"Am I jealousy?" asked Sting after Luciano Pavarotti's Tosca performance brought down London's Royal Opera House. "Of course." Backstage later, the rocker, bride Trudie Shier and the megatenor achieved synchronicity.

A change of venue: Erstwhile L.A. Law star Harry Hamlin, 40, recently benched by wife Nicollette Sheridan, arrived at a Manhattan screening of Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night with the camera-shy Marcie Joe Warren.

It Happened One Night, four score and nine years ago. That's when Claudette Colbert was born. Among pals helping her snuff out the birthday candles in Paris were Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassman Flea suited up to play some charity hoops in L.A. to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Though a bit short on form, he copped co MVP honors.

Fearless in the California desert, Cindy Crawford speeds an off-the-roader under a leaping motorcyclist while taping Stuntwomen: Worldtour '92. She cohosts the Fox-TV special, which airs this fall.