The kind of seriously interesting part of this story is that RadarOnline claims that they're a news organization, and the state can't restrict what they cover. But the California Labor Department claims they're just another entertainment company, and must therefore abide by child labor laws and get an "entertainment permit" and an on-site teacher for the kids and everything else. Wouldn't it be interesting if this turned into one of those strange bedfellows-type cases, with all the media coming together to defend RadarOnline's right to cover the most bottom-of-the-barrel "news" imaginable? It could happen!

Instead of dwelling on that, we bring you this new quote from Octo-Grandma:

"The babies have no inkling," she said. And Suleman's older children "think it's fun," she said, adding that sometimes they stick their tongues out at the camera.

America's right to freak shows is guaranteed by the Constitution!
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Ed Wyatt, we hear, didn't show up at the party. So, uh, everything is fine now. Forget this little "Party At Sony Exec's House" ever happened. Just forget it. Unless you were there, in which case, email us.
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DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, arrived in a limousine to pay respects to Baker, 29. More than 300 people turned out to honor Baker, and many friends stood up to share their memories of him at the memorial service, which lasted two hours.

...Goldstein, dressed in a green polo shirt, followed Villar's request that people wear green – Baker's favorite color – to honor her husband's memory.

Goldstein, who suffered burns in the crash, was released from Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga., last Friday. Barker, was released from the hospital Monday and is on his way back to Los Angeles on a bus.

"Travis felt so bad to have missed [the service]," said a source.

Can't blame Travis for eschewing air travel on his way back to Los Angeles. Good luck to both men.

[Photo Credit: Splash News]

• DJ AM Attends Memorial Service for Crash Victim [People]

Barker has burns on his torso and lower body and Goldstein has burns on his arm and part of his head, Mullins said. (Mullins would not say the percentage of their bodies that were burned or whether they were conscious. He also did not go into detail about the type of treatment they are currently receiving.)

According to People, a blown tire is being blamed for the accident:

"The cockpit voice recorder went on for two hours, but the last 18 minutes were most pertinent, because those words proved that it was a tire blowout that [may have] caused the crash killing four people," Debbie Hersman, board member of the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, D.C., tells PEOPLE.

"After getting their clearance from Air Traffic Control, the plane only got 80 knots on the 8,600-foot runway before the incident," she said.

...The crew tried to abort takeoff, the recording stated, and there were many background and impact sounds on the tape. The voice tapes from the control tower were equally revealing.

"The Air Traffic Control tapes stated that they gave the crew clearance to depart, as well as the wind speeds," said Hersman, who is in Columbia with 11 other investigators from the NTSB.

"The tapes went on to say they saw sparks and heard the crew on the plane explaining that they were going off of the runway," she said.

One of the victims was Chris Baker, Barker's assistant, though initial rumors that said the jet was chartered so that he could fly back to his pregnant wife's bedside have been proven false. Barker's ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, and AM's ex-girlfriend, Mandy Moore, have flown to the men's bedsides.

We'll keep you updated, but hopefully, things will only get better from here.

[Photo Credit: AP]

• 4 Killed In Small Plane Crash: DJ AM And Travis Barker Critically Injured [HuffPo]

Earlier plans to replace Ledger with a new actor (say, Johnny Depp) haven't materialized. And despite Christopher Plummer's assertions to the contrary, it doesn't seem like CGI will save the day. While the quagmire will surely unravel itself (hopefully soon), we're instead choosing to focus our attentions on the teaser image itself (shown below): the pic reveals stage left of the traveling Imaginarium itself, made out of what looks like shredded cardboard, decked out with carnie lights, and topped off with quite the eerie all-seeing Eye of Providence.

• QUICK STOP EXCLUSIVE: THE FIRST TEASER IMAGE FROM 'THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS' [Quick Stop Entertainment]

Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You [The Gawker Shop]