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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Fall rally attendance dips as police ticket tallies rise
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:58:00 -0400
Area officials and the organizer of the fall Harley-Davidson motorcycle rally said attendance for the event, during which one biker died in a crash, appeared down compared with previous years.The number of vendors also was lower, according to Horry County Public Information Director Lisa Bourcier.She said this year's event attracted 172 vendors, compared with 221 a year ago.
Debate-watchers predict voters will get clarity
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:58:00 -0400
On the eve of their second debate - less than a week after they were upstaged by the vice presidential choices - Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have been intensifying their campaigns, even as economic signs worsen.Area political activists have high expectations for tonight's debate, which will have a town-hall format moderated by former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.Previewing tonight's debate are two area Republicans - Barbara Leonard, a longtime McCain supporter and convention delegate, and state Rep. Thad Viers, who will spend this week campaigning in Wisconsin for McCain - and two area Democrats - Bea Catalano, chairwoman of the newly formed Grand Strand Democrats club, and Elizabeth Montgomery, an organizer with Pawleys Island for Obama.
Ex-sheriff gets 16 months
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:58:00 -0400
Ronald Hewett, well-known in both Carolinas as Brunswick County's sheriff for 14 years, will serve 16 months in federal prison for his efforts to obstruct justice in a federal investigation of his department.U.S. District Court Judge Earl Britt also sentenced Hewett to two years of probation, fined him $10,000 and ordered him to participate in a substance abuse program. The U.S. Marshall's office will determine when he'll begin serving the sentence, which is expected to be at the Butner Federal Correction Complex. The U.S. attorney's office had recommended Hewett serve the maximum 12 to 18 months."I take full responsibility for my actions," he told a packed courtroom in the Terry Sanford Building in Raleigh. "I can't tell you how sorry I am. I want to thank my family for their love. I love them more than anything."

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