WGA strike overOf the 3,775 votes cast by members of the Writers Guild of America, 92% were for going back to work. "The strike is over," union president Patric Verrone said last night at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. "Our membership has voted." Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and Gil Cates, who's producing the Feb. 24 Oscars show, hold a news conference later this morning to give a status report. But writers were said to be tapping out snappy Oscar bon mots even last night. "This is a day of relief and optimism for everyone in the entertainment industry," reads the statement from the AMPTP. Variety

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