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Michel Hugo, French-born American cinematographer (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Mission: Impossible), died from lung cancer.he was , 79

Michael Hugo  was a French-born American cinematographer and academic. His film and television credits included Dynasty, Melrose Place and Mission: Impossible  died from lung cancer.he was , 79.[1] In 2001, Hugo became a professor at the film department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[1]

(1930 – October 12, 2010)

Hugo was born in France in 1930.[1] He joined the French Resistance during the German occupation of France during World War II.[1] In the 1950s, Hugo served in the French Army and began working in the Army’s camera department.[1] He moved to California during the 1960s.
Hugo began working on his first major television project, Mission: Impossible, in 1967.[1] His film cinematography credits from the era include the 1969 Charleton Heston movie Number One, the 1969 film The April Fools which starred Jack Lemon, and Bless the Beasts and Children in 1971.[1]
He worked on nineteen television episodes of The Streets of San Francisco during the 1970s.[1] He was the cinematographer for Dynasty: The Reunionin 1991 and the FOX television series Melrose Place from 1992 until 1996.[1]
Michel Hugo died of lung cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2010, at the age of 79.[1] Hugo was survived by his wife, Gloria, two sons and a daughter.[1]

Credits

His film and television credits include the following —

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Who is Kelly Deane Melissa Rutherford?

Who is Kelly Deane Melissa Rutherford? The world knows her as Kelly Rutherford. She is an American actress known for her roles of Stephanie “Sam” Whitmore on Generations, Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999 and Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl from 2007 to the present.

In addition to her work on Generations and Melrose Place, Rutherford also starred in the early 1990s Homefront as Judy Owen, in 1995’s The Great Defender as Frankie Collet, in 1996’s Kindred: The Embraced as Caitlin Byrne, in 2003’s Threat Matrix as Special Agent Frankie Ellroy Kilmer, and had a recurring role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Dixie Cousins. She also had a small role on Scream 3 in 2000. Most recently, Rutherford starred as Samantha “Sonny” Liston, on the cancelled TV series E-Ring.
Rutherford currently stars as Lily van der Woodsen in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl.

Rutherford was born November 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, the seat of Hardin County, in central Kentucky. She is the daughter of Ann Edwards, a model and writer, [1] who is divorced from Rutherford’s father. She has a younger brother, Anthony, and two younger sisters, Courtney and Lindsey.

Rutherford was married to Carlos Tarajano from June 30, 2001, to January 11, 2002. In summer 2001, shortly after her wedding, her then-31-year-old husband had an unexpected cardiac arrest–he recovered. She left Tarajano a week before an InStyle Special on celebrity weddings that included footage of their wedding.[2]
Rutherford married her second husband, German businessman Daniel Giersch (b. 1973), in August 2006. She gave birth to their first child, a boy named Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch on October 18, 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Kelly and her husband are currently expecting their second child, due June 2009.[3] On December 30, 2008, Kelly filed for divorce from Giersch.[4] She cited irreconcibale differences on the paperwork, which was submitted to a judge at Los Angeles Superior Court.
She is friends with The O.C. actress Kelly Rowan and also practices yoga together with Lisa Rinna and Marcia Cross.

Lisa Rinna

Who is Lisa Deanna Rinna? She is an American actress known as Lisa Rinna. The brown-haired, hazel-eyed actress Lisa Rinna was born July 11, 1963, in Medford, Oregon. After graduating from the University of Oregon she moved to Los Angeles and got a job modeling for the Wilhemina Agency. From 1992 to 1995 (and 2002-03) she worked on Days of Our Lives before landing a part on Aaron Spelling’s Melrose Place in 1996. She has appeared in several made-for television movies, including Night Sins; Winter Heat; Vanished; Close to Danger; Sex, Lies, and Obsession; and Another Woman’s Husband.She most recently the host of SoapNet’s Soap Talk. She competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars and was eliminated in Round Seven based on audience voting, despite having had higher marks from the judges than fellow celebrity dancer Jerry Rice. Lisa Rinna also hosts the tv makeover program “Merge” on Lifetime. “Merge” takes viewers where no home decorating show has gone before by merging roommates with totally different styles. With a behind-the-scenes look at the actual design process, this new season will show the dilemmas leading up to a successful home makeover and the drama that ensues when abodes are transformed.


Rinna received national recognition when she first starred on NBC’s Days of our Lives in the role of Billie Reed. She starred on said show from 1992 to 1995. She later switched from daytime TV to primetime playing Taylor McBride on Aaron Spelling’s Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998. In 2002, Rinna was named co-host of Soap Talk, the daily lifestyle show that airs on SOAPnet, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. In addition, she reprised the role of Billie Reed on Days of our Lives for a brief stint in 2002 and is now hosting the series Merge on Lifetime. Rinna starred in the Lifetime movie Sex, Lies & Obsession opposite husband Harry Hamlin. Her previous Lifetime movie, Another Woman With FAT Lips, boasted one of the highest ratings for a movie on Lifetime since 1999. She also guest-starred on an episode of Movie Stars for the WB, the first ever on-screen appearance she shared opposite her husband. Rinna nabbed her first role in the feature film Good Advice, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Lovitz, and recently appeared in an episode of HBO’s Entourage.

In 1998, Rinna created a stir when she posed for a nude pictorial while six months pregnant in the September issue of Playboy magazine.

Rinna married actor Harry Hamlin in 1997. They have two daughters, Delilah Belle (born 1998) and Amelia Gray (born 2001). They have performed together in a number of television and film productions. Rinna and Hamlin had recurring roles as a married couple on the first season of the television series Veronica Mars.

She performed on stage in 2007, including on Broadway, in the musical Chicago. Rinna has recently guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly.

In June 2006, SoapNet announced that it was canceling Soap Talk after four seasons due to low ratings.

In August 2007, Rinna replaced Joan Rivers as the host of TV Guide Network’s red carpet coverage.

On December 4. 2008, TV Guide reported that Rinna and Hamlin have signed a deal to create a reality TV series based around their family life. The series is being developed by TV Land. more

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