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Now that last night's American Idol charity ball is 12 hours past us, we can get on with our day, and listen to some old Elvis songs in order to wash away the stain of Celine. But even in the light of the morning, we're grappling with a few important questions about last night's goings-on. To start: Are people serious about being angry that there was no elimination last night? We were really kidding with our "suckers" line, but apparently there are people who really do feel taken for a ride because their votes won't count for a whole week.

- Were the raised-money totals not updated for the West Coast feed of the show? We've seen $30 million as the quoted figure everywhere. Is this just another example of East Coast bias?
- Where was Borat—sensitivity training?
- Did the Idol camera crew really go to Tom Cruise's house for the sole purpose of asking how many funerals he'd attended?
- Is everyone going to follow LeBron James' lead and release their full "Stayin' Alive" performances? We're sure Teri Hatcher's pratfalls will be amazing.
- Was Hugh Grant's baked bean incident related at all to why he looked so rough?
- Who's going to get pink-slipped for neglecting to edit Sanjaya out from the Elvis-Celine travesty?
- Will that person get a reprieve because watching that segment any more times than absolutely necessary must have created a way-too-stressful work environment?
- Why didn't 2005 Playmate Of The Year Tiffany Fallon get any screen time?
- This one comes from a commenter: "Did anyone else find it as amusing as I did that Allstate was "sponsoring" all the New Orleans segments? The same company that didn't want to pay home owners for hurricane damage (because it was really flood damage, natch) is gonna sponsor a teary eyed segment about the plight of New Orleans homeless? Are you kidding me?"
- Il Divo: Why? No, really. We need to know.

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