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$19M Payout Ends Don Johnson’s ‘Nash Bridges’ Legal Battle

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday February 11, 2013 @ 11:01am PSTTags: Don Johnson

Looks like Don Johnson has finally been paid from the profits of Nash Bridges — something for which he has been fighting since 2010. Defendants Rysher Entertainment paid Johnson $19 million last month to finally settle things — short of the $50 million a jury gave him in 2010 but more than the $15 million a panel of judges decided last October. As a January 30 court filing (read it here) from his lawyer  reveals, the actor is satisfied with the money and the outcome. The settlement ends the 2 1/2-year legal battle between Johnson and the production company and stops the case from dragging out further with appeals to the California Supreme Court. READ MORE »

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Don Johnson’s ‘Nash Bridges’ Verdict Upheld But Cut By Millions

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 4:34pm PDTTags: Don Johnson, Hollywood lawsuit

The former Miami Vice star will still be getting money from the profits of Nash Bridges, just not the $50 million he was awarded over two years ago. “We have affirmed the $15 million damage award plus 10 … Read More »

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CAA Signs Don Johnson

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 8, 2012 @ 4:17pm PDTTags: CAA, Django Unchained, Don Johnson
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Don Johnson, getting him at a time when he is poised for a big resurgence. Johnson had the Comic-Con crowd in the palm of his hand during Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained panel, when he … Read More »

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HBO Developing Merritt Johnson-Penned Dark Comedy With Don Johnson Producing & Potentially Starring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 17, 2011 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Don Johnson, HBO
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is reteaming with Temple Grandin scribe W. Merritt Johnson, this time on the series side. The pay cable network has in the hopper a dark comedy project written by Merritt, which is being developed as a starring … Read More »

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Quentin Tarantino Setting Don Johnson For ‘Django Unchained’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Christoph Waltz, David Carradine, Django Unchained, Don Johnson, Jamie Foxx, John Travolta, Kurt Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson
Mike Fleming

Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino has offered the role of wealthy plantation owner Spencer Bennett to Don Johnson, and they are negotiating for Johnson to join a cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and … Read More »

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PILOT SEASON: The End Of Ageism?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday March 13, 2011 @ 7:10pm PDTTags: Betty White, Christine Lahti, Don Johnson, Eric Roberts, Kathy Bates, pilots, Steve Buscemi, Tim Allen, Tom Selleck
Nellie Andreeva

Part of a series that takes an analytical look at the current broadcast pilot season and some of its trends and heroes.

Maybe it’s the Tom Selleck/Kathy Bates effect, but the broadcast networks seem more open than ever to shows fronted … Read More »

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PILOT SEASON: The Bad Boys Are Back!

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday March 12, 2011 @ 5:47pm PSTTags: A Mann's World, Don Johnson, Eric Roberts, Exit Strategy, Grace, pilot season, Tom Sizemore
Nellie Andreeva

From Celebrity Rehab stars to pilot leads — that’s the career trajectory for Eric Roberts and Tom Sizemore, who landed major roles on pilots this season: Roberts is the star … Read More »

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Don Johnson Set To Star In Michael Patrick King’s NBC Drama Pilot ‘A Mann’s World’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 8:00pm PSTTags: A Mann's World, A Mann's World Casting, A Mann's World Pilot, Don Johnson, Michael Patrick King, NBC, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

Former Miami Vice star Don Johnson is returning to NBC. After lengthy negotiations, Johnson just closed a deal to star in the network’s drama pilot from Michael Patrick King A Mann’s World. In the vein of Shampoo, the project, from … Read More »

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Don Johnson Awarded $23.2M In ‘Nash Bridges’ Lawsuit Against Rysher

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 2:09pm PDTTags: Courts, Don Johnson, Law, Mark Cuban, Qualia Capital, Todd Wagner

donjohnson1Another hey-you-didn’t-pay-me-my-profits lawsuit. This time a Los Angeles jury sided with Don Johnson who was both the star and a producer on the 1990s crime series Nash Bridges. Johnson sued 3 entertainment companies in 2009, claiming he was owed millions in … Read More »

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