertainment law

* Entertainment law ** Copyright Term Extension Act

General concepts

* Acrobatics * Aerialist, Aerial acts * Animal training * Applause * Beauty pageant * Celebrity * Chinese yo-yo * Circus * Circus skills * Clown * Comedian * Comedy * Contact juggling * Contemporary circus * Contortion * Corde lisse * Cyr wheel * Devil sticks * Diabolo * Equilibristics * Fire breathing (circus act), Fire breathing * Fire eating * Geisha * German wheel * Hand-to-hand balancing * Hula hoop * Human cannonball * Humor * Horse riding * Internet humor * Ice skating * Impalement arts * Juggling * Knife throwing * List of beauty contests * List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards *

* Mime * New media * Old time radio *

* Plate spinning * Radio * Radio programming * Rock opera * Rodeo clown * Roller skating * Sex industry * Show business * wikt:showstopper, Showstopper * Sideshow * Spanish web * Stiltwalking * Sword swallowing * Show jumping * Teen idol * Tightrope walking * Trapeze * Unicycle * Ventriloquism

Notable entertainers

* List of circuses and circus owners * List of clowns * List of comedians * List of film and television directors * List of film score composers * List of magicians * List of professional wrestling rosters, List of professional wrestlers * List of theatre directors in the 20th and 21st centuries, List of theatre directors * Lists of actors * :Lists of entertainers, Lists of entertainers * Lists of musicians * Lists of sportspeople * List of entertainment industry dynasties

References

External links

DMOZ Open Directory Project
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