entertainment
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She had experience painting sets at work for the entertainment industry, but had never customized a rental of her own like this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
That raises questions over how much the company might collaborate or compete with legacy media and entertainment giants in a bid to grow its empire even further, BofA analysts said on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
What to know: Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, host of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator,” in this drama about the moral gray areas of a show that entrapped pedophiles for entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Someone in the family switched it on and twirled the dial to the evening’s entertainment.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Today, dragons and dungeon crawls are common entertainments.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
"Christmas football was originally rooted in a wider tradition of communal entertainments," Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea University told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
The acting is fine, the characters generally endearing, and anyone familiar with local theater—or even just entertainments about local theater—will know the types.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
It is a property of adolescent entertainments from “Archie” to “Riverdale” that adults can be less than helpful — beside the point, if not actively dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
For example, most operas were written to be popular, middle-class entertainments, and artists such as Liszt and Paganini enjoyed rock-star-like fame and popularity in their day.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Media Literacy - High School
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Media Literacy - Middle School
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Media Literacy - Introductory
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