What is entertainment for one group of people may be considered work or even cruelty by another. Familiar forms of entertainment have the ability to cross media and remain popular for a long time. Moreover, the same basic themes and images seem to be continually remixed.
The roots of the word “entertainment” go back to the Greek for bowel or intestine through the Latin word enteron, which means “to hold inside.” Similarly, the Medieval Latin intertenere, meaning to hold inside, evolved into the Old French entretenir. This issue of T E News explores the many facets of entertainment and its industry.