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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
Culture
Internet forums are prevalent in several developed countries. In terms of countable posts, Japan is far in the lead with over two million posts per day on their largest forum, 2channel. The United States does not have any one large forum, but instead several hundred thousand smaller forums, the largest of which are GameFAQs, Gaia Online, and IGN. Other countries such as China, the Netherlands, and France are also home to hundreds of independent forums. Some countries such as Finland and Sweden do not have many prevalent forums despite having open and easily available Internet access. As of yet no study has been done on the prevalence of forums in countries around the world. It is also dubious as to whether any country has its own fora, as - especially in the English language - contributors to a forum often come from outside the country in which the forum is hosted. There is often not a 1-1 relationship between languages and countries: for example, English language fora are contributed to by people all over the world, whilst Japanese language fora are likely to be contributed to only by Japanese people, but Japanese people also contribute to English language fora, so there is no 1-1 relationship between Japanese language fora and Japanese people contributing to fora. More on [ Internet forum ]
Rapper West to make MTV comeback
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:54:00 -0000
Hip-hop star Kanye West is to close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event.
Jacksons reunite to receive award
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:53:57 -0000
The Jackson brothers - minus Michael and Jermaine - accept a lifetime prize at the BMI Urban Awards from sister Janet.
Edwards to appear in ER swansong
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:16:56 -0000
Actor Anthony Edwards is to appear in the final series of US drama ER, playing his deceased character Dr Mark Greene.
L.A. Times - Entertainment News
The CW is getting parents group hot and bothered
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:28:44 -0700
The Parents Television Council is trying to ground the CW television network by encouraging advertisers
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The stakes are higher as the franchise moves to the big screen, but the cast members still act like kids. YOU MIGHT expect the set of “ High School Musical 3: Senior Year” :-senior-year to be a bit like summer camp, with a bunch of young actors running around in shorts and T-shirts. And to a certain extent, it is. During a recent visit to a night-shoot set in a junkyard here, the preternaturally familiar cast members are surrounded by the colorful rusted-out carcasses of cinematically groomed classic cars and are killing time between shots doing what any group of high school or college kids might do between classes.
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:49:57 -0700
Cable news networks logged record viewership during the two weeks of back-to-back convention coverage
ABC News: Entertainment
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:14:40 -0400
Celebrities weigh in on how scandal-scarred Spears can shine at MTV's VMAs.
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:21:11 -0400
Oprah Winfrey won't interview Palin on her show until after the election.
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:42:32 -0400
The cast of the HBO show says the fifth season will be more dramatic than ever.
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By SANDY COHEN Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:50:38 -0000
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS....
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By ERIN CARLSON Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:06:16 -0000
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By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:28:37 -0000
NEW YORK (AP) -- The glamorous set had a message for economic worrywarts as New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday: Chill out....
Entertainment News: CBSNews.com
Second Cup Cafe: Hanson
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:02 -0400
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:30:07 -0400
Britney Spears may not sing at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will. Aguilera will join other top-name performers, including the Jonas Brothers, T.I., Pink, and Kid Rock, host Russell Brand announced Thursday.
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:04 -0400
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chicagotribune.com - Entertainment
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:35:00 -0500
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:38:20 -0500
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:22:16 -0500
CNN.com - Entertainment
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:55:37 -0400
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E! Online - Top Stories
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:12:00 -0000
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:51:00 -0000
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Leighton Meester's Ex-Con Mom Books Herself
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:28:00 -0000
Lynne Spears isn't the only celebrity mom coming out with a memoir. E! News has learned exclusively that Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester's mother Connie Meester, who gave...
Newsweek Entertainment
TV: Wendy Williams, the Anti-Oprah
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:24:45 -0000
Wendy Williams wants to be the anti-Oprah.
Writer Marilynne Robinson on Family and Faith
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:01:47 -0000
A writer talks about returning to the setting of her previous novel to explore the themes of family and faith.
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:40:35 -0000
Atrocious comedy rips off 'Superbad,' but adds sexism, homophobia.
Christian Science Monitor | Arts & Entertainment
Review: 'Trouble the Water'
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Documentary follows the human drama of hurricane Katrina through the eyes of a young married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward.
Review: 'Ping Pong Playa'
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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