• March 24, 1997
• Vol. 47
• No. 11

Star Tracks

Matthew McConaughey showed off his dapper duds—the chapeau must go on!—while taking a break on the Newport, R.I., set of Amistad, a drama directed by Steven Spielberg that also stars Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman. McConaughey plays a lawyer who represents African slaves seeking freedom in the film based on an 1839 American court case. Having played an attorney in the racially charged drama A Time to Kill, the well-briefed McConaughey has had plenty of practice.

Britain's Prince Charles and his former wife Princess Diana reunited—happily, it seems—to attend the confirmation of their older son Prince William, 14 (near left, with his brother Prince Harry, 12), at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The ceremony marked William's full membership in the Anglican Church.

Prime time's David Duchovny and Téa Leoni warmed the bench—and each other—sitting courtside at a Grizzlies basketball game in Vancouver, B.C., where Duchovny films The X-Files. Leoni, who stars in The Naked Truth, recently revealed the couple share more than a passion for sports: They've been dating since January.

Marlo Thomas (right) got familial with her TV daughter, Friends' Jennifer Aniston, at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital gala in L.A., which raised $1.1 million. Thomas's late father, Danny Thomas, founded the hospital, which his three children now support, in 1962.

Paul McCartney showed his medal after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London. So how do his former Beatles mates Ringo Starr and George Harrison address him? "They call me 'Your Holiness,' " joked Sir Paul.

A madcap Whitney Houston (with husband Bobby Brown and a young family friend) stroked a cat of a different stripe at Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus in East Rutherford, N.J.

Naomi Campbell traded makeup tips with singer Boy George at a party for Gianni Versace in Milan after Campbell worked the runway at the designer's fall fashion show.

A steedfast Tommy Lee Jones mounted up for the Pro-Celebrity Equestrian Classic in Palm Beach, Fla. His polo team won its match at the event benefiting a children's hospital in Miami.

Mary J. Blige (left) flashed her threads after performing at the Soul Train Music Awards in L.A., but the golden girl's night was tarnished when she lost to Toni Braxton for best female R&B-soul single. Meanwhile, presenter Tisha Campbell (right) rose to the occasion. She recently quit the TV sitcom Martin, claiming that its star Martin Lawrence had sexually harassed her.

At L.A.'s Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Sandra Bullock (right) arrived with her date, director Joel Schumacher, and left with a favorite actress award for A Time to Kill. Jerry Maguire paid off for money-hungry Cuba Gooding Jr. (above), who won a favorite supporting actor award.