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Infotainment (a portmanteau of information and entertainment), also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of information and entertainment.

The term may be used disparagingly to devalue infotainment or soft news subjects in favor of more serious hard news subjects.

Infotainment-based websites and social media apps are gaining traction due to their focused publishing of infotainment content, e.g. BuzzFeed.

"The Wall of Fame" at Legoland Windsor Resort.

Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.

An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even from their connection to another celebrity.

'Celebrity' usually implies a favorable public image, as opposed to the neutrals 'famous' or 'notable', or the negatives 'infamous' and 'notorious'.

Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.

It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music.

Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings.

Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences.

Al Jazeera English newsroom, Doha, 2011.

News is information about current events.

This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events.

News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media.

Banqueters playing Kottabos and girl playing the aulos, Greece.

Banqueting and music have continued to be two important entertainments since ancient times.