Ask the Answer B!tch

Increasingly, Super Bowl commercials are coming out the week before the big game. Doesn't it hurt the Super Bowl ratings to have all the commercials revealed before they actually air?
—Barbara, via the inbox

You kidding me? If people fail to tune on Sunday, it likely won't have much to do with the resurgence of Ferris Bueller and his eternal day off. And I can prove it ...

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Hi A.B.! So Demi Moore's 911 call was the latest such call to be released to the media. While this is interesting to us, isn't there some sort of privacy act that forbids this? Is nothing sacred?!
—Freddie Ball, via Facebook

Of course some things are sacred...just not the things that celebrities think should be sacred, such as their desire to control what other people say about them at all times. George Clooney may be all a-bluster that the 911 call was released, too, but he and his powerful friends probably won't get their way on this one...

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Why is Jim Carrey's daughter auditioning for American Idol if her daddy is rich enough to pay for someone to produce a album for her?
—Alissa M., via the inbox

As handy as it can be for a budding musician to have a famous dad (right, Willow Smith?) it's not so advantageous as you might think. There may be a good reason why for example, Tom Hanks' rapper son is not burning up the charts right now.

So why did Jane Carrey feel the need to audition? Let me give you some insider insight...

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Why are so many stars breaking up in January? Is it awards season stress?
—Honey, via the inbox

Right, right, all the anxiety that comes with choosing between the chartreuse Hervé Léger gown and the ruby Hervé Léger gown—how do these poor waifs cope?

Yes, a whole crop of breakups have our E! News rabbits on overdrive, including Heidi Klum and Seal; K.D. Lang and her domestic partner; Drew Carey and That Lady He Dated For Five Years; Katy Perry and Russell Brand. (Well, OK, Brand filed for divorce Dec. 30, but close enough.)

So is January to blame?

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Why do celebrities such as Demi Moore say they are being admitted for "exhaustion" when there is no insurance company in the world that will pay for someone to "rest up" and no one really believes the diagnosis of "exhaustion" anyway? Why say anything at all?
_ Mallie K., via Facebook

I've interviewed a range of doctors, from straight-up M.D.s to addiction specialists, and they all agree with you: If you think insurance is going to reimburse you for weariness, good luck with that. Celebrities aren't fooling anybody with that old saw, either. But there's a good reason why they use the same unbelievable language time and again ...

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Who stands to win in the Seal-Heidi Klum divorce?
—Evans, via the inbox

I shall first give the standard toadying answer, which is that no one wins in a divorce, for it is all so sad.

Good. That's over with. I've weighed in with the experts, and they tell me that if these two do divorce, the money will likely go in quite the unusual direction...

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Is there an official or unofficial dress code for these Hollywood awards shows?
—Debbie P., via Facebook

There's always an unofficial dress code, at least. For ladies attending the Oscars, for example, it's "borrow as much haute couture as you can get away with."

But given all that, you'd be shocked at what at least some red carpet denizens have managed to wear, even on Oscar night:

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Liam Neeson and Kate Beckinsale are both in huge action movies right now. Does this officially mean that anyone can be an action star?
—Sixty B., via the inbox

Say that again. Liam Neeson is just waiting to beat you senseless with a dead wolf and then finish you off with an ice pick.

His upcoming man-vs.-lupine thriller, The Grey, along with a remake of The A-Team, the upcoming Battleship, the hit Taken and its sequel (now filming), mean that the man who played Oskar Schlinder is essentially an action star at least five times over.

Does that mean that Meryl Streep or Colin Firth is next?

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If Chris Brown really is sneaking around with Rihanna, can't he go to jail? I thought there was a restraining order against him.
—N.T., via the inbox

The astounding news at this hour is that, yes, Rihanna has reportedly been spending quite a bit of time with her rather bashy ex, at least, according to Us Weekly. Brown's rep has denied any rekindled romance, but if this story is even one-eighth true, here's what might be in store for Brown...

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Beyoncé has had an insect named after her. Could she contest that decision and make the scientists rename it?
—Robert P. via Facebook

You speak of a newly discovered horse fly with—and I swear I am not making this up—a golden butt.

The fly has golden hairs on its hindquarters. And because of that glowing rear, yes, scientists have named the fresh fly after Beyoncé.

Are you ready for this? It's called:

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