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Taylor Swift powered through her London show Monday and put on a killer performance before a star-studded crowd -- despite technical difficulties with her equipment.

The pop superstar hit the stage for her seventh night at Wembley Stadium as part of her "Eras" tour – but, at one point, Taylor's piano experienced a breakdown as she sat in front of it.

Check out the video ... Taylor called over a stagehand to fix whatever the problem was, and he partially removed the top portion of the piano to take a look inside.

O.J. Simpson has a ton of debts he needs to pay from beyond the grave -- so many, the executor of his estate says he's taking off the kid gloves to scrape up some money, ASAP!

Malcolm LaVergne, who went from being O.J.'s longtime lawyer to now running his probate estate after he died last April, tells TMZ ... he's trying to bring in more than $269,000 from one of O.J.'s homes, and might have to go through Simpson's son, Justin, to get it.

Malcolm says Justin -- whose mother was Nicole Brown Simpson -- helped his father buy his "forever" home in Las Vegas a couple years ago, and now the estate wants to recoup the money O.J. put into the home, which LaVergne pegs at around $159K.

Michael Johnson launched a new track league that he's hoping will revolutionize the sport, and he tells TMZ Sports he absolutely wants Noah Lyles and all the other biggest stars to be a part of it!

The U.S. Olympic legend formally started Grand Slam Track back in June ... and following all the thrilling action at the Paris Games, he told us he's hoping the league can build on the momentum.

In other words, instead of fans only paying attention once every four years, Michael's aiming to keep the sport relevant among the millions who watched in Paris.

Matthew Perry's doctors are getting punished professionally, Donald Trump's getting a fake endorsement and Mike Tyson's getting physical with Jake Paul ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Charles and Babcock have the latest on the Matthew Perry death case ... including the DEA stripping the doctors charged in the case of their ability to write prescriptions.

Before this hungry kiddo enjoying a snack in her highchair was dancing and singing in high school, she was just runnin' around Cali with her younger sis and kicking off her career at just 10 years old.

This Hollywood gal has done it all! Her first acting gig was on CBS's "Still Standing." She's even released a few albums ... Perhaps you saw her pop up as a goldfish on "The Masked Singer."

But, there's no doubt her breakout role came alongside Zac Efron's rise to stardom ...

"You Are The Music In Me!"

Two of the 4 men arrested in the slaying of "General Hospital" star Johnny Wactor have been slapped with murder charges.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charges Monday ... while 4 men have been charged with multiple felonies in connection with Wactor's death, only 2 were hit with murder counts.

Prosecutors say 18-year-olds Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada are both charged with Wactor's murder.

Chappell Roan says there's a lot of weird stuff that comes with being a celeb ... like all the random fans who come up asking for a photo ... she says it's just plain weird.

The "Good Luck, Babe!" singer just posted a long rant on TikTok about fans crossing the line ... she says the relationship a lot of folks have with their idols these days is not normal in the least.

For starters, Chappell is not a fan of people stopping her in the street and asking for selfies ... and don't get her started on folks asking for hugs!!!

Yung Gravy isn't mad at Haliey Welch for rebuffing him in the DMs ... telling us he's still a big fan!

We got the "Betty" rapper at LAX, and our photog asked him about the "Hawk Tuah" girl claiming he slid in her DMs to ask her out.

Haliey told us last week Gravy was among the celebs in her DMs ... but she wasn't interested in what she felt was a date idea.

Paris Hilton is no longer sliving her best life ... instead, she's mourning some of her valuables which were destroyed in a trailer fire last week.

TMZ broke the story ... the heiress-turned-DJ's makeup trailer went up in flames in downtown Los Angeles, where she was camped out for the filming of her new music video, "Bad Bitch Academy."

Now, Paris has given an up-close look at the damage done to her pretty-in-pink belongings ... capturing footage of what remained after the fiery blaze.

Jax Taylor is ready to get back to work ... we've learned the reality star is planning to check out of treatment ... and he has big plans for his return home.

Sources close to Jax tell TMZ ... the Bravo personality plans to leave the inpatient treatment center where he's been staying on Thursday, and will be heading back to his home in Los Angeles.

We're told spending quality time with his son, Cruz, is his top priority ... though, he intends to still live separately from his estranged wife, Brittany Cartwright.

Nev Schulman is still coming to terms with his traumatic bike accident, which left him with a broken neck and other injuries ... explaining his situation could've been a lot worse.

We caught up with the "Catfish" star on "TMZ Live" Monday -- Nev fought back tears while recounting the aftermath of his brutal crash ... noting he is lucky to be alive.

As NS put it ... his medical team at Stony Brook University Hospital were shocked that he was even able to move following his surgery ... since they expected him to be in a far worse condition, given his injuries.

Severe flooding in Connecticut turned peaceful country roads into a disaster scene when at least a foot of water pounded down Sunday night.

The rainfall was much more than your everyday summer storm, as residents in Connecticut and parts of New York were trapped in cars, restaurants and homes, forcing multiple rescue attempts by first-responders.

Watch the vid ... local firefighters in Oxford, Connecticut executed a daring rescue, pulling patrons trapped inside a restaurant to safety after gushing water flooded the building.

Lee Daniels is opening up on his relationship with Jussie Smollett ... he says the hoax case really made things difficult between them -- but they're back on speaking terms.

The co-creator of "Empire" touched on his relationship with Smollett in an appearance Monday on "The Breakfast Club," telling Charlamagne Tha God things are complicated with Jussie.

Lee says he still doesn't know what to believe in terms of Jussie's hoax hate crime case in Chicago ... but he's not going to cancel Jussie over his criminal conviction.

The 2 doctors charged with supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine before his death can no longer write prescriptions ... TMZ has learned.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration tells TMZ ... both Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez had their registrations to write prescriptions pulled last week ... after their arrests for the "Friends" star's death.

Sources tell us that Chavez voluntarily gave up his registration as part of his plea deal ... in which he agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine.

George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after being charged with nearly two dozen crimes, cut a deal with federal prosecutors, pleading guilty to two counts instead.

Santos reached the deal Monday ... pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud ... according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

The plea deal comes a few weeks before Santos was set to stand trial in New York ... and while the deal likely means there will be no trial, it remains to be seen how the judge will treat George at the sentencing.

The USA women's water polo team took the party from Paris to Sin City this month -- jet-setting to Vegas following their run in the Olympics -- and their hype man and sponsor, Flavor Flav, was right there by their side for the festivities!!

Maggie Steffens, Rachel Fattal and the rest of the American squad got back to the States after finishing fourth in the Games ... and one of their first orders of business for some of the women was to let loose in Nevada.

The athletes -- plus Flav -- hit up Resorts World on Saturday night ... and grabbed some grub at FUHU before putting on their dancing shoes at Zouk Nightclub.