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Line of Duty star Martin Compston has fired back at a "Unionist troll" on Twitter after he was accused of not paying his taxes.The Scottish actor, 37, who played Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the hit BBC show, didn't hesitate to fire back at the remarks on the micro-blogging platform yesterday.In view of his 538,000 followers, the star claimed he's paid more than £250,000 to the government over the last six months.Martin wrote: "Hey Eddie since last July alone I’ve paid over a quarter of a million pounds to HMRC Cumbernauld."I don’t get credit for that it’s what I owe."It should earn me the right not to listen to unionist troll p**h every time I’m announced to appear at an event in my home country," he ended the post.The star was responding to a comment that Twitter user @emfgf1 left on Scottish newspaper The National's account, before restricting who could see it.Replying to a tweet from The National, the troll branded Martin and fellow Scottish actor Alan Cummings, "Indy (non-taxpayers) Luvvies!"Martin has previously been very vocal in his support for an independent Scotland.He backed First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon and the campaign for a second vote on Scottish independence.Following Martin's tweet, his fans were quick to rush to his defence.Twitter user @jakki_may wrote: "Man pays his dues & uses his celebrity status to do good for people in his home town & elsewhere because he can...the 'Eddie's' on here need to think about that for a minute & ask themselves what they're doing." (sic)@colinmccredie penned: "Well said, Martin."You are a good honest man who does so much for @ArdgowanHospice."While @jerseyboyslady wrote: "Keep on doing what u are doing mate many more appreciate

The popular U.K. competition series The Traitors has made its way to the U.S., with Brandi Glanville, Kate Chastain, and a slew of other celebs attempting to determine who amongst them is a snake - and all for a chance at $250K.A new trailer for the program shows Brandi and other contestants discerning who in their group are the three 'traitors' who have secretly plotted to 'murder' (evict from the game) their fellow contestants, aka 'faithfuls'.

The podcasting business is expected to hit $1B in revenues this year – a huge leap from the audio medium’s indie roots and self-produced successes.

David Benedict Ever since Bob Fosse cast a never-better Liza Minnelli in his Oscar-winning re-imagining of the musical “Cabaret,” revivals of the original musical have leaned toward being “All About Sally.” Then Sam Mendes came along with his Broadway version with lascivious Alan Cummings, turning it into “All About The Emcee.” The triumph – that’s not too strong a word – of director Rebecca Frecknall’s stunner of a production is that, despite piercing performances from Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne, her supremely intelligent, emotionally draining vision of the show turns it, enthrallingly, into “All About Berlin.”Prior to opening, the production’s talking point (in addition to the hot casting) was the ticket price, a London record at