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Taylor Swift left a recent concert in Austin with a 39-year-old man in hot pursuit ... according to police, who just busted the guy.

Frank Andrew Hoover was arrested Thursday by Austin PD, and police docs say he'd been hounding Taylor and her family for months leading up to her Oct. 22 concert at Formula 1 race. The night of the show, he allegedly followed her motorcade from the track to the airport where a private jet was waiting for Taylor and her parents.

Swift's bodyguards told police Hoover got within 25 to 50 feet of Taylor's car, and when they asked what he was doing there, he said he was there to get a pic and "possibly accompany Taylor wherever she goes."

Hoover also allegedly flooded Taylor's dad with emails from Aug. 28 until Oct. 27, and some included creepy messages like ... "Without her, I walk the earth alone forever and she'll continue to experience failed relationships that break her heart."

Swift already had a protective order in place against Hoover, which required him to stay 500 feet away from her.

Val Kilmer is struggling to speak with a severely swollen tongue -- and while he still denies he has cancer -- whatever his ailment is ... it's forcing him to put his work on hold.

Kilmer shocked an audience in L.A. Thursday night that showed up for a screening of "Citizen Twain." The actor was drooling as he explained his tongue had recently swollen up and he was still recovering.

He did not say what caused the swelling, but a couple weeks ago his former co-star Michael Douglas claimed Val was battling oral cancer. He denied the cancer, but did say he had a lump on his throat.

The carnage at Pulse nightclub came back to life in a jolting way, after authorities released video of the slaughter.

Multiple body cameras strapped to the officers show the sheer volume of violence inside the gay nightclub, where 49 people were murdered.

One video shows cops charging the bathroom where hostages were held and killed.

Shia LaBeouf can spit a mean flow from the top of his dome, but to keep it 100 ... we're not all that surprised.

Shia was awesome on "Sway in the Morning" Friday in NYC, where he dropped freestyles for the 5 Fingers of Death challenge -- that's 5 beats back to back ... right on the spot.

The man who viciously murdered Bob Crane, the star of the iconic TV show "Hogan's Heroes," may be exposed on TV after a 38 year unsolved mystery.

Crane was bludgeoned to death with a camera tripod in his Scottsdale apartment back in 1978. He and his good friend, John Carpenter, were deep into kinky sex ... secretly filming various sexual configurations involving numerous women.

Carpenter's rent-a-car was seized by cops just days after Crane's murder, and they found blood inside. Carpenter was tried for murder, but there was a problem. DNA was not perfected then, and the jury found him not guilty because there wasn't conclusive proof it was Crane's blood.

Enter Phoenix Fox 10 anchor John Hook. More than a year ago, Hook started working with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and convinced prosecutors to release enough blood so state-of-the-art DNA tests could be conducted.

The DNA results are in. Hook is mum, but he will reveal the results Monday on the 9 PM news.

If the blood is a match with the blood found in Carpenter's car, it's close to a slam dunk he was the killer, but he can't be prosecuted for 2 reasons ... double jeopardy, and he's dead.

Despite having a pretty rough week, Michelle Obama found some time to smile and goof around with LeBron and the rest of the Cavs on Thursday ... pulling off a Mannequin Challenge at the White House!

The Cavs were at 1600 Penn. to be honored by Obama for winning the NBA championship -- and decided to get in on the social media craze while there.

Dream Kardashian's stealing hearts left and right and Rob Kardashian can't stop recording.

Rob posted a video of his little one in Blac Chyna's arms. And you gotta hear what Rob says about Dream's haircut.

"Shameless" star Steve Howey and his wife, Sarah Shahi, put their former nanny through the wringer -- over being Muslim, over her body, and sexually harassed her ... according to the nanny's lawsuit.

Howey and Shahi -- who's starred in "Person of Interest," "Chicago Fire" and "The L Word" -- hired Sarah Alaseri in July 2012 to take care of their 3 kids ... but Alaseri says Howey would berate her about following Muslim customs in their presence. She says the verbal abuse got so bad, she felt she couldn't do her daily prayers in the house.

Howey's wife, on the other hand, was all about sharing sexual gossip and innuendo with her nanny ... according to the suit. Alaseri says Shahi would encourage her to get in shape and "run off" with Howey. Why?

According to Alaseri, Shahi told her about an affair with an "A-list" actor who left her "sore" -- and she even played show and tell. The nanny says Shahi whipped out pics of her lover's junk, and said she wanted to "move on with her life" ... without Howey.

The nanny says after 3 years, the abuse was too much to handle, and she quit. She's suing for damages for back wages, harassment, wrongful termination -- basically, a lot of money.

The lawsuit is damn near ripped from a "Shameless" script. On the show, Howey's character and his wife both slept with their nanny and then invited her into a sort of 3-way marriage.

We've reached out to Howey and Shahi's reps ... no word back.

Not relevant to the suit, but still a fun fact -- Shahi is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

Rest easy, Blac Chyna ... Kylie Jenner's watching your firstborn, and we'll say this for her babysitting skills -- at least every single moment is captured on video.

Kylie was hanging with 4-year-old King Cairo -- Chyna's son with Tyga -- while BC was birthing his kid sister, Dream. Unclear if the kid got a decent meal, brushed his teeth or went to bed at a decent hour ... but he definitely knows how to use the coolest Snapchat filters! That counts for something, right?

Hilary Duff sure knows how to bag 'em ... just get a load of her swollen BF.

Hilary and her celebrity trainer BF, Jason Walsh, were on their way out Thursday at LAX. Our photog does his best to grill the hot couple but we'll forgive you if your eyes are fixed on his ripped bod.

Notice he's carrying ALL the bags.

#HotDamn

T.I. is happy to be on the front lines in what he calls a race war in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

We got Tip leaving Le Jardin in Hollywood Thursday night, and he gave us the lowdown on his motivation to hit the streets of NYC with other protesters.

Sounds like we're in for a long 4 years ... as far as he's concerned.

French Montana's got a message for all the people accusing him of animal cruelty ... after an elephant showed up on his driveway and performed a routine straight out of "Dumbo."

We got French leaving Delilah where he insisted the elephant was privileged, not abused, claiming, "The elephant's living better than a lot of people."

People were pissed after he uploaded footage of the majestic creature lifting his security personnel and doing tricks for his birthday.

Donald Trump has a lot of pull in D.C. these days, but not with the FAA, because the agency is not budging on its decision to remove the Trump name from the markers that help pilots land their planes in Florida.

Here's the way it used to be ... air traffic controllers used Trump code names for the imaginary markers that guide pilots in for a landing at Palm Beach International Airport.

The code names included, "DONLD," "TRMMP" and "UFIRD" ... the last was an abbreviation for "You're Fired!" There was also a code name, "IVNKA."

An FAA source tells us ... after Trump announced his run for Prez and made the infamous comments about Mexicans, the agency swooped in and renamed the markers with horse themes -- "RIDRR," "RBACK" (roll back is an equestrian maneuver), and "SLIDZ" (a horse riding move).

Scottie and Larsa Pippen ripped a page straight out of Crazy Eddie's handbook -- majorly SLASHING the price on their Florida mansion ... and now it's PRICED TO SELL AT $10.9 MIL!

Donald Trump smells so much like a winner now ... a perfume company that had jumped ship faster than a rat on the Titanic is suddenly ready to ride the President-elect's coattails to financial glory.

Perfumania got out of the Trump biz in July 2015 ... right after he announced his candidacy, and said Mexicans were rapists and drug dealers. The company was very vocal about its efforts to get out of its deal with the Donald, and eventually removed the 'Empire by Trump' and 'Success by Trump' fragrances from shelves and online stores.

Lo and behold, now that he's headed for the White House ... Perfumania is hawking the Trump colognes again in the New Arrivals section of its website. The company wouldn't tell us exactly when it climbed back on board -- pre or post election results. Officially, a rep would only say, "no comment."

But with 59.5 million people voting for Trump ... Perfumania clearly smells money.

Kevin Hart dropped the mic and picked up a game controller to ring in his little man's birthday.

Kevin and his ex-wife, Torrei, celebrated their son Hendrix's 9th birthday with a video game blowout at Play It Loud in Woodland Hills, CA. We say blowout 'cause the kid had more than 100 guests!

Hendrix and his crew gamed on Xbox, PS4 and Nintendo Wii consoles. Plus, he got a sweet virtual reality birthday card -- and the biggest surprise was Hendrix's favorite YouTube star, Cory Kenshin, showing up.

By the end of it all, Kev's kid was speechless and motionless ... in epic fashion.