New Zealand musician Pauly Fuemana has died. Fuemana, who shot to fame with his song How Bizarre in 1995 died just after 7am this morning, North Shore hospital confirmed. He was 40. The singer's death came after a short illness, TVNZ reported.

Super diva Whitney Houston will be saving all her love for Taranaki when she jets into town for a one-off New Zealand show in March. For those who adore the soaring high notes of I Will Always Love You, Australia's loss is New Zealand's gain. Houston scheduled the New Plymouth trip after cancelling a Perth concert scheduled for that night.

Gary Coleman has been booked into a Utah jail after police received reports of a civil disturbance at his Santaquin home, according to news reports. Utah County Jail records show he was booked on suspicion of domestic assault, but the paper said the Santaquin police wrote in a press statement that Coleman was arrested on a warrant alleging he failed to appear in court in a previous case.

The Pee-wee Herman Show has been brought back to life in a new stage show that opened in Los Angeles this week. The original show inspired a popular film and television franchise in the 1980s and launched the career of character actor Paul Reubens. But Pee-wee Herman and his children's TV show Pee-wee's Playhouse was dumped in 1991 after Reubens was arrested on charges of indecent exposure at an adult movie theatre. It has taken him 20 years to work his way back into the limelight.

Michael Hutchence would have turned 50-years old Friday, January 22. To mark the occasion, Port Phillip Councilor and photographer Serge Thomman, a friend of the singer from 1985 until his death in 1997, will unveil his private collection of Hutchence images as a tribute to the late INXS star. You can see these at the website www.michaelhutchence.com.au from Jan 23.