Lee Tamahori

Profession

Director, Assistant director, Sound department, Writer, Actor

LEGAL BRIEFS

Actor Brad Renfro pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted possession of heroin in a case stemming from his December arrest during a sting in the Los Angeles Skid Row area. He was given three years' probation and must enter a rehab program.... Film director Lee Tamahori pleaded no-contest to criminal-trespass charges, in return for having a pair of prostitution charges against him dropped. Tamahori was arrested Jan. 8 for allegedly soliciting an undercover cop while wearing a dress and, um, a black wig.

Fri, Feb 24, 2006

BIG-SCREEN BITES

Universal has announced a Dec. 22 premiere for Steve Carell's Evan Almighty, where it will go head-to-head with Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum and Charlotte's Web (no relation to TVGuide.com's Entertainment News editor).... Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton will play Dolores Umbridge, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.... Per TMZ.com, director Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day) is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges that, while dressed in drag, he allegedly solicited an undercover cop in Hollywood on Jan. 8. But was he turning tricks under the name Alan Smithee? That's the question. Click here for more breaking entertainment news and celebrity gossip from around the world.

Fri, Feb 3, 2006

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