Entertaiment describes a variety of activities. It may be a private, single-person activity, such as listening to music or reading; it may involve social interaction with other people, such as playing games or visiting the cinema; or it may require physical skill and effort, such as sports or martial arts. Entertainment can be shaped to fit different purposes and audiences, such as the famous Scheherazade story from the Persian professional storytelling tradition being adapted into an orchestral piece by Rimsky-Korsakov, a film directed by Pasolini, and an innovative video game. Sometimes the word is abbreviated to entmt on fliers or in industry news publications where space is limited.
