Articles about Entertaiment

Entertainment is amusement or distraction. The clown at the birthday party, the Broadway show, the stadium rock concert–all are forms of entertainment. It’s a category that’s hard to define, since whatever entertains one person may bore another. Entertainment can be purely recreational, as in fun and laughter, or it can have serious overtones as in a ceremony, religious festival or satire.

Probably from the Middle English entretenement, from the Old French ententeerment, to hold together or support (a person). See also amuse. Entertaining movies often hit on themes the human brain was evolved to react deeply to, such as social backstabbing and murders.