People

By Michele Orecklin

CAN HE HAVE SLEEPOVERS?

Fortunately, JERRY HALL has a big house to match her big heart. Since being granted a divorce from MICK JAGGER in August after it was revealed that he had fathered a child with another woman, Hall has demonstrated her capacity for forgiveness by continuing to appear with him in public and going on joint vacations with their four children. And proving that divorce does not have to mean the end of a relationship, the two are said to be making plans to spend New Year's Eve together in France. Now comes word that Hall has allowed the midnight rambler to move back into the spacious London home they previously shared and she retained in the divorce settlement. The two have not reverted entirely to their previous conjugal arrangement. Jagger is reportedly hanging his hat, if not his head, in a spare bedroom. No word on whether there are bars on the windows.

EVERYONE SMILE AND SAY "JUICE"

Police officers often respond to 911 calls with loaded weapons. Two of Miami's finest got in trouble last week when they responded with loaded cameras. And who could blame them? They were, after all, following up on a call made by that legendary friend of law enforcement O.J. SIMPSON. Simpson had called police from girlfriend Christie Prody's Miami home seeking help for a friend he said had been on a two-day cocaine binge. When police arrived, they found Simpson alone and, according to their report, learned that he and Prody had been involved in a "verbal dispute." After issuing Simpson a brochure on domestic violence, as required by law in such situations, the policemen asked him to pose for a picture. The photo op was not viewed kindly at headquarters, and the two cops have been temporarily reassigned to desk duty. That should give them ample time to design what is certain to be two of the department's more noteworthy Christmas cards this year.

GOT ANY TIPS?

Here's one more reason to take vacations: it gives your employees a chance to write best-selling books. Last week BREENA CLARKE, who since 1985 has worked for a series of TIME editors, had her first novel, River, Cross My Heart, selected for Oprah's book club. "I wrote it while working full time," says Clarke, who now administers Time Inc.'s editorial-diversity program. "I used weekends and nights, and it always helped when editors took vacations." After Oprah's announcement, the novel shot up Amazon.com's best-seller list. Says current boss, Time Inc. executive editor Jose Ferrer: "My wife warned me that now I'll be working for Breena." Don't worry, Joe. She takes vacations too.

FEUD OF THE WEEK

NAME: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit OCCUPATION: Scouring news for plot lines BEST PUNCH: On a recently aired episode of the NBC spin-off series, which focuses on sex crimes, a character none too euphemistically referred to an intimate act as getting "a Lewinsky."

NAME: Dr. Bernard Lewinsky OCCUPATION: Scouring news in fear BEST PUNCH: Demanded an apology from the series producer, saying, "There is a family behind this name... Why don't they say he got a Clinton job and see how the White House responds?"

Winner: Law & Order. Jay Leno has never been asked for an apology