MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

They met, they fell in love, they had two kids. But Brazil's former Formula Indy champ EMERSON FITTIPALDI, 48, only last week pulled up to the altar with TERESA CRISTINA HOTTE, 37, when they exchanged vows--with JOANA, 8, and LUCA, 4, in tow. Married once before in a civil ceremony, Fittipaldi revved up for a church affair this time, at a chapel in St. Peter's in Rome. Cool at 250 km/h, on this day he was almost at a loss for words, saying, "It is a feeling you can't explain.''

A FAMILY STRING-ALONG

In the prizewinning Ying Quartet even siblings can be harmonious. TIMOTHY, 30, JANET, 25, PHILLIP, 27, and DAVID, 31, played for a White House Medal of Freedom ceremony. The four Chinese Americans started lessons as kids. Their parents didn't push them, says David, but "being exposed to a great art form just takes hold of you.'' How do you get to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Practice.

THE RETURN OF A SUPER MAN

BRITAIN'S TOP CAT IS BACK

"You play the hand you're dealt,'' actor CHRISTOPHER REEVE says. "I think the game's worthwhile.'' But it's rough: in May a fall from a horse paralyzed him from the neck down. Last week Reeve, 43, who was the Man of Steel in four films, gave his first interview since the accident to TV's BARBARA WALTERS. He senses a purpose, he said, in his injury and plans to lobby Washington to spend more on medical research.

The mice at 10 Downing Street--if any exist--capered happily after HUMPHREY vanished in July. The stray cat, which had moved into the Prime Minister's residence in 1989, had wandered off and was thought dead. Finally, he was found at the Royal Army Medical College. Back home, a red carpet was rolled out, but as the media fussed, the staff insisted the royal treatment was for a visit by King Hussein.

SEEN & HEARD

The evening should have been a gala one for Zhang Yimou. The Chinese director had been expected to see his latest work, Shanghai Triad, open the New York Film Festival. But when the festival refused a Chinese request to cancel a documentary about the 1989 demonstration in Tiananmen Square, Beijing asked Zhang not to attend. Caught in the middle, he stayed away.