Actress Hughes, director Young buy, list homes

      Emmy-winning actress Finola Hughes and her husband, director-photographer Russell Young, have purchased a suburban La Canada Flintridge home for $650,000, and they have listed their former home in the same area at $495,000.
      Hughes, 38, was one of the original cast members of "Cats" when it opened in London in 1981. She co-starred with John Travolta in the movie "Stayin' Alive" and won a 1991 Emmy for her role, from 1985 to '92, as Anna Devane on "General Hospital."
      She was a regular in 1994 and '95 on the sitcom "Blossom," playing the title character's stepmother, and she co-starred in the 1997 prime-time soap "Pacific Palisades." She is the voice of Queen Anne in Disney's recently released direct-to-video movie "Pocahontas II."
      Young, who has directed more than 70 music videos, is also a music-business portrait photographer, best known for his album cover for George Michael's "Faith."
      The couple, originally from London, bought a 1950 post-and-beam contemporary, which they are restoring. The three-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot home also features a guest house and pool on the estate.
      The home they are selling is 1,500 square feet and has a separate exercise room and a recording studio. Spanish in style, the two-story home features three mural-type windows that were antiques when the home was built in the 1930s.