Entertainment is a leisure activity consisting of an event and an audience that views the event and participates. This participation can be subtle, as in Theatres: Film, Opera or stageshows, or Orchestral symphony concerts wherein the applause due the performance or performing artists would be bad manners. In contrast, the sports entertainment industry feeds off audience participation— who can imagine the strange event attending a pro-wrestling bout, basketball or baseball game without cheering or booing the participants would experentially being happy.
The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry, and one distinction between what is meant by the term is the voluntary participation of the party being entertained, which may be passive (Opera) or active (Frantic shoot-em-up computer games) and the whole gamut of industry supported diversions in between (Baseball, Concerts, Football, Books, Television, film , striptease, and events like Karaoke).
Recreation, play, reading, and art appreciation may in some instances be confused with entertainment, but the difference is elementary—entertainments take two or more— even if one of the participants is a programmer for the obsolescent Amiga computer system who now happens to be deceased. Without the 'performance' of the artist and the participation of the viewer the event would and could not occur.
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Arts and Entertainment :: Middle East

4 Walls - Exhibits the works of Jordan, Arab and international artists. Agenda, photo gallery, news and press releases.
Al Bukhari, Nawaf - Offers a gallery of paintings.
Meta Description: [ Gallery of fOOnOOn.com, the Arab Artist from Amman, Jordan. Participate in the color vote contest, simply by voting, to win a free limited edition print. ]
Art of David Roberts - Petra/Baalbec - Antique lithographs held by Petra Fine Art.
In Search of a Jordanian Architectural Style - An article based on an interview with Jordanian architect Ammar Khammash.
Manal Barqawi Cyber Gallery - Includes a selection of the artist's works and a biography.
Meta Description: [ Art Painting to a Jordanian artist, water and oil on canvas paintings ]
Neolithic Statues - Preserving Ancient Statues from Jordan at the National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
Meta Description: [ Smithsonian | Freer & Sackler Galleries ]
Rania Kurdi - Actress, TV presenter and singer. Site includes audio samples, photos and a biography.
The Grumpy Gourmet - Objectively evaluates Amman's top restaurants. The site includes dining tips, articles, reviews and a survey.
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