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The following outline 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 themselves in their leisure time, and may also provide fun, 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 (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, vaudeville, comedy, film, fun, and music. It applies to every aspect of entertainment including cinema, television, radio, theatre, and music. Types of entertainment Exhibition entertainment Amusement parks Art exhibits Fairs Festivals Museums Trade shows Traveling carnivals Travelling exhibition Vivariums Aquariums Water parks Wax museums Zoos Live entertainment Air shows Awards ceremony Banquet Burlesque American burlesque Neo-Burlesque Victorian burlesque Cabaret Circus Contemporary circus Comedy clubs Concerts Concert residencies Concert tours Ceremony Dance Discotheques Drag shows Drama Escape Rooms Fireworks Fashion shows Ice shows Improvisational theatre Magic Minstrel shows Music festivals Music hall Musical theatre Nightclubs Operas Parades Parties Performance art Performing arts Marching arts Color guard Drum and bugle corps Indoor percussion ensemble Marching band Pep band Winter guard Professional wrestling/Sports entertainment Puppet shows Raves Revues Sideshows Spectator sports Stand-up comedy Street theatre Strip clubs Symphonies Theatre Variety show Vaudeville Ventriloquism Video art Wild West shows Mass media entertainment industry Live entertainment Musical theatre Plays Performance art Comedy Drama Sports Film Film studios Movie theaters / cinemas Film score Film production Acting Pornography Broadcasting Television Television studio Television programs Reality television Radio Radio programs Podcast Animation Animation studio Music industry Recording studio Composers and songwriters Singers and musicians Choirs Orchestras Concert bands Karaokes Concert hall News media Web television News articles Fashion industry Photographic studio Modeling Literature Digital Entertainment Industry Social media Online video platform Digital music Electronic entertainment 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 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 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 History of opera History of parades History of performance art History of plays 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 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 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 Magic Mime New media Old time radio Performing arts Plate spinning Radio Radio programming Rock opera Rodeo clown Roller skating Sex industry Show business 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 wrestlers List of theatre directors Lists of actors Lists of entertainers Lists of musicians Lists of sportspeople List of entertainment industry dynasties See also Drama Performance Television Theatre Outline of dance Outline of film Outline of literature Outline of music Outline of performing arts Outline of sports Outline of theatre Media of New York City List of movie-related topics Gambling Cinema of the United States External links DMOZ Open Directory Project - listing for Entertainment. 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