Entertaiment is all about having fun and being entertained, it is a place to forget your worries and live in a world of euphoric bliss for the time being. It is also an industry that is undergoing some major changes as consumers are looking at alternate ways to buy and download music, watching movies online for free and exchanging music with friends on sites such as Craigslist and eBay. This has led to a huge drop in sales in the record and film industries.
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The word entertainment derives from the Latin intertenere, which is a contraction of tenere, meaning to hold inside. It refers to any movie, TV show, music etc., used to entertain people.