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March 13, 2003

Arts&Entertainment: March 13, 2003 Daytime Emmy nominations go on view
NEW YORK -- The View was nominated for Daytime Emmys, which was only fitting, since the ABC chat show broadcast the announcements live Wednesday.

Rocking our world: Rappers cut the grass
LAYING OFF THE WEED: Is it a trend? So many hip-hop stars have recently been saying that marijuana is no longer a part of their lifestyle, Team Pop is tempted to call them weed whackers. Bad boy rapper Snoop Dogg, long a proponent of ganja on tracks such as Gin and Juice and Hennesy N Buddha, was fined in 2002 for possession of the plant. Now he has renounced it, telling Blender that he needed to put down the bong to be a better dad to his 8-year-old son, Corde. Snoop also has begun coaching his kid's school football team. Rapper Busta Rhymes claims he, too, has given up pot smoking, a habit he began when he was 12.

Side show
WAS SHE BITING PEOPLE'S EARS?: Taupe wouldn't be our choice for a wall color, but the sight of it doesn't elicit a screaming fit.

In the news: Authorities find Johnson with $8-billion at German border
Don Johnson, star of TV shows Nash Bridges and Miami Vice, was stopped in November by German customs officers who found credit notes and securities worth as much as $8-billion in his car, customs officials said.

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