In an effort to fuse entertainment, education and artificial intelligence, a company in Newton, Mass., is starting a Web site of interactive cartoon characters imbued with behavior that mimics human emotion.
Co-creators Sol Guy, a music producer/manager, and Josh Thome, a social entrepreneur, wondered what it would take to answer the question, "How can you fuse entertainment with social change in a way that would affect a community, a nation or even the world?" They looked to what they loved for the answer and created 4REAL by fusing their talents.
Mills trademarked the term Shoppertainment, to convey its aim of fusing retail and entertainment elements in shopping malls.
"They've succeeded in fusing dining with entertainment, a proposition that's talked about a lot but rarely executed with success".
Probably the most significant creative development of the last few years has been the transformation of advertising into "short-form entertainment," fusing technology and the virtual world with real life events - or what might be called "reality advertising".
The show is the result of a bold partnership between Cirque du Soleil and Grupo Vidanta, a developer of world-class resorts, fusing food, fantasy and entertainment in this lush destination.
Not until the end of last year were the two halves of that entertainment fused into one, as Robert Zemeckis's "A Christmas Carol" saw Jim Carrey, in the role of Scrooge, rocket past us into the night sky clutching a chimney pot.
The grand fu of the Western Han dynasty were read and recited as celebrations of pure poetic delight, and were the first pieces of Chinese literature to fuse both unrestrained entertainment and moral admonitions together in single works.
New forms were about to be created by fusing high art and popular culture, conceptual theory and pure entertainment.
Last fall, NBC launched a renovation of the Web operations at its 10 "owned-and-operated" local broadcasters aimed at fusing tiny but professional reporting staffs with timely arts and entertainment information sourced from the wisdom of the crowds.
