For a while the two of them entertained themselves finding places on the globe, but eventually they’d had enough of it, and Sticky Washington had yet to appear. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Go on, entertain me," I said, giving it a stretch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We smiled sadly at each other, realizing that cliches weren’t as entertaining without Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the lesson, Harry thought, as though it had been some sort of spectacular show, but he hadn’t found it very entertaining — and nor, it seemed, had Hermione. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Holmes had assigned me several days in a row to R-and-W gallery, dispelling any thought I had entertained that he was starting to like me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hostess was tense; it would be the first time she had entertained in her new home. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

To entertain us, Mate began telling riddles she was sure we hadn’t heard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My days were spent looking for things to steal and ways to entertain myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Felix tried to pass the two hours by reading, while Benji tried to entertain everyone by offering to do stupid tricks for money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We met at a party. Out in Jersey. She and I was both hired to entertain.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Despite Bobby’s insensitivity and bullheadedness, the Polgars were gracious hosts and continued to entertain and care for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The concept of death is simple: it is when a living thing no longer entertains experience. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they had invented certain imaginary games to entertain themselves on rainy afternoons. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were feted by premiers and emirs and entertained at embassies and consulates as they made their way back west to Palermo, Sicily, where they boarded another tanker for the homeward passage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The commandant had built it so his guards and their families would have something to entertain them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

All those years of entertaining have prepared them somehow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And till Colonel Forster came himself, not one of you entertained a doubt, I suppose, of their being really married?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows how to charm a crowd, how to entertain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Children everywhere have similar ways of entertaining themselves. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Much later, my mother would tell me that every year when spring came and the air warmed up in Chicago, she entertained thoughts about leaving my father. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment, and only for a moment, I entertained the notion that Davis might’ve helped his father disappear. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They tried in vain until they were worn out, while Jupiter and Mercury watched them greatly entertained. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lionel, the busboy, entertains us for the rest of the shift by standing just behind Stu’s back and sucking deliriously on an imaginary joint or maybe a pipe. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I recall, I was rung for late one night - it was past midnight - to the drawing room where his lordship had been entertaining three gentlemen since dinner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped entertaining guests or attending church; it was as if the murders had shattered even her faith in God. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Not long ago Mrs. van D. was entertaining us with some bit of nonsense or another. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His quickness and accuracy at first entertained Ophelia, but she began to wonder why he couldn’t miss once in a while, allowing her a chance to correct him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But if it starts to get longer it can force a reader to entertain a complicated qualification before she has any idea what it is qualifying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I see no harm in entertaining all ideas,” he said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now that we were no longer stringing beads, I entertained Tanu after supper by reading Tagore’s poems aloud, although the older widows said I would have done better to read the sacred verses. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think I had been waiting for a long time for someone to say this so that I could entertain these decisive words myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’m dressed, Amara says, “The only way to deal with fear is to treat it like an unwelcome guest. If you keep entertaining it, you’ll never be rid of it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A charismatic eleventh-grade geometry teacher stoked her interest in math, and for the first time, she entertained the idea of a future that took advantage of her knack for numbers and all things analytical. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was little to entertain the island youth, so we sang. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

White families had gathered as usual, looking forward to a lazy Sunday away from work and household chores, a chance to relax, children entertaining themselves with sand castles and water play. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The masters were entertaining their friends and relatives in their big, comfortable houses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’d have enough music to entertain them while they drove fourteen or fifteen miles home and unharnessed in the dark and fed the stock and milked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy did not meet many of the eyes that found him so entertaining. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only occasionally did they go out after Ronny was born, and even more rarely did they entertain. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Billy went into his bedroom, even though there were guests to be entertained downstairs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how the thousand nights begin, with Scheherazade entertaining the king with a story. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Horace was in no mood to entertain my questions. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My parents seemed to me piously simple—like the nuns I remembered—unwilling to entertain intellectual challenges. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can entertain hypotheticals, but the fact of the matter is that anything but maintaining the royal image is out of the question,” the queen says, setting down her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Well, yes; but you will be entertained to discover that there is a significant complication in the case of the comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Years of service in the Kingsguard had taught the white knight how to remain unobtrusive when she was entertaining, but he was never far. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The one who has been entertaining the public by impersonating a duck.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Theaters put on "laughing gas evenings" where volunteers could refresh themselves with a robust inhalation and then entertain the audience with their comical staggerings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Luke couldn’t tell if she was amused or, maybe, had already entertained the idea of incapacitating his friend. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Desire reeled inside him, but he would wait for evening, after dinner, after they had entertained any guests, after Ikejide had retired. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It would be fun, she said, a real adventure, but there wouldn’t be any light, so we would have to use all our resources to entertain one another. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Such wonders you have never seen, ladies and gentlemen, acts and performers gathered from the four corners of the earth to delight and entertain you, acrobats, and tumblers, and aerialists of the highest caliber.... Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For it may well be that in America, it is all part of what is considered good professional service that an employee provide entertaining banter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I might be especially unlikeable to you because I’m not beautiful like Scheherazade, or funny, but I still have her job to entertain you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Herbert even entertained the idea of getting into music and bought a slide trombone at a pawnshop. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

An idea had planted itself during my teary ride home—an idea so ridiculous I couldn’t believe I was entertaining it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In fact Nils seemed to want us to talk, if only to keep her occupied while he entertained the other guests. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether he seriously entertained the offers that came his way from institutions as august as Harvard University is hard to say; but in the end, he turned them all down. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For months at a time, James entertained these pale creatures, their white buggies traversing the mud tracks that led to the great house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Now that there is no one to feed or entertain or talk to for weeks at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I see my mother was entertaining you, how exciting,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And who, pray, are you going to entertain, Andrew?” asked Aunt Letty. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looked white and strained, and I wondered why the entertaining of Beatrice and Giles, his own sister and brother-in-law, should have tired him so. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He entertained it, his voice unctuous with pleasure and cruelty. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fidelito had been entertaining himself by splashing his feet in a shrimp tank. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, Mr. Zuckerman was so busy entertaining visitors that he neglected his farm work. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lawrence didn’t think about the cells much anymore, though occasionally he and Zakariyya still entertained the idea of suing Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

An unusual number of husbands, fathers, and friends had come down to stay over Sunday, and they were being suitably entertained by their families, with the material help of Madame Lebrun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And seventies TV keeps me disturbingly more entertained than it should. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sentences in the left-hand column all deny a proposition that it would be reasonable for readers to entertain. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

While I was entertaining these trivial thoughts, a momentous and terrible event was unfolding close by. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle the producers were able to cobble together enough entertaining footage for three weekly shows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in my life that I had ever consciously entertained the idea of violating the laws of the land. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the worker aimed the lens at him, Ignatius scowled and shook a fist, entertaining the workers greatly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s look at one sentence on page ninety-four of this very entertaining introduction to Zen that I had you read this week. ‘Everything that comes together falls apart,’ ” the Old Man said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

For the past month she was focused on entertaining me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He entertains pipe dreams: the Frenchman will invite him in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He offered, “Things have come to an entertaining pass, when a city under siege—the spot of greatest danger in the colony — is the only place that might offer us safety.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles was more entertained than she was indignant. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Before he knew it, Bobby’s winnings from Reykjavik were beginning to diminish, and yet he saw that Rader and Armstrong were flying all over the world, entertaining lavishly, and proffering gifts to world leaders. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had been entertaining everyone with her perverse rhymes since the fourth grade. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It now seemed really clear that, having assumed they were to hear a beaudful or entertaining violin recital, they were disappointed, and were allowing their peace and quiet to be disturbed only out of politeness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the opera, like everything else, totally failed to entertain the elf. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was silly and morbid to entertain such ridiculous notions. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some important guests had arrived unexpectedly, and she had had to entertain them in a remote part of the villa. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With all potential playmates either in school or working in the fields, Christine entertained herself by joining in the lessons in her mother’s classroom. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She hated the way they competed to keep Imogen entertained, splashing and showing off their muscles in the pool. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day the baboons preferred social activities: grooming, entertaining infants, lounging in friendly groups. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, it is meant to be so. We entertain here often, and many bats can arrive at once.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have never been one of those Americans who pepper their conversation with French phrases and entertain guests with wheels of brie. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Shut up! Shut up! Don’t listen to him! They entertained the Reds in their house. They’re traitors!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly that we had to show off so much as that we wanted to entertain each other. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I remember I entertained a great objection to your adversary, because I took it ill that he should be brought here to pester me with his company.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were amused and entertained by my clever answers, my witty remarks, my smiling face and my critical mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To entertain such a belief would have been to entertain madness. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Whites who came at night got a better reception; the several Harlem nightclybs they patronized were geared to entertain and jive the night white crowd to get their money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had climbed to the summit of Everest with Hall in 1993, and she entertained no illusions about the gravity of her husband’s predicament. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“His Highness wishes to entertain a more decorous final image of you than being held over a rock and berated by some parcel of insanity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says trying to keep a toddler entertained was the best acting experience he’s ever had. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

One thought Joe had never entertained, even in his most uncomfortable dreams, was that somehow he would be singled out to be a leader. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At most, it would have created a more entertaining spectacle and saved Bing, Lin, and Jimmy Smith from the humiliation of seeing their horse routed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Violinists from the orchestra shook my hand warmly, but my thoughts ran only to how I had, in anger, entertained the Serpent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want to be entertained. He wants to go to Ann’s Christmas party, where everybody is. He’s asked me to go with him.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lived thus far in an isolated farmhouse surrounded by vast fields of wheat, with little to entertain her beyond the sound of the wind rustling the bone-dry stalks each autumn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She herself would not be entertained by placing grass randomly on a blanket. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unless Eva herself introduced the subject, no one ever spoke of her disability; they pretended to ignore it, unless, in some mood of fancy, she began some fearful story about it—generally to entertain children. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good dance and it entertained our white buddies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say anything about El Patron! Shoo! I don’t have time to entertain you.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The planes formed behind him and a single vision passed through the mind of Bull Meecham, magnificent in its improbability, in its impossibility, but one that he entertained deliciously for a full minute. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For other mid-twentieth-century composers, however, it seemed increasingly as if being complicated and uncompromising was more important than producing something beautiful, entertaining or simply enjoyable. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I almost felt bad letting the unruly pirates out, but I guessed they deserved something more entertaining than the exercise wheel after being cooped up in a cage for three centuries. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, choiceless, she went, leaving husband, sister, Rose Dear and May behind, and if she worried, the blond baby helped soothe her, and kept her entertained for eighteen years, until he left home. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He likes to think I am being entertained; and I am, I am. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come to see me, but she told me to keep to my room while she entertained him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was certain that his companions were more entertaining than the king's offspring. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It must’ve been awful to have people gawk at you and demand you entertain them how they see fit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I have it in me to entertain strangers too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Did you hear that Rick Sher- lund, a Goldman Sachs partner, annoyed some of his neighbors when he hired Jackson Browne to entertain at his anniversary party? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A grown man entertaining three raccoons, treating them like real ladies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you often entertain your own guests after his have gone?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘Ah, but this might be entertaining. Go on, Varus.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

To lift the lion’s paw knocker, to entertain thoughts of marrying the doctor’s daughter was possible because each key represented a house which he owned at the time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the daily tourist boats arrived around ten o’clock, she flew back to her island, leaving the sea lions, Darwin finches, marine iguanas—all the original residents—to entertain the people. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley’s heart were entertained. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Among the members of the inspection task force, Lawrence and Mills were willing to entertain the idea of a test ban in principle but were pessimistic that it could be adequately monitored. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Tía Mari suggests we entertain ourselves playing cards, but when Mami sorts through the deck, she says, What on earth happened to the queen of hearts? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Had entertained just two visitors: his brother Jack and his dad. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to believe the bird, but I’m willing to entertain the idea that maybe he’s not the enemy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Some texts, calls, email, and Facebook status updates are really informative or entertaining. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I settled into the old couch and figured this show would at least be entertaining, because as far as I was concerned, it was the furthest thing from reality. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Up until the Santa Anita Handicap the redhead had been basking in the attention, boasting of his horse’s infallibility, and entertaining the reporters with his quick wit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Next time find a kitchen drudge to entertain you. The girl is mine.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Because of Etienne being local, his family has to entertain his superiors pretty regularly, and of course the Nazis know the food is better on the farm than in town. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A kindly, educated old man with a big white Panama hat who worried mostly about his digestion, my grandfather entertained no political ambitions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I leave an excellent substitute in my daughter. Emma will be happy to entertain you. And therefore I think I will beg your excuse and take my three turns—my winter walk.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I resisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion Bessie and Miss Abbot were disposed to entertain of me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had an opportunity to relive the medieval era and enjoy a nice dinner while being entertained by knights participating in hand-to-hand combat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Since he was a young child he had hardly ever fallen asleep in the daytime, even when the house was in its afternoon silence....She wouldn’t believe it—not with Aurelia to be entertained. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She’d been eight, and her elementary school principal had hired some dude named Amos the Amazing to entertain them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You do like to keep your guests entertained,” she said drowsily. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I would be pleased to entertain you while you eat. Let me sing you the lay of your father's great victory at King's Landing!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He soon found another way to make a few dollars, while entertaining himself as well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Poet entertained the boy by assigning shoe types. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

How many times had Matt entertained himself with thoughts of Tom’s downfall? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that he loves traveling, loves entertaining, having people over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t be expected to entertain her all the time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t you be entertaining your guests?” a familiar voice said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“At long last, today we shall be fascinated and entertained by ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus,’” she continued, once the dishes were cleared away and the trio of sad children had gathered obediently around her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

How could she entertain the idea of returning to Farmville and giving up a job she was good at, that she enjoyed, that paid two or three times more than teaching? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“My wife never thought of this,” said one, and he bought some crystal—he was entertaining guests that night, and the guests would be impressed by the beauty of the glassware. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it’s almost entertaining to see Caesar Flickerman, the eternal host of the Hunger Games, with his painted face and sparkly suit, preparing to give an interview. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I try to entertain him with his stuffed Tweety, but he just rolls over and purrs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Most relevant here, though, is that the Pythagoreans were willing to entertain the notion of a spherical earth, and a nongeocentric cosmos. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They look at me with mute interest, as if I am a mildly entertaining side act at a circus. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Many times, when we play hide-and-seek to keep his little sisters entertained, I won’t come out of my hiding place when I hear “Ally ally oxen free!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“They have a bunch of relatives over to see the new baby, and Theresa and Jimmy have to entertain their cousins.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother called it the ladies’ parlor, because it was where she entertained her friends, where they laughed and hailed each other by their nicknames—Art! Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad would usually be entertaining clients, with my mom beside him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to keep the twins entertained. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I slept through the night, entertaining myself if I woke up and no one was around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their unquestioning acceptance of their own superiority, whites were unable to entertain the possibility that many blacks considered living next door to whites as the cost of obtaining adequate housing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

With only occasional, and increasingly rare, encounters with the little girls he could persuade to be entertained by him, he lived rather peaceably among his things, admitting to no regrets. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soirée musicale, sometimes diversified by card-playing. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Mina and I stay in the playroom, perched uncomfortably on child-size furniture, while Mr. Cohen entertains the children, kneeling on the floor and letting them drive their cars up his legs and arms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently, they just sit around watching really boring documentaries that only geniuses would find entertaining. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neighbors would drop by while Hugh was off at the hardware store, and I'd struggle to entertain them with a pathetic series of simple nouns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

With hands clasped over his heart, Tommy feigned a swoon; then, leaping like the Frog Prince, he went off to entertain his older fans behind the lunch counter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what the convent looked like, but he made up a description to entertain the little boy.“Its a castle on a hill,” he said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They unchain you so you have the chance to do something entertaining. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

While Martin entertained himself by fiddling with the soda dispenser, I grabbed a few bags of chips and chocolate bars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I suppose your ancestors often entertained royalty at Manderley, Mr. de Winter?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to bring him from the trading post and entertain him until the judgment was given. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just sit yourself down and entertain that young man.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's entertaining enough to listen to for a while, but really, he's all in a muddle. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I went to get you a drink, but when I came back over, you were being entertained," I said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But she was not there to be entertained with the vacillations of a minor Victorian esthete. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, by the way, we’re entertaining some guests on Saturday,” she says as she opens my door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

No longer able to afford her “hatchetation” raids, she instead took to the stage, where she entertained audiences by reenacting some of her most spectacular saloon-destroying accomplishments. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Having invited me Finny now felt he had to keep me entertained. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course Arm wondered why the General was entertaining them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Duma had accompanied Walter on his trip to the Youth Conference in Bucharest, and that night he entertained us with the Russian and Chinese songs he had learned on his trip. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During our visit, Cletus didn’t pull out his old suitcase, didn’t entertain us with his usual stories of exaggeration and gossip. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

We entertain ourselves by pretending there is still some square inch of countryside that we haven’t discovered yet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I considered, scarcely daring to entertain the prospect, a father might hold me swaddled in his arms, and raise me to his sister’s lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"Like a court magician paid to entertain royal children with fireworks and tricks?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But he was entertaining, and I found his conversation useful and interesting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how I’d entertain myself without him, since bike riding and movie marathoning didn’t sound as fun alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had been entertaining and fascinating to find here on Gethen governments so similar to those in the ancient histories of Terra: a monarchy, and a genuine full-blown bureaucracy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, entertaining company, Desdemona heard her son’s clarinet and, as if orchestrating a harmony, let out a long sigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He listened to her with perfect indifference, while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Danglers show up in newspapers and bestsellers, on the network news and highway billboards, and they can be endlessly entertaining—as long as they’re perpetrated by someone else. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, the grand failures are as entertaining as the great successes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Card playing, guessing games, impersonations, listening to gramophone records, slide lectures, reading aloud—the men found ways of entertaining themselves and keeping their thoughts occupied in the long, dark winter months. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“But a man like you—in public life—needs a wife who knows social business—who can entertain his influential business friends. I’m not that kind of a woman.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty proud of myself for saying, "You were being entertained." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

So I was set up in the weekly market just south of Belair-sur-Oise, and I was keepin’ the people entertained, as I do, when I notice the strangest sight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But still, I entertain her nonsense because I have a few minutes to kill before I have to get back to the station. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then Chapter Eleven is laughing, entertained at last. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was dead now, had been killed while entertaining troops in the Crimea. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most entertaining part of the game by far was trying to get the computer to engage us in humorous conversation: Me: “Touch the cave wall.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Also, Thibaut and his mate will have to scurry about to find it, which will be entertaining. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He proceeded to give us directions in a lilting accent, which I found enormously entertaining. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If not, if the old man gave the command to storm the castle regardless, Winterfell would fall; Theon entertained no delusions on that count. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For two hours I listen to giggling and flapping as they entertain themselves with the skittish creatures. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, young man, what can you do to entertain us? Sing songs? Tell stories? Compose sonnets? Juggle plates? Do tumbling tricks? Which is it?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped: I could not trust myself to entertain, much less to express, the thought that rushed upon me—that embodied itself,—that, in a second, stood out a strong, solid probability. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It got to me after a while, although it sure was entertaining Tilly, who sat at attention and monitored its every move. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly in an exhibit, and there’s a room full of people waiting for me to entertain them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She spoke with her hands, entertaining her two youngest children with fluid movements of such consummate grace that it seemed as though light music should be filtering from somewhere in the dizzying late afternoon heat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you be entertaining much at Manderley, Mrs. de Winter?” they would say and my answer would come, “I don’t know, Maxim has not said much about it up to the present.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All this was particularly taxing for Galileo since he loved spending money himself, enjoying fine wines and good food, and entertaining his friends generously whenever he was in funds. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Mom kept Connor entertained by showing him around the store, letting him sift through the multicolored leotards, the tulle-ruffled tutus, the floral headpieces and rhinestone tiaras. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was an entertaining talker, whose knowledge of North Korea thrilled Shin, especially when the subject was food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A younger Dr. Atchley, an only child, with working parents, had to entertain himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fitzsimmons had become deeply fond of the colt and entertained private doubts about parting with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern European and American children spend much of their time being passively entertained by television, radio, and movies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Eliot is eleven. He can feed and entertain himself; I just want an adult in the house, in case of an emergency.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

While the woman was entertaining Drennan, the others freed the wolves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He saw that Emma had soon made it out, and found it highly entertaining, though it was something which she judged it proper to appear to censure; for she said, “Nonsense! for shame!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I disagreed, arguing that a Halloween party for local kids and military families who’d never seen the White House before was a perfectly appropriate use for a tiny slice of the Social Office’s entertaining budget. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I knew she had a thing about my block, so the fact that she was even entertaining this idea of coming over was good enough for me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It looked as though Mrs. Danvers entertained her visitors in the morning-room when Maxim and I were out of the way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

More effective, although unpremeditated, were the obstacles erected by the four little boys, Fred, Dan, Jack, and Bob, who kept running in and out of the rooms where the older girls were entertaining their callers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enabling virtually all citizens to experience noteworthy events simultaneously and in entertaining form, radio created a vast common culture in America, arguably the first true mass culture the world had ever seen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard this drink ordered at squadron parties when his parents entertained the pilots in their home. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We entertain ourselves by trying to figure out which disease they’ve got, and we’ve reached the conclusion that they suffer from cancer, smallpox and measles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had never entertained on such a large scale before and, worried that there would not be enough to drink, ran out at one point to buy another case of champagne just in case. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Well,” Dad said, "they are very entertaining. They are French and German language lesson records. You don’t have to listen to them consciously. Just play them. And they’ll finally make an impression.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge was entertaining a few locals with tap dancing and martial arts, occasionally singing into his megaphone, though nobody seemed to understand what he was saying. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Guenever, on the other hand, dressed like a gipsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper, and kept her lover a secret On top of this, she was a nuisance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a tranquil soul who entertained herself, studied hard, played with her dolls, and showed not the slightest inclination for her mother’s spiritualism or her father’s fits of rage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the thought was entertaining, she kept her attention on the competitors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d heard most of them before—band camp stories and Ben Starling stories and first kiss stories—but Lacey hadn’t heard any of them, and anyway, they were still entertaining. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The thought-voices are entertaining, too, because I never know what they are going to say. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Who are these nutcases who would volunteer for an artificially daunting situation in order to entertain millions of strangers with their half-assed efforts to survive? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you were also acquainted with a certain cat which the widow entertained as a familiar spirit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to argue with Perez, and entertained no illusions that it was within my power to change his ways. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would hang out together during the day, looking for things to do, thinking up games to entertain ourselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If I could entertain and entrance, I would be like a drug, compelling him to follow us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The queen welcomed them warmly, then summoned Missandei to see that the girls were fed and entertained whilst she shared a private supper with the Green Grace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s father had taught him how to play solitaire, and he used to entertain Hugo with a few card tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Does he think I have nothing else to do but entertain people he’s too busy to bother with?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think then, how do you entertain the people who have seen your act a thousand times? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From time to time the Chief of Staff, the President, and so on, dressed in sequins and feathers, will entertain the leaders, i.e., the perverts, of all the other countries at balls and parties. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A linear equation like 4x – 12 = 0 is extremely simple to solve, and such problems didn’t entertain algebraists for very long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Simple as that. “But while that might make for an entertaining story, it would not be the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No teacher would ever entertain the thought of mitigating, in any way, the punishment of a truant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They entertained them with the utmost hospitality and before they bade them farewell Helenus gave them useful advice about their journey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, once or twice a week he went for long walks on his own land, the well-loved piece of prairie where he had always hoped to build a house, plant trees, eventually entertain greatgrandchildren. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lycian king received him with antique hospitality and entertained him splendidly for nine days before he asked to see the letter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them become pets who entertain children, children who learn to love and be kind to animals. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, he entertained a growing stream of visitors. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose and took his plate, little entertained with jests on matters of such gravity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

So that entertained her for a few minutes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was glad for our company because she lived too far from the nearest town to entertain visitors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth listened with delight to the happy, though modest hopes which Jane entertained of Mr. Bingley’s regard, and said all in her power to heighten her confidence in it. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder how different my adolescence would have been had I been free But no, it is my parents I see—their optimism during those years when they were entertained by Italian grand opera. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the car, as we started our long journey to Lewiston, Idaho, my grandmother Hiddle said, “Salamanca, why don’t you entertain us?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The headmaster had threatened me with death by in-school suspension if anything bad, embarrassing, or even mildly entertaining happened on this trip. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t entertain any ideas about killing me. You could, of course; no one can stop you. But it will go much easier for you if I am unharmed when my men arrive.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sent to France to negotiate a wartime alliance, he arrived in Paris just when the French ministry was ready to entertain such an idea. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Let’s say the greatest storyteller to ever entertain had infused it with magic somehow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While trying to have our usual space talk, it made me dizzy just watching Mrs. B feed, change, calm, and entertain Sabrina. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the event you find the accused guilty, the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at night a storm rolled in, and while the novelty of a pitching boat at anchor entertained some of the children, Ginny and even the Warden grew nervous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was entertaining to look at them, and some of them we even tried out; for a while the floor looked like Christmas morning. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of entertaining Dave and Karen at the weekend is wearing, but I’m going to have to compromise. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Filipinos loved him; Marcos entertained him at the palace and on his yacht; Marcos’s wife, Imelda, dined with him at lunch; young ladies gathered around him constantly, as if he were a movie star. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I briefly entertained the thought of asking Sovoy about her, but discarded it as a bad idea. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or so it seems to his father as, on a fan-cooled veranda, he entertains apocalyptic thoughts of marching armies, a new dynasty, the end of society as they know it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, no. You sit right there and entertain our conquering hero.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were entertaining ourselves with the light switch, Mama turned a knob in a white tub. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched right out, leaning his head against the cushioned wall of the cab and pretending to nod off, a common avoidance-of-conversation-with-strangers tactic of his, one which left me to entertain Shorty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She entertained visitors in Cambridge and in Down, often old servants and the children of old servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear gel,” said Uncle Andrew, “you don’t understand. I shall have some quite unexpected expenses today. I have to do a little entertaining. Come now, don’t be tiresome.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Think how to make a buck, and how to keep my mind busy so I don’t have to entertain these thoughts. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, he seemed to be the only prisoner in the complex entertained by the state of affairs—being held at Camp Greyhound. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Music is sound that's organized by people on purpose, to dance to, to tell a story, to make other people feel a certain way, or just to sound pretty or be entertaining. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His lordship had been entertaining two guests, a young lady and gentleman, in the summerhouse, and had watched my father's approach across the lawn bearing a much welcome tray of refreshments. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

How satisfying, how entertaining it would be for Snow to have me kill him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In another context, in another world, it might have been entertaining for Moss to witness this. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I really am just something to entertain them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once a cow coughed as he was peering up its backside, with entertaining results. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were here--and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Midas welcomed him and entertained him for ten days. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would go to parties and shoot flames out of her mouth to entertain everybody. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“My life is far too quiet these days. This . . . was most entertaining.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment they seemed more entertained than disturbed by the strange goings-on, but Penelope’s sense of foreboding had returned at twice its previous level. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That she's a spendthrift and loves to gamble and entertain with extravagant parties. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This wealthy young entrepreneur might not be such a bad sort, if he was prepared to pass the time of day entertaining children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I gave him a reproachful look and walked off without responding, but already, I suppose, I’d begun to entertain the possibility that he wasn’t, after all, making it up about Miss Lucy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She organized dances at the club, making sure that the Junior Hostesses and Victory Debs were on hand to entertain visiting servicemen. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about the note she had left me, and for a moment I entertained the thought that Sim might be right. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And to entertain the people in the Capitol, of course. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The company was right not to revise it to Think Differently: the verb think can take an adjectival complement which refers to the nature of the thoughts being entertained. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Afterward, the girls entertained themselves by playing Lotería and watching telenovelas on the Spanish channel while Mamá and I cleaned the kitchen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He seemed quite intent on proposing this fall,” Clara said, “but I am not sure if Ana will continue to entertain him.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although my father could neither read nor write, he was reputed to be an excellent orator who captivated his audiences by entertaining them as well as teaching them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Papa would have entertained Big Ma. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mate and I could keep the house entertained for hours, telling and retelling the horrors until the sting was out of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember my mother was “entertaining” some sailors while my father was away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’d learned way back as a shoe shine and behind the counter at Townsend’s—with white people, good tips come if you entertain them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to take him home and entertain him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I entertained the thought again and again; I broke the surface smiling, and gasped for air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"A doctor's wife has so much entertaining to do." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He joined the Wild West Show, and while they were entertaining kaisers and queens, he brought death and suffering wherever they went. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just some stupid tourist here to entertain him for the summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I assumed that all of these posts were filled with misdirection and misinformation, but they were still highly entertaining. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alex and I discovered that we could entertain ourselves by running up and down the aisles. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The writer is entertained by what he writes; he believes none of it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charming fellow, lovely singing voice. Met him when we were entertaining the baron last Midwinter.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was unthinkable to her now that she could have even entertained the idea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a way for kids to entertain themselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This sounds unattractive, but it was entertaining rather than off-putting. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She'd heard their excuse—different versions of it—time and time again, but they were always so entertaining that she was game to hear it once more. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Schindler kept to his usual schedule, entertaining until the early morning hours and then making his rounds in the factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And I entertained myself by trying to picture what he might get for Christmas. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We listened to the lady of the house as she entertained us with her life’s story feeling delightfully blessed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We had to wait while they prepared this and that—threw open a gate to the lower lane to shock & entertain passers-by, hoisted the blade & ropes in place, etc. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Poor darling Briony, the softest little thing, doing her all to entertain her hard-bitten wiry cousins with the play she had written from her heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He did not entertain the crosscurrents of conflicting emotions that were often aroused in others upon sighting “the enemy.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swears that they are obliged by an army order to wear silk chemises and to bathe before entertaining guests of the rank of captain and upwards. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t entertain a reasonable offer for your ranch, would you?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can entertain the notion that you might be here for multiple reasons.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“What of the explosion? Didn’t that entertain you sufficiently?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d never entertained her at his house before, and he had his servants and slaves running around in circles, getting ready for the visit. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was entertaining—most unwillingly—a “friend,” except that he wasn’t, he was a stupid little bore and a maddening nuisance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If I had entertained any suspicious before,” wrote Washington, the assurances you have given me of the contrary would have removed them; but the truth is, I harboured none.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Understanding why he entertained such hyperbolic thoughts is the key to the core meaning of the duel. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In adolescence, and until marriage, the darker members of the family will be kept out of the way when the friends of the fair or fairer members of the family are being entertained. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Was that entertaining enough for you, you wine-breathed little—” “No need for that.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alas, I do not wish to entertain these unwelcome thoughts now, so I push them from my mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I get the sense that he has finally figured out a way to keep himself entertained and I am it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had amused and entertained him more than he would have thought possible, over the months, and he realized tonight that the parting would be a real wrench. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t believe in boredom when there’s so much to do around the house, as if cleaning the apartment were as entertaining as a day at the beach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“True: yet I should scarcely fancy Mr. Rochester would entertain an idea of the sort. But you eat nothing: you have scarcely tasted since you began tea.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I just have to find some way to make it as entertaining as a cello solo, an operatic aria, or a magic trick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soiree musicale,sometimes diversified by card-playing. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce entertained the kids inside, playing card games and making fudge and cocoa on the woodstove. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dorian’s Eyllwe was just competent enough that he understood the gist of it to be: “His Highness certainly knows how to keep women entertained.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t like the singing, so he twirled the dial through the stations, searching for a more entertaining program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You monster! I bet you thought it was great fun. You must have found their cries and their struggles quite entertaining.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughs at Justin’s jokes, but it quickly becomes obvious that while he’s entertaining, he hasn’t done a whole lot of actual research yet. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It is a very readable and entertaining book, which predicts a certain Southern victory. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles could entertain himself for hours just by thinking, or by observing birds, or watching sticks and leaves float down a stream. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time, we were entertained by Will and John's ready store of wit and comic roguery as they engaged each other in kicking games. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I went to my room and entertained myself by reading a few pages of The Great Gatsby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had also entertained them with stories of his hunting adventures in the Dakota Territory and read adventure and nature books to them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

"I'm telling tales, my dear, not lies. Lies are mean things, and tales are meant to entertain." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

So why not entertain her, be a gentleman, or whatever it is she thinks you are—What does she think you are? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, excellent. Anatsou finds the humans so entertaining, even if he also finds them simple.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jack’s parents frequently entertained friends and relatives, some of whom stayed with the family for weeks at a time. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the potheads who hung out at Rainbow Park entertained the idea of trading in their withered thermal shirts for a tux or a Jessica McClintock ball gown to go to prom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I try again: Cerm is meant to entertain, inform, and keep you safe I cross this out too. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was scared to think about it, to even entertain the notion, but he found that once he’d acknowledged it, its roots dug into him, refusing to let go. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Logic says to run away from the fight, but there's nothing more entertaining than a good brawl. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

What was I thinking to even entertain the idea of being in a school pageant? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I waded slowly, blindly, determined not to fall and entertain the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger had often entertained the maids as they hoed the beds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I spend the next forty-five minutes standing guard outside Barbara’s dressing tent as she entertains gentleman callers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She either found me entertaining or couldn’t believe I was rambling the way I was. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

‘Can you entertain the notion that I might be here to help you, not simply because I want something?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He told this to the little girl while he was pruning the rosebushes, simply to entertain her, because he adored her and it made him sad that she was mute. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nineteenth-century newspapers intentionally printed fake news stories to entertain readers and increase sales. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

When told of their diagnosis, Perry Smith said, “How would they know? They just wanted to be entertained. Hear all the morbid details from the killer’s own terrible lips. Oh, their eyes were shining.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matt is to be treated with respect, just as though I were here in his place. He is to be educated, well fed, and entertained. He is not to be mistreated.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the day Chester had spent inventing hopping games to try to keep himself entertained, but they didn’t work, really. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a year we spent two span at his manor, entertaining him and his household. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even Fat Cheeks was reduced to lip-smacking foolishness when he attempted to entertain one. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolls her eyes, clearly not entertained by me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

By the mid-1990s, no serious alternatives to the War on Drugs and “get-tough” movement were being entertained in mainstream political discourse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm not allowed to entertain that idea. It would be dangerous." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was always too busy to take them to the house to entertain. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He continued to entertain Shin with long stories about good things to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you can show Grover how to play that card game you enjoy. I’m sure Grover would be happy to entertain you for a while ... as a favor to me?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

To this day you can leave me alone for hours and I’m perfectly happy entertaining myself. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And if a few entertained private doubts, surely they would be wise enough to keep those misgivings to themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It was meant to be entertaining,” said Henry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to the Crossbars, folks. Who do we have the pleasure of entertaining tonight?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He still entertained a pair of opinions—or, to use his word, “concepts”—and, in reconstructing the crime, had developed both a “single-killer concept” and a “double-killer concept.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had entertained the thought that the time might never come, that the promise of the game was something to motivate his studies and nothing more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Four white boys in their early teens, sons of some newly arrived Irish people, occasionally entertained themselves in the afternoon by harassing black schoolchildren. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So very happy! Honestly, I didn’t think you’d make it past the nymphs, but it’s so much better that you did. Much more entertaining. You’re just in time for the main event!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our pets had mostly escaped by then, or been eaten up, as in the case of Methuselah, but the Congo still offered a wealth of God’s creatures to entertain us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realize how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marina stayed behind with the other squadron, entertaining them by playing the village school piano and reading them poetry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He has fallen the tiniest bit in love with Lydia and with the understated, unflustered way she entertains. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma entertained us with reading or checkers and chess so we wouldn’t bother Mother as she studied for her night-school exams. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some she had invented to entertain her children; others were old folk tales told to her by her own mother and her grandmother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent the morning watching television, cartoons that kept the boys entertained. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Plus, he didn’t make a very entertaining pet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And when Cynthia herself had been sick in bed with a cold, he had sat by her side for hours and entertained her with stories. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you plan on having friends over? The missus loves to entertain guests.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Biologists used to entertain themselves by speculating as to what would happen if, through some unthinkable catastrophe, the natural restraints were thrown off and all the progeny of a single individual survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cherrie and the others especially enjoyed Roosevelt’s ability to tell a good story, keeping everyone entertained with tales of his adventures in the Wild West, in Africa, and as president. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Game nights in the concession stand hit occasional lulls, so Theo and I entertained ourselves making plastic cup pyramids and talking about English class. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her convent is a place of chaste simplicity, with none of the luxuries whispered of in some nunneries: eating from gold plates, drinking wine, entertaining men, and neglecting the hours for prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know. You think the circus cruel. Well, just between us, so it is, but that is what keeps the people entertained.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He smiled and puffed on his pipe, blowing a smoke ring or two to entertain us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had a stockpile of Moss horror stories that kept them entertained for weeks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then we would all entertain ourselves by playing cards in the living room. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The immunity was immediate and irrevocable—so she could no longer entertain thoughts of being gleaned for a full year. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This new development was also fascinating, but less entertaining. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And even he himself had entertained the traitorous thought that now he would be the fastest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

His favorite companion on these tours was Mercury, the most entertaining of all the gods, the shrewdest and the most resourceful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining entertaining at the long table we kissed against, my classmates all drinking the pale green wine and pretending they had never tried to murder me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, I began to find her strangely entertaining. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a boy and then as a young teenager, he had entertained himself with what he considered life’s essentials—his books, and the ideas and insights that constantly traveled through his active mind. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And although Mother had once or twice entertained Leapers in the house, she tended to lump them all together, fairly or not, with snake handlers, fallers, foamers, and other fringe examples of the henhouse sects. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“But if the physics-—the quantum physics— suggests that God exists, I’m more than willing to entertain the notion.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen you this way,” she replied, half shocked, half entertained. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from their expressions, I could see that the other side of the class was entertaining the same question. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m from New Orleans; I love to cook and entertain, and my mother had just sent us a crate of avocados and black-eyed peas, and—oh, a heap of real nice things. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he made the mistake of entertaining an evil desire and that desire gave birth to sin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The aim is to entertain while also highlighting racial double standards in how police shootings and other crimes are interpreted, covered and prosecuted. ‘Shots Fired’: A Mystery With a Message About Police Shootings 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

This Swan Lake is a big, entertaining spectacle. Swan Lake 2010-06-13T21:00:00Z

The result is a production that aspires to be funny but not too edgy, entertaining but full of gravitas, and without the Golden Globe wild card factor of freely flowing alcohol. Let's never have an Oscars host again 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

His dialogue throughout “Time Stands Still” crackles with bright wit and intelligence, but it is almost always an expression of the characters’ personalities, not a function of the author’s need to dazzle and entertain. 2010-01-29T04:55:00Z

Then he could entertain himself by ordering his creation around like a gigantically over-extended dachshund. The Human Centipede director shows why three into one will go 2010-08-19T21:26:00Z

Or would this phrase at least indicate that I am reasonably concerned with parental failure and thus am willing to entertain the notion in order to prevent it? “I almost always feel like a failure as a father” 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

On the evidence of “Eureka Day,” the alarming and entertaining new play by Jonathan Spector, the answer is a conclusive “no.” Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

While this part of the plot is very entertaining and important, the dynamics of the Buss family left my wheels spinning far after the episode had ended. "Winning Time," HBO's show about the rise of the Lakers, has advice for fathers 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z

Anthony Bourdain: I’d read Jeremiah’s memoir originally titled “California Dish” and it was shocking to me… of course it was wildly entertaining that it was shocking to me for a number of reasons. Remembering Anthony Bourdain: The chefs and writers he knew and inspired reflect 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Across the country, an increasing number of cities and municipalities are entertaining the idea of criminalizing feeding the hungry in certain instances, citing concerns over public safety, sanitation and the need to unify charitable efforts. "Criminalizing the Samaritan": Why cities across the US are making it illegal to feed the homeless 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

The movie manages to be entertaining and deeply insightful without ever once feeling forced. 'In a Better World': an Oscar-winning tale of friendship, violence, revenge 2011-04-28T20:05:08Z

The Nabokovs entertained no friends, never went to the movies, tipped everyone well, and rarely left town. How I found solace in Nabokov’s Speak, Memory during the pandemic 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

On the bus, Fleck gives this card to the parent of the child he is trying to entertain as a way of explaining his odd behavior. "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Large farm table: It would be swell to entertain at a rustic dining table for 12. Small-space living: A 707-square-foot rental in Shaw

As adamantly un-intellectual as "The Iron Lady" is, it's still undeniably entertaining. New DVDs | 'The Iron Lady,' 'Miss Representation' 2012-04-09T21:32:11Z

This is a substantial, patiently made, entertaining portrait, with a percussive, rhythmic jazz score by Ramachandra Borcar and some emphatic spoken word courtesy of Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

“Blue Champagne” is a deeply researched, thoroughly entertaining history of the torch song that revisits the era of Ruth Etting and Libby Holman, who are remembered in detail. Music Review: Keeping Torch Songs Ablaze 2010-11-21T22:34:00Z

At Auschwitz, thirty or so musicians were selected to entertain the Nazis; they were assigned to a special barracks, and dressed in “sharp looking” band uniforms. The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, these are mild distractions from an otherwise entertaining and informative, albeit somewhat meandering, work of popular scholarship. Review | A new look at Gatsby — as an Oxford man 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

The performances were generally as entertaining as they were skilled. Review: Le Jardin des Voix’s Sweet Italian Menu 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

“Fires are a risk in the kitchen year-round, but we’re even more distracted by entertaining guests and family this time of year,” Carli said. Home safety tips for the holidays

Or is it more just an entertaining story that you’re after? On ‘Revisionist History,’ Malcolm Gladwell Unfiltered 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

For in just about every way, the Tony Awards was a fresher, funnier, whimsically weirder and just all-around more entertaining event than the fairly lugubrious Academy Award ceremony that Franco presided over. Oscars, take note: Tony ceremony was a fun shindig 2011-06-13T19:08:05Z

“For people who think entertaining is daunting, I’m offering ideas that relieve some of the pressure,” Rose explains. Lela Rose Shows You How to Host the Ultimate Party 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

A tireless advocate for bebop and an unfailingly entertaining improviser, Harris has been a stalwart jazz pianist, organizer and educator since the 1960s. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

In the more entertaining Hitchcock movie, it was evident that Bruno represented Guy's dark side and was the Hyde to his Jekyll. Critics applaud Strangers stage play 2013-11-20T12:58:45Z

Most of these brevities play with point of view or whip up entertaining alternatives to standard narration. Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

"His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas for making the show entertaining and fresh," the producers said in a statement. 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane to host Oscars 2012-10-01T16:40:03Z

After a point watching Georgiana flex her savvy becomes downright entertaining: she is not keen to end up locked in an attic, like that Creole woman in another literary classic. A less sexy "Sanditon" doesn't evolve the plot, but so what? That's not why people watch 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

And no other president has used celebrities in quite the same way — both as inspiration to mold policies and as foils to entertain and satisfy his political base. Master of celebrity: How Trump uses — and bashes — the famous to boost himself 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Indie movies may not be as slickly “entertaining” as those in the mainstream, but you’ll be supporting the aesthetics of liberation. Heroines Triumph at Box Office, but Has Anything Changed in Hollywood? 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Few things on television could seem more pleasingly old-fashioned and simply entertaining than NBC’s “Hollywood Game Night,” which returns for a third, schedule-padding season on Tuesday night. ‘Hollywood Game Night’ and the problem with the celebrity fun bus 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

Allen was most recently spotted cutting a rug on Sunday, reportedly in an attempt to entertain a baby he spotted in the plane’s window. Toronto airport worker goes viral after demonstrating smooth dance moves for passengers 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

I entertained myself by counting dozens of items and creating a Harper’s Index-style list: John Steinbeck’s classic travelogue showcases man’s best road trip buddy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

“Sitting there, pulling faces to entertain myself with an avatar of me, a live feed? It’s like, ‘Oh, god, I could be trapped here,’ you know? An Artist Who Explores the Deep Creepiness of Facial-Recognition Technology 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

The games and apps they like may be entertaining and even educational, but they still put a kid on the receiving, not creating, end of technology. Motherlode Blog: More Screen Time for Kids Who Create Instead of Watch 2011-11-11T18:03:24Z

It was the friends who came to see me after my mastectomy and assumed it was their responsibility to be their usual entertaining selves who softened the blow of such mutilating surgery. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

Fortunately I found other, cheaper ways to entertain myself in this Mediterranean city. Frugal Traveler: In M?laga, a Taste of Picasso (and Iberian Cuisine) 2011-02-02T00:18:15Z

I’m grateful to the performer who worked so hard to entertain a close-minded teen, and can now admit it: I liked “Stomp.” For Critics and Fans, Nearly 29 Years of ‘Stomp’ Memories 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

He’s the role’s most extroverted player, with touches of flamboyance to entertain the children. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

This series, so far, is solidly entertaining, with a big-budget luster, some well-drawn characters, and an intricately woven narrative that shows plenty of promise. ‘The Rings of Power’ Premiere Recap: All is Not Calm in Middle-Earth 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

“Two Truths and a Lie” is often extremely entertaining, but there’s a deep pain in its core. True Crime Gets Its Close-Up 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Tomalin’s account of Wells’s early years educates and entertains, and her subtitle has it exactly right: He did change our world. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

It could have been awkward but Kershaw ran with it, making intimate conversation accessible and entertaining on a grand scale and making hers the highlight of the weekend's staple shows. Liz Kershaw; Morning Marauders: radio review 2013-04-26T06:00:16Z

And it's also very entertaining and very funny, unexpectedly funny. Emilio Estevez on making "The Public," a film about dignity, homelessness and libraries 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

In short, "Newsies" is a critic-proof, resolutely entertaining, slightly exhausting romp, with a strong company and no end of technical flash. Energetic 'Newsies' chock full of extras -- read all about it 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

“It’s the desire to think and feel through a problem, rather than just be entertained.” MacArthur ‘genius’ grants launch winners from obscurity: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

But for Brent, entertaining his minions was a sacred charge indivisible from any practical accomplishments. 'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years 2013-05-14T14:26:08Z

In “Parallel Lives,” Phyllis Rose tells us about his frantic entertaining of the guests at a Christmas party. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

A note to parents: George’s doesn’t have highchairs, but Mr. Karapanagiotis, whose family portraits line the walls, will offer to entertain the baby while you eat. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Cape May, N.J. 2011-06-30T19:01:36Z

Psychological hunger: “the need to be entertained, comforted, or distracted.” Back to school, with a healthful reboot

They are an army of only two, yet they seem destined to conquer and slay anyone who ventures into the Lyceum Theater, where they have set up their festering — and, admit it, stupendously entertaining — camp. Review: ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ Stars an Even Odder Couple 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

They scored 25/30 Comedian Bill Engvall‘s good-natured jive to “Crocodile Rock” was judged by Carrie as evening’s “most entertaining” routine. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Latin Night Means Salsa, No Chips 2013-09-24T03:36:32Z

David Parsons brings his brand of entertaining athleticism and a handful of new works to the Joyce for two weeks. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Some critics found the story predictable, but most said the movie was an easy, entertaining watch. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Great’ and ‘Graduate Together’ 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z

Slender cheese straws keep us entertained, too, and when a bowl of saucer-size potato chips is ferried past us, everyone votes to order some. Thomas Keller mines the past to create something new at Surf Club in Miami 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

It's an entertaining, but bleak, picture of politics in this country too, a world of bitter competitiveness and ruthless ambition that has very little to do with the interests of the country. The Politician's Husband – TV review 2013-04-26T06:00:11Z

Having been a very entertaining lunch companion he excused himself early, rushed from the room, and half-an-hour later was on stage for the matinee of War Horse, round the corner in Drury Lane. Chris Cleave: what happened when authors and book bloggers met for lunch 2011-02-21T12:56:34Z

New York’s private-party scene allows a select few to eat, drink and be entertained for free, often in the company of celebrities. Not Invited? No Worries for New York’s Party Crashers 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

The film, directed by Hao Wu, looks at China’s live-streaming culture, where hundreds of millions of people log in to watch various hosts sing, tell jokes and hustle to entertain audiences. ‘People’s Republic of Desire’ Review: A Virtual Craze Makes Actual Cash 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Yet its entertaining conceit aside, the show suggests that Mr. Cattelan knows what he’s about: he’s always been uneven and now he is running out of ideas. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z

But Marsh is more interested in the variety of delusions entertained by humans in their quest to share the planet with other species. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z

With naughty nods made nice by a few twists, “A Naija Christmas” might seem to be an entertaining albeit middle-of-the-road holiday romantic comedy. ‘A Naija Christmas’ Review: Honoring a Mother’s Wish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Producer Glenn Weiss said the goal was to deliver “an enjoyable and entertaining evening while we work hard to produce a three-hour show for the first time.” Diversity feted as Oscar nominees gather for class photo, and lunch 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

In the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London, a harpist plays in the lobby, but instead of the expected classical music, she entertains her audience with hits from Beyoncé and other Billboard Top 100 artists. Hotels Bring Live Music in Unexpected Places 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Sociopaths can be incredibly entertaining and amazingly enigmatic.” Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

The following week, Trump appeared on “The Savage Nation” again, and he seemed to entertain Savage’s conspiracy theories about the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Bigoted radio host Michael Savage has lost faith in Trump 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

They are too dishonest for documentary but too real to be truly entertaining. Posh vs Poor 2010-06-17T12:18:00Z

Both events will present international performers and speakers to entertain and inspire as well as local artists and experts to discuss a variety of subjects aimed at empowering women and their communities. The inaugural Essence Festival in Durban, South Africa, will be held in November 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

I think it's perfectly okay to write what is just a good suspense novel that entertains people and maybe to a certain extent informs the reader. Author Don Winslow: Trump's administration feels like it's "manifested itself" as the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Two small tables provide a place to set drinks while entertaining. To create a modern, open sitting area, replace the sofa with chairs 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

“Even though Catelynn and Tyler are the least dramatic and entertaining of the couples, I appreciate what they did by placing their baby for adoption.” Fighting Teenage Pregnancy With MTV Stars as Exhibit A 2011-04-08T22:20:42Z

“It’s a celebration of shopping and about making shopping fun and entertaining for the customer,” Terry J. Lundgren, the president and chief executive of Macy’s, wrote in an e-mail message. A Night to Ring Up Some Good Will 2010-09-16T16:23:00Z

They were created primarily to educate and to entertain. Perspective | Are nature documentaries the greatest art of our time? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

Or it’s simply a marvelously entertaining compilation of three linked yet unrelated ballets — “Emeralds,” “Rubies” and “Diamonds” — to wonderful music by Fauré, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. Dance Review: Three Gems of the Here and Now 2011-06-06T22:04:19Z

They are not entertaining and leave no impact, he asserts, suggesting they shortchange actors of quality. Ernest Borgnine dismissive of modern movies 2011-01-20T01:24:55Z

And though its latest gambit may be a similar publicity stunt, the results are bound to be entertaining. A “G-rated” porn campaign: PornHub’s strangely SFW idea 2014-03-05T20:27:00Z

These two sparkle in this wildly entertaining story. Heroines save their heroes in the best new romance novels 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Reaching awkwardly for Ursula’s game but worried She, Glenn delivers the most entertaining kisses of the night. Kiss me again, and again, and again, and . . . 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

Her style of entertaining reflects the natural, relaxed vibe of her decorating, which is chronicled in her first book, “Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating,” published in October. Designer Lauren Liess’s five favorite entertaining essentials at Pottery Barn 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

To put it another way, if TV comedy is Downton Abbey, live comedy is The Only Way is Essex, which is just as entertaining but often far more uncomfortable to watch. Comics never die on TV 2011-07-12T17:12:59Z

At a time when comic-book heroes dominate Hollywood, cartoon characters regularly invade Broadway and kids’ karaoke entertains crowds of thousands, live stand-up remains stubbornly family-unfriendly. A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The PET scans behind his surprising claim—and which have provided entertaining material for his lectures—were taken where he works. This is your brain on murder: What the mind of a psychopath looks like 2014-03-09T18:30:00Z

It's a great lesson: To write is to educate and to entertain. On interviewing Umberto Eco, 'the most erudite person on earth,' by Glen David Gold 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

If the choreographic element was sometimes slight, and the corps de ballet work rudimentary, they were always entertaining thanks to his sure eye for collaborators and dancers. Roland Petit obituary 2011-07-11T12:42:20Z

Nicola – the most entertaining – made a name for herself in Wags Boutique, remember? Come Dine With Me: Wags Special 2010-06-10T07:01:00Z

He initially described the book as just "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate." I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

But it’s time to stop claiming that films are history when they are stories meant principally to entertain and inspire.  It’s not just “Selma”: Hollywood’s history problem 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

I worry about making good TV and entertaining people. "The Real L Word": Will TV ever get lesbianism right? 2010-07-16T17:40:00Z

While he'd revealed few details to the public, he said the company would focus on products that entertained while improving one's "quality of life." Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata was always willing to take a risk 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

But he was also an unpublished dabbler in fiction, an amateur naturalist and a father who made up rabbit stories to entertain his two young daughters on long drives in the country. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

Television shows, especially ones as popular and visceral as Empire, inspire their viewers beyond just entertaining them. Empire at the Paley Festival: why fans nearly faint when stars are in the room 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

As with the rest of the production, Valdés's performance might stray from what the original choreographers intended – but this is one of the more entertaining Swan Lakes you'll ever see. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

Funny and entertaining as “Moxie” is — did we mention the comedian in a bear suit? Happenstance’s gleeful hat tip to vaudeville with a wink to the present-day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

“But I find myself in the world now that isn’t that, and that world is a far happier, kinder, nicer, more interesting, more entertaining, more exciting world.” An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

While the series is entertaining, sometimes funny, and has a good soundtrack, it can be sad and infuriating too. ‘Pam & Tommy’ recaps sex tape drama through a #MeToo lens 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

Instead he sought a welcoming environment where he could host his grown son and daughter and young grandchildren and indulge in the pleasures of entertaining. Bruce Budd Redecorates Houston Mansion 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Although in some parts this book was a bit predictable, it is fun to read and quite entertaining, with lots of twists and turns. The Pony Detectives: Moonlight, Star of the show by Belinda Rapley - review 2012-06-21T08:00:00Z

It's an entertaining genre, sprinkled with morality plays here and there. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Pittsburgh’s iconic sports history is celebrated with statues, monuments, memorials and historical markers throughout the city, as well as some very entertaining and enlightening sports museums. In Pittsburgh, a visiting sports fan can’t fail to hit a home run

Not so the students of Sheffield, whose Tuesday Club has, for the last 13 years, been entertaining them and clued-up locals alike with a soundtrack of drum'n'bass, hip-hop and more. Clubs picks of the week 2012-07-13T23:11:31Z

The Sapphires tells of an all-female Australian Aboriginal singing group that entertained US troops in Vietnam. Sapphires DVD image prompts apology 2013-08-06T10:02:51Z

The finale, and the season overall, got strong reviews from critics, including The New York Times’s James Poniewozik, who wrote, “If this was not the series’s best season, it was its most flat-out entertaining.” ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Draws Record Ratings 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Readers get a taste of Quinn’s processing power when he holds multiple conversations across cyberspace simultaneously; it’s entertaining to ping-pong among these emails, texts and video chats. Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

Two that educate and entertain will take place this weekend. Spare Times for Children Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Grandage allows Rothko's barbed, brutish yet often insightful comments on art to unfold with a theatrical flair that educates as well as entertains. 'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation 2010-04-02T01:16:00Z

"Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories," he says. Weinstein goes back to Neverland 2012-09-14T05:24:13Z

These complaints may take some of the joy out of a film intended only to entertain, but they also reveal vital perspectives that have been hidden for too long from our white-male dominated discourse. The La La Land backlash: why have critics turned on the Oscar favorite? 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

Anna Franklin, interior designer and founder of Stone House Collective, uses an antique china cabinet as a bar and entertaining station in her home outside Milwaukee. Tips for setting up your home bar, during the holidays and beyond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

This show is kind of like those posters but a lot more entertaining. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

But her mom “would not at all entertain that kind of talk,” she says. Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

It’s also tighter and tougher, which makes it less entertaining than its MoMA counterpart, but, with slowed-down looking, a more satisfying one. Roots of Conceptual Art, Caught by a Camera’s Eye 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

I found these comments more entertaining than dissuasive. Seeking Solitude in Japan’s Mountain Monasteries 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Finding a way to reach a generation that is eager to be entertained and informed, yet resistant to the familiar, in-your-face 20th-century approach, is the focus of every smart luxury and fashion brand. Special Report: Marketing to the Millennials 2010-03-02T13:30:00Z

It is here that the Reithian ethos is expanded to: "inform, educate, entertain and convince the elderly that their loft is full of gold but everyone wants to steal it from them". Lord Patten's TV guide 2011-03-11T13:16:05Z

And you come in and you can have a ball for three days,  and entertain hopefully. The Carpetbagger: A Word With ... Gary Oldman 2012-02-17T17:14:51Z

This has become a feel-good country whose priority is to be happy & entertained all the time. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

He had just gotten back from entertaining clients. 50 shades of regret: A cautionary tale about online dating and the movies 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Crazy Rich Asians was a very entertaining picture and it’s certainly in with a shout. Golden Globes 2019: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Welsh comedian Rob Brydon hosted the evening, keeping the audience entertained with impressions of British veteran actor Michael Caine and barbs about NSA spying. Clooney, Cumberbatch honored at BAFTA Britannia awards 2013-11-10T10:51:26Z

For a new generation, "The Bible" provides a way to visit the work "in a visual and entertaining way" that may encourage viewers to seek more information, she said. History channel gives 10 hours to 'The Bible' 2011-05-24T04:28:08Z

But like most entertaining movies it's not so much how it ends but the journey. 'Adult Beginners' comically eases into family life's darker side 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Material from the new album dominated the evening, and, based on this live preview, “American Middle Class” promises an entertaining and titillating song cycle. At Hill Country, Angaleena Presley seems set for post-supergroup success

Yes, the fourth “Step Up” movie has arrived, and of course it’s full of invigorating dance numbers that are made all the more entertaining by the 3-D technology. Movie Review: ‘Step Up Revolution,’ Directed by Scott Speer 2012-07-27T01:33:43Z

As guests air-kissed and back-slapped their way around the crowded ballroom at the top level of the Hollywood & Highland complex, singers Judith Hill and Michael Feinstein were to entertain the celebrity crowd. Hollywood's elite mingle at glitzy post: Oscar parties 2013-02-25T10:38:24Z

Indeed, if “Sell/Buy/Date” has a flaw, it is perhaps that the show is almost too entertaining, too slight, for the harsh subject underlying it. Review: ‘Sell/Buy/Date,’ Sarah Jones’s Futuristic Look at Sex Workers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

At the same time, enthusiastic praise for beekeeping is served up by the ton in this slightly rambling but informative and entertaining memoir. Dripping Slow and Sweet, Four New Books About Honey and Bees 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

“Diana,” though, is lazy and thus neither entertaining nor insightful; though audiences talk back to it at will, it’s not even campy fun. ‘Diana, the Musical’ Review: Exploiting the People’s Princess 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

The Little Rockers will perform songs that may entertain parents, too. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

His framing device seems initially an excuse for stringing together a parade of entertaining anecdotes: A mysterious Mr. Inbelicate hires someone dubbed Inscriptino to produce a manuscript based on decades of Pickwickian research. ‘Death and Mr. Pickwick’ asks if Dickens stole his famous first novel 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Johnny lies in bed being entertained by identical blonde pole dancers dressed as waitresses and wearing red high shoes. Somewhere ? review 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

Certainly I should have if a young nubile female had entertained me in such respectable circumstances. Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless: 2010-10-19T20:31:00Z

There’s a lot of variety among the bands and D.J.’s who will entertain shoppers. In Transit Blog: Fashion's Night Out in London Offers Parties and Deals 2011-08-31T10:00:42Z

Watching the five protagonists try to deal with the weird, dangerous consequences of their actions is entertaining as hell, but it’s also strongly resonant with our own weird, dangerous world. In “Injection” a team of Internet do-gooders get tasked with making the digital space a better place and get it horribly wrong 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Truth and fiction mingle like guests at a cocktail party where the booze flows so freely you forget who’s the historian and who’s just an entertaining fabulist. Raise a glass to 1920s Paris and the Americans who imbibed there 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

And people who live in the city will also be cured of many fanciful notions they might entertain about the idyllic wholesomeness of rural life. Damn His Blood by Peter Moore – review 2013-06-11T10:16:10Z

It might sound pretentious, but it's richly entertaining, thanks in part to Kitson's odd but warm stage presence, and to writing that mixes gut-busting hilarity with moments of tenderness. This week's new comedy 2011-02-12T00:05:45Z

A professional comedian will entertain, but his name might not ring a bell. The rise and fall — or maybe rebirth? — of the White House correspondents’ dinner 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

You were really extremely kind to entertain us all so extravagantly. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z

Tchaikovsky's trio is a chamber-music monster that ends with a half-hour set of variations, hardly mystical like Beethoven, but rather a series of entertaining scenic vignettes, and each was made a delight. Review: All-star piano trio leaves listeners with a royal flush 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Each of the city’s main breweries enters a beer-themed float to entertain the crowds as they make their way from downtown Munich to the festival grounds — a meadow known as the “Wies’n.” Rick Steves: How to become a Bavarian at Oktoberfest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

So a programme being entertaining does not preclude it also being informative. Appetite for change 2013-02-05T13:16:49Z

“The people who eat every single day and entertain, I don’t think they will want to be around that,” he said. If there’s a Trump bump for restaurants, Georgetown is first in line 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

The meeting is structured, so to speak, around a series of “instructional tutorial musical lessons” — because people supposedly learn better when they are entertained. Review: ‘R.R.R.E.D’ Is a Bad Hair Day 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Born in Minneapolis, Hong loved to entertain and would practice doing impressions in front of the mirror. Actor James Hong back in spotlight with Hollywood star push 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality. ‘The Sixth Extinction,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014-02-10T18:47:42Z

The Providence Journal called it “intriguing” and “oddly entertaining.” James Franco shuts down play about James Franco 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

This “cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent,” Garner writes, “unpeels the way that Kubrick’s movies, packed as they are with impieties, challenge, infuriate and entertain.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

What begins as an entertaining chiller swerves into a drama of self-revelation and then into an unconvincing romance. ‘Lift,’ by Walter Mosley, From Crossroads Theater Company 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Work is done in between entertaining the kids, policing a screen-limit policy, cleaning after them, trying to educate them, making sure they are not beating each other up too badly, and, mostly, cooking for them. Ottolenghi’s Test Kitchen Is Closed. But the Recipes Keep Coming. 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

It’s still a welcome, entertaining and overdue delivery of credit where credit was, and is, due. ‘Twenty Feet from Stardom’: Backup singers take spotlight 2013-06-27T21:14:34Z

All that stuff really makes it entertaining and thought-provoking. Film: A Teenager Flying Over a Cuckoo?s Nest 2010-09-25T05:00:00Z

“You drive yourself crazy … because you start creating for, ‘Oh, is this right, or is that gonna work?’ instead of just creating what you find compelling and entertaining.” Apple TV Plus joins streaming wars with Oprah but no library 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

They blend humor and bleakness, sex and poverty; they disconcert as much as entertain. Danny Brown finds success by rapping about being broke 2012-03-28T00:18:00Z

The Roosevelts pitch in while entertaining the Manns at the White House: Review | Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ imagines the adventurous life of a literary great 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

When it sticks to exposing the fancy footwork and intellectual freemasonry of lawyers, the play is moderately entertaining, and Terry Johnson's production is well acted. Race 2013-05-30T14:34:03Z

Mr. Cave, 57, is best known for his “Soundsuits,” the wearable, noise-making costumes that entertain while they raise questions about race, gender and identity. The Artist Nick Cave Gets Personal About Race and Gun Violence 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

There is potentially tremendous psychic payback down the road in a public offer of such entertaining largesse. Perspective | Theater on the Nats Park jumbotron? It’s a whole new ballgame in arts presentation. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

He also has become the show’s entertaining id, channeling and deflecting our own dark thoughts about this lopsided spectacle. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': 1 Radioactive Bite, 8 Legs and 183 Previews 2011-06-15T02:30:06Z

There, they entertained debutantes, gay men and night life characters. The Wine Thief 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Hopper, the star and director of the cult film "Easy Rider," displayed his vast art collection at the compound and entertained his Hollywood pals there despite its location in a gang-infested neighborhood. Dennis Hopper's L.A. home on market for $6 million 2010-07-22T02:03:00Z

Our goal for this apartment was neither entertaining nor having houseguests—it’s about function, about us. Sir Elton John 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

I find Sean to be utterly entertaining and magnetic and responsible. David Fincher: unfriended by Oscar? 2011-02-02T21:31:01Z

Walking away from the sense of purpose — and the adulation — that comes with entertaining thousands of fans every night on the road isn’t easy. The classic-rock generation is getting ready to retire. Who will fill their shoes? 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

A new member of the extensive and entertaining fellowship of detective story writers, Miss Dorothy L. Sayers presents as her initial offering a very ingenious tale. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

I was much more entertained by Mike’s visit to A to Z Fine Upholstery, a shop where Nacho Varga has a day job working for his father. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 2: What’s Hoboken Got to Do With It? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

The writer-producer Ryan Murphy took some flak a few years back for his backstage melodrama “Feud,” which depicted the real-life rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in ways both entertaining and factually shaky. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in May 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Hardly surprising, when he's spent the previous three hours dashing about the stage, running in and out of rooms, donning disguises, engaging in elaborate mimes and generally keeping the audience riotously entertained. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z

The TV version delivers the message with an entertaining kick: It’s a non serviam with spunk. Review: ‘His Dark Materials’ Paints a Vivid Children’s Crusade 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Easily the best, most entertaining book about Gore Vidal is his 1995 memoir “Palimpsest.” ‘Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,’ by Jay Parini 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

So I thought the idea of having four or five surrogate Ronnie Krays involved in a turf war in east London – that was entertaining. Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman ? Q&A 2011-07-25T12:47:07Z

And the addiction to that makes Jimmy so endlessly entertaining and tragic. We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

His mentions went nuts, with some refusing to believe that a series lacking girl-on-girl fountain shenanigans could still entertain. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

They bought a house in the city and a weekend home at a lake; they entertained often and enjoyed socializing. Challenged to Sustain Their Lifestyle 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

It is thus a 21st-century species of ignorance, one that masquerades as inquisitiveness, to glean “knowledge” from media that is intended to entertain to form one’s view of autism. Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z

I often find the day-to-day grind of being a parent more exhausting than entertaining. Motherlode Blog: Keep the Joy, Take Back the Fun 2014-01-28T20:53:47Z

Variety wrote, “The question here isn’t if McConaughey is having fun, but whether audiences will find his laid-back, ever-lit persona nearly as entertaining to watch.” The Breakout Movies at SXSW You’ll Want to Know About 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

But the number of people trying to be entertaining about the experience is small. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

When so few films are made, each one risks being freighted with too much expectation about what issues it will deal with, as if it is not enough that the film entertains or moves. British-Asian cinema: the sequel 2011-02-17T22:00:01Z

For all the screwball comedy, droll retorts, and kinetic action, "Bullet Train" entertains, until it goes over-the-top, which is not long before the train literally goes off the rails. Brad Pitt hops aboard the ridiculous, rollicking "Bullet Train" packed with gleefully violent stars 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Better yet, the 69-year-old Vogue honcho appeared to be entertained by the recent rumors that palace staffers were initially shaken by Markle’s reported morning routine. Anna Wintour reveals her thoughts on Meghan Markle's wedding look 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

An equally vigorous encore of People Have the Power follows and a standing ovation ends an insightful, surprising and very entertaining glimpse into a true artist's heart. Patti Smith – review 2013-06-23T17:41:32Z

It's entertaining and endearing – but hardly a classic. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z

The exercise of control is as entertaining on this album as the exorcism of stress. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

Knocking at the door to join their club is FX’s outrageously entertaining “Archer,” which begins its seventh season on Thursday night. ‘Archer’ Knocks at the Door of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘South Park’ 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

She wants to use it as a dining area as well as a kid- and dog-friendly living room for entertaining and watching television. A living/dining area that can stand up to kids and pets 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Now all he wants to do is showcase a Bobby Brown focused on entertaining, not issues. It’s His Prerogative: Bobby Brown’s Comeback Album Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston 2012-06-05T14:47:28Z

Venegas was a popular announcer on music programs when she launched the show on Dec. 18, 1944, at the request of government officials to entertain ailing children at a public hospital. Peru radio host still broadcasting for kids at 97 2012-11-28T18:10:13Z

She entertains the absurd belief that the spaces between words are as important as the words themselves. The Language of Love 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

It is popcorn fun, highly entertaining, rarely taking itself too seriously. The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

From her television program and appearances, as well as her performances on Broadway and in film, Carol Burnett has entertained generations of fans with her vibrant wit and hilarious characters. ArtsBeat: Carol Burnett to Receive Mark Twain Prize for Humor 2013-05-21T15:00:23Z

That said, this low-fi slacker road movie is funnier and more intelligent than there are any grounds to hope for: an entertaining, wry tour of LA's scuzzier sights. Passenger Side ? review 2011-03-31T22:29:00Z

Above: Klomparens combined the kitchen and the dining area so that her client, who enjoys informal entertaining, can cook without leaving her guests. 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z

"Kitchen Nightmares" feature storylines set in actual establishments, but crafted into a dramatic and entertaining show. Why online "Kitchen Nightmares"-style restaurant drama is so engrossing 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

The obscuring effect of all this cryptic personal detail is regrettable, because when Khan concentrates on the suspense plot, she spins an exciting story that enlightens as much as it entertains. Review | A Muslim detective takes on hate crimes and other evils 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z

Now we entertain ourselves by coining creative names. Motherlode: Calling Mom a Hippo 2011-04-27T17:24:43Z

Serving tasty appetizers is the best way to start a night of entertaining in your home. 70 Best Party Appetizers 2014-01-23T16:50:03.034Z

My television time is limited and to watch anything I must either be informed or entertained. ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

While there is an intent to delight a listener — “I’m not entertaining by accident!” Revisiting a Composer’s Psychedelic Lewis Carroll Music 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

And animated family specials, like "Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas" and "StarBeam: Beaming in the New Year," will keep the kiddies entertained. From President Meryl Streep to an adorable pufferfish, here's what's new on Netflix this December 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

And would the telecast be more entertaining — possibly even shorter — if several awards were moved to a preshow? The Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Oscars 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

These are all entertaining movies, but their main achievements seem to be stunt casting and awards nods rather than political impact. Why films such as Bombshell aren’t hitting their right-wing media targets 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

I like to entertain and to please people.” This isn’t about free speech: Internet “supervillain” isn’t being censored by Twitter’s lightweight rebuke 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

But ‘The Big Short’ calls up our collective victimization and that’s a powerful message as well, and it’s also a more entertaining, stylistic telling. Topsy-Turvy Oscars Race May Gain Clarity in Directors Guild Awards 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

The novel — a follow-up to last year’s well-loved “Beach Read” — is absorbing and entertaining. Review | Emily Henry’s ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ is a pitch-perfect beach read 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

We were entertained, sufficiently supervised, and safe behind the park gates. Can This Amusement Park Be Saved? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

That turned out to mean catered appetizers and flowing drinks in a former four-bedroom apartment that had been converted into a one-bedroom residence, used frequently for entertaining. Rhyme or Reason: Alex Dimitrov?s Wilde Boys Salon, for Poetry or Maybe a Hot Date 2011-11-02T23:03:56Z

The Blu-ray includes one of the most entertaining elements of the original presentation: a fake intermission complete with coming attraction trailers for movies that, at that point at least, didn’t exist. DVDs: Hot and Sticky Grindhouse, Classics and Homages 2010-10-03T01:53:00Z

When we brought August home from Loma Prieta years earlier, we had entertained high hopes regarding recovery from the brain injury. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

It was originally supposed to entertain the local prison community and correctional officers. At the Texas Prison Rodeo, a color line dissolved 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

She also has a habit of throwing random thoughts into conversation in entertaining ways. Scene Stealers: Henny Garfunkel Shoots the Stars at Sundance 2013-01-18T21:31:51Z

And it manages to not only avoid being outright irritating, but to be surprisingly entertaining, largely because of Morton’s shrewd, steely performance as the overachieving Catherine. A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

Empire has an entertaining future ahead, if it can hold its balance atop Cookie’s high heels, simultaneously keeping it real and keeping it just unreal enough. Review: A Swaggering Empire Remixes the Primetime Soap 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Designed to mindlessly entertain, they impart no lessons beyond what we, the public, will pay cash money to see. We have proof that diversity sells movies — so why can’t all of Hollywood catch up? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

If I may be sentimental myself, I’d like to remember them both that way: singing, dancing, working as a team, brave enough to entertain us not through obviousness but through intelligence and generosity. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

But even if the undead don’t rise up soon, Vigna’s book still serves as a smart and entertaining ode to the show that brought back “a schlocky genre” and turned it into a mainstream megahit. ‘Guts’ is the ultimate fan guide to ‘The Walking Dead’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Laid off from a finance job she doesn’t enjoy, Stella can finally slow down to spend time with her son and entertain the possibility of an artistic career she abandoned long before. The Office Politics of Workplace Fiction by Women 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

The relentlessly gloomy weather and frequent storms forced the unmarried Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron to entertain themselves indoors. The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

During a flight delay in Cleveland, he entertained antsy passengers by giving high-fives and begging for snacks. Pups Onboard: Why Trains Are a Great Way to Travel With Your Dog(s) 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Greig, so funny on the Showtime series “Episodes,” is spectacularly entertaining as she explores what besides the habitual assertion of male power might motivate a parent to threaten a daughter with expulsion. Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Cut in Half and Twice as Good 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

This faux “thriller” has a sustained look, an intriguing cast, an entertaining attitude and a propulsive score. ‘Force of Circumstance’: Casablanca in the East Village 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

The Paperboy doesn't aspire to any great commentary on America: but it's a smart, entertaining thriller with an excellent performance from Kidman. Cannes 2012: The Paperboy – review 2012-05-24T10:49:18Z

Thus I cannot help but think that if I were just entertaining/ committed/caring/engaging enough, the students would all have a huge meta-noia about literature—maybe even about the grading system. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z

And yet, one comes away from this series not just entertained and informed, but also convinced. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

Apparently the average viewer saw the vignette as just one more entertaining fact of city life. Art Review: Sexuality in Modernism: The (Partial) History 2010-12-10T23:38:00Z

Beck and Woods added a fun little flourish by having Koa not speak English, so she and Mills can’t communicate, but aside from that the film is entirely straightforward — and entirely entertaining. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z

"The footage and sound is then edited and dubbed into a finished programme, to deliver the most entertaining experience possible for viewers." Fans suspect X Factor of enhancing singers' pitch with Auto-Tune 2010-08-22T20:11:00Z

Where silent filibusters now land with a thud, talking filibusters once had their own entertaining, even transcendent, way of making history. No standing, no marathon speeches, no catheter bags: How filibustering got way too easy 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

And folks disinclined to entertain feminist theory as valid to begin with certainly aren’t going to care. Does “The Feminine Mystique” still matter? 2013-02-13T14:00:00Z

The star is famous for making new besties and entertaining them in style. 6 Things John Green and Taylor Swift Could Have Discussed On the Phone 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

In addition to playing soothing music, Challenger used his time at the organ to entertain and spark memories by playing songs like Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March.” Organists offer soundtrack to jabs at medieval UK cathedral 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

They often highlight TV programmes, films and albums you've missed and generally give a pat on the back to people who, for the most part, make our lives more entertaining. Does awards season turn you off? 2011-02-11T14:32:55Z

That is where Roebuck Staples, started teaching his children gospel songs to entertain them and occupy their time. Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

She entertained with French cut crystal, French porcelain, French sterling silver cutlery, French souffles and two French maids. | D.C's Dinnertime Diplomacy 2011-11-23T23:08:15Z

These scenes are keenly observed, with a strong sense of place, and unfailingly entertaining. Tana French’s Irish Western Features a Retired Lawman and a Missing Boy 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

Her mother played in orchestras and entertained at weddings while teaching two dozen students. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

I’m a big fan of singing shows because I find them entertaining, but now, with YouTube, you can put yourself out into the world in many ways that weren’t available when I was a child. Sutton Foster: From ‘Star Search’ to centerstage at the Kennedy Center 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

And Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’s G minor Quartet, complete with klezmer-ish touches and a zany array of percussion in the so-called Gypsy finale, is an entertaining complement. Review: Works by Hélène Grimaud, Daniel Barenboim and Others 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

And, entertaining as the Hives are, they have long since proved that 2002's mini-hit, Hate to Say I Told You So, is their best song. Hard Rock Calling 2010-06-27T20:31:00Z

Taylor’s fan profiles are at their most entertaining when the movies are at their worst. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor

Mr. Egarr’s playing was as entertaining as his palaver, showing a cleanliness, refinement and style all too rare among harpsichordists, but never at the cost of bountiful fantasy. Review: A Harpsichordist Who Keeps His Listeners Off Balance 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

On Saturday and Sunday, the fun moves via ferry to Governors Island, where races, lessons, and unicycle-mounted sports competitions, from hockey to sumo wrestling, will entertain all ages and skill levels. Two Roosevelts and Their Legacies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Not everyone found the gender reveal performance to be entertaining. YouTuber's gender reveal by way of fart stunt draws strong reactions 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

“Our original goal was, ‘Let’s entertain people who have our sense of humor — who like that wordplay, who like that absurdism,’” he said. Asperger’s Are Us Comedy Troupe Jokes About Everything but That 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

After leaving office in 2013, there was talk he might settle into a life of philanthropy, entertaining and golf. Mike Bloomberg deploys his billions to make a point, from a $1 million couch to a presidential campaign 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

And it's entertaining in short bursts, particularly if you're competing with friends in the same room. Review: Gory 'Mortal Kombat' as brain-dead as ever 2011-04-27T13:30:29Z

This short, sunny documentary is an entertaining rock history lesson, detailing the shared influences and enduring inspiration of some of the ’60s biggest hitmakers. Netflix Has Some Great Music Documentaries. Here Are 11 of Them. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

So in really wanting to make this an entertaining show, with amazing basketball, there's always an undercurrent of, how do we treat children in this country? From masculinity to race, Apple's basketball series "Swagger" addresses "so much more than sports" 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z

To reduce your load while keeping the kids entertained, load up your phone or tablet with movies and games. The Right Way to Pack for Travel 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

Whether any of New Year's Eve is actually entertaining is difficult to deduce, but Turkington's commitment to the act is worth applauding. Catch-up TV guide: from Homeland to The Town 2012-12-15T00:05:19Z

Many purchased fluffy pretzels and pink beverages adorned with umbrellas from the concessions stands and settled in to be entertained. There’s Only One Warren Buffett 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

It was entertaining, but Keita needed more changes of mood and pace. Seckou Keita – review 2012-11-12T18:18:27Z

He said that the show would simultaneously be entertaining and infuriating — not stand-up comedy, not a TED Talk, not a rally — but “a very developed piece of entertainment for people who like to think.” Michael Moore to Take Aim at Trump, on Broadway 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Theroux stopped by Salon’s New York studio recently for a highly entertaining conversation about the making of “My Scientology Movie,” which to a significant degree is a movie about the making of itself. WATCH: Louis Theroux on his hilarious Scientology meta-movie: To the church, I was “almost like a contagion” 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

In this harrowing thriller, Tiffany D. Jackson manages to craft a story that is not only deeply heartfelt and relevant but also incredibly entertaining. 6 Unforgettable Y.A. Thrillers to Add to Your Reading List 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

I thought it would be entertaining, and I'm a big fan of spaghetti Westerns and classic samurai films. Bourdain book goes graphic: Chef playfully skewers foodie culture 2012-07-10T04:59:47Z

You can be 18 or 80 and watch this show and be entertained. Michael Chiklis' superhero series targets families 2010-09-22T12:28:00Z

The production’s blend of philosophical purpose and irreverent humor rings true to the book’s spirit, and makes for an entertaining and thought-provoking spectacle. Review: In This Eco-Thriller, the Animals May Be Having Their Revenge 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

It’s entertaining, this glimpse of the emperor just before he falls: sharp-witted, contemptuous, given to violent bouts of fury. Eugene O’Neill, Brought to Life in Bright Colors 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

As long as watching these guys bro out and stop crime is entertaining, they should have a healthy show on their hands. Lethal Weapon remake: loud, ludicrous and lovable 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

It is supposed to be entertaining, and provide through that entertainment a new angle on scandal – catharsis through adjacency to the most extreme emotions or situations one could feel. Why is the college admissions scandal movie so boring? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

The key to making people understand this issue is making it accessible but also as entertaining as possible. The new “Inconvenient Truth”: Leonardo DiCaprio’s new documentary wants to challenge climate change skeptics 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z

Another added, “There's definitely a time and place to use technology to entertain /teach children.” Mom slams critic who called her a 'lazy' parent for giving 'whiny' son an iPad 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Compared with Salem's punitive, backbiting Puritans, the real-life pagans and Wiccans who populate Alex Mar's entertaining "Witches of America" are a cheerful bunch, even if they indulge in the occasional blood offering. Stacy Schiff's history of Salem trials and Alex Mar's book on modern pagans offer bewitching reading 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Six-piece a cappella band the Magnets are complete pros, determined to entertain. The Magnets ? review 2010-12-16T22:30:03Z

The problem is that Marceau’s whimsical attempts to entertain the children dilute the growing atmosphere of menace on which the story depends. ‘Resistance’ Review: Save the Children 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Its 1,115 pages offer his entertaining thoughts on politics, art, music, technology and literature, with cameos by Napoleon, Goya, Beethoven, Faraday, Mary Shelley and dozens of others. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Hear other entertaining tidbits below, and subscribe to the Mental Floss YouTube channel for more fascinating videos. 22 dubious pieces of advice for pet owners in the Middle Ages 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Like all of these apps, Spotted by Locals provides recommendations submitted by actual local residents on where to eat, shop, be entertained and more. How to Explore a City Like a Local Using Your Smartphone 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Having no audience means that there's no pressure to entertain; this is not about the pitch or the plug. TV Picks: 'Little White Lie,' Hilary Knight, 'Off Camera' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

I kept reading not just for the squirrel lore but also because McKenzie has crafted a story that beneath an entertaining, clever surface, is deep and wise and complicated. 'The Portable Veblen' is deep, wise and eccentric ... and full of squirrels 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

While the press responds to Trump’s accusations of bias, often accommodating to him more than they should, the comedians refuse to entertain Trump’s snowflake hysterics. Samantha Bee's brutal Trump taunts: Why her Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner is necessary 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

The plane, the cars, the people have all becomes machines, whose only function is to keep the movie speeding and the audience supremely entertained. Furious 6: Faster, Crazycars! Thrill Thrill! 2013-05-20T16:47:36Z

Developer Amos Harris says the idea is to create a highly entertaining experience that also provides education about the blues. Fundraising for Blues Museum nearly complete 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Like a Dilly Boy trolling the pavement outside Swan and Edgar, Wilde will entertain any plausible suggestion. Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America by Roy Morris Jnr – review 2013-02-15T14:01:01Z

We’d entertain each other playing PlayStation and telling stories of our youth, so we decided to scratch an itch and write a sitcom about being teenagers trapped in suburbia. How we made The Inbetweeners 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

But in the last several decades, society has become less formal in entertaining, and that has led to a decline in the desire to own things like silver tea services and decorative objets d’art. What to Know When Selling the Family Silver 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

"So much of our own history is written into this city," he reflects over coffee, as he attempts to entertain his baby with a teddy. Sara Pascoe vs Her Ego; Mark Watson: Do I Know You?: Gary Delaney: Purist; Laura Solon: The Owl of Steven 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Crowds will pay to hear music they already know, if it is entertaining, he says. Go Go Gadjet reigns supreme at Dewey Beach. Can the kings of the weekend go national?

But “Storage Wars” is an especially entertaining addition to the genre. | 'Storage Wars': The Gold Mines Behind Padlocks 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z

“So this would be the most entertaining and compelling time capsule that one could possibly imagine opening up years from now.” Andy Cohen Had a Year 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

And that was part of his gift, presenting a positive, optimistic message without preachiness and making it entertaining, said Carl Goodman, executive director of the museum. Exhibit in NYC explores the man behind the Muppets 2011-07-13T18:18:08Z

They bumble and rattle about in their freezing squalid crumbling piles in order to entertain the rest of us. TV review: Country House Rescue; Waking the Dead; Celebrity Naked Ambition; How To Buy a Puppy 2011-03-14T08:00:03Z

The first model on her runway was daughter Lulu, if you don't count her granddaughters who entertained the crowd before the lights went down with their pink-streaked hair and little dance numbers on the runway. It's the season of newbies at NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T20:56:12Z

It’s contagious, here we are now, entertain us, as the poet said. The “Dead Poets Society” takeover of America: How memes ate our politics 2014-02-26T23:59:00Z

If not, there are plenty of sullied banknotes, cunningly altered posters and random vandalism to entertain your inner Bart Simpson – plus graffiti that references Wired. Internet picks of the week 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z

These hardships lend some narrative drama to Blunk’s biography, an intermittently entertaining read that will serve as a useful source for readers interested in the poet’s life. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Wright ‘couldn’t be casual about anything’ 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

Virginity tests are administered by a doctor; bars are put on the windows; prospective husbands are entertained over tea. Review: In ‘Mustang,’ Turkish Sisters and Traditions Clash 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Now that her children are older, she wants to get rid of the piano and add a TV to create a comfortable place to relax, as well as a space for entertaining family and friends. Conquering an open living room design with clean lines and a neutral palette 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

He would like to add seating and create a comfortable, cottage-style retreat for entertaining and watching TV. Creating a serene coastal-themed basement retreat 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

But “Peace, Love and Cupcakes” still offers an entertaining hour. Spare Times for Children for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:34:17Z

A copper-clad fireplace, above, on the rear terrace provides an ideal focal point for outdoor entertaining. 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z

“I tend to be a very visceral director and entertain through that with fast cutting, and what you’re going to see tonight is very, very different,” he said. 'Steve Jobs' Receives Warm Reception at Telluride Film Festival 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

Without trying to make her audience laugh, she seems to have a rare instinct for how steps, positions and groupings can be connected or taken apart to inventive, entertaining and surprising effect. Dance Review: Pam Tanowitz?s ?Untitled (the Blue Ballet)? at the Kitchen 2012-03-10T00:50:47Z

In contrast, the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer gave the "highly entertaining" production at London's Savoy Theatre a positive four stars. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 'entertains' 2014-04-03T11:09:18Z

The finale leaves us to mourn what can never return and entertains a curiosity to see which mysteries are in store for Ms. Mars. "Veronica Mars" contends with the mystery and tragedy of growing up 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

Bernie also entertained the Beatles in their early days at his flat in Shepherd Market in Mayfair, west London, and they kept in touch with him, sending him letters and tour postcards throughout their career. Bernie Andrews obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z

The lack of a strong scholarly record takes some credibility away from this choice and seems to signal that the Met board is tilting in favor of entertaining exhibitions and programming, rather than enlightening ones. With Choice of New Director, the Met Gets a Scholar and a Showman 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

But it's such an entertaining yarn — and, at ACT, a real feast for the eyes, too. A steamy, riveting 'Indemnity' at ACT 2011-10-29T21:45:05Z

The film was entertaining enough, but its ambitious scope had something of an empty gloss to it, partly because the story’s drama wasn’t grounded in anything beyond the showy cataclysm. ‘The Wandering Earth II’ Review: It Wanders Too Far 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

These entertaining casting calls aside, Jack mostly worked alone, either in silence or with “Million Dollar Movie” on in the background. The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

"River Monsters" is probably the best example of Animal Planet’s curious change in recent years, from a network dedicated to educational and entertaining animal programming to a channel intent on terrifying its viewers. Animal Planet's monstrous makeover 2011-01-31T22:32:00Z

How much will you spend "exercising, entertaining and educating" your children this summer? Motherlode Blog: American families will spend $16.6 billion keeping children busy this summer. 2012-06-27T14:08:42Z

Martha Grimes’s novels are a hybrid of mystery forms, all of them hugely entertaining. Rotters, Holy Dusters and Murderers 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

I thought I was just an actor donning a costume to entertain in a live comedic play. Madea Honored the Strong Black Women I Grew Up With, but It’s Time to Move On 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Written and directed by Erica Schmidt, “Lucy” is seamlessly layered, extraordinarily entertaining and tricky to classify. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

You put it down enraged, entertained and richly informed about people who live in makeshift quarters at the end of an airport runway. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z

One gets the impression that Chow is to some degree entertaining himself. Mr Chow restaurant opens in Las Vegas: 'The only thing Chinese is my name' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

This drama might lure curious viewers and diehard fans, but it’s evident just minutes into the film that the fallout is vastly more entertaining than anything that happens on-screen. 'Drake's Homecoming: The Lost Footage' not as entertaining as its controversy 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

I was neither entertained, shocked or provoked, just a bit bored. Reader reviews: what you thought of The Book of Mormon 2013-03-25T15:12:51Z

“To read this novel is to tally a high school yearbook’s worth of superlatives for Shteyngart: funniest, noisiest, sweetest, most entertaining.” 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Independent's Paul Taylor called the production "entertaining, if slightly underpowered." Lindsay Lohan earns respectable reviews for 'Speed-the-Plow' in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

I just can’t write entertaining lyrics when I hear: “We will have so many great times While we’re out committing hate crimes!” Style Invitational Week 1310: The Year in Redo, Part 2 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The bigger issue may be the disconnect between the part of “Girlboss” that wants to be a character study and the part that needs to be a conventionally entertaining series. Review: In Netflix’s ‘Girlboss,’ a Heroine Who’s a Tough Sell 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

It's been a slow-burner, but the signs suggest Fringe could be here to baffle and entertain for a while. After Lost 2010-05-25T13:03:00Z

In this enormously entertaining scripted nonfiction show, Dana Schwartz delivers deep dives into how members of the nobility lived and died throughout history. 5 Podcasts About the Royal Family 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

It’s hard not to think that “Manhattan Oil Project” is just good, clean, public-art fun; pious and well-meaning, mildly entertaining, but nothing to get especially heavy, or ignited, about. Art In Review: JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER: ?Manhattan Oil Project? 2012-03-22T20:35:42Z

As late-night hosts and those in traditional media struggled to entertain audiences on platforms like Instagram Live and Twitch, streamers were perfectly positioned to capture the moment. In 2020, These Things Came Out on Top 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

You want your son to entertain himself, but the evidence is clear that this is not going to happen. Perspective | Our 8-year-old son is bored and whiny. How can we help him change his attitude? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

This homeowner uses her peninsula on a daily basis for casual dining, but it also serves as a buffet and bar while entertaining. Style Guide: Eat-In Kitchens 2011-03-11T19:50:03.280Z

Is that something that is going to entertain you? DIY film-making 2011-04-04T08:03:08Z

The wordless yearning emo love stuff is unavoidable but Vampire Diaries is a faster, funnier, more entertaining alternative to the increasingly ponderous True Blood. States of bliss 2011-01-29T00:05:00Z

You have to make connections, get the sense of a place and gather enough material to write something that’s coherent, informative and entertaining. The Frugal Five 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

"We provide something that's entertaining and informative and cool that you'd be proud to display on your coffee table, or the back of your toilet," he said. Philly book publisher the BRAAAINS! behind phenom 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z

Similarly wide-ranging is León’s “Alma” — the lyrical opening of which follows a winding, entertaining path toward the bumptious rhythmic fillips of its central section. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z

And while the play entertains, the frequent interruptions prevent it from casting a spell for long. | 'The Rover': Courtesans on the Make and Actors on the Move 2011-03-11T22:53:56Z

By the end of “Melmoth,” you are left with a feeling that you have experienced something wholly entertaining, and that you have found humanity and compassion in the process. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Unlike most traditional forms of dance, it does not seek to please or entertain. Queer Butoh: Finding Belonging in the Dance of Darkness 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

And we would entertain extras in between takes. Matt Bomer on Magic Mike XXL: It's All About Strong Female Characters 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Festivities this year were canceled and instead of city residents and foreign tourists being entertained by street performers, it was mostly displaced Ukrainians strolling through the central market square and sitting in sidewalk cafes. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

But it's entertaining enough to see Hollywood thus revealed through the come-to-bed eyes of a caustic insider. Jennifer Coolidge 2010-08-18T16:36:00Z

The family still uses it for entertaining after dinner parties because of its cozy hearth. House Tour: Warwick, N.Y. 2011-06-30T22:48:16Z

He wanted his outfits, or his costumes, to be as entertaining on a hanger as they were on him. Jewels, pearls, and plain Florsheim shoes for Michael Jackson 2012-10-12T14:39:56Z

A chapter featuring a fictionalized take on "The Great British Bake Off" is especially entertaining. Ronan Farrow's voices (and other audiobook delights) helped me get through this year 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

The result is a highly entertaining clash of Albanian brass and beats, with unexpected echoes of India or the Caribbean added in. Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground: Kabatronics – review 2013-02-21T22:14:01Z

The cast, musicians, set and costume designers, lighting directors, Andrew Lloyd Webber and, yes, the chandelier worked really hard to keep us entertained for more than two hours. Never seen a play on Broadway? How a first-timer played the odds and scored cheap tickets. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Mr Duhigg is an effective storyteller with a knack for combining social science, fastidious reporting and entertaining anecdotes. Getting the most out of one’s self 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Still, the very young children at the matinee I attended seemed both engrossed and entertained. Review: ‘Aging Magician,’ a Fable Complete With Complexities 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

So entertaining a spectacle was this that it became performance art. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

I was working in public health, entertaining dreams of being a foreign correspondent as I prepared for a more realistic option: medical school. Modern Love: Broken, Not Bound, by an Intimate Tie 2014-03-27T21:54:34Z

Case in point: the entertaining nonsense of their debate over which actor is harder to understand in "The Dark Knight Rises" — Tom Hardy or Christian Bale. 'The Trip to Italy' a movable feast with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

“It’s the way I cook and entertain at home,” Mr. Ripert said. Vegetables Get the Ripert Treatment 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a difficult balancing act that Miles for the most part pulls off, and his book is best appreciated as a highly entertaining literary performance. A Paralyzed Army Vet Walks Again. Is He Healed — or Is It a Hoax? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

This other Dalton Conley has so much attachment to his Google account that he refused to even entertain my crass offers to buy the address off him. A boy named Sue? Why not! I named my kids Yo and E 2014-03-22T23:00:00Z

One of her brothers served in the military in Afghanistan, and she often entertains her nieces and nephews by taking them on tours of the White House briefing room and the National Zoo. Stephanie Cutter Is a Messenger Who Does the Shooting for Obama 2012-10-13T00:12:59Z

It’s a show that revels in biomedical ethics, sisterly bonding and the occasional enthusiastic eye-gouging—which has made it a show that is smart, touching and entertaining. Down the “Orphan Black” rabbit hole with its creators: “You’re being kept for days in a dark closet, I think your mind goes into some strange places” 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

This performance was a gift to women, a much-needed counterpoint to Monroe's entertaining but ultimately diminishing turn as Lorelei. Jane Russell: Mean! Moody! Misunderstood! 2011-03-01T22:00:01Z

One of the fair’s most entertaining booths presents “The Space Age,” a group show. What Not to Miss at the Armory Show at the Piers 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

My stories are 100% focused on entertaining the reader with no message or moral. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

“I said thank you for entertaining this idea. I assume you’re planned out for the next 15 years, and he said, ‘Well, actually we have a space for it.’ Fleming returns to Met in new opera based on ‘The Hours’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Kimberly wanted her newly built Georgian home to be comfortable and inviting, suitable for entertaining grown-ups, yet casual enough for her two young children, Jamison, 7, and Archer, 3. Stylish & Family-Friendly Decorating 2010-09-16T18:31:00Z

And if you strip away the various questions and back stories involving the station’s strategy and just look at “Salem” as a television show, you’ve got to admit that it’s perversely entertaining. Television Review : ‘Salem,’ About You-Know-What, on WGN America 2014-04-17T23:24:42Z

Photograph: Ian Reynolds Back out on tour, this entertaining take on Monty Python And The Holy Grail hits theatres across the UK. This week's new theatre 2011-01-15T00:06:08Z

That was less the fault of that show, which is quite entertaining, than Marvel’s inability to raise it above the glut of mediocrity surrounding it. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

Hay is a blend of highbrow and populist, heavyweight discussion and entertaining stunts. Making Hay: British book fest conquers the world 2010-06-02T11:37:00Z

Fast-paced and entertaining, “The Wangs” draws urgency not only from its many voices and from the inherent plot of a pilgrimage but from the way it subverts the reader’s expectations of an immigrant narrative. With her debut novel 'The Wangs Vs. The World,' Jade Chang hit big 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

So, all those skipping inauguration coverage are going to need something else to entertain themselves this weekend. Skipping the inauguration on TV? Here are 10 other things to do 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

That is, viewers feel constitutionally guaranteed the right to bear arms - and to be entertained by watching others who bear them. 'Sons of Anarchy': Making a case for TV violence 2012-11-19T12:58:13Z

It’s very playful and melodious, surprising and entertaining.” Concert brings to light forgotten works by 18th-century black composer 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Aside from using her home to entertain visiting wine writers, Ms. Wasserman over the years hosted annual Burgundy symposiums, at which experts like Clive Coates, Allen Meadows and Jasper Morris would lead convivial tastings. A Farewell to Becky Wasserman, a Great Sage of Burgundy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

But it's still highly entertaining thanks to its clever take on crime docs and devoted elevation of juvenile yuks. Smart Watch: Emmy snubbed “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Counterpart” and others. Let’s watch t... 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

I found the game entertaining and a bit addictive. Review: `Crysis 2' is addictive FPS fun 2011-03-30T11:51:16Z

After Florent closed, he briefly entertained offers to open a new restaurant, but gave up when he crunched the numbers. Up Close: Now Re-Mapping His Life 2011-05-18T18:00:47Z

“He likes to cook and entertain and I like to clean, so it balances itself out.” | The Independent 2014-02-09T02:00:12Z

But his entertaining study will remind readers why this archaic form of male combat can still be compelling, and how it could live on. Men at arms 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

But, when the musicians are back on the bandstand, he never lets them forget that they’re there to entertain him. Coltrane’s Free Jazz Wasn’t Just “A Lot of Noise” 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, Mr. Jay proves a hugely entertaining guide, and as generous about his professional inspirations as he is reticent about his own life. Movie Review: ‘Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay’ 2013-04-17T20:40:36Z

At a time when rock ‘n’ roll was taking over the airwaves, the group’s good-natured humor and show-business panache helped persuade listeners that jazz could be an entertaining experience rather than a daunting one. Jon Hendricks, master of scat, jazz vocalization and sly lyrics, dies at 96 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

When David Letterman began entertaining night owls after Johnny Carson, it was a change of tone and style, a shift in what late-night was, from calming, genial humor to surreal, unbalancing comic experimentation. Your New, Very Slightly Different Host of Late Night, Seth Meyers 2013-05-12T19:07:15Z

And when executed with as much polish and talent as this “Evita” revival, it’s still entertaining. ‘Evita’ revival an entertaining dance 2014-01-03T01:57:04Z

First, he’s a character, in the hoo-boy sense of the word—entertaining, colorful, eager for attention and control. “Conviction,” Reviewed: A Bronx P.I. Pursues Justice, and Glory 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

For a show this entertaining, there shouldn’t be. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Bright Stream’ at the Met 2012-05-30T21:28:34Z

“You can do both. You can entertain and you can know about the world that’s going on around you and have commentary and an opinion on it,” Maines said. The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Early in the movie, when she entertains a handsome client who produces an emerald, she wonders out loud if the gift is a proposal. 'House of Pleasures': Life inside a 19th-century Paris brothel 2012-03-08T22:02:07Z

Right, well the film you are currently picturing is still infinitely more entertaining than The Bounty Hunter, which really is quite indescribably inferior fare in every possible way. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up: Clash of the Titans; Hierro; The Bounty Hunter 2010-07-26T23:05:00Z

There, an overworked food truck, a small farmers market and a performance of Bengali music and dance entertained us for nearly two hours. Circumnavigating the isle of Manhattan in a kayak — a paddler’s perspective 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

There are lengthy quotations and entertaining but frequent digressions. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z

And I kept filing one motion after another, losing over and over in various courts, as no judge would entertain my plea to leave the country on medical grounds. “We have come to take your daughter”: An immigrant parent’s traumatic separation from her c... 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

“They want to be distracted. Let’s be honest: I hate working out sometimes, too. So you want to be entertained. You want to forget that you’re doing something that you don’t like.” Peloton star Cody Rigsby says you did not survive a pandemic to do anything but thrive 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

Leskov’s tall tale insists on the inexplicable but entertaining randomness of life. ‘The Enchanted Wanderer,’ by the Mariinsky Theater, at BAM 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Their scholarly machismo made it possible for Lewis to do a very public volte-face from heartfelt atheism back to Christianity but never entertain the thought of a female Inkling. J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and 'The Fellowship' of fantasy writers 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

“That Sugar Film” is a worthy addition, entertaining while informing. Review: In ‘That Sugar Film,’ a Bitter Truth 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

In Manger Square, visitors were entertained by choirs singing carols, bagpipe players and a Palestinian scouts’ marching band. Christmas cheer at Jesus's traditional birthplace of Bethlehem 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Forget for a moment that ones chances are greater of being hurt by a bucket or pail than a shark, it made for entertaining TV. Stephen Colbert uses lesbian puppies and a sexy bear for ratings 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

“She really wanted you to go away learning a technique, a skill. It just so happened that she was entertaining,” Dodge said. How do you keep Julia Child’s legacy alive? Pay it forward. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

His schedule these days leaves little time for entertaining, much less romance. Art, Darling 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

He designed animal toys for a company in Wisconsin, entertained living-room audiences in Paris and New York with his miniature “Circus,” and made jewelry, which sold nicely. The magical movement of Calder’s mobiles — and mind 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

But by staying focused on the tired question of whether inner beauty can shine through outward appearance, this novel — loopily entertaining though it is — remains skin deep. ‘Unfortunate Importance of Beauty,’ by Amanda Filipacchi 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground Productions, on Tuesday announced a total of seven films and series that Barack Obama said will entertain but also “educate, connect and inspire us all.” Obamas unveil slate of series, documentaries for Netflix 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

At times entertaining in its extremes, it’s still fundamentally nonsensical. Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill Side by Side, Under the Sun 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

As a teenager, I secretly entertained daydreams of being a lyricist or librettist, disciplines that combine two of my favorite things, language and music. Cultural Studies: The Glee Generation 2010-06-11T19:20:00Z

Suddenly, the man who seemed to be so entertaining is asking how East Upper Silesia got away, and ticking off the names of other places he would like to reconquer. Review: In ‘Look Who’s Back,’ Hitler Returns and He’s Amusing 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

The banter and the performances are still excellent and entertaining enough to distract from a sprawl that's still global but fails to register the bold, lurid memories it was once capable of spinning. "Killing Eve" is back and misses its calling, despite faint echoes of its past seduction 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z

Here was a show arriving not merely to entertain, but also to serve a humanitarian mission: raising money for the relief effort. An emotional opening for ‘Hamilton’ in Puerto Rico — not just for Lin-Manuel Miranda but an island still reeling from a storm 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

“The holy grail is putting ideas into a movie that also entertains,” Sheridan says, who loathes movies that preach. 'The American epic': Hollywood's enduring love for the western 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

By Thanksgiving, it will probably be too chilly in Oregon to entertain safely outdoors. How Do I Tell My Friend to Stop Paying for His Son’s Lifestyle? 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Scholastic’s educational and wildly entertaining ’90s science show helped the medicine go down with a spoonful of zany psychedelia. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Berlin Station’ and ‘Good Behavior’ 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

One day, while the other kids are playing, an adult hands him a children’s Bible to keep him entertained. Review | Lydia Millet’s ‘A Children’s Bible’ is a blistering classic 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Today there are pop-up drive-in movies being programmed as part of an effort to entertain, to take back some fun from the grip of the pandemic. Seeing Paradise From Behind a Dashboard 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Here are seven of his most entertaining negative reviews. 7 of Roger Ebert's Most Brutal Movie Reviews 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

With a libretto and stage direction by Joël Pommerat, this adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s tale of a marionette’s path to truth and redemption is a darkly entertaining piece of music theater. Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit For a Renovated Theater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

People with varying qualifications prattle about a subject in a way that’s supposed to be entertaining, occasionally bumping into an illuminating fact or idea while doing so. Review: ‘Join or Die With Craig Ferguson’ — Historic Errors 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

Andrews and his band, Orleans Avenue, entertained a jam-packed crowd as the festival ended its 2013 run. Trombone Shorty, Aaron Neville close Jazz Fest 2013-05-06T01:16:04Z

It also feels more open-ended, as if Hulu has already entertained the idea of lengthening the series out beyond the source material. Catch-22: has George Clooney broken the curse of the unfilmable novel? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

The men and women who populated and recreated Midtown during these years are the chief subjects of “Supreme City,” Miller’s entertaining new history of Manhattan in its modern heyday. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

O’Connell’s style is playful over-the-top perfection, and there’s a chapter on entertaining, should you aspire to a soupçon of his signature flair. Entertaining tips from the renowned owner of the Inn at Little Washington 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

Ultimately the objective of any "Doctor Who" holiday special is to entertain and in some way leave viewers feeling a bit better. Like 2020, the Dr. Who special "Revolution of the Daleks" is dark 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

The result is "Power Chord: One Man's Ear-splitting Quest to Find His Guitar Heroes," an entertaining travelogue of sorts that hits all the right notes. Book details author's 'crazy guitar hero quest' 2012-08-28T18:04:10Z

It's also a feature-length joke about Hollywood's mania for product placement — and an instructively entertaining way to spend an evening, with no hidden charges. The Joneses Review: Keeping Up With Them Could Kill You 2010-04-16T01:10:00Z

Nick is an entertaining character because he inhales crime novels and is thrilled to be able to start acting like a character in one. John Grisham Returns to Camino Island, This Time in Hurricane Season 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

But these are quibbles; it's still impossibly entertaining. The weekend's TV 2010-04-19T09:45:00Z

They will be called on to determine whether Gibson is good enough to spend time with Lucia — and indirectly, perhaps, whether he is good enough to entertain the rest of us. In family court, a reckoning for Mel Gibson's career 2010-11-23T01:05:00Z

It's a lot of fun and almost does itself an injury in trying to entertain. My favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice 2012-10-04T15:29:14Z

His whimsical characterizations of human beings, barnyard animals and jungle beasts entertained audiences through tales both new and retold. Simms Taback, Writer and Illustrator of Children?s Books Dies at 79 2012-01-01T06:47:20Z

Actually, this is underselling what a consistently entertaining and emotionally illuminating show this is. Smart Watch: “Insecure,” “Disenchantment,” and more top TV picks for this week 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

A. Obviously, we want them to be entertained. Q. and A.: Rockstar’s Dan Houser on Grand Theft Auto V 2012-11-10T01:05:01Z

A 22-minute film of the voyage south and of Amundsen's base camp in Antarctica is equally revealing — and also entertaining. Seattle exhibit celebrates Amundsen's conquest of South Pole 2011-12-12T06:02:27Z

They both lived life to the full and where extremely entertaining. Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72 2012-07-31T09:27:27Z

Coming right after Schmidt’s entertaining “Mister Snow,” you’re sold on the show for good. Spinning a big ‘Carousel’ at the Olney Theatre 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

“When they come in, they’ve got burdens, and I want them to leave them at the door. Come in. Let us entertain you. Recharge your batteries. Lift that burden.” Reba McEntire never needed to be the best. She simply had to want it most. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

The president-elect and his wife can use the home strictly for rest, or to entertain friends and supporters. For 40 years, presidents have spent Inauguration Eve at Blair House. Will Trump? 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

With this highly entertaining, flawed, ripped-off-and-reassembled carnival of sleaze, he may get there. "Middle Men": Heroes of the Internet-porn revolution 2010-08-05T15:01:00Z

This month's exceptionally informative and entertaining edition of the Wire attains a far happier balance between unfettered egotism and actual content. Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb fails to climb the Times paywall 2010-08-25T10:57:00Z

Reviewing the play for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote that Mr. Redgrave “plays the corrupt, lusty Boss Whalen with an outsize satanic gusto that is as unnerving as it is entertaining.” Corin Redgrave, Actor and Activist, Dies at 70 2010-04-07T02:27:00Z

If you can get past the blatant misuse of ellipses, capitalization, apostrophes and text-speak, it is an entertaining, and sometimes fascinating, read. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

It took a giant step toward the stage one night when Mr. Alessandrini and Ms. Lyng were entertaining friends in a Manhattan living room with some of the satirical songs that they had perfected. Nora Mae Lyng, Actress at the Heart of ‘Forbidden Broadway,’ Dies at 66 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

There are more such rules, even some for gentlemen, but Miss Manners will now refrain from saying, “How do you like them apples?” and entertain the inevitable questions: Perspective | Miss Manners: White shoes, hidden watches and odd-numbered pearls 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose sight of what’s going on in the real world. ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2: A New Villain and Respectability Politics 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

On land, minibuses called dolmus are a frequent, cheap and often entertaining way to get around - if you are prepared to squeeze in. Trip Tips: Ancient Side beckons on Turkey's Mediterranean 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

"And you are not here to be entertained." Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance 2013-07-05T13:00:00Z

A gossipy, insightful and wickedly entertaining journey through professional football’s sausage factory. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Now, for around 15 minutes every evening, KPG broadcasts a live stream of music, humour and serialised stories to entertain an audience stuck at home by government order from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. Under coronavirus curfew, West African bard offers escape via live-stream 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

But audiences were equally taken by his ability to entertain. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z

That’s a pretty good lineup, and Sunday’s matinee was frequently absorbing, and more entertaining than many contemporary dance experiences. Dance Review: Taking on the Risks of a Mixed Lineup 2011-06-07T22:15:27Z

“It’s there to entertain, but it’s part of something bigger than all of us.” For ‘Transparent,’ Accusations Against Jeffrey Tambor Burst an Idealistic Bubble 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Whether you’re feeding those too bereaved to cook or simply helping to ease the pressure of entertaining guests, they are a kindness like few other things. Family casserole recipes link our present to our past, honoring all those who came before us 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z

With its 3D off, Arkham Asylum is a superbly entertaining game of stealth, puzzles and pounding henchmen into unconsciousness. Games out this week 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z

You can see a full run down of events on the Leeds Big Bookend website but I'd also point to the event featuring adopted Leeds lad Boff Whalley, which will no doubt be entertaining. Tony Harrison to headline Leeds literature festival the Big Bookend 2013-04-12T07:00:05Z

He was greeted warmly, with Letterman introducing him as "very talented" and "always entertaining," and the two men posed for the obligatory selfie. Letterman gets visit from his successor, Colbert 2014-04-23T12:55:07Z

“Every con,” she writes, “starts with a good story” and the one she tells in “The Confidence Men” is exceptionally entertaining. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

At a memorial service Tuesday attended by all eight justices, there was story after story about Scalia’s zest for people who could entertain, challenge, debate and educate him. Time off the bench: The social lives of Supreme Court justices 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

This is a picture Beatty has wanted to make for years, and if the movie isn’t the achievement it should be, it’s at least entertaining in fits and starts. Review: Rules Don't Apply Rambles, But Beatty as Howard Hughes Is Still Something to See 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Some attend workshops, while others use C2 as a venue for entertaining potential clients. Ball pits, buskers and ‘ninja gardeners’: This business conference is a circus. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Online, there were unfiltered visits to homes and home studios, opening the doors to formerly private spaces — sometimes entertaining, sometimes awkward. All Alone With a Microphone 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

“Clinton the Musical” isn’t the sort of show that the real-life subjects are likely to find entertaining, but for the rest of us, it’s 95 minutes of healthy catharsis. Review: ‘Clinton the Musical’ Proves Unimpeachably Amusing 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

“We live out there, entertain there, read out there, eat every meal.” A Southern Home That Embodies Oh-This-Old-Thing Elegance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

I don't give interviews to tabloid newspapers, because I am interested in writing and entertaining the public with the comedy that I write. Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan join war over 'cheap and pathetic' red tops 2011-07-09T19:35:46Z

Our #newmystique spontaneous reading group is designed to be a positive, entertaining and enlightening experience. Pop-up book club: The Feminine Mystique 2013-02-19T18:14:06Z

Burchill tells stories as if she were writing them, which made it less of a conversation and more a series of entertaining anecdotes plucked from her mental Rolodex. Julie Burchill, Desert Island Discs: radio review 2013-02-15T07:00:52Z

I was never someone that would entertain or anything like that. "Great British Bake Off" veteran Ruby Tandoh: "I see the show and I feel a pressure from it" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

And for the Oscar telecast's producers, it was a chance to enlist the group as co-conspirators in executing an entertaining, well-paced show. Nominees gather to bask, kibbutz at annual luncheon 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

So says the narrator of Adam Thirlwell’s entertaining and exhausting new novel, “Lurid & Cute.” ‘Lurid & Cute,’ a Novel by Adam Thirlwell 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

This is especially true of the ones who, as Richard tells Calliope, designed their art to inspire people – women, specifically – instead of simply entertaining the public. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

The Gimmicks: Things start to get more entertaining when Jonathan steps out of the limo in a kilt, because he is half Chinese, half Scottish — and, he says, it’s the bottom half that’s Scottish. The Bachelorette Watch: Santa Claus Came to Town to Meet Jo Jo 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

How do I keep my 3- and 6-year-old girls entertained while being stuck at the house? Perspective | Advice from Meghan Leahy for parenting through the coronavirus 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

The museum also wants to attract visitors by providing an entertaining and inspirational message, not by presenting original artifacts or by adding complicated perspectives. Museum Review: Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Reopens With New Exhibits 2012-07-03T21:40:13Z

There was a pool to entertain us, and a library, nightclub, movie theater, casino, several restaurants and a spa. A Tale of Three Cities, With a Ship as Home Base 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

They set up an even more lavish apartment — walls covered in zebra hide — near Les Invalides, a home that seems like the setting for the on-screen party where Porter entertains his guests at the piano. Decoding Woody Allen?s ?Midnight in Paris? 2011-05-27T23:03:11Z

I always thought you went out and entertained people and got nothing back in return. Tricky: 'I can still be really dark in my mind' 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

You view the natural world as a mere sideshow to entertain your indolent masses. What does the insect community make of ITV's celebrity freak show? 2012-11-25T00:05:45Z

Here a combination entertaining space, museum and shrine announces his unparalleled success: Everywhere one looks there is another reminder of Ricky Carmichael’s achievements in his chosen sport. Ricky Carmichael 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z

Back in 2004, Wyle starred in three smart and entertaining TNT films that centered around the Library, a sentient repository of wisdom and mythical artifacts lying beneath the fictional Metropolitan Public Library in New York. 'The Librarians,' with Noah Wyle, opens fun new chapter on TNT 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

I never thought I was raising kids who can’t entertain themselves, but apparently I am. When kids want parents to play all the time 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

A scene from the Australian film The Sapphires, portraying the girls on tour in Vietnam, entertaining troops. How Aboriginal 'Supremes' beat racism to inspire box office hit 2012-10-06T23:06:45Z

This feels like a pity: Ardouin-Fumat’s cutting humor is immensely entertaining. Paying while dating: meet the men who pick up the check (and those who don't) 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The results veer wildly between entertaining and frustrating, but fans of popcorn thrillers will nonetheless enjoy. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – review 2012-11-18T00:06:07Z

For his bloody and most entertaining book, Bondurant consulted the copious historical record and squeezed as much information as he could from his taciturn relatives. Lawless: A Crime Drama That's Remorseless?and Often Lifeless 2012-05-19T20:14:23Z

"I've worked hard to sustain a reputation of: If you buy a ticket, you know you're going to get entertained," says Lewis. A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes 2013-05-25T17:46:14Z

It was a hugely entertaining way to pass the time, Ferguson acknowledged. How AirDrop requests have become Gen Z’s version of passing notes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the band gave an enjoyable acceptance -- one that was far more entertaining than its earlier performance -- as band members referenced having to spend a decade living with their parents. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z

Part of the issue stems from the relative youth of many of the acts, uncertain how to look, act and entertain on an outdoor stage in front of a big audience. Wolf gang grins, but doesn't flinch 2011-07-17T23:23:00Z

First to entertain himself, then to entertain fellow passengers, who started giving him their spare change. From thin air, 40,000 balloons add up to one giant public art installation 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

As ever Gore Vidal, a friend and fellow resident of Rome, makes for some of the most entertaining copy. His Roman Holiday Lasted a Lifetime 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

The result was entertaining, but in the manner of a comic book; the overcoats might have been going places, but this spectator was not transported. New York City Ballet's Partnership With Fashion 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

But I wonder, how do you balance the need to address these issues, these big subjects, against the need to be....well, entertaining. Hot seat: David Simon explains "Treme" 2011-07-04T12:05:00Z

Yet this production succeeds as a thoughtful, entertaining reflection on the evolution of Shakespeare's art and characters of any and all genders. Review: Captivating, eloquent 'Women of Will' 2013-02-04T18:11:11Z

It's wildly entertaining, it's incredibly inventive, it's this crazy sprawling epic which is also brilliantly intelligent. Nick Harkaway takes Kitschies Red Tentacle award 2013-02-27T18:20:01Z

You mentioned the fact that the Abramoff story is highly entertaining, which it certainly is. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z

The only reason they’re on campus is to entertain us on Saturday afternoon, to serve as a gladiatorial focal point for our tribal worship of hyper-masculine spectacle. College football’s plantation problem: The violent game — and billion-dollar industry — where black kids take all the risk for none of the profit 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Horne was the first black performer to tour with an all-white band, and she refused to perform for segregated audiences while entertaining soldiers during World War II. Obama mourns passing of singer, actress Lena Horne 2010-05-10T21:19:00Z

How else can Joe Goldberg — stalker, creep, multiple murderer, blamer of everyone else but himself, a “long overdue book, the one you never thought was coming” — be such an entertaining narrator? He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

It remains something of a mystery in David Hare's elegantly wrought but vitriolic 2002 play, which takes some entertaining pot shots at, variously, novelists, Americans, OAPs moving south – and loft conversions. The Breath of Life ? review 2011-02-24T17:41:50Z

But in the hours between polls closing, I plan to flip around to broadcasts a bit more explicit about their desire to entertain. Here’s What You Should Watch on Election Night 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Because of his former life as a salaryman, he knew about corporate entertaining, which made him a natural host. In Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market Braces for an Uncertain Future 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

They came because there was nowhere else to go, lingering in the gardens, pausing beside paintings and entertaining their children in the hallways. In an age of worsening fires and floods, museums are reinventing themselves — and their mechanical rooms 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

There are sets of antique china and glass that could entertain hundreds. Bunny Mellon’s Keen Eye Is a Boon to Sotheby’s 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

It just happens to present that tale in an entertaining way. The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z

Fortunately, the science fiction writer’s seal of approval helped remove the misgivings that some might entertain about the artistic character of Ruscha’s “Boulangerie.” A New Era for Postwar and Contemporary Art 2010-05-14T11:30:00Z

But his hope, he says, is that the employer might also entertain the idea of assigning someone who couldn’t work in-person each day more remote-friendly tasks, like office administration or paperwork. At home during the pandemic, she was the healthiest she’d been in years. Then she was called back to work. 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

“We can actually inform and entertain at the same time.” A Darker ‘Borgen’ Returns, and Heads to Greenland 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

I thought it would be especially entertaining to witness all of my fellow egomaniacs discussing their book in reverent terms while wearing those creepy elephant-trunk World War I-era gas masks. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Why would I question a last-minute invitation to a book festival? 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

More novel is the slickly entertaining “Fresh,” an urban horror story about the hell of modern dating in which a single woman meets the perfect guy, who it turns out isn’t. ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and the Lessons Few Horror Films Get Right 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

If it’s entertaining, it’s due to the sheer surreal factor of seeing two accomplished thespians floundering so intently. Ishtar at 30: is it really the worst movie ever made? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

With six events to choose from, there is plenty to keep you entertained. Game On: Halo: Reach is outstanding in so many ways 2010-09-29T16:43:00Z

Call of Duty Black Ops II: 'veers between entertaining and frustrating'. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – review 2012-11-18T00:06:07Z

Spies are untrustworthy oddballs by nature, so any espionage movie built on shifting allegiances, moral quandaries and dark trade craft that still wants to be coherent and entertaining has its work cut out for it. 'November Man' script undercuts Pierce Brosnan's performance 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

As entertaining as the live reading was, though, it wasn’t what the audience was there to see. Saying Farewell at the Final Night of 'Mad Men' 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Hoover borrowed her mother’s laptop to entertain herself during his rehearsals. How Colleen Hoover Rose to Rule the Best-Seller List 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

The of-the-moment shout-outs might also limit the shelf life of the book, but for this summer, it's a pleasant, entertaining read in a tabloid magazine sort of way. The devil in the details of `Revenge Wears Prada' 2013-06-13T17:19:09Z

The human mind was free, notably in its imaginative capacity to entertain possibilities and think of the world as different from how it was. Freedom fighter 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

No, these were not death-defying runs, but they had an old New England feel, with dips and hollows that induced an entertaining rhythm of linked turns. In New Hampshire, Can Bretton Woods Get Gnarly? 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z

“Somehow the egotist, the entertaining politician, the one that has the greatest, quickest, fastest line, the one that is best on television, is somehow the best one for you in your life,” he said. DeLorean film drives back to the futuristic '70s to close Venice... 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

The duty solicitor was always the most entertaining player in the doubles match that was The Bill's suspect interview. Missing a beat 2010-08-26T19:59:00Z

Over the past several months, I've missed the public figures who entertain and inform. Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

On a surface level, as long as you don’t try to understand it, Bausch theater proves remarkably accessible and entertaining; there’s lots of talking, lots of comedy and plenty of theater games. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Revives Pina Bausch’s ‘1980’ in London 2014-02-17T22:50:55Z

The museum is expected to open May 31 with 10 immersive galleries that will explore language in novel and entertaining ways, according to its founder. The latest word on Planet Word: Downtown D.C.’s language museum is set to open in May 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Weir’s brash, impetuous, spiky music is at once unabashedly modern and continually entertaining. Classical Playlist: Handel's 'Messiah,' Beethoven, Schumann and More 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

With really only one piece of business to conduct, the two-hour finale threatened to be a slog, but it ended up being one of the most entertaining episodes of the series. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: And the Winner Is ... 2011-12-23T04:04:41Z

A report from the surprisingly entertaining Governors Awards! Oscars 2022: the winners, the losers, the dresses, the show – live! 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

Born in Europe, she was a fabulous cook and entertained beautifully — silver always polished, china laid just so. Cookie-crazed dogs, blackened latkes and more of our favorite holiday food memories 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Kanye videos are entertaining one way or another, so it’s a little disappointing that he’d pass on creating a whole new concept. You've Probably Already Watched Kanye's New Music Video 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The book is an entertaining insider’s guide to the thought processes of more than 80 of the world’s top collectors. Insiders Dish on the Art Market 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

She entertained thousands of visitors over the years, cooking on her wood-burning hearth in her tiny kitchen and serving up memorable meals on the domaine’s terrace in the Provencal air. French wine mavem Lulu Peyraud taught Americans ‘joie de vivre,’ and we owe her for that 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

There are series I couldn’t quite justify putting on this list but were crazy entertaining, like “Stranger Things.” The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

It’s an especially intriguing issue for a work that lacks some of the entertaining assets of movie musicals, such as splashy production numbers or choreography that might allow a cinematographer’s imagination to run wild. Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Instead, it morphs into an entertaining, if finally rather sentimental, comedy. In the House – review 2013-03-28T09:15:01Z

That sounds like a possibly bad thing, and one of the achievements of “This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous” is its very entertaining demonstration that it’s not — at least not necessarily. Review: ‘This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous,’ a Self-Made Cover Girl 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

"You can have a good time and can be entertained and think at the same time. That's what I want." Maggie Gyllenhaal says she had to grow up for 'The Honorable Woman' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

She speaks with a prissiness that produces frequent malapropisms, as when, in order to fend off the amorous local chief, she entertains the advances of a roguish South African pilot. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 2013-05-03T17:41:01Z

In another time, that might have seemed noteworthy or even wickedly entertaining. Review | With ‘Roadkill,’ PBS invites you to watch a narcissist politician who gets away with everything. How does that grab you? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

Yet “Extraordinary Stories” is a contagiously playful and thrillingly inventive work, a film that’s more compulsively watchable and conventionally entertaining than any synopsis would begin to suggest. | 'Extraordinary Stories': H Plus X Plus Z, Formula for 3 Intersecting Lives 2011-05-03T21:43:05Z

Do you think Fred Astaire decided to abandon subtlety so as to be entertaining? Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z

The duo apparently performed the stunt to entertain themselves while under lockdown. Farmers paint cow to look like tiger after watching 'Tiger King' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

I don't want to be entertained, I want to be informed. Brian Sewell: the BBC's factual television is an insult to the nation 2013-06-15T16:45:00Z

This year, my husband and I are entertaining a dozen friends and family on Christmas Eve in our small Welsh hillside cottage, where there is no electricity. | Easy Holiday Entertaining 2013-12-21T16:00:04Z

I wanted a show far more fully developed than the sometimes flimsy “Mon Ma Mes,” but at every point it entertained and surprised me. Dance Review: Miguel Gutierrez’s ‘Storing the Winter,’ in American Realness 2013-01-22T23:19:10Z

I just liked it because it was entertaining. 'Bad guy' Luis Guzmán has fun being evil in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

Would the Ellis Island authorities really pay that kind of cash to entertain the poor immigrants? Cannes 2013: The Immigrant 2013-05-24T11:28:37Z

Just as smartly he also shakes the series up with an unexpectedly fierce, entertaining battle that finds the Cullens, flanked by their wolf friends and various vampire allies, facing down the Volturi. Movie Review: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2’ Ends the Series 2012-11-15T23:24:23Z

The two experts are not advising that you rely on purifiers to entertain company. Can an air purifier help protect you against the coronavirus? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

You always strive to be entertaining, because the best way to reach somebody’s politics is to entertain them. ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2: A New Villain and Respectability Politics 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

A portrait of Napoleon in court dress, giving the Sun King the side eye from one wall over, serves as an entertaining complement. The Unforgettable Meets the Unimaginable at the Winter Show 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

That novel I found to be an entertaining if somewhat lighter art forgery novel, with desperate moments. Alexander Chee's guilty reading pleasure: Tom Ripley 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Meant to edify, entertain and boost the morale of soldiers, the periodical regularly mixed, inside as well as out, images of pretty women, propaganda, technical articles and pictures of war gear. Art In Review: PETER PILLER: Umschläge 2013-04-18T20:28:54Z

He knew how to throw a party, loved cooking and entertaining. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

“We want to be an entertaining musical with messages.” Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Heads to Broadway 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

Hitchcock, on the other hand, just wanted to entertain. My Favourite Hitchcock: I Confess 2012-08-08T10:38:03Z

For the Stranded Yoga Faithful, the Zen Is Gone With the Electricity What sophisticated urban dweller hasn’t entertained the uneasy fantasy of being stranded in the country during a catastrophe without power, communication or transportation? Movie Review: ‘First Winter,’ a Benjamin Dickinson Film 2012-11-16T00:09:10Z

I haven’t listened to many – well, any – but Planet Money is entertaining, informative and aimed squarely at the layman. ‘Most of us are too busy to be better’: the lazy person's guide to self-improvement 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

Someone else suggests that Me Cheetah might be entertaining, and that Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man should provide a brilliant score. Ian McEwan to make Atonement opera 2010-03-19T11:18:00Z

“The Middleman” is smart and entertaining and consistently intriguing, clipping along in brief chapters, somewhat reminiscent of the novels of James Patterson, and often animated by lovely, spare descriptive writing. A New Thriller Imagines a Revolt Against the Corporate Order 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

Taking the men out of their Vermont homes serves to make this a highly entertaining travelogue to foreign climes as well for the viewer. Autism documentary entertains rather than preaches 2011-04-03T23:01:11Z

They sat on benches, taking in the sun and chatting as their young children entertained themselves by feeding then frightening pigeons. Stuffed Peppers, Lamb's Head Soup, Canyons and Condors in Arequipa, Peru 2010-07-07T03:00:00Z

The luxurious outdoor entertaining and play areas add a gracious dimension to a house that, despite its interior emendations and refinements, remains a somewhat unconventional setup for a family of five. Patrick Dempsey's Frank Gehry–designed Malibu Estate 2014-02-04T05:00:00Z

“We cook a lot for ourselves and entertain fairly regularly, and we wanted stuff within reach,” says Schumpert. Bringing light and life to a rowhouse kitchen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

But that did not stop the composer, writer and soprano Kate Soper from exploring the matter in “Here Be Sirens,” her inspired, entertaining and strangely powerful fantasia. ‘Here Be Sirens,’ a Little Philosophy Included 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

“I looked forward to talking to him because it was going to be an entertaining experience; he was going to give me as much as I’d give him, and never miss a beat.” Jim Parsons Takes the Romantic Lead 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

“We believe each of these productions won’t just entertain, but will educate, connect and inspire us all,” Obama said in the statement. Obamas' Netflix slate features period drama, family show about... 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

The close family and friends who surrounded them were beyond entertained when Mr. Fortè took more than five minutes to get the ring out of his back pocket. The Photograph That Started a Romance 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Kirchick writes of Nancy Reagan: “Her own persona is inescapably, irrepressibly gay, embodied by the retinue that designed, dressed, escorted, entertained, flattered, housed, humored, pampered, styled and titillated her.” ‘Secret City,’ an Epic Narrative History of the Closet in the Capital 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

It’s entertaining throughout and made with a high level of technical skill. “Unbroken”: Angelina Jolie’s great (and boring) blow for Hollywood feminism 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

I'm going to talk about things that matter as well as entertaining fun things. No filter required for Rosie O'Donnell's new show 2011-10-27T19:56:07Z

At the time of his hiring, producers called him the “consummate” host who would make the telecast “entertaining and fresh.” Ellen’s the ‘safe’ Oscars host, but will she rise to the challenge? 2014-02-27T20:44:58Z

If the plot careens off the rails at times, it is also an exceedingly entertaining look at how corrosive family bonds can become. New Crime Novels from Louise Penny and Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

These, combined with each scene's crisp, tart dialogue, keep it fresh and entertaining in ways that making it incomparable to much else on TV. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

With nearly 35,000 people, it’s the most substantial and entertaining home base on the route. Experiencing the soul of Spain in Andalucía’s hill towns 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

"They were sending a message that the art of what this country does will not be stopped and that art can send a message — be entertaining yet underlined with a powerful message." Tonys audience largest since 2001, viewers up by 2.2 million 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

“The Harvest” is neither as bloodcurdling as “Henry” nor as trashily entertaining as “Wild Things,” playing more like a macabre fairy tale with a child’s-eye view of adult behavior. Review: In ‘The Harvest,’ Love Is Wielded With a Chill 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

She asks questions, points out cool details and shares entertaining anecdotes. Holiday Gift Books for Children 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

“It was never an intention when I started, but there’s just something about the neighborhood. It really entertains me.” Zadie Smith’s First Play Brings Chaucer to Her Beloved Northwest London 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

The Cheerios who entertained the possibility of taking part in it seemed even more brainless than usual. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z

Still, it would be entertaining to see someone try and market one of the artist’s less user-friendly color combinations. Warhol soup cans at your supermarket! 2012-09-02T16:00:00Z

She caused “damage, disruptions and hazards of different types”, such as entertaining rowdy guests, and was apparently consuming wood alcohol. The death of Karen Batts: the homelessness case that shocked Portland 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

I first want to make people comfortable and entertained. An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z

Perhaps you’re starting to do a little entertaining, maybe planning a modest dinner party. Gilded Candles to Brighten Your Dinner Table 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

Like most nights at this Lower East Side space, Sunday promises to be equal parts educational, inspiring and entertaining. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

When her students need school supplies, Janine must rely on the kindness of strangers won over by her entertaining social media posts. Amazingly, "Abbott Elementary" finds laughter in the challenge of teaching in underfunded schools 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

But the bulk of “It’s All Relative” is colored by Jacobs’s offhand-sounding efforts to amuse and entertain the reader. In ‘It’s All Relative,’ A.J. Jacobs Shakes the Family Tree 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

“Ghost Fleet” is an entertaining new entrant into this tradition. Chronicle of a war foretold 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Season 2 wanted to beguile more than entertain. ‘Atlanta’ Skips a Grade 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

All art is not the same and many artists refrain from politics in their work and feel it’s their job to entertain. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

Clavin’s chief objective in retelling this story is to entertain us. How Wild Was Wild Bill Hickok? A Biographer Separates Life From Legend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Their job is to divert, hopefully to entertain. Why onscreen martial arts is important to Asian Americans – even if we don't practice it ourselves 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

In the future, she suggests, Rose should be simultaneously “more entertaining, and less friendly.” Review | Is it a memoir? Is it a novel? A shadowy writer toys with our expectations 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

The other benefit of an outside space is that it can entertain children of all ages – and for parents of preschool children this will be a particularly difficult time. 'What I got wrong was trying to be a teacher': how to last the distance at home schooling 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

This is a collection full of “Peanuts” adorers, which is how it should be, but it might have been entertaining to see some dissent. In a Collection of ‘Peanuts’ Tributes, the Gang Is All Here 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

Dig into his latest, an entertaining history of the S.A.S. from its North African desert origins, to watch the good guys outwit the Nazis. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Not very practical, but certainly shows the fun and entertaining face of London fashion. Mulberry, Illincic wrap up London Fashion Week 2012-09-19T01:16:05Z

But if theatre has a social responsibility, he believes, it's not to educate but to entertain. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

It's impossible to imagine it being as entertaining without the original hosts/judges. ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Changes the Way the British Bake 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

For posing that question, and giving it such an entertaining answer, thank you James Garner, and RIP. James Garner, 1928-2014 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

If, in their knack for suspense, they imbue "People Like Us" with impatience, they also keep it entertaining, rendering a familiar, heart-rending melodrama as a gauzy and mostly pleasant diversion. Review: 'People Like Us,' a drama in action style 2012-06-27T21:39:08Z

It’s about giving die-hard fans an entertaining, memorable and life-changing experience. Romeo Santos on upcoming MetLife show: ‘It’s a blessing’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

The books did more than entertain children during the grim days of war. Colorful Stories for Children, With the Darkest History as Backdrop 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

The project’s title alludes to Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” that 14th-century collection of stories and its frame of people entertaining one another in quarantine from the plague. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

They’re entertaining when diluted by the company of others, enjoyable as long as you part before you remember how exhausting they are, how everything needs to be about them. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

She entertained a huge television audience during the Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month. Trey Songz added to Essence Fest lineup 2013-02-13T22:16:05Z

Use store-bought pound cake for easy entertaining or make your own! The sweetest things to dip in chocolate fondue 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Delivered in short, easily digestible chunks, the explanations will keep children entertained while filling in some gaps in adults’ knowledge. 7 Podcasts for Parents Who Need a Break 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

That leaves her beachside club almost the entire day to entertain the diurnal, even if that’s the only trait some of her patrons have in common. You Can’t Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

But if you persevered, your reward was an interesting, entertaining show that got smarter as it progressed. Continuum – box set review 2013-01-31T16:11:23Z

At the Edison, with artists at the next table, I ordered fries and entertained a thrilling notion: on that day, I was one of them. The Lessons of Café Edison 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

When you read to children aloud, says James Trelease, author of the venerated “Read-Aloud Handbook,” you are not only informing them, bonding with them and entertaining them, you are also “advertising the pleasures of reading.” How to get kids to look away from their screens and take pleasure in books 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Clinton, wearing a trim red suit and an immutable coif, seemed sanguine and entertained to a point approaching condescension. The First Debate of the Twitter Election 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Whether on a sketch program or an ostensible game show like the absurd, clue-driven “Take a Good Look,” Kovacs was always the real main event, aiming to surprise, entertain and, perhaps above all, play. That Kovacs Touch: Comedy?s Lunatic Fringe 2011-05-06T23:24:49Z

"People pay their money and they want to be entertained," he said at the film's Los Angeles premiere on Monday. Jason Statham promises plenty of action in 'Mechanic: Resurrection' 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

For all the grunge-gy goodness and sloppy drunkenness to entertain you at The 5 Point Cafe, there’s still nothing more fun than reading the admonitions and benedictions posted on its five-page menu. The 5 Point Cafe: stiff drinks and crabby charm 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Now it’s a courtyard for summer dining and entertaining. Outdoor Makeovers 2010-05-15T00:07:00Z

It is thoroughly entertaining – even as you marvel at the preposterousness of the plotting, the improbability of the relationships, and some lines of dialogue that strain for the poetic and just sound toe-curlingly stilted. God's Property – review 2013-03-07T17:42:52Z

We've spent so much time on the road as a band and he keeps the whole tour bus entertained with his impersonations and characters – he has fantastic comedic timing. Musician Nitin Sawhney and producer David McEwan on their special relationship 2013-07-13T23:05:16Z

In addition, Disney wants to keep guests in lines entertained. Disney bets on a new planet to wow 'Star Wars' fans at U.S. parks 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Placing you in the ghostly shoes of detective Sissel, the task is to solve a series of murders, linked by one entertaining narrative. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective ? review 2012-02-12T00:05:48Z

It’s always been hard to convince Murphy that a little goes a long way, and viewers will have to admit that most of “Pose’s” weaknesses tend to vanish during the fantastically entertaining ballroom scenes. Review | Ryan Murphy’s ‘Pose’ is a fabulous — if preachy — restoration effort 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Carson had, however, “read a story I’d written about bell hopping called ‘Room 306 Doesn’t Tip,’ ” Mr. Fox wrote, adding that Carson’s producer thought that would be an entertaining subject. William Price Fox, Southern Novelist, Is Dead at 89 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

Tom Wopat turns up as Harper’s ex-husband but is mostly wasted, and so is the time you spend waiting for this movie to become entertaining. Television Review: ‘Lovestruck: The Musical’ With Jane Seymour on ABC Family 2013-04-19T22:21:17Z

It’s about telling great stories with memorable characters that are truly, deeply entertaining for the audience. ArtsBeat Blog: Pixar's John Lasseter Answers Your Questions 2011-11-01T12:00:21Z

Whether embodying a spiritual masseur at an Esalen-style retreat, a bartender, or even a hunky tennis pro, she remains poised between embracing warmth and distancing coolness, a discreetly entertaining font of omniscience. ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ Review: Four on a Mattress, With Songs 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

For almost two and a half hours, he entertains in flamboyant, theatrical style. Marc Almond – review 2012-07-10T17:15:01Z

The resulting movie, though reasonably entertaining at times, felt like a bland and half-hearted version of Raimi's idiosyncratic trilogy. How many times must "Spider-Man" die? 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

Reality shows like this have to tell a story concisely and in an entertaining way, and we all know how selective editing can be used to enhance a narrative. Ladette To Lady needs to forget some of its reality TV etiquette 2010-07-21T12:28:00Z

He doesn’t propose specific solutions to our current state of disgrace, but he does offer a vision of American stability being eviscerated by the public’s need to be entertained. Does an Intellectual History of the Trump Era Exist? It Does Now 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

In Sax's voice we hear a buoyant tone that suggests life is worth living, but besides his entertaining wit — love the punchline about falling off the Space Needle — that's the only comfort in "Hustle Hard." Download this: "Young With the Veteran Sound" by Sax G 2011-01-28T19:23:05Z

The restaurant-critic slot in newspapers in Britain, for example, is often treated as a place for writers to entertain rather than advise. Chefs’ specials 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Competently made by Kenneth Branagh, this foundation story is a moderately diverting variation on a genre standard — some of it entertaining, much of it formulaic and little of it surprising. Movie Listings for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:13:43Z

With its baby grand piano and cappuccino bar, this unique space is perfect for entertaining large groups. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z

But it is certainly a fantastically entertaining show. This week's art diary 2011-03-01T22:30:00Z

I spoke to Ross last week and asked him to dish on fall entertaining and living with lots of stuff. Eddie Ross: Ideas for mixing it up for fall entertaining and decorating 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

A collision of art, celebrity and politics that, however heartfelt, will entertain, and ultimately perhaps add up to just that – entertainment. Trump v Hollywood? Don't expect to see the culture war play out on screen 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

But I would argue that its ease and familiarity of form, and the desire primarily to entertain, leave it as pretty blunt instrument for any more serious purpose. There's nothing funny about putting racism on stage 2011-02-21T17:42:14Z

Each year these zoos host weekend celebrations that educate about animals as well as entertain young humans. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

These spiraling stories are entertaining in their absurdity but don’t provide a particularly coherent rationale for Howard’s emergence from the afterlife as a spiritual guide for Olive et al. | 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs': Co-Op?s Old Crank Finds a Fresh Spirit 2011-08-17T02:30:38Z

This breezily entertaining film only briefly mentions the recent whoppers that have changed history and undermined public trust in the government and in financial institutions. Review: ‘(Dis)Honesty — The Truth About Lies’ Assumes Everyone Tells Them 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

So, hopefully, my worst fears will not come to pass and the show will be entertaining and thought-provoking and a whole new audience will be opened up to contemporary art. Artists get the reality-show treatment in Bravo's 'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist' 2010-06-08T22:35:00Z

Garrison Keillor says his mother stayed in the house, "entertaining her family, playing Scrabble, reading, singing hymns and praying for her loved ones." Grace Keillor, mother of Garrison Keillor, dies 2012-07-27T21:38:08Z

I try to create programs that are entertaining, that people want to watch, that are generally family-oriented. Nigel Lythgoe and DanceOn to launch online dance shows 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

To boost profits, big theater chains have been trying new ways to draw in crowds who want to be entertained as part of a group experience. Movie theaters branch out to host video game contests and other events 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

She finds him entertaining and charming and distracting and she has fun with it. "Sanditon" boss on that heartbreaking finale, a curious "Bridgerton" connection to and Season 3 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

In the end, “Assisted Living” settles for being amusing, entertaining, life-affirming rather than alarmist and dystopian. In ‘Assisted Living,’ the Golden Girls (and guys) meet Orwell 2013-04-29T19:14:35Z

The one that I also found very entertaining, because they’re just so far removed from the world that I live in, is Made in Chelsea. Tom Hopper: 'I could watch another 10 seasons of Friends' 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

“Her voice, laconic, flip, with an edge of cruelty, is always entertaining, and in the medieval setting of Lapvona, she’s able to indulge her interest in the grotesque.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

It's at its most entertaining when it shakes off its clothes. Stoker – review 2013-02-28T21:29:01Z

Cyril, Robin and Xavier from Mama Rosin are consistently entertaining on stage and entirely passionate about their art. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z

They were joking around just a few episodes ago, but now she’s being distant and won’t entertain his talk about defectors. 'The Americans' Recap: Intimacy in the Line of Duty 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

They want us to watch it in awe, tune in next week, be entertained, as more people and environments are destroyed. Reveling in the darkness: “True Detective,” “Game of Thrones” and the missing critique in TV’s cult of gritty realism 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

He has populated Southern California with wildly entertaining characters, from those hinted at offstage to the motormouths whose priceless talk fills his pages. Joe Ide Adds More Breathless Action to the Mix in ‘Wrecked’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the fact is that Mr. Davis helped shape Mr. Franken’s comedy, and vice versa, from the time they entertained students with rebellious, razor-edged humor at high school assemblies in Minnesota. Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z

Young’s brutally honest account of his time in the Marines and his three tours in Iraq is inventive, unsparing, irreverent and consistently entertaining. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Eddie Ross ideas for mixing it up for fall entertaining and decorating. Simply White is the 2016 Color of the Year. Huh? 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

It really is the most lame and unthought-through script; family comedies about Martians don't need to be plausible exactly, but they need to be smart and entertaining. Mars Needs Moms ? review 2011-04-07T21:10:00Z

Though tiramisu is usually assembled in a big pan, I don't believe that you should have to entertain a crowd in order to earn a taste of it. An absolutely effortless tiramisu, courtesy of a nostalgic childhood snack 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z

With the comedy apparently lost in translation – or mislaid on the flight to Scotland – this evening states the obvious but without the wit to render it entertaining. Meine Faire Dame – ein Sprachlabor – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-15T23:59:11Z

“I’m not looking to win an Academy Award, I just want to entertain people,” she told The Houston Chronicle in 2001. Chyna, Pro Wrestler Turned Reality TV Star, Is Dead at 45 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to get stuck on that first rung where we’re merely being entertained. A priest, a prince and a bird-catcher walk into an opera: ‘Magic Flute’ returns to Seattle 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

In between – and central to the story – Shepherd gets work in the bohemian household of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo while they entertain house guest Leon Trotsky, for whom he becomes a scribe. Kingsolver wins Orange prize 2010-06-09T19:37:00Z

Anthony, he said, "would not entertain it for a second." Attorney: Casey Anthony rejected early plea deal 2012-07-05T12:39:08Z

In the late 19th century, James Abbott McNeill Whistler performed this role, entertaining the Victorians as much with his aesthetic persona and attitudes as with his paintings. Hold that tweet! Artists should stick to the day job 2012-05-23T14:25:04Z

He was a much better presenter than I was, able to rattle on endlessly and make everything sound natural, funny and entertaining. Graham Norton; Devil's Advocate; Today; 5 Live Breakfast; You & Yours 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z

All these questions and more may or may not be answered as Professor Johnson informs and entertains - using just puppets, household objects and fruit! Things to do this summer: July 2012-07-10T12:49:28Z

“He never entertained the idea of keeping the collection together,” she said. S.I. Newhouse Jr.’s Collection of Modern Masters Comes to Christie’s 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Shining 31 flashlights into the audience's eyes was not entertaining. Offenbach's `La Perichole' ends NYC Opera season 2013-04-24T16:49:08Z

Each day at 2 p.m., the storyteller and songwriter Flor Bromley will entertain with a musical puppet performance on the theme of hibernation. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:40:59Z

Parish's business partner, Albert Hadley, created the duplex's library, where Astor entertained world dignitaries. Contents of Brooke Astor's homes going to auction 2012-09-23T21:16:04Z

His previous work examined the entertaining and sometimes macabre side of science. Animal Electrocutions, Lobotomies and Other Tales of Wicked Science 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

“I look forward to bringing a dynamic and entertaining program to our listeners.” What’s behind move to pull plug on ‘The Man Cave’? 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

But this big, splashy show, which is quite entertaining at times, is hampered by a shambolic jumble of sisterhood 101 messaging and defanged fantasy revisionism. ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Cinderella, Liberated (Again) 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

But does the film have the power to transcend the realms of entertaining and informative? New Black Panthers documentary tells the story behind the berets 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Every once in a while, a meme rises up from the wondrous bog of entertaining nonsense that is the Internet. We Should Probably Have a Conversation About ‘Damn, Daniel’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

We were relying on a time-honored way to entertain ourselves: the humble board game. 12 board games that allow homebound Americans to travel in their imagination 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Here are a few that entertain me still: Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

If that sounds heavy-handed, it’s actually quite entertaining, all the more so when Gerry makes his entrance halfway through the intermissionless performance. Review: Tim and Tyne Daly Are Dysfunctional Siblings in ‘Downstairs’ 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

To entertain such thoughts requires the would-be adapter to ignore three strong arguments against adaptation: Holden's opinion, Salinger's wishes and the reader's own idiosyncratic relationship with the novel. The "Catcher in the Rye" film that should never be 2010-06-23T15:30:00Z

It just keeps you engaged and entertained and also gives you very beautiful messages. Malala takes her passions to the small screen with Apple 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

But you can decide whether this book is smart, fast-paced and entertaining, all the things we want a recreational read to be. James Patterson says ‘The Black Book’ is his best novel in 20 years 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Successful seasons of this show have always been a hodgepodge of elements meant to entertain and mislead. "American Horror Story: NYC" finale: Are you freaking kidding me? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

“I’m often trying to either appal or amuse or entertain you with an idea,” he says, addressing her. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

And albatrosses, which stay together their entire lives, keep it interesting by entertaining each other with goofy ritual dancing. Modern Love: Bitten in the Virtual Zoo ? Modern Love 2011-10-13T21:10:45Z

When I bought my house, I walked in and the person who is showing me the house is going, “This is great for entertaining.” Chris Isaak on collaborative songwriting: ‘Like taking your clothes off in front of strangers’ 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The extra space and smooth ride on the 40-foot Lagoon proved addictive — and definitely preferable to a cramped monohull for entertaining active kids. Aboard a chartered catamaran in the British Virgin Islands: The more the merrier 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Our goal is not just to educate or inflame, it’s also to entertain. On ‘Revisionist History,’ Malcolm Gladwell Unfiltered 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Tomlinson wrapped up this entertaining story with a compliment, saying she learned how to stand up to Cummings from Cummings. Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

As the recent announcement of the David Gemmell Legend award, and the less-than-positive response it engendered shows, contemporary fantasy is seeking to do more than just entertain the masses. Fantasy fiction: the battle for meaning continues ... 2010-04-20T10:58:00Z

They are entertaining because Jamie is so personable, but essentially they are instructive: get this pan on, your next ingredient in the oven, here's how to use your food processor properly. Appetite for change 2013-02-05T13:16:49Z

The Last Jedi is the most entertaining Star Wars movie in many a moon. 'Yay, porgs!' – critics' verdicts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

The tone was knockabout bordering on slapstick, and while neither actor is a born comedian, together they made an entertaining double act. Rewind TV: The Fear; The Town; A Young Doctor's Notebook; The Secret Life of Rubbish; Imagine... Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me; Inside Claridge's – review 2012-12-09T00:06:09Z

You're left feeling entertained, yet craving a little spontaneity – some flash of unplanned showmanship or crackle of raw charisma. A$AP Rocky – review 2012-06-07T17:45:01Z

Portman is so much fun to watch behaving badly that viewers may actually root for her to self-destruct; she is that entertaining. Natalie Portman is a force of nature in intense and stunning “Vox Lux” 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Cinema is one of the ways a nation entertains itself, but also contemplates its problems, peculiarities and changes. French films glow with confidence and culture. Ours should do the same 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

The art at Coachella isn't going to win the Turner Prize any day soon, but it understands the importance of entertaining people. Coachella festival 2013: 10 things we learned 2013-04-15T17:19:00Z

Its equally entertaining but considerably different sequel, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," is based on another book in Kinney's series. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules': Zoo-Wee Mama! The gang is back for more fun 2011-03-24T05:27:13Z

But this is also why Hardwicke’s film is gleefully entertaining in a B-movie kind of way, zesty yet also corny at times. Try to keep up with "Miss Bala": Gina Rodriguez stars in this entertaining if bumpy ride 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

But it’s a doubly bad idea: It only emphasizes that he’s still less a character than a carnal-consumerist fantasy, and it turns what could be an entertaining, downbeat mystery into a fidgety soap opera. ‘American Gigolo’ Review: Can You Take the Escort Out of the ’80s? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Suspense and violence are no longer entertaining to me. I was a hostage at the 2018 Trader Joe's shooting. Here's what I know now about trauma 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

A good one will move the show along, keep the audience entertained and be invited back ‑ like the late Bob Hope, who hosted the Academy Awards a record 19 times. The Globes' and Oscars' new hosts: Dancing at the comedic edge 2013-01-09T16:36:23Z

"It’s an entertaining read, and you’ll also learn a bit about things like ballistics, DNA, the oceans, the atmosphere, and lightning along the way," Gates writes about the latter book. The seven books Bill Gates thinks you should read this summer 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Facilities Tennis courts, helipad, wrestling ring, extensive underground parking for vintage cars, entertaining and shagging facilities. Houses of superheroes 2011-07-22T23:06:35Z

I find stories everywhere, and the rest of my travels entertain the other senses. Poets gather for global gathering 2012-06-25T07:52:29Z

News of Marks’ death broke on Sunday, with many describing him as a “truly lovely, entertaining and inspiring man,” the Guardian reported. 'Mr. Nice' Author Howard Marks Dies At 70 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

His books for children are better at fulfilling our expectations of the form—they entertain—and yet they are as complex and odd as his cartoons. William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Matt Young’s inventive, unsparing, irreverent and consistently entertaining “Eat the Apple” is that, but it is also a useful corrective to the current idealization of the American soldier — or in this case a Marine. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

We were ‘entertaining,’ and the story about Donald Trump and his stature fell into some bizarre public record as ‘truth.’ Former “Apprentice” producer reflects on “buffoon with the funny hair,” Donald Trump, winning election 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Notwithstanding these pardonable oversights, “Music Is History” is an entertaining, informative and far-reaching work, meticulously excavating American culture and history with the eye of a seasoned cratedigger. Review | Questlove puts his obsessive music expertise on full display 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

But the ribald, frequently entertaining "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" is now apparently going even further for its seventh season and busting yet another taboo – getting fat. "It's Always Sunny" star gets fat -- for laughs 2011-06-17T20:18:00Z

He must have been surprised, then, when he was booed off stage for his failure to entertain in Detroit this weekend. Why Charlie Sheen's live show was bound to fail 2011-04-04T15:30:00Z

That is so funny and so entertaining just like wildly, outrageously so, that for anyone to think that it’s a downer makes me like so angry. Why “Angels in America” endures: “Without gay people, you can’t tell the story of America” 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

While entertaining a laundromat oligarch at the Russian Tea Room, he commits a grave, ­vodka-saturated offense. ‘The Fall of Princes’ review: the rise and fall of a Master of the Universe 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

Despite all the ways this seems like an ordinary procedural, it looks good to turn into something more entertaining. Fox picks up Rainn Wilson’s new series, ‘Backstrom’ 2014-01-17T17:58:01Z

This is not to say the movie isn’t flawed, but aside from the wretched Joker scenes, the rest of the film itself is actually pretty entertaining. 26 films Rotten Tomatoes got 100% wrong 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Most toddlers will be happily entertained by a shoe box. Festivals are no place for children 2010-08-27T10:33:00Z

Meanwhile sceptics such as me must take solace in dinosaurs and the entertaining thought that, while there's no such thing as ghosts, at least there used to be such a thing as monsters. Why are the English obsessed with ghosts? 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

Racial sensitivities aside, this Exodus is a stolid mess, bleakly laughable without being an entertaining hoot like De Mille’s camp classic. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

It's a contemporary retelling that's meant to be fun and entertaining. Curtis Sittenfeld: 'I know my characters are unlikable sometimes' 2013-06-15T16:30:00Z

His father, Wadey, the senior Murphy, is well known among watermen as an entertaining storyteller. The catch: Can watermen be as good in tourism?

It is a tale that is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, touching and, on occasion, humorous.” The Words, and Works, of Walter Dean Myers 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

There’s no hiding place from screens; we work at them; they entertain us … To work intensively for long periods you need to switch off occasionally for short periods.” 'It' s a waste of life!': Guardian readers on spending 2.5 hours a day on their phones 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

But to get to a healthier, more entertaining place, the American Theater Wing and the Broadway League, the organizations that present the event, have to stop favoring the commercial side so fawningly. A Chance to Fix the Tonys, and So Many Things to Fix 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Beijing Payback” is a propulsive first novel that aims to entertain. A High-Octane Revenge Novel That Rips Through the Chinese Underworld 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The effect, entertaining enough, was to flatten Mozart's perfect musical and dramatic structure. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z

As such, “Ocean” is a pretty entertaining spook house. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

I wanted to entertain the kids in the village by showing them films, and I filmed them watching the movies for my new documentary, The First Film. How to decide on the best kids' films of all time 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z

Is it just me, or would all of these two-hour audition episodes have been more entertaining at one hour? ArtsBeat Blog: 'X-Factor' Recap: Now You See the Judge, Now You Don't 2011-09-29T14:24:58Z

Not very entertaining but left wondering who will win the wide bottom jet ski worth 17,000+. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

Its most entertaining piece of pop philosophy or its most spiritually enlightening puzzle? Best TV Shows of 2019 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

His “Elite Squad” movies, Brazilian blockbusters that starred Mr. Moura as an ethically erratic police commander, offered an entertaining but cynical — and controversial — look at corruption. Netflix Looks to ‘Narcos’ for a New Audience 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

I talked to Feldman recently about overcoming our fears around entertaining, and why, even as a cookbook author, she doesn't think you need to cook to show your guests a good time. The author of "The Dinner Party Project" on the easy secrets of being a great host 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

This revival mostly wishes to entertain, but it also wants to honor the various hues of Coward's playwriting, its mix of aristocratic banter and brittleness. Angela Lansbury keeps spirits high in 'Blithe Spirit' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Indeed, convincing the scientific community that his theory is worth entertaining proves to be a serious challenge. Swimming against the tide: Lawrence Weschler on 'Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of Astrophysicists' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

Also, as is key when entertaining bigger groups, both were pretty affordable. A $56 menu in honor of Super Bowl LVI, with appetizers guaranteed to score a touch down 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

Bulawayo’s decision was also an act of homage to her late grandmother, who entertained her and her siblings every night with stories and folk tales populated by animals. NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Thursday's concert goers including billionaire Donald Trump were entertained for more than two hours. Bocelli marks another milestone with NYC concert 2011-09-16T17:25:24Z

Then again, as entertaining as their squabbling is, the last thing this family needs is another bone of contention to gnaw on before finally sitting down to that rehearsal dinner. Review: ‘Familiar,’ a Comic Clash of Assimilation on the Path to a Wedding 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Even entertaining flicks come with bumps, and the main rub with this sequel to the troupe’s frenetic “Three Musketeers” a few seasons back is that it’s slow to launch. Synetic’s ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ has action and unexpected melodrama 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Instead, some of the entertaining footage he shot of Ms. Vreeland holding court in her sumptuous New York apartment ended up in his 2001 film, “Chop Suey.” On the Runway Blog: Remembering Diana Vreeland 2011-09-06T17:25:34Z

He’s an ingratiating performer—you get the sense that he’s working hard, every second, to entertain us. REVIEW: Ride Along 2 Offers More of the Same Silly Laughs 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

If I wanted just to be entertained by sheer wit and satirical barbs, it would be Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: By the Book 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

It may be educational and instructive, illuminating and entertaining — all worthy and beneficial outcomes. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z

Everts, a science journalist, has written an entertaining and illuminating guide to the necessity and virtues of perspiration. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

She had been entertaining audiences ever since she wandered into Aloni's orbit, aged just 11. Ofra Haza: Madonna of the dark soul 2010-12-09T21:20:00Z

Based on a novel that gained Harry Potter-like popularity among kids in Japan, the deliriously entertaining "Battle League Horumo" pits four university teams in heated competition. 'Battle League Horumo': Armies of sprites strike up the fun 2010-09-02T20:08:00Z

It will not offer comedy that informs and entertains.  “The Daily Show” is dead to me: Trevor Noah will never, ever be good at his job — also, thanks a lot for Donald Trump 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Dear Heloise: Our family loves to entertain and does so regularly. Hints From Heloise: A beef with boiling 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

If I was utterly honest about everything then it wouldn't be very entertaining. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z

The host replied that it was a small group and that they would prefer not to entertain an extra. Perspective | Ask Amy: Daughter-in-law has had it with the baby talk 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The one section that is both effective and entertaining is set up like an Art Deco movie theater. Italian Wine Museums Appeal to the Intellect, but Not the Palate 2010-12-28T00:06:02Z

The 2023 Oscars ceremony was too long but entertaining while reminding us that the industry's biggest awards night is a popularity contest dominated by white people. How the Academy Awards managed to be both uplifting and disappointing -- everything, all at once 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

But they cohere into something with enough surface plausibility to be more entertaining than insulting. ‘Strike Back,’ on Cinemax, Returns to Overwhelm Bad Guys Everywhere 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

When it’s time to entertain guests, the clients slide it next to the dining table and use it to hold wine. - The Washington Post

"As entertaining as root canal work," suggested one appraisal of his Bond legacy. My favourite Bond film: The Living Daylights 2012-10-05T09:48:12Z

“You’re bringing your party to the next level, stepping away from the college kegger,” he said, “and actually entertaining in your New York City apartment.” Mixing Drinks, Adding Class 2010-12-09T00:04:00Z

With all the grace of a great Southern lady, The Cloister entertains guests with afternoon tea in the solarium and weekly games of family bingo. Best Fall Beach Deals 2011-08-24T13:20:01.977Z

It is, after all, my home, and I am paying out-of-pocket to entertain. Perspective | Miss Manners: Rescind dog’s dinner party invitation 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

The result is a fantastical journey, with strikingly colourful, frequently surprising and occasionally shocking events encountered on the way, yet always maintaining at least a thread of connective continuity throughout its darkly entertaining course. Prom 42: Philharmonia/Mälkki – review 2012-08-14T11:30:25Z

At Fall for Dance, an imperative to entertain sometimes outweighs everything else. Fall for Dance Review: Some Tap, a Pas de Deux and a Monastic Chorus 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

While exceptionally imaginative and wide-ranging in its historical references, the team’s work is more clever than visionary, closer to entertaining, high-end kitsch than to deeply stirring fine art. High-End Works Toying With Politically Loaded Signifiers 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

You feel everything, and it is really entertaining. "Dumplin'" star Danielle Mcdonald on new opera comedy & pursuing her dreams: "I never had a Plan B" 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Comic, then tragic, it is likely to be among the year’s most entertaining nonfiction films. Summer 2018 Movie Release Schedule 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

As the pandemic slows and it’s possible to safely entertain guests again, she added, “we will all become a little more relaxed.” Like Sweatpants, Squishy Furniture Is In 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

Through scrupulous and heightened simulations of terrifying reality, last year’s “First Man” reminded me why I never even entertained the notion of becoming an astronaut. ‘Escape Room’ Review: Puzzle Your Way Out, or You’re Dead 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

It is a strange and baroque fantasy for a grown man to entertain, but under pressure, one regresses. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z

"If you create characters people connect with and tell stories that deeply entertain and move them… the audience will come." Pixar's John Lasseter, Buzzfeed's Ze Frank embrace filmmaking in digital world 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Above all, he was the gent who entertained his young grandchildren at breakfast by chopping bananas on to the table instead of into his muesli, a routine we all found chronically funny. Alfred Deller: a voice from the past 2012-05-31T09:52:25Z

Mercury was far more than just a singer, and early in the show, Lambert occasionally stumbled when trying to entertain the fans in nonmusical ways. Adam Lambert leads a cross-generational Queen through the hits at Merriweather

I’ll entertain those theories and many others; what I’d really like to know is how this band manages to stretch the means of its imagination so far. Playlist: Surfboards, Harmonies and Sheet Metal 2010-09-19T20:25:00Z

After you learn the rules from the program, the bruising bouts with jammers whipping past booty blocks will be as entertaining as the skaters’ tongue-in-cheek sobriquets. 36 Hours in Raleigh, N.C. 2014-03-06T16:58:31Z

“Trump created the cult that includes people who serve as court jesters there to entertain the monarch and augment his power,” Mr. Robinson said. The President’s Backup Band 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Do this without involving your colleague or entertaining any idea of being with her, because she’s married. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Worrying about a workplace attraction 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

The Nation pontificated, "entertaining, but to claim any significance for the picture would of course be a mistake." Blogging "City Island": Anatomy of an indie breakout 2010-04-26T12:30:00Z

It is nimble and surefooted, illuminating, and above all, entertaining. With “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence," CNN has its "Succession" 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

"All - to different degrees - extremely talented, vibrant, emotional, committed, entertaining musical performers beloved of enormous audiences," he wrote. UK's BRIT Awards slammed as celebration of bland 2013-02-21T13:05:27Z

But it’s also imaginative, and, on a fascinatingly large scale, intensely entertaining. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Erring on Side of Variety 2014-01-27T22:26:31Z

As the lovesick small-town bumpkin Nemorino in Donizetti’s classic, deliriously entertaining comedy “The Elixir of Love,” this 29-year-old tenor sang with sincerity and style and acted with energy in his New York stage debut. Music Review: Two Debuts at a Diner That Specializes in Donizetti?s Secret Sauce 2011-03-23T21:29:23Z

Solidly entertaining and made with more panache than the average Netflix original, the film really did feel like a theatrical pic that viewers missed on the big screen but could watch at home instead. What can we learn from Netflix's all-time top 10 movies? 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

And I’m sure you won’t lose sight of the fact that, entertaining as these stories are, Jack the Ripper was a pathetic and loathsome human being. More than 125 years after his last crime, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

In this tender, wry and entertaining novel, Englander nimbly juggles these possibilities, creating an endearing hero who stumbles through a world in which the holy and profane are intertwined. ‘Like a JDate for the Dead’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Go green Saturday, April 19, and be entertained by the Knight of Veritas while getting information from green businesses and nonprofits. The Week Ahead: Hop Scotch, Earth Day and Bunny Bounce 2014-04-09T21:43:16Z

Tommy DeVito is entertaining fellow gangsters with stories of his exploits when one of his listeners, Henry Hill, tells him he’s funny. The Restrained Genius of a Joe Pesci Performance 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

In its entertaining narrative, full of postmodern digressions, a young professor tries to write a biography of his political activist mother. 9 Great Books to Start Off September 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

“I have tried not to reveal crucial plot details,” she writes of her entertaining, fastidiously researched headnotes. A Late — and Maybe Last — Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘Lost’ Stories 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

And the new Thief is a surprisingly entertaining game, laden with locks to pick, tunnels to crawl through and secret passageways to explore. Video Game Review: Thief, Fourth in a Series of Stealth Games, Rewards Patience 2014-02-25T22:49:32Z

Songs like “Great Day” and “Just Like a Rockstar” convey messages intended to teach lessons, while sillier numbers like “Bananas ” simply entertain. Nickelodeon?s Fresh Beat Band Captivates Preschool Fan Base 2012-02-14T23:42:42Z

“Little links our performers other than that they’re radical yet entertaining.” In Transit Blog: Nothing 'Sacred' About Arts Festival in London 2011-11-18T11:00:41Z

He was gracious, inquiring and entertaining, furnished us with outrageous anecdotes eventually deemed unsuitable for publication, treated us to lunch courtesy of his wife, Nancy, and wasted the better part of his day on us. Letters: Tom Sharpe loved taking (and giving) the p… 2013-06-10T20:00:02Z

Even as certain pages proved a slog, certain scenes repetitive, even as I entertained heretical thoughts about pruning certain sections, or striking them entirely, these choices follow a certain logic. Hilary Mantel’s Triumphant New Novel Brings Thomas Cromwell Across the Finish Line 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

There is nothing especially believable about “The Drop,” but it is credible enough to be moderately entertaining, and vice versa. ‘The Drop’ Unfolds in a Brooklyn Underworld 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

These stories have entertained and comforted, spooked and delighted audiences for countless generations. Now it can be (re)told 2011-08-20T14:01:00Z

He starts out as a small tradesman nervously entertaining, along with his mercilessly bullied wife, a toffish bank manager and a middle-class architect. Absurd Person Singular, 40 years on 2012-05-25T21:55:04Z

The station promised, “Candy, Mike and Todd are a fun, entertaining and intelligent trio.” Not even a goodbye: KIRO abruptly cancels ‘The Ron & Don Show’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

“The Artist,” as aggressively entertaining as any musical, is measured in its mourning and eclectic in its nostalgia for old movies. | 'The Artist': ?The Artist,? by Michel Hazanavicius - Review 2011-11-24T13:00:00Z

In the “Horseplay” section, Harrison Ball is a captivating comedian, serious about entertaining his companions and us. ‘Classic’ Lineup at City Ballet 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Here is the truth — actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z

How do I entertain these people while making them feel happy and respected? Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

They want to be entertained, they want to be impressed, they want to be moved, they want to be inspired. You Must Hear This! Rhinoceros’ “I Will Serenade You” 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

But we'd like to hear your stories.Post your audition experiences; the strange, entertaining, rewarding and just plain odd, in the thread below. Your audition stories - open thread 2013-02-25T15:40:33Z

Markel tells a true story that is both entertaining and heartwarming about a girl who was fearless, outspoken and determined to do good things in the world right from the start. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

One of the challenges of hosting the Oscars is entertaining the live audience and viewers at home, without boring or alienating either group. Oscars 2015: What to expect from host Neil Patrick Harris 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Mr. Klosterman’s contentious, highly entertaining book on villainy offers some clues to that. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z

Now, Fältskog seems to be entertaining a full-blown re-formation – at least for one night. Agnetha comments fuel rise in Abba reunion rumours 2010-12-31T11:44:53Z

When this multidimensional thriller debuted about a year ago, the Times critic Mike Hale called it “the most entertaining new series of the winter.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Counterpart’ and ‘Dumplin’’ 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

We had excellent Internet chemistry, banter that gave me butterflies – only then did I start to entertain the reality of an in-person meeting. I’m the woman you met on Ashley Madison: How the rush of infidelity led to affairs online 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

If they even want to entertain the idea of getting back together, though, they’ll need to do some serious self-reflection first. The Most Vexing Unanswered Questions of 2017 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z

We knew that these songs weren’t going to be the songs — it was really to entertain ourselves. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

“The Good Twin” — the title comes from a soap-operatic twist that gives Alison Brie’s Soviet wrestling heel character a twin sister — was an entertaining novelty on its own. The Most Memorable TV Episodes of 2018 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Together they embody the comedy truths that a cute, cuddly toy can get away with anything and a Boston accent is inherently entertaining. 'Ted 2' is overstuffed and absurd but wickedly funny 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Judy Muller, a longtime network correspondent who is now a professor of journalism at USC, is among those who believe the demand for TV journalists to be entertaining is what ultimately did in Williams. NBC News anchor Brian Williams suspended for six months 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

"Does that support mean that the event should only exist to entertain the leaders of the government?" Italian politician slams Tarantino's Venice stint 2010-09-18T03:39:00Z

Compose a multiple-choice question about a Ridiculous but True fact or event, with two entertaining wrong answers as well as the right one. Style Invitational: ‘Wait Wait’ for us with multiple-choice trivia questions 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

He was, though, an astonishingly entertaining conversationalist, in public and private, with some claim to be the most consistent wit since Oscar Wilde. Gore Vidal reached amazing heights but missed out on main ambitions 2012-08-01T18:03:25Z

This city's hunger for fine pastrami and corned beef is apparently equaled by its appetite for an entertaining documentary about the world of Jewish delicatessens. 'Deli Man' expands while coming back for seconds 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

He just wanted everything to be as entertaining as possible.. How we made The Jungle Book 2013-07-29T16:48:16Z

It was one of the most awkward and entertaining moments from Sunday night’s pre-show—and Johnson herself mocked it in her Saturday Night Live promos. Watch Dakota Johnson Beg Her Mom to See 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Netflix's "D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!" may not have the answers we've all been waiting for, but it's still an entertaining feature that highlights just how bizarre this whole case has been. The 6 most surprising "D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

He accomplishes this smoothly, in a contribution to the LarViv literature that is — if not strictly essential — coherent, well-rounded and entertaining. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s Turbulent Relationship, Retold With Compassion 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

While it may not win the Academy Award for Best Picture, it is truly an entertaining film. Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ and His Most Excellent Adventure 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Binet’s love of history was instilled in him by his father, a teacher who would entertain him with factual stories about World War II and the Hundred Years’ War. How a French Novelist Turns the Tables on History 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

If it's not as entertaining, if it's just a story or just information, it's OK, you know what I mean? Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

For a certain kind of theater geek, watching a crew do a complicated stage reset at intermission can be nearly as entertaining as the performance. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

This slick, fast-paced play will not win any awards for nuance, but it is entertaining. Haves and have-nots 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg cook together, compete for prizes and entertain guests, with no one seeming to mind when the show goes off the rails. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Sinner’ and ‘The Originals’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

It’s also one of the most expensive, with some exhibitors paying more than $150,000 for their booths, transport, client entertaining and other costs. A Shadow Market at Art Basel 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

In short, we all mastered the art of entertaining. The only summer wines you need, according to a wine pro 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Oh, she gets blue — especially these days — but Dana is the one dancing in the kitchen, trying to entertain the cats. My wife’s brain surgery 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

Instead here are five new shows that could actually be entertaining, but honestly, there are no clear guarantees of this. TCA Report: The Fall TV outlook for the broadcast networks isn’t pretty 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

If you were one of the many who picked up focaccia-making during isolation, there's something kind of nice about applying that skill to entertaining. Giant focaccia sandwiches are the new party subs 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

As an investigation of jazz's African roots, it's a failure, albeit a fascinating and entertaining one. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – review 2012-07-11T11:41:33Z

Based partly on historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," Spielberg's film is enormously entertaining yet professorial at times. Underdog 'Argo' continues on charmed Oscar path 2013-01-31T14:14:10Z

That said, a lot happened this week that was meaningful to where this saga has been and where it is going — and a lot of it was plenty entertaining, to boot. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Season 1, Episode 5: Misty Mountain Hop 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

“Fast Five” is the fifth installment in this surprisingly durable, often absurdly entertaining series, though the third chronologically. | 'Fast Five': Vrooooom! Vrooooom! Flex ?Em if You Got ?Em 2011-04-28T18:24:33Z

So perhaps the best way to view this sometimes entertaining, sometimes infuriating “Coma” is as a metaphor. Television Review: ‘Coma,’ an A&E Mini-Series With Lauren Ambrose 2012-09-02T21:56:33Z

“Mac was very entertaining and funny and spoke very well for himself, so there’s a basic injustice to the circumstances.” Mac Miller and Jon Brion Had a Vision. It Almost Came True. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

To him it was logical — and wildly entertaining. How I embrace my son’s language of numbers 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Fame High,” a timely plug for arts education, does what its subjects hope to do: it opens our hearts and entertains with truth. Movie Review: ‘Fame High,’ Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy 2013-06-07T02:45:19Z

So what’s the secret to these parents who travel, entertain and host with such happy abandon? With kids, is entertaining guests ever stress-free? 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

If your child would be amused by seeing the word “underpants” in the name of a movie, this one will entertain. Review: ‘Captain Underpants,’ Pretty Much What You’d Expect 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The second floor is a 1,500-square-foot ballroom, while the third level can entertain 20 or so guests in the “captain’s lounge.” Review | Rib-sticking Caribbean delights pop at Bloomingdale’s new Spark 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Who Is America?” has shown us many jaw-dropping moments and has no more significant purpose than to entertain viewers and embarrass people in power. “Who Is America?”: What Sacha Baron Cohen’s non-famous subjects say about who we are now 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Pearce gets into his groove swiftly, owns it and remains entertaining. 'Lockout': Actioner would be lost in space without Guy Pearce 2012-04-11T16:02:04Z

When looking for a travel book, I want to be entertained by a unique narrative voice. Dear Match Book: What Should I Read on My Summer Vacation? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Active philanthropists, the husband and wife entertain often, so they needed spaces suitable for large gatherings. Rockwell Group Creates a Glittering New York Apartment 2013-12-10T05:00:00Z

The result is a bubbling stew of contradictions that surface in befuddling, if entertaining, ways. Does God exist in the Marvel Universe? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

I want to learn something, or be entertained. Do famous and tweet-happy care about following? 2010-03-19T16:34:00Z

“Zealot” is not innovative or original scholarship, but it makes an entertaining read. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z

It's also an entertaining exercise in tough love. A big story developing on HBO's 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-20T09:16:04Z

If he's on the screen in something entertaining, the fans will pay to see it. The Expendables: still gunning down feeble box-office competition 2010-08-23T13:18:00Z

That “Toast” is shadowed by this awareness doesn’t keep it from being boisterously entertaining. Review: ‘Toast’ Blends Farce With Kitchen-Sink Realism 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

And in this highly entertaining, 100-minute two-hander he pulls the rug from under our feet so often that we end up feeling breathless. In a Forest Dark and Deep - review 2011-03-15T00:35:22Z

You are entertaining, but at the same time hitting those comments that are often on the news – or cultural awareness issues.” Aboriginal humour: 'the flip side of tragedy is comedy' 2013-06-19T01:08:50Z

Not all aspects of popularity are the same, though, as demonstrated by this entertaining but narrow concert, an arena show that carried the charms, and liabilities, of a club gig. Review: Future and Migos, Onstage With Their Hits on Shuffle 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Franklin's highly entertaining brain is mere pulp on a pillow. "True Blood" recap: Girls get even 2010-07-26T12:15:00Z

As such, this entertaining but scarcely monstrous effort could stand a rewrite, if not full-length expansion. 'Something Truly Monstrous' draws drolly on golden age of Hollywood lore 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

When he visited, the artist spent his days sketching, fishing, and entertaining. JMW Turner's house 'saved' by grant 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The music is as haunting as the production is entertaining. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z

For an hour, Sam entertained about two dozen of us — guests and a few Dogfish employees. Brew and beach time warm the soul in Delaware’s Dogfishland 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The Hollywood Reporter said it was “ambitious” and “wildly entertaining.” Despite coronavirus, 1 musical is holding auditions, online 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

And it is, at turns, entertaining, informative and insightful. Decoding Etiquette in China, Handshakes to Meals 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

All very entertaining, but stick with it until the end for a moving list of what the teens have gone on to do. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-04-13T06:59:00Z

Three Billboards is staggeringly entertaining – its script performs a series of hairpin turns with a mastery that leaves you agog. Why Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

The result of his efforts has, more often than not, produced entertaining and absurdist yarns examining the peculiar, particular and problematic ethos of the Me Generation. T.C. Boyle’s New Novel Looks Into the Mind of a Chimpanzee 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

The list of awkward entertaining issues of modern times continues to grow. Date, time and . . . dog? Invitation do’s and dont’s to consider. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

And my mother, with time to kill and a family to entertain, pulled out the “AAA Mid-Atlantic TourBook” and began to read. Can you plan a 2017 vacation with a 40-year-old travel guide? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the more laid-back morning shifters at 100.7 entertain with recurring bits like the voyeuristically fun Share Your Salary, where they try to guess how much a caller makes. 98.9 The Bull vs. 100.7 The Wolf: How do Seattle’s country radio stations stack up? 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

But after an office meltdown, he is haunted by her observations, and discovers a life that lets him entertain others as he was entertained by the storyteller. Review: In ‘Tamasha,’ Finding a Path to Love, Show Business and Adulation 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

She did read to us and talk to us, but I guarantee you she was not in our faces very often, and we were expected to entertain ourselves and each other without much parental input. Are iPhones Bad for Kids? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Some of the most entertaining and insightful passages in “The Free World” occur when there is hardly any action, and characters merely reminisce or ruminate. Books of The Times: One Jewish Family in 2 Worlds, Outsiders in Both 2011-04-10T19:00:16Z

“Downfall” begins just after Hitler’s 50th birthday, with the Führer entertaining thoughts of invading Poland as if it were a present to himself. In the Second Volume of ‘Hitler,’ How a Dictator Invited His Own Downfall 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

“It’s a lot of energy. It’s very entertaining. There’s heartfelt moments. I think we run the the gamut. It’s packed with a lot of awesome moments,” Lopez said at a press conference in Miami. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira vow ’empowering’ halftime show 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

The world of entertaining is, finally, catching up to accommodate those who don’t drink alcohol — or, at least, aren’t drinking today. Five Refreshing Alternatives to Classic Iced Tea 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

The perfect combination of crunchy, spicy and savory of this dish would never give away the low effort and cost behind it— in case you use this to entertain. Canned chickpeas are better than soaked ones 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The guide will entertain you with celebrity anecdotes, a smattering of history and a reasonably small number of cheesy jokes. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Orlando, Fla. 2011-03-03T21:24:16Z

Through his films and Disneyland, which I grew up only half an hour from, he entertained me in a certain way that is just magical. ArtsBeat Blog: Pixar's John Lasseter Answers Your Questions 2011-11-01T12:00:21Z

It airs during prime time as a place for the practical gardener to get advice and inspiration and the armchair gardener to be entertained. Britain’s ‘Gardeners’ World’ is the pandemic escape we didn’t know we needed 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

But to her family and close friends, she was a warm mother and humanitarian who loved cooking, gardening, and entertaining. How to Cook like Audrey Hepburn 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Usher jokes: "Man, it's like `shut up and entertain, we don't care about your personal stuff.'" Usher puts personal troubles behind him 2012-09-01T18:24:08Z

Through it all, the Sondheim score is the glue that elevates a frivolously entertaining collection of vignettes into a profound, unresolved reflection on the value of domestic partnerships. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z

He was never less than wholly compelling and wholly entertaining, and yet he didn’t seem to be trying to be either of those things. A firm bass: Edgar Meyer at the Kennedy Center 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

I wanted to make a film that people from that world would be able to appreciate and be able to be entertained by. Director Sean Baker learned a lot of new slang while filming ‘Tangerine’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

He wants a comfortable, traditional style for the space, which is used for entertaining, reading and relaxing. How to give a room with wainscoting a more informal look 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The result: You leave the theater feeling entertained yet a little deprived as well. | 'Voca People': Harmonies From Outer Space 2011-07-14T21:57:24Z

The Gold Star posters, they’re trying to entertain their friends, and everybody wins. Meet the blogger who says “Hey, parents! STFU!” 2013-04-05T15:20:00Z

But it is full of good art and often entertaining. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

We were also thoroughly entertained by the nearby chicken boat. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Spending time with them is a reminder of how entertaining they were on screen – and how bland and rehearsed most ready-made TV partnerships are. Richard and Judy: 'I wouldn't remotely want to do television again' 2011-02-07T08:00:06Z

The former chef’s stories are always quirky and entertaining. Washington Post Food section’s best cookbooks of 2014 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

In particular those darn sequels, a perennial easy target for those of us who persist in entertaining high hopes for summer entertainment. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z

The performers in character — many of whom had probably been out of work for months due to the pandemic — acted so excited to entertain my daughter on the other side of our car window. Sesame Place falls short of "Sesame Street" — and after my own child's visit, I should have known 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Then the Rompin’ Retreat Bird Toy from All Living Things is a great gift that’ll keep diamond dover finches, canaries and parakeets entertained. 10 pet gifts that are perfect for the holidays 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Anthony Tommasini - The New York Post It proved a weirdly inspired work, an engrossing, outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving new opera. Success or failure? 2011-02-18T10:18:29Z

“Primates” is frequently entertaining and affectingly open about Martin’s sometimes desperate attempts to be accepted. The harried tale of ‘Primates of Park Avenue’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

There is plenty that is entertaining in “Like Water for Chocolate”; here, Wheeldon shows he can do much more. Review: Ballet Is Spectacle in ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

But even those who lack understanding of the rudiments of harmony would surely enjoy it, while also learning something in the most entertaining way. 'The Classical Style,' an Opera Buffa at Zankel Hall 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

There was a new moneyed class learning how to entertain, how to dress and how to live. Rodeo Drive used to be a regular street, then Fred Hayman arrived 2011-06-20T20:59:22Z

Otherwise, you may wind up as the vocal star of a highly entertaining, typographically charming and much-forwarded video. A drunk dial goes viral 2011-03-31T18:06:00Z

After the Amato shut down, some of its performers and board members started Amore Opera, which does its entertaining performances at a rented theater in the East Village. Critic's Notebook: Deaths of Olga Bloom and Anthony Amato Represent End of an Era 2011-12-16T15:20:40Z

In subtle ways, they defy gender roles: These women are not playing the instruments to entertain someone else but, rather, wielding them on their own terms. Afghan woman risks all to bring color to war-torn Kabul with her street art and feminist murals 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

You can forget that you are making entertainment, and it's to entertain people. Cannes: Dominic Cooper on playing a "human vibrator" 2010-05-23T18:01:00Z

Then the two obese women can entertain each other, and Active can enjoy her own more active choices. Perspective | Ask Amy: Partner wants musician to abandon his ‘childish fantasy’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

There's nothing like a chill fall day and an entertaining book. Books for autumn reading: new novels by Wiggs, Jio and Macomber 2012-10-12T20:46:04Z

“Requiem for the Big East” is messier, darker, less polished and significantly more entertaining. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Summer Dreams’ on CBS; ‘Requiem for the Big East’ on ESPN 2014-03-14T22:01:18Z

The Cagelles are unpolished and decidedly tough looking; glaring during their routines, they seem as likely to accost audience members as entertain them. Kelsey Grammer shines in "La Cage Aux Folles" 2010-04-20T01:27:00Z

"The market is feeling comfortable to entertain again, but there is a sense of responsibility that has remained." Beer, ping-pong replace glitz at City's Christmas parties 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Cuban people don’t exist to entertain our romantic notions of them, past, present or future. Cuba Through the Eyes of the Poet Richard Blanco 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Stefani's boyfriend and her roommate are in hysterics as they listen, but Zola is far from entertained. "Zola" is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

For proof, just take a look at the A.I.-generated TV scripts now available online, and this thoroughly entertaining podcast further proves that point. 6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I. 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

“That original mission of the festival was to use the power of film and storytelling not just to entertain but to rebuild our city — emotionally more than anything else.” The curtain rises on the Tribeca Festival, and New York, too 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Although the homeowners entertain regularly, they opted against a formal dining room, as they didn’t want to allocate square footage to something used only occasionally. Architect Gil Schafer Crafts a Family Oasis on Lake Placid 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

If this highly entertaining summer retread proves anything, it proves that those things are not incompatible. The new “Ghostbusters” delivers: It’s a cheerful exercise in feminist nostalgia — except, wait, is that possible? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Even Danza's insistence on performing his way through classes trying to keep the kids entertained rather than educated is a cringe-inducingly accurate portrayal of a common trap for young teachers. "Teach": The useless tears of Tony Danza 2010-10-01T00:30:00Z

Walker would like to use the space for entertaining and reading, but she’s not sure how to design it. House Calls: A postage stamp backyard makeover

"It's an exciting movie because it tells a complicated story in a very entertaining way," says the film's star, Jesse Eisenberg. Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies 2010-09-03T14:23:00Z

We f**k with each other, entertain ourselves and laugh at each other. "Beef" controversy explained: Costar David Choe's past claims of "rapey" behavior resurface 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z

“We can watch this movie, relate to it, hopefully learn from it and be entertained by it.” A Virginia man wanted to help his charity. Keanu Reeves wanted to promote his movie. Things ‘just fell into place.’ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Last year The Green Bag, a self-described “entertaining journal of law,” pronounced Mr. Scalia the court’s “most literary justice,” based on his high rate of references to authors like Shakespeare and Orwell. Recalling Scalia, a Literary Stylist Who Scorned ‘Jiggery-Pokery’ 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

The piece does entertain over its 92 minutes. Cast makes the best of entertaining but generic tune of ‘Freedom’s Song’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

I continually shifted my gaze from the actors droning away in this more than usually dreary piece to observe the more entertaining tableaux their customers were creating. Perspective | Why pay $100 and more for a theater ticket if you sleep during the performance? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Other patients, comical or desperate to a suitably entertaining measure, contribute to the mounting tension. Review: ‘Three’ Asks, Any Mozart Aficionados in the House? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Their pieces grace walls and shelves, entertaining the casual visitor and tempting the art collector. Heads Up: In Rome, Art Off the Tourist Trail 2012-11-22T18:39:56Z

"It's not that hard because as long as you can figure out a way to entertain people while you're educating, it can't be a problem." Shriver, Gore honored by TV academy 2010-05-06T18:16:00Z

That’s a question raised, if not definitively answered, by “Disguise: Masks and Global African Art,” an intermittently edifying and generally entertaining exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. ‘Disguise: Masks and Global African Art,’ Where Tradition Meets Avant-Garde 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

It becomes clear that the whole scene was staged to entertain the monarch — represented by the choreographer Carlos Fittante, seated in a wheelchair for much of the evening — who delights in infighting. Review: Welcome to ‘Versailles’ for Music in the King’s Apartments 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Delivision: Did you ever notice how people stare, entranced, at the “Now Serving No. ___” sign like it’s the most entertaining thing they’ve ever seen? Style Invitational Week 1247: Script tease 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

I was entertained, intrigued and laughed a lot. Lit Life: Author Mike Lawson on his latest Joe DeMarco thriller 2012-06-29T21:09:08Z

Every decade or so, Hollywood produces a movie that is not only entertaining but also raises the question just what is entertainment. ‘Car Wash,’ a Raunchy 1970s Comedy Brimming With Meta and Mayhem 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

But Culture Clash's anxiety about keeping us entertained at every second gets in the way of its playwriting. 'Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival' misplays the drama 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Currently, Mr. van Wyck is working on a book about entertaining, and his Instagram profile reads, in part: “Born to party. Forced to work.” A Living Room Fit for a King 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The version of bad child-rearing that features intense parents competing through their kids is so overworked at this point that it’s not even train-wreck entertaining anymore. Reality TV Parents Need a Timeout 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Add a bar cart on one side of the fireplace for easy entertaining. Giving a small rowhouse living room a big midcentury modern personality 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

The most exhilarating songs in this varied and entertaining set featured stomping tap-dancing from two of the percussionists and then from Veydó. Cimarr?n | World music review 2010-03-21T22:30:00Z

It features a lot of entertaining versions of what we now recognize as search engines, the iPad and video calling, among other things. The stories behind ‘Paris, Texas’ and more of director Wim Wenders’s films 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

No other feature of religion creates a bigger divide between religious believers and modern secular people, to whom it staggers the imagination that anyone could entertain such beliefs. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z

Ben Brantley called this show, the third of Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare plays set in a women’s prison, “the most purely pleasurable of the trilogy and the most entertaining ‘Tempest’ I’ve ever seen.” 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

When the family moved to New York, she began entertaining at private parties and fund-raisers for wounded World War II soldiers recovering in Manhattan hospitals. Susan Reed, a Fleeting Star in a Folk Music Revival, Is Dead at 84 2010-05-02T00:44:00Z

This is certainly one of the most original and entertaining comedy cabarets you'll see this year. The Horne Section ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:23Z

Katsu, author of “The Deep,” “The Hunger” and the Taker Trilogy, uses her 30-plus years of intelligence to create a suspenseful, entertaining spy tale laced with authenticity. Perspective | Should 007 be played by a woman? Why not? Seven books by women in the spy world show us how it’s done. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

The extras in the crowd really were enjoying themselves and you really were entertaining them. Chadwick Boseman and His James Brown Exorcism 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Jacques entertains these forest guys; it’s fun to listen to a cranky, clever person,” Smith said. ‘As You Like It’ actor Derek Smith details approach to ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech

His uncle would hold charity events to raise money for children in Cape Verde, where Fary’s parents were born, and the duo was enlisted to entertain guests. Fary Isn’t Joking About Race in France Right Now 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The result is a fitfully entertaining film, with enough highlights to overcome its over-familiarity. 'Le Week-End' is an honest, funny depiction of a long relationship 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Markus offered a more elusive response: “There are varying theories. I am very entertained by that theory.” "Avengers: Endgame" writers aren’t crazy about bringing more multiverse stories to the MCU 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

The son of a professional violinist and an art teacher, he had a natural facility with numbers as a child, and would entertain himself by multiplying triple-digit figures in his head. ‘A Doubter’s Almanac,’ Ethan Canin’s Latest Novel, Has Real-Life Parallels 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

Chasten has let himself entertain thoughts about the kind of first gentleman he would want to be. Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community college student and a Starbucks barista. Now, he could be ‘first gentleman.’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

Minott was a teenage fire-eater and acrobat who would entertain guests when the band played. Oldest swingers 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z

The entertaining and talented Spanish author of "The Shadow of the Wind" and "The Angel's Game" discusses his new novel, "The Prisoner of Heaven," in conversation with author Garth Stein. 15 top entertainment picks for July 8-14, 2012 2012-07-03T21:06:05Z

The most entertaining species we host is the killdeer, a bird that inhabits farm fields, zipping around on long, wire-thin legs. For a gardener, wildlife can make life a little livelier 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

When I saw the local ones were filled, I was relieved and even entertained the idea that fate was protecting me—telling me this was too crazy. Trading my bicycle for a Harley: Learning to ride a motorcycle at 57 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

All in all, “The Devil’s Due” strikes me as one of the best Sherlock Holmes novels of recent memory, at least as entertaining as Anthony Horowitz’s “The House of Silk.” Review | Sherlock Holmes can never die. New books about the great sleuth are making sure of it. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Guided by musical director T Bone Burnett, the new series presents a passable and often entertaining facsimile of country radio hits as well as samples of the less commercial side of the city's music scene. Review: 'Nashville' reflects Music City's sound 2012-12-10T13:11:08Z

He said he was looking for a way to entertain and encourage his neighbors, most of whom are elderly. Parisian opera singer belts out balcony tunes during lockdown 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Indoors, Ms. Carroll and Mr. Rasch gutted most of the house, reconfiguring the former B&B’s awkward warren of bedrooms and closetlike baths, while updating the kitchen and entertaining spaces for modern family living. Rethinking the In-Law Apartment as a Sunny Barn 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

A documentary about light pollution that is entertaining and thought-provoking? | 'The City Dark': ?The City Dark,? a Documentary by Ian Cheney - Review 2012-01-17T23:15:50Z

There were rowdy college students from Ohio on a summer road trip, and a single mom from Georgia looking to entertain her young son. Dollywood: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Gay 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

With Obama’s election, Coates briefly allowed himself to entertain the same belief. Through the Lens of the Obama Years, Ta-Nehisi Coates Reckons With Race, Identity and Trump 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

His father was an academic; his mother entertained as a clown at children’s parties. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Have children's book stopped being entertaining adventures and become more about issues than they used to be? Book doctor: Are children's books darker than they used to be? 2013-06-24T16:30:35Z

Instead of entertaining people, I was reporting the things I saw and experienced. Creativity From the Chaos of Hurricane Maria 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

But, she said, "I quickly realized, that, to me, it was more meaningful if I could do work that would entertain and enlighten a kid rather than just writing clever things for myself." Young adult market opens up a new world for authors 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In a phone interview, Mr. McCartney discussed his philosophy for entertaining an audience and the re-emergence of Beatles songs in his show. Sir Paul on Fans, the Beatles and Himself 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

This film by Patrick Lussier is entirely ridiculous, in appalling taste and often very entertaining. Drive Angry ? review 2011-02-24T22:05:01Z

Except maybe, if you don’t shut down your skepticism completely, you might entertain a question or two as you watch “Seven Worlds, One Planet,” such as, do we really need this many nature documentaries? Review: David Attenborough Is Back, and He Brought the Walruses 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Linday Lohan,” said Grayling, “as a star of teen and child movies – a very entertaining actress at the time – hasn’t necessarily fulfilled her professional potential.” Even if nobody else is listening, the president's son is singing the praises of Kanye West's new album 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

She is looking for an informal space with lots of seating for entertaining. House Calls: Updating an Arlington living room with light and extra seating

Molly Freeman, Screen Rant: This is “an entertaining enough origin story for Han Solo that explains how he became the smuggler introduced in ‘A New Hope.’ ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: What Do Critics Say? What Do You Say? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

They focused their efforts and budget on the spaces most critical to entertaining—the kitchen and outdoor living areas. Carolina Colonial Christmas Makeover 2013-12-09T22:50:00.343Z

Thousands of dancers and musicians showed off their colourful costumes and artistic skills to entertain the crowds that gathered to enjoy the spectacle. VIDEO: Colourful party at Rio's carnival 2012-02-20T11:48:34Z

Many of these viewers are looking for personalities like Hart who will entertain in addition to offering practical cooking advice. Want to be the next Food Network Star? Upload a YouTube video instead. 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

Lively musical crowd-pleaser in which a 1960s Aboriginal girl group, managed by the genial O'Dowd, overcomes racial barriers to entertain US troops in Vietnam. This week's new films 2012-11-10T00:05:50Z

Look, the movie had some good things in it and it was entertaining and it did very well, but it also failed in some key ways. Michael Bay ready to make you forget 'Transformers 2' 2011-01-14T22:14:24Z

He applies the same philosophy to entertaining: Instead of three mediocre dinners, throw one exquisite evening. Entertaining tips from the renowned owner of the Inn at Little Washington 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

Bluebell Girls founder Margaret Kelly euphemistically refers with distaste to girls being expected to "entertain the tired businessmen" after a show. Radio catchup: Band break-ups, high-kicking chorus girls and tales from Bristol 2010-04-29T15:54:00Z

I am a very strange but entertaining woman who will make you feel better about yourself by comparison. Jenny Lawson on ‘Furiously Happy’ and when it is okay to call her ‘crazy’ 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

In addition, she presided over regular meetings and even managed a small travelling company of local poets and musicians that entertained in pubs and libraries across the county. May Ivimy obituary 2011-01-18T18:19:39Z

They’re allowing, if only briefly, the intrusion of thoughts that they hadn’t allowed themselves to entertain before. Quitting Your Job Never Looked So Fun 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

It was an entertaining, if relatively undemanding, way to spend your evening. The All New Gadget Show: give us the old one back please 2012-11-13T14:07:56Z

This event brings big, tricked-out trucks to venues around the country for an entertaining motorsport show. Tricked-out trucks get ready to roll at Monster Jam in Tacoma 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

As entertaining as he is on his own, 2 Chainz is just as fun as a teammate. 2 Chainz brings his music, timing and humor to Fillmore Silver Spring 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Her performance as the tough but troubled Sister Jamie is funny, consistently entertaining and at times satisfyingly hammy. | 'High': Assisting Recovery, Craving Redemption 2011-04-20T02:01:29Z

The miraculous thing is that this unsettling circumstance becomes, via Bill Russell’s book and lyrics and Henry Krieger’s music, the platform for an emotionally transporting, melodically rich and, yes, profoundly entertaining evening. A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway

Of course it can be really entertaining, but it doesn’t actually mean anything. Vikings Star Travis Fimmel and Creator Michael Hirst Talk Season 2 Finale 2014-05-01T15:37:54Z

There’s an extra sink around the corner for rinsing glasses when entertaining. David Liederman, Founder of David’s Cookies, Takes a Shortcut to the Trash Bin 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Urban­Arias, one of the region’s more exciting and reliably entertaining music groups producing new work, presented two one-act operas by composer Tom Cipullo, one of them a premiere. UrbanArias visits Baker, Stein and Picasso in Paris, and beyond 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Getting to know these characters can be incredibly entertaining but, like the pets each keeps at arm’s length in their respective shows, they’re best experienced in limited doses. The half-hour heartbreak: Amazon’s new comedies find laughs in painful places 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

If you voted for Donald Trump, this book will probably entertain you. Should you read the book 'Fire and Fury' about Donald Trump? 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

To make things more entertaining, they are only allowed to use tools and materials the Romans would have had, and the methods described in Vitruvius's building manual. TV review: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day 2011-01-21T07:00:06Z

Cohn was a paradox, and so is this documentary — a brisk, entertaining, quite full primer that nevertheless feels like it missed an opportunity for a unique angle or approach. ‘Bully. Coward. Victim.’ Review: The Paradox of Roy Cohn 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The Patriots are usually entertaining on the field, and this year promises a bumper crop of points. Is This the Year the New England Patriots Get Fun? 2011-09-16T09:00:00Z

It's a poignant tale that looked sure to please anyone who's ever entertained literary or other artistic pretentions - especially failed ones. Chilean film at Cannes celebrates life and books 2011-05-16T18:36:08Z

That may be a word Hollywood types throw around a lot, but Gordon and Nanjiani’s output shows an adeptness for moulding the details of real life into something entertaining and truthful. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon on Little America 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

My neighbors knew when I was on a book deadline, and would entertain my son. Don’t abandon your red state 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

Still, “Dry Powder” — the title refers to available investment capital on hand — takes a long time to move beyond mildly entertaining verbal fisticuffs between Jenny and Seth and dizzying instruction in high-end deal making. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

I felt like a teenager again: distracted and transported, entertained and entranced. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

It turns out that farm stays and eco-friendly snorkeling trips really are more entertaining than sitting on a beach with a mai-tai. Can Responsible Travel to Hawaii Be Fun? We Gave It a Try. 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z

We remain committed to our target demographic of over-35s and will work hard to keep our older listeners entertained and informed. 2010-02-15T14:16:00Z

Her chief way of entertaining was through a half-share in a grand-tier box at the Royal Albert Hall, which she used chiefly for the Proms. Zsuzsi Roboz obituary 2012-07-19T16:51:52Z

“And they have so combined sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue that the result is a highly entertaining and even inspiring film.” What’s on TV Thursday: Carrie Fisher in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

The great news for “Jagged Little Pill,” and for us, is that its creative team, led by the director Diane Paulus, did more than just fiddle with a show that, though blurry, was already entertaining. Review: With ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ They Finally Fixed the Jukebox 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

And it's why 2000's U-571 famously rode roughshod over any sense of reality in favour of simply telling an entertaining story. How WikiLeaks killed the conspiracy thriller 2010-12-02T22:30:00Z

While renovating, Hallie began selling contemporary and vintage accessories for entertaining. A Victorian house in Frederick goes hip for the holidays 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

It’s all an entertaining mix, and le Carré gives himself plenty of openings to sound off on the politically suspect and morally dangerous failings of Americans, as is his wont of late. John le Carré’s ‘A Delicate Truth’: a dark mix of motive and opportunity 2013-05-15T22:58:58Z

And you might feel, as I slightly did, that a show about a real war, and the real deaths of real people, is not a particularly tasteful way of being entertained. Your next box set: The Pacific 2011-08-04T20:59:01Z

Less honorable is joining a digital pile-on as a means of propping up one’s ego, even if it comes in the form of entertaining zings. On Social Media, Some Are Susceptible to Internet Outrage 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Here's a rundown of new activity books and kits that will keep everyone entertained: • Traveling with little ones will be a breeze with two new travel activity kits from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Books and activities to keep kids happy on the road and at home 2010-07-10T00:46:00Z

For the first time, everyone in the industry is beginning to entertain the queasy thought: what if our cinema industry is like vaudeville? Time to try harder – James Bond has no licence to kill the film industry | Peter Bradshaw 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

"Whatever the video is trying to do," says Prueher, "all we ask is that it fail in an entertaining way." Found Footage festival: 'Stupid videos might be the international language' 2012-06-18T17:50:49Z

In a recent story published in the Seattle Times, the volume is described as "hugely entertaining." Holiday book-shopping lists 2011-12-23T19:51:47Z

These festivals rely on their corporate sponsors, and aside from any satirical agenda, Colbert's festival is about celebrating music and entertaining his fans. Stephen Colbert indie festival to fight summer's well-known liberal bias 2012-08-10T14:00:49Z

Several new dramas are solid and entertaining; a few new comedies are engaging, funny or both. 5 fall TV shows to watch 2012-09-07T20:32:06Z

But the big question here is why any of "The Voices," as crisply made and stylish as it is, should matter or entertain. 'The Voices' speaks, albeit weakly, to fans of serial-killer films 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

“He’s a walking, living manifestation of a shift to lack of facts, to believing what you might want to believe, to being ‘entertained’ in the process.” John Kerry: 'People want a future. The orange menace is not providing that' 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

Most diplomatic couples entertain beautifully but remain relatively low-key. How Rima Al-Sabah became a force in Washington’s social scene 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

You send the first message, you entertain the conversation, you ask her out on a date. Paying while dating: meet the men who pick up the check (and those who don't) 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

He also conveyed a twinkling sense of fun around reading and thinking about the world and literature, a notion that erudition could be not just edifying but entertaining. ‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

The ambience was wildly theatrical: Male patrons were often powdered and rouged, flamboyant cross-dressers had names like Princess Toto and Miss Phoebe, and the clientele would be entertained by provocative “singing waiters.” Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

That, and conversations about motorcycle culture, kept me more than entertained. Frugal Traveler: Motorcycles, Memorials and the Middle of Nowhere 2013-08-22T22:38:59Z

The story is told with robust authority and an entertaining sense of intrigue. Biography paints portrait of Muhammad as prophet, man 2013-01-17T22:06:50Z

The of-the-moment shout-outs might also limit the shelf life of the book, but for this summer, it’s a pleasant, entertaining read in a tabloid magazine sort of way. The devil in the details of ‘Revenge Wears Prada’ 2013-06-14T17:28:28Z

Now my parents ask us to help entertain them. This Life: The Father Is Child of the Man 2012-07-27T21:43:38Z

Described by the jury as "bold and entertaining", the film tells the story of an ageing widower - played by Brisseau - whose life is renewed as he helps a young homeless girl back to health. Festival honours low-budget film 2012-08-13T11:30:04Z

After all, there’s an 80-40 chance we might even be entertained. The Bachelor in Paradise: just another chance for strangers to kiss in a hot tub 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

But there's no denying that somewhere along the way, the mediocre star of one of television's least entertaining shows has become the most dangerous man in comedy. Charlie Sheen commits career suicide 2011-02-25T15:26:00Z

The network sent seven of them in advance, so I settled in for what I hoped would be an entertaining afternoon. ‘Outlander’ and ‘The Knick’: Once more, time is of the essence

It's a smart and highly entertaining popcorn thriller from British-born director Rupert Wyatt, cheerfully satirical in the tradition of this movie series, yet unpretentious at the same time. Rise of the Planet of the Apes ? review 2011-08-11T13:01:01Z

The drawing room and library, where Burges entertained his pre-Raphaelite friends, are off the entrance hall. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

“His job was to entertain those 500 people sitting in that audience,” he said. Kevin Spacey Is Holding Court. Really. 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

I find these small, harmless wild bees and wasps enormously entertaining as they flit about and feed on nectar and pollen. A quarantine project that’s a win for you, your garden and pollinators: A bee house 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

I’m usually more entertained or invested in whatever is going on with a supporting character than the lead character. She’s Oscar-Nominated, but Hong Chau Hopes to Stay an Underdog 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

“We tried to keep it like a sketch show and comedy, just because people watch it out of order. Our main goal is to keep it funny and entertaining and relevant, we stuck to that.” From Veep to House of Cards: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2018 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

David Marshall Grant ponders that question on a couple of levels in his surprising dark-comic drama “Pen,” now playing in an entertaining Washington Stage Guild production. The power of the ‘Pen’: David Marshall Grant’s darkly comic drama about destiny

He found the whole experience entertaining, though he became slightly deflated after another hotel guest from Louisiana told him, “I could take you to New Orleans and get that done for $7.” Massaging Your Soul 2014-04-25T17:49:24Z

One part "Misery," one part entirely realistic nightmare, "Delivered" doesn't break much new ground, but it does offer an entertaining twist on some classic chills. "Delivered" review: Hulu’s "Into the Dark" slow-burn mommy horror offering is for "Misery" devotees 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Zimmerman’s incoherent but entertaining production uses the conceit of a rehearsal by a modern-day opera company in which the show’s romantic leads are also lovers in real life. Opera Review: Diana Damrau Takes On ‘La Sonnambula’ at the Met 2014-03-17T22:21:46Z

These two never fail to deliver energetic and entertaining routines that are just plain fun to watch. 'Dancing With the Stars': Dynamic Duos and a Dance-Off 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

After long evenings entertaining large crowds, her requests annoy me. Social Q’s: A Puppy Predicament 2014-01-02T20:50:59Z

“I’m kind of hoping we can actually treat this like musicians, like actual artists, like someone who has real talent, someone who can hold down a stage and actually entertain people.” Six Hopefuls Worth Watching at the CMJ Music Marathon 2012-10-15T21:47:30Z

Biblical book of Hebrews states something similar: "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it." Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z

Dog shows, live music and a raft of entertaining activities aimed at children complete the lineup. This week's new events 2012-07-27T23:04:00Z

This entertaining movie, steeped in the music of Dusty Springfield, is based on “Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger,” a memoir by Mr. Slater, a popular British food writer and television personality. | 'Toast': ?Toast,? About the Food Writer Nigel Slater - Review 2011-09-22T21:32:22Z

Both are great fun, and just what Blizzard wanted – engaging gameplay that keeps people entertained enough to stay. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:03Z

When the technology is used for its funniest and most entertaining purposes, as it was recently in "Piranha 3-D," it's all about the wild, gratuitous gimmicks. 'Jackass 3D': Bad boys' pranks, stunts not so in-your-face 2010-10-14T20:42:00Z

The ending, though bold, is disappointing: There’s the sense that D’Aquila wasn’t quite sure what to do with his entertaining characters once he’d gotten them all onstage. 'Unorganized Crime' a quirky mob-family melodrama 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

But none of these greats had a career as placidly productive as Chabrol's, or as dedicated to making "serious things" the stuff of wickedly entertaining art. Claude Chabrol, French New Wave Director, Dies at 80 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z

Completely whitewashed due to Hoover's insistence that his agency be portrayed as eternally just and squeaky clean, much of the story is apocryphal, but this is nonetheless an entertaining crime picture. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'J. Edgar' 2011-11-10T14:23:09Z

The parts about Mr. Dole are particularly entertaining and revealing, and help you understand - deeply - what drives him and what he's like to be around. ArtsBeat: Times Staffers Recommend Books About American Politicians 2012-07-02T16:27:04Z

In any case, the series quickly establishes one thing that Mr. Wolf no doubt knows: Fictional crime is more entertaining than real crime. Television Review: ‘Cold Justice’ and ‘Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall’ 2013-09-02T20:37:56Z

If these titles sound familiar, you probably know what to expect from Fire & Fury: spot-on casting and top-shelf production value rendered in the service of entertaining, but ultimately unmemorable reenactment. Who should direct the Donald Trump biopic? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

His is a portrait that, despite some quibbles, helps to make Enchantment an engaging novel that distracts and entertains just as Masha intends her stories to do. Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison – review 2012-06-01T21:45:01Z

It’s the equivalent of an in-depth feature section in a newspaper written for adults, which assumes that its audience is capable of being entertained and educated at the same time. Two Cheers for CNN 2013-04-24T16:40:55Z

I'm going to be the naysayer, and I'm going to give you the reasons why someone would say, "I can't entertain, not me. I'm not a party thrower." David Burtka says it's on you if your kids are fussy eaters 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

But for readers who can stomach the sad and ugly subject, “The Guest Room” promises to enlighten and entertain. ‘The Guest Room’ review: A bachelor party devolves into murder 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

It is admittedly hard to credit that Gladys, the boss's secretary, would entertain a union meeting with an erotic dance such as Steam Heat. The Pajama Game – review 2013-04-30T18:00:36Z

One hallmark of good children’s theater is that it also entertains the inevitable grown-ups in the audience. Review: ‘Commedia Rapunzel,’ With a Bit of Seasonal Spice 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

“If you walk in expecting subtlety, or even novelty, you may find yourself more tormented than entertained,” the Times’s A. O. Scott wrote. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Hope & Fury’ and the ‘Kids’ Choice Awards’ 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z

In addition to the hairy and downy woodpeckers, there are bigger and brighter woodpeckers happy to entertain the gardener and other nature lovers. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Grafton’s novel is not simply a historical curio, but a genuinely offbeat and entertaining suspense story. Review | The writer who inspired Sue Grafton — her father — gets a welcome new edition 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

For an instructive comparison, viewers should watch not just any entertaining daytime soap, but even a relatively sharp and setting-specific nighttime serial like “Gossip Girl”; the ruthless efficiency of “Empire” is unparalleled. ‘Empire’ Season 3 Premiere: The Fall 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

But the fact that Trump entertained Nugent’s party, which included Sarah Palin and Kid Rock, for four hours on a Wednesday night may indicate his hunger for company. Alone in the White House, Trump is enjoying the perks of his new home 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

There, too, is more of Huguette Clark’s own artwork, including a painting of the view at twilight from her window at Fifth Avenue and 77th Street, where her father entertained J.P. Clark collection tells the story of a privileged and peculiar life

The family comedy-drama “Almost Christmas” is an often disarmingly entertaining picture, in spite of its being a not particularly well-thought-out cinematic contrivance. Review: ‘Almost Christmas,’ a Home-for-the-Holidays Comedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Then he started to make dances that, among other things, entertained. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z

Working with the screenwriter Seth W. Owen, and expanding some of the ideas in his 2012 short film, “Loom,” Mr. Scott creates a disappointingly skeletal Frankenstein story that entertains efficiently but vacuously. Review: In ‘Morgan,’ a Snow White With Lips Stained Red 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

The Cal Neva's colorful past isn't enough to draw younger gamblers not as familiar with Sinatra and other celebrities who entertained there more than 50 years ago, he said. Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at Tahoe 2010-03-31T08:51:00Z

"This fabulously enjoyable read will keep you entertained and rooting for the protagonist until the very end, while delivering startling truths about cricket and about Sri Lanka," said chair Margaret Busby. Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize 2012-06-08T14:58:40Z

You had to be alert and turn quickly, but with the right rhythm it was an entertaining trip down. On Maine’s Slopes, Plenty of Elbow Room 2013-01-04T18:54:04Z

Thanksgiving morning, Broadway performers will be back on 34th Street to entertain an audience with songs from “Six,” “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” and “Wicked.” Macy’s Parade Is Back This Thanksgiving, Without Kids on Floats 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

We are entertained or amused or diverted, and we forget. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

To entertain you the Tony-winning revival of “Pippin” at the National Theatre jumps through hoops, swings from trapezes and catches bodies flopping down from the heights. Paulus’s Tony winner ‘Pippin’ tumbles circus-style into the National Theatre 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

And he said, but of course, you have to make it entertaining. James Patterson says pushing a narrative of stolen election results is "the game that Trump plays" 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

Category by category, Mr. Muratyan invites readers to play an entertaining guessing game as they decode his apt juxtapositions. Books of Style: Reviewing ?Lessons From Madame Chic,? and ?Paris Versus New York? 2012-03-21T21:46:43Z

The first Super Bowl in 1967 featured college marching bands entertaining the crowds at halftime. Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience records 2012-02-07T00:54:00Z

There is no arguing that, for all the politics, the primary purpose of The Purge films is to entertain and to appeal to audiences’ revenge fantasies, however misplaced they might be. Making America Gory Again: how the Purge films troll Trumpism 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

"She was a great storyteller and we enjoyed her capacity to engage, entertain and surprise us." Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72 2012-07-31T09:27:27Z

The first episode of “Constantine” has been fiddled and polished to an acceptable and even entertaining degree, but NBC did not send further episodes for review. NBC’s ‘Constantine’: The devil you know a little too well

“The Inspection” takes the traditional form of a boot-camp movie and makes it incredibly entertaining. Raúl Castillo Can Empathize With Ambivalence 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

What follows is an entertaining journey in Parini’s sputtering used car. A Road Trip With One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Writers 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

He said he looks forward to creating a series that “not only captures my professional and personal journey but also inspires and entertains.” Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in boxer’s take on his life 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Biographers, as Nersessian notes, have demonstrated that Keats entertained radical political ideas, but the radicalism did not make it into many of the poems, and certainly not into these poems. Review | Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Turan said the early scenes "are 'Lucy's' most conventional and most entertaining, as our heroine discovers an escalating series of superpowers." 'Lucy' has more firepower than brain power, reviews say 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Otherwise, quite good fun, a lot more entertaining than This is Your Life was anyway. TV review ? Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast and Louie Spence's Showbusiness 2011-01-06T08:00:02Z

Brown delivers insights in a refreshing and entertaining way. The 10 books to read in August 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

The scene when Dido and Aeneas are entertained by the dancing of Egyptian girls and Nubian slaves was tasteless, with slinky, gyrating choreography by Andrew George. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z

If you’ve ever spent time traveling – or entertaining friends and family who have traveled to your city or town – you’ve probably spent time in a hotel bar or restaurant. How to choose great wine at a hotel bar – no matter where you're traveling 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

US tennis great Jimmy Connors added: "James Garner-- entertained us for years. Glad I got to meet him. R I P Maverick!!!!!" Stars pay tribute to James Garner 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

But suspend our morality and things start to take on a deliriously entertaining and madcap sparkle, with films like "The Master" and "Phantom Thread" playing like nihilistic screwball, cracked comedies. Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

Detailing Martin’s work with entertaining, illuminating anecdotes, Kaufman comes up with a solid, valuable portrait of one of the 20th century’s most memorable actresses. Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

The first of these revitalised Star Treks was wildly entertaining. 2013 film preview: Tarantino tackles slavery and Star Trek goes Into Darkness 2012-12-30T19:00:01Z

It’s made humane and sidesplittingly entertaining television out of the notion that people — and even the occasional immortal demon — are redeemable. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

The range of that “anything” is on display in the exhibition, which covers a marvelously entertaining range of idiom and thought. ArtsBeat Blog: The Cunningham Countdown: An Exhibition At the Walker Arts Center 2011-11-23T19:27:06Z

And the last thing their brain wants to entertain is that they’re sending innocent people to jail.” Why can’t law enforcement admit their mistakes? 2012-10-21T14:00:00Z

There, he and his wife sometimes entertain, eating cake and playing board games while pointedly avoiding any talk about state terror and disappearing compatriots. ‘Rojo’ Review: Who Is Guilty When Dictatorship Creeps In? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

There are many hands on experiences designed to both entertain and educate kids on all sorts of conservation, habitat and wildlife. Wenatchee River Salmon Festival is Saturday in Leavenworth 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

It will still be entertaining in the future. ArtsBeat Blog: Pixar's John Lasseter Answers Your Questions 2011-11-01T12:00:21Z

The band's clipped rhythms, bright jangling sound and good-natured presentation would typically be enough to entertain youngsters. Teatro ZinZanni's 'In Tents' with Recess Monkey is irresistible fun for kids 2012-05-07T21:17:04Z

And I wasn’t going to do that, though I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t entertain the idea. My year of heroin and acne 2013-01-05T00:30:00Z

But whether you are entertaining or delivering gifts from your kitchen, don’t forget the people in your life with snack tooths, who prefer their treats on the savory side. Give the sugar a rest: These holiday snacks have savory Italian flair 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

“What’s fun about making period movies is you get to present the time you’re presenting looking through the lens of history,” said Zemeckis, who is unabashed about his desire to entertain. Zemeckis uses 3-D to make wire-walker’s story ‘bigger than life’ 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the impression I took away from this intermittently entertaining, deeply depressing hour was that of pain for pain’s sake. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Into the Dark, With a Cliche or Two 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

“The Bible says be careful how you entertain strangers — you may be entertaining angels unaware.” What’s the right reaction when a white stranger walks into a black church? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

The rehearsal segment, which I often find more entertaining than the actual dancing, included a fairly testy argument about whether Maks should keep his pants on during their routine. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Evan goes butch 2010-05-04T12:05:00Z

His history of Broadway in the 1970s and ’80s paints a candid and thoroughly entertaining portrait of the period just after New York theater’s golden age. ‘Razzle Dazzle’ review: Michael Riedel pulls back the curtain on for Broadway 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

The stacks of old family china sitting forlornly in sideboards, cabinets and boxes in many homes reflect the state of entertaining today. That old fussy china can fit your casual lifestyle. Designers talk about how. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

He developed his entertaining style out of self-defense. The Accidental Wine Educator 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

Their cat and mouse game, often mixing elements of “Basic Instinct,” is endlessly entertaining, leading to many surprises and even more suspects. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

At one point, Stallone even growls, “I’m not going to wreck my knees entertaining you.” ‘Samaritan’ Review: Taking Out the Trash 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

True to Stephenson's baroque style, even the slightest of the book's narrative threads takes entertaining twists, and the main plot lines crisscross crazily. 'Reamde': criminality in a digital world 2011-09-14T22:20:05Z

Medieval Faire, and about a million other such enterprises - and their tens of millions of hardworking, good, decent employees, are what make living in this country so comfortable, enjoyable, and entertaining. Medieval Times Goes Modern, Replacing Its Kings With Queens 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

That’s Kevin Spacey, the benefactor and, more or less, the focus of this entertaining documentary — entertaining for a select audience, which pretty much means fans of theater or Mr. Spacey, or both. Movie Review: ‘NOW’ Chronicles a Traveling Production of ‘Richard III’ 2014-05-01T23:01:24Z

They tell stories to entertain, to manipulate, to deceive, to delude themselves, to present a version of themselves to the world. Books of The Times: Tall Tales From Gifted Storytellers 2011-06-20T22:00:07Z

The illustrations caught Amatullah's attention and kept her entertained throughout the entire story. Immi by Karin Littlewood - review 2012-12-12T12:00:00Z

More entertaining is the panel and its interplay. 'The Voice' adds a gimmick to reality talent shows 2011-04-27T02:31:10Z

The solidly built Mr. Burke suggests a pugilist next to the fluttery yet intense Mr. Scott, whose Leo is at his most self-revealing in the second-act sequence in which he entertains the media. Review: Coward, Coward Everywhere, From Cabaret to West End and On 2010-10-05T13:42:00Z

I know it's unfair to expect actors to be as entertaining in person as they are in films but, for some reason, I had imagined Mann would be a little less earnest. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z

He asked me out to lunch, and we had an easy, entertaining time. My year on Match.com 2013-03-31T11:00:00Z

Ridiculous and undeniable, it’s a punchy cartoon, rightly confident of its power to entertain. Movie Review: ‘Rowdy Rathore,’ With Akshay Kumar 2012-06-01T22:18:07Z

The Weather Channel long ago gave up any pretense that it didn’t know what the rest of us are afraid to admit: that the weather is entertaining, and that bad weather is very entertaining. Following the Record Snow in Boston 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

“We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about social change and financial literacy,” Apple said in a statement. Apple cancels premiere of film 'The Banker' after unspecified 'concerns' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Human existence isn’t inherently good or evil; despite Gregg’s comic distortions — which are undeniably entertaining — the more subtle suggestion that courses through his book is that, compared with nonhuman animals, our existence is more extreme. Humans Know a Lot, This Author Concedes, and Most of It Is Useless 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

It turned out he was pretty entertaining outside the ring, too. Tyson ready for Animal Planet debut in new series 2011-03-04T14:09:09Z

When you go to see a comedy like "Late Night," you're leaning back in your chair, you want to be entertained, you want to laugh. Reid Scott's "Late Night" writer character "probably thinks of himself as pretty progressive" 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

They don’t ask you how you live or how you entertain. Shopping for major appliances? At Pirch you can bake a pie, do a load of laundry or test a toilet before you buy. 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

But before even entertaining thoughts of marriage, I have to get past the dating stage. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

"But obviously it would be nicer if it were entertaining enough to draw people to contemporary art." 2009-12-03T23:00:00Z

But that’s the whole idea of a $100 weekend — to show that any great city can entertain even the stingiest traveler for 48 hours. A $100 Weekend in Chicago 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

That would have been quite entertaining, and it would have righted some of the movie’s wrongs. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

They entertain themselves with war games and fantasies about the secret lives of family and neighbours, one day deciding that Keith's laconic, glamorous mother is in fact a German spy. Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-05-25T21:54:02Z

It’s by turns entertaining and exhausting, though eventually the whole thing grows heavier, more solemn, as the party transforms into another reminder about how rapidly the so-called civilized slip into barbarism. Review: In ‘Demon,’ Wedding Jitters From the Uninvited Dead 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

I don't mean entertaining in the lighter sense, but in keeping you involved. Nathan Englander set to head race for 2012 Frank O'Connor award 2012-06-07T16:48:09Z

Even those not thrilled by staging will be entertained by the singing. 'La Boheme' transformed in 2012 stagings on DVD 2012-12-27T22:01:04Z

In the end, despite the window dressing, Rowling’s goal is to entertain and entertain she does. ‘The Silkworm’ by J. K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

There is no desire to satisfy outside standards or entertain the masses. The Wooster Group finds grace in 'Shaker Songs' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

As Sonam sleeps — inexplicably, given the buttock-clenching road — I battle with the urge to write down every one of the endlessly entertaining road-safety warning signs that you find disseminated by the military throughout India’s Himalayas. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

He's now on a long book tour for his entertaining autobiography, "So, Anyway …." And he's calling from his latest stop in Naperville, Ill., just before a quick nap prior to an event that night. It's 'So, Anyway' by John Cleese, not 'Monty Python' by John Cleese 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

Gleefully dumb but eager to entertain, this is cheeseball stuff baked with deliciously outsized performances and low comedy and photographed across mighty beautiful landscapes. 'Big Game' runs amok with outsized acting and eccentric cliffhangers 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

In the process, he became a local celebrity, used to being entertained in fancy restaurants, one of which features in his delectably dark novel “The Dinner.” A Dutch Novelist Pokes Holes in His Country’s Pretensions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Detecting offers a relatively safe and entertaining way to explore backyards from East Hampton to Uruguay. The New Detectorists 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

After the Holbrookes divorced in 1972, weekend visits grew irregular, with Mr. Holbrooke sometimes befuddled as to how to entertain his sons — by now there were two — and seeking assistance from unwitting friends. ‘The Diplomat,’ a Son’s Documentary on Richard C. Holbrooke 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

Still, entertained though I was, I did find myself occasionally checking emails: a first for me in a cinema, and surprising when you consider the amount of spectacle on display. Behold: the Marvel Avengers Assemble 3D experience 2012-05-20T19:00:09Z

The family homestead is called the Big House – but what happens inside is so entertaining, the Stricks might as well be gathered under the Big Top. Review | Emma Straub’s ‘All Adults Here’ puts a fresh and funny spin on the multigenerational family saga 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

“The upstairs neighbors get tired of my entertaining,” she said. How to Host a Dinner Party, and Also Enjoy It. Really. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

Events began with an entertaining film showing us the preparation of the costumes behind the scenes. City Ballet Features Works by Christopher Wheeldon and Troy Schumacher 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

“His passionate nature and ability to be wildly entertaining make him a first-class satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift. He’s fearless, witty, and hates hypocrisy and injustice.” Bill Maher is smug, outspoken and just might get a congressman voted out of office

Indeed, Mr. Swett is not committed to a lifetime of charity auctioneering; he’s been entertaining a fantasy of moving to Guatemala and writing a novel. A Young Auctioneer Breaks Into the Gavel Clique 2011-10-28T22:42:28Z

In the meantime, they’re setting the stage for entertaining at the Trump White House. Can the new social secretary make the Trump White House more ‘presidential’? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

The director, Daniel Mann, was a disciple of Sanford Meisner known for his meticulous work with actors, and while “Our Man Flint” makes few demands on that skill set, it remains an entertaining artifact. DVD: New DVDs: ‘Our Man Flint,’ ‘White Zombie’ 2013-01-25T23:58:36Z

During the last decade ZooNation carved out its own entertaining niche in the hip-hop world: a cross between vernacular street dance and traditional theatrical spectacle. This week's new dance 2012-12-01T00:06:20Z

Through its first two hours, “Black Sails” is entertaining enough but not nearly as addictive as “Spartacus” came to be through its first season; perhaps in time that will change. The new ‘Black Sails’ on Starz: a sexy, violent pirate soap opera 2014-01-25T00:07:00Z

For a poet obsessed with the steady degradation of the body and looming of death, Lucia Perillo manages to be highly entertaining. What do poets Kevin Young, Lucia Perillo and Allen Ginsberg have in common? 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

A few trompe-l’oeil Little Trees air fresheners, cast in bronze but painted to look as if they were just stolen from a taxi cab, add an entertaining accent to a promising debut. TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

“Fun is not enough,” said the playwright and director Tina Satter, one of downtown theater’s most meticulous yet reliably entertaining artists. Tina Satter Readies the Stage for ‘Ancient Lives’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Lest any viewers think the script spills real secrets about Israel’s covert operations in Iran, Israeli intelligence officials say the show is entertaining, but highly unrealistic. ‘Tehran’ Is the Latest Israeli Thriller, Emphasis on Thrills 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Mr Essig ends his entertaining study with a rhetorical question: “How much is a happy pig worth?” Nose-to-tail eating 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, I will just keep on entertaining and taking care of my own inner child and loving life. Women without children: ‘I don’t want to be pitied – I’m really happy' 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

He was a superstar in his time, with dozens of hits, considerable wealth and a fan base that included presidents and the thousands of soldiers he entertained during the early days of the Korean War. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Yes, I know he's a knob, but so does he, and the book was gossipy, entertaining and easy to read. Forget Pippa Middleton's party pooper. Not all celebrity books are a bum deal 2012-11-15T11:45:50Z

That brief work’s stark cries of heraldry served as a moving, climactic end to a show that was paced to entertain. Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

For 30 years he has educated, entertained and enriched all our lives. PD James attacks ITV 'cultural vandalism' at dinner for Melvyn Bragg 2010-06-04T12:11:00Z

Most of "Critical Thinking" is engaging and entertaining. With "Critical Thinking," John Leguizamo directs a rousing "Stand and Deliver"-style chess story 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Broadway audiences are accustomed to seeing perfect bodies doing entertaining dance steps. A Wheelchair on Broadway Isn’t Exploitation. It’s Progress. 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

In the coming big-screen “War Dogs,” a dark comedy about gun runners, nursing-home residents are entertained by a guitarist singing a gentle “Reaper.” ‘(Don’t Fear) the Reaper’ Is a Creepy Tune, Even With the Cowbell 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Do not be fooled: Their characters are extremely concentrated mood allergens, designed to annoy as opposed to entertain. Smart Watch: Why you should watch Jennifer Garner play a total jerk in “Camping” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

Broadcast comedies are designed to comfort and entertain, and whatever conflicts humming behind the smiles and the laugh tracks are usually solvable in around 22 minutes, and almost always bearable over the long term. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

“Pope.L is not just there to entertain you but to teach,” she said. William Pope.L Makes Statements From the Fringes 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Obvious grabs for cash that fail to provoke, inspire or merely entertain. The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Participating theaters will show it with something new that sounds almost as entertaining: a 17-minute “remake” by the movie’s fans worldwide. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

It’s all pretty trippy, and although it doesn’t always make much logical sense, the playful and imaginative touches keep us entertained. Cornerstone Theatre's nine-play cycle on hunger in America finds its inspiration in Mozart 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

“We entertained the idea of using toy monkeys because we do anthropomorphize them,” Mr. Simpson said. Whiteboard? Check. Lab Rats? They’re the Actors. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

At one point in the memoir, in the autumn of 1918, at the dangerous Ukrainian border, a local “commissar of arts” orders Teffi’s group to entertain the proletariat at his Club of Enlightenment and Culture. Teffi’s “Memories” and the Women of the Russian Revolution 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

"He can inform and entertain at the same time." Tapper's CNN show will be about more than politics 2013-03-17T17:43:08Z

I saw firsthand how hungry my young Latin people were to be entertained by their own. John Leguizamo: The First Time I Faced a Hostile Audience (Kids) 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

I have one of the longest stretches today, and I need to find creative ways to entertain myself. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Although the exploration of maternal ambivalence is hardly revelatory, this caustic novel is an entertaining take on the vicissitudes of female friendship. Kelly Link’s ‘Get in Trouble’ and Five Other Works 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

These two things will make them significantly more entertaining than, say, Neil Young last year. Sleeve notes: Glastonbury 2010 unveils its lineup 2010-04-16T14:02:00Z

We are well into the summer entertaining season, which puts bars and kitchens front and center for barbecues, pool parties and other gatherings. Up your entertaining game with stylish bar stools for every budget 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Ghee, who is nonbinary, is winning over voters with an empathetic, but also entertaining, portrayal of a musician whose gender identity is evolving in “Some Like It Hot.” Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

Say what you will about these “light” books, the characters in them are psychologically shrewd and very entertaining. Review | Best new audiobooks to listen to this month 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

There's obviously a power imbalance at play in meals like that, but it's entertaining to watch how Padma and Gail especially are able to just hang and eat before switching into "judge" mode. "Top Chef" heads to the English countryside to mess with our emotions (and celebrate) 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

"Dahl would later write about how ghastly he found it at boarding school, but the letters very much want to entertain and amuse," Sturrock said. African cats and American espionage – Roald Dahl's letters due in 2016 2013-07-25T09:10:30Z

This year, due to numerous complications, and surrounded by cookbooks and holiday recipes, we'll entertain with a catered meal. A Thanksgiving Snapshot: Readers Share Their Holiday Stories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

Or else we might start with movies that are obviously about real people and events and just as obviously works of entertaining make-believe. Critic’s Notebook: Four Days of Films at Telluride 2012-09-03T22:16:36Z

The best films from the 1930s and 1940s are both entertaining and uplifting, and united by a clear moral vision: good will prevail over evil, but it's going to take a while. Hey, cowboy 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z

The Dinsmores had a Gatsbyesque time there, entertaining trainloads of weekend guests with a private golf course and a greenhouse full of orchids. Restaurant Review: Narcissa in the Standard East Village 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

It's not just entertaining people, but it's also speaking to people intimately. "Virgin River" writer on small towns, twists and next season: "Cameron lives to fight another day" 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

What emerged was an entertaining itinerary but with surprises that kept the weekend, er, lively. Frugal Traveler: A $100 Weekend in Paris 2011-02-15T19:35:21Z

He’s least good when, as in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” or, for that matter, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” he is being purposely “entertaining.” A Mark Twain Tale, Brought Back From the Dead 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

This summer, the Banqueting House is capturing the spirit of the Stuart era - celebrating the spectacles which entertained King James I/VI, Charles I and their courts. Magnificent masques - how the Stuart kings were entertained 2013-07-19T07:22:27Z

If it wasn’t entertaining, none of this would matter,” said the former “Lilyhammer” star and Bruce Springsteen guitarist who produced the recent reuniting of The Rascals. Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer Sign on to Bert Berns Musical 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

The film "entertains in its narrative playfulness," like fellow sci-fi puzzlers "Inception" and "Looper." 'Edge of Tomorrow': Tom Cruise action flick is loopy fun, reviews say 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The resulting tours included one to South Vietnam to entertain American military personnel. A Reluctant Teenager, a Barbershop Quartet, and a Revelation 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

Which leads to a revolutionary, not-so-bold concept: If a movie entertains us, then it’s good.” The Fine Art of Schlock: Why Studio Kitsch Like Hansel & Gretel Tends to Be So Bad It’s…Awful 2013-01-23T12:58:24Z

“Seven” combines the artists’ interests to entertaining, if not completely seamless effect. Art in Review: MIKA ROTTENBERG AND JON KESSLER: ?Seven? 2011-11-10T22:55:17Z

Several pages are as wise as they are entertaining. Grandparents Are Heroes, and Also Totally Normal People 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

She ate spicy chili con carne on Olvera Street, the same tourist trap where I entertained visiting authors half a century later. Read Your Way Around Los Angeles 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

“All art is entertaining, but not all entertainment is art.” ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

In the Hollywood of 20 or 30 years ago, modest mysteries regularly attracted enough investment, and therefore talent, to become something reasonably entertaining, a “Body Heat” or a “Jagged Edge.” | 'InSight': ?InSight,? Directed by Richard Gabai ? Review 2011-09-02T04:43:03Z