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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1991                   TAG: 9104100286
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PEOPLE

The sisters - Lynn and Vanessa - have always been a study in contrasts.

Lynn, 48, known primarily as a film and television star, lives in Los Angeles, with her husband, John Clark. Vanessa, 54, primarily a stage actress, lives in London.

The sisters had never appeared together professionally until last year. In October, they took to the London stage for a five-month run of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters"; in February, they starred in the TV remake of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"

Their working relationship at the time was "loving and open," Lynn said in an interview in May's Ladies' Home Jounal.

But then, Vanessa publicly opposed Western intervention against Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, three days before the start of the Gulf War. Her remarks at a peace rally in Spain infuriated Lynn, a supporter of President Bush.

Michael Collins, the ex-astronaut, has upset some homosexuals with his contention that they should be barred from space exploration.

"I think enough interpersonal problems will develop among a totally heterosexual crew, and introducing an element of homosexuality could only serve to make matters worse," Collins wrote in his new book, "Mission to Mars." "I guess the same principal applies to lesbians."

Timothy Lane, a spokesman for the New York-based Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said it "seems the same naked prejudice against gays and lesbians orbiting planet Earth is also gaining formation in other galaxies not so far, far away."

In his book, Collins says that even if he were faced with highly qualified homosexual candidates to man the Mars mission, "I would not pick them."

Yvette Marine, a former Motown singer who claims her voice was used to enhance Paula Abdul's on the hit album "Forever Your Girl," is suing Virgin Records for unspecified royalties and credit for the performance. She said she was never paid or acknowledged.

Marine's lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims her voice was mixed with Abdul's on the songs "Opposites Attract" and "I Need You." "Forever Your Girl," has sold 7 million copies since its 1988 release.