We are happy to buy a movie ticket and pay actors to entertain us.

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"He worked so hard to be a perfectionist and entertain us all, " he said.

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The things that captivate, engross, and entertain us, all have an element of surprise.

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O. is to entertain us, anger us, make us talk, and give us something to look forward to in addition to the high drama of her shows and her Grace Jones inspired (or stolen, depending on your attitude) wardrobe.

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By all means, entertain us.

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While the site's ultimate goal is to illustrate the delicate process of opening our gadgets while leaving them unharmed, the good folks at iFixit never fail to entertain us in the process, with two dozen high-res photos of the Nexus 7's innards littering the 21-step repair guide.

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The bad news--at least for those of us who entertain escape fantasies--is that it's getting harder and harder to evade our modern communication and transportation grid.

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It's often also a venue for product launches, which is what's brought us out, along with the usual bounty of kooky creations that serve to entertain and lighten the mood.

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It gave us a simple but elegantly beautiful slate of plastic and glass that altered how we entertain and inform ourselves day and night.

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