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The Crown star Matt Smith says he supports fellow actor Claire Foy over the revelation that Foy was paid less than her male co-star in the Netflix drama. A producer disclosed last month that Foy, who starred in the hit series as Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than Smith, who played Prince Philip, because Smith was better known. Source

NEW YORK -- "The Crown" star Matt Smith says he supports fellow actor Claire Foy over the revelation that Foy was paid less than her male co-star in the Netflix drama. A producer disclosed last month that Foy, who starred as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than Smith, who played Prince Philip, because Smith was better known. Source

NEW YORK - Janet Jackson is extending her uber-successful tour with more shows. The pop icon says her State of the World Tour, which originally wrapped in December, will kick off new dates July 11 in Austin, Texas. Source

Shania Twain has apologized after telling a British newspaper that she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump if she were eligible. In an article posted on the Guardian's website Sunday, the Canadian singer said she would have supported Trump because "even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Source

Shania Twain has apologized after telling a British newspaper that she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump if she were eligible. In an article posted on the Guardian's website Sunday, the Canadian singer said she would have supported Trump because "even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Source

LOS ANGELES -- Macaulay Culkin avoids watching his "Home Alone" movie. Appearing Monday in a taped segment on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," the 37-year-old actor jokes fans often ask him to recreate his face from the 1990 film and he won't oblige. Source

Canadian singer Shania Twain is apologizing after telling a British newspaper that, had she been American, she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump. Twain told The Guardian that even though Trump was “offensive” he “seemed honest. Source

NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defence from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion. Source

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A rare vintage poster for a 1955 Elvis Presley show in North Carolina has sold at auction for more than double the expected price. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the poster for a show on May 19, 1955, in Raleigh sold this month for US$42,500. Source

Rock 'n' roll had Buddy Holly, the psychedelic era had Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and grunge had Kurt Cobain. Now electronic dance music has Avicii. The Swedish DJ's death Friday at age 28 marks a symbolic coming-of-age for a genre that remains resolutely youthful, with the first electronic superstar to die near his prime. Source