| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Opinion: Lose weight, gain an Oscar? | | This year's race for best actor at the Academy Awards was supposed to have been the most wide open in decades, with candidates ranging from two-time winner Tom Hanks for "Captain Phillips" to newcomer Oscar Isaac for "Inside Llewyn Davis." |
| SeaWorld | | SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is requesting the U.S. Department of Labor investigate the conduct of employee Lara Padgett, alleging she violated the ethics code for government employees. |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | | Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead February 2 on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment with a syringe in his left arm, died of acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, the New York medical examiner's office said Friday. |
| Boy Scouts | | The Walt Disney Company has given notice to the Boy Scouts of America that it will pull all funding to the group starting in 2015 because of a BSA membership policy that bans gay leaders, the entertainment company said Friday. |
| Mila Kunis | | Ashton Kutcher's quiet romance with Mila Kunis has reportedly blossomed into an engagement. |
| Spike Lee | | A graffiti vandal hit the home owned by Spike Lee's father and a neighboring home in Brooklyn Friday -- days after the filmmaker's curse-filled rant against the gentrification enveloping his old neighborhood. |
| Mudslides wreak havoc on SoCal | | CNN's Kyung Lah reports on the torrential rain that is causing mudslides and forcing evacuations in Southern California. |
| Ukraine | | Viktor Yanukovych tells reporters he did not order police to fire on protesters during demonstrations last week. |
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