Morning, folks!

I think we can all agree that the best part of the Oscars was Luke Matheny winning Best Short Film (Live Action) for his grad-school thesis, “God of Love.” For all of James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s self-aware demographic-baiting, it was Matheny’s acceptance speech when youth had its moment at the Oscars.

City Paper arts monarch J.L. Fischer has been throwing up posts from a cruise ship this weekend, where several hundred bruisers, led by D.C. rock mayor Ian Svenonius, have been rocking in the free world — that is, international waters.

Lady Gaga made like the Romans and issued some dubious maxims from the bully pulpit during her visit to D.C. last week. TBD compiles a few gems.

The Spiderman broadway show is so doomed. On the other hand, there is a market for morbid curiosity, so we’ll see.

Have a good one!