TOOLS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Optimism was in the air Monday among Academy Awards nominees - both on their films' prospects and the chances that Hollywood's crippling writers strike will end in time for the Oscars show to go on as planned. "I'm a positive individual. I think the sun will come up tomorrow," said Viggo Mortensen, a best-actor contender for the crime tale Eastern Promises, who was among about 120 nominees attending an annual Oscar luncheon. "I think that there will be a proper Oscars, and I think that Eastern Promises has a good chance to win an award." The fate of the Oscars on...
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