Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Moby cancels book tour after furor over Natalie Portman claims

American musician Moby on Wednesday canceled his book tour after mischaracterizing a past relationship with actress Natalie Portman in his new book. A message on his website said that Moby was canceling "all upcoming public appearances for the foreseeable future." It was posted three days before he was due to start the UK leg of a tour to promote his memoir "Then It Fell Apart." Mr Carson to recount 'Downton Abbey' tales at Highclere concert

Mr Carson, the much-loved butler in hit period drama "Downton Abbey", has lived through the tales of love and tragedy that have beset the British household during its six series on television screens. Now he will recount his memories of serving the Crawley family in a concert next month at the Highclere Castle venue, where the award-winning series set in the early Twentieth Century and its upcoming movie adaptation were filmed. Stressed 'Game of Thrones' star Kit Harington getting treatment

"Game of Thrones" actor Kit Harington is undergoing treatment after the end of the HBO television series in which he starred as the heartthrob Jon Snow, his representative said on Tuesday. "Kit has decided to utilize this break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues," a representative for the British actor said in a statement. Cannes winner 'Parasite' captures rich-poor gap in 'basic unit of life': director

The South Korean director of "Parasite", the darkly comic movie that won the top Palme d'Or prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, described his film on Tuesday as "a candid portrayal of the rich and the poor." "Parasite" is a wickedly humorous suspense movie about class struggles set in modern South Korea, following a down-on-its-luck family of four who worm their way into jobs in a wealthy household. 'Jeopardy!' TV host Trebek reports 'mind-boggling' progress in cancer battle

Alex Trebek, the long-time host of television game show "Jeopardy!" and one of U.S. television's most recognizable personalities, said in an interview published on Wednesday that doctors have told him that his deadly pancreatic cancer is now "near remission." The 78-year-old Canadian-born host revealed in a video in March that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, but vowed to beat the disease despite its low survival rate. Corden to return to 'Gavin & Stacey' hit show with Christmas special

Actor and talk show host James Corden said on Tuesday he was returning to his British comedy television roots this Christmas, co-writing and starring in a one-off special of hit show "Gavin & Stacey". The 40-year-old, who since 2015 has hosted "The Late Late Show" in the United States, shared a picture on Twitter of a script for the Christmas episode of the award-winning series about a young couple's long distance romance. Rocker Hallyday's estate to be shared under French, not U.S., law

French rock singer Johnny Hallyday's estate must be shared under French law, a Paris court ruled on Tuesday, overriding a will written in California that excluded his two eldest children, lawyers on both sides said. Siblings Laura Smet and David Hallyday had challenged a July 2014 will - written in English when Hallyday lived in Los Angeles - that cut them out of their father's estate and left everything to his wife Laeticia as allowed under U.S. law.