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Christian Bale: Gymnastics Class Hero

Christian Bale: Gymnastics Class Hero

Christian Bale takes his 4-year old-daughter to a gymnastics academy in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon (April 15).

The 35-year-old British actor will be soon promoting his new movie Terminator Salvation, which arrives in theaters May 21. The official film site is at TerminatorSalvation.com.

Christian’s work in The Dark Knight is up for a Best Male Performance nomination for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. You can get your votes in at MTV.com.

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@gerard Vandenberg:

What? I’m little confused by this statement

Bale is a real family man.
Every pics of him shows his non-celebritiy-manner.
Only the cruel blind couldn’t see that.
I really love him as an actor and a human being.

Adorable daddy and baby!
Despite of being a mega movie star, he is so down to the earth.
He hasnt got a castle, fabulouse sports car, brand new outfit.
I voted him as a best actor, he deserved it.

with you there, #21:)
I don’t get it either. Apparently those “haters” just have too much free time that they can actually devote some time to HATE! totally incredible. I despise some actors/actresses, and I wouldn’t even bother to go look at their photos and make the ” I hate you so much” comments. just WAY too lame and pathetic.

@Blueyes:
I’m with blueeyes and all - he seems great to me - and the comment on anger Management? because he had an outburst? haven’t we all, and some of us in more inappropriate situations? people are grasping at straws to find something to pick at

Tom Cruise is way better than him in many ways. You mention Cruise because of jealousy and Cruise ages hotly unlike Bale who’s pure nuts and looks 50 not 35.

lol @ Jen — at least RDJ seeks help unlike Bale who has a dangerous temper on the loose.

@guli:

What dangerous temper? He had a bad day at his job, top that off with jet lag from promoting TDK and having to deal with his crazy money seeking mom and sis who wouldn’t have lost their cool. I can guarantee that everyone at some point in their lives have lost it. At work with family the size of the blowup doesn’t matter. He’s just trying to live his life as normally as possible.

Oh my god, I’m dying of cute here. Ooh, my ovaries.

Lena, you have go to be joking about Tom Cruise. Yeah, if you think plastic surgery and botox is aging gracefully then Tom Cruise is your man. Bale looks like a man, Cruise looks like a height and sanity challenged man-child. Trust me, ain’t no one here jealous of Mr. Dangerous Cult Shilling Couch Jumper. And I agree with the earlier poster who said if this was Tom Cruise, he would not be protecting his daughter. Notice how Bale protects his daughter by holding her close to his body so her body and face are away from the cameras. Cruise, on the other hand, always faces Suri out so the paps get a good shot(all the while, Suri looks miserable). Yeah, that Cruise, what a great dad.

I agree with blueeyes and MEMEME.
Christian Bale is an awesome actor and his daughter is so sweet looking

@bald outing…..so wild and crazy that comment :)

when the next thread starts the next accusation will be of child molestation like at tmz

Annonymous @ 04/18/2009 at 12:26 pm

I really don’t believe that any one denies that he loves his little girl, he probably does. That however does not mean that he does not have anger issue toward other adults and things going on in everyday life. Other things probably set his anger off. Which in those type of cases he does need to seek some type of help for to manage them. Before any one leaps on me personally, I am also not disputing he is not a good actor. He’s not the greatest one alive ( but he is one of the best today.) I am saying he does need help with anger issues involving adults. He has an arrest record for abuse on others 2 times,that is documented proof - not tabloid press. That is besides his verbal abuse of late. Police records do not go away - no ones do (except juvenile offenses when they reach 18.) This could eventually hurt his career and he does eventually deserve awards for his work.

Again I don’t dispute his love for his child or his wife. I also do not deny his talent as an actor. He just needs a little help in dealing with other adults he has to deal with and he has to deal with other adults everyday. He needs to learn how to ignore those that annoy him, maybe he should talk to someone to help understand how to do that before he gets another arrest on his record. I would personally like to see him succeed - his fans should feel the same way and wish the same for him. You should hope he gets what help he needs to become as great in his career as we know he can be. He deserves an Oscar someday for his work.

Anonymous, and before you get all hurt and think I’m attacking you personally I’m not. But you opened this door and invited everyone in so here goes.

If you are referring to the alleged VERBAL assault brought against him by his mother and sister. Those charges were found to have no merit what so ever and were dropped. He was never charges in this case, look it up if you don’t believe me. In fact the only people that actually know anything about what happened that day are those involved an unless you were in the room in London when he and his family had their argument there is noway you could know what really happened. In fact the only answers that have been gleamed from this case are rumors of his mom and sis trying to extort money from him, then the 2 of them insulted his wife and when that still didn’t yield the money they were after they tried using the only other thing they knew he hates most of all and that’s putting his private life into the public eye. The only real fact that has come out of those charges is that there was a verbal argument and NO physical assault took place. I’m sure if anyone of us were put under those circumstances we wouldn’t be able to keep our cool either. What all this boils down is NO ONE knows what really happened during either of these events, so lets all try a remember this fun fact, the supposed news network that broke the story on his rant was TMZ and I’m sure that they did all they could to get all the facts before they released that wonderfully colorful audio to the world. So lets try a think outside the box before we jump on the his a big **** wagon and see all sides to story. I mean I thought the Salem Witch Trails were over but apparently they’ve found a new home on the world wide web.

#38 - Blueyes has stated the correct story of what happened with his mother and sister - but that is only one instance.

You said:

” He has an arrest record for abuse on others 2 times,that is documented proof - not tabloid press.”

What is the other time - of which there is “documented proof”?

You're wrong #38 @ 04/19/2009 at 2:17 am

Christian does not have a criminal record. The tabloids did look it up and his record was completely clean. Arrest records are public information and anyone can look them up. Don’t you think the media would be all over it if he had anything on his record?

Like Blueyes stated there were no charges made in the verbal dispute with his mother and sister. His mother and sister later sold their stories to the tabloids which definitely hurt their credibility. In England, being arrested is different than the States. You can be arrested without charge or any evidence. Being arrested means you are being asked in for questioning. Anyone can file a complaint against you and you will be “arrested” in England. It doesn’t matter if there is any proof. Anyway, the whole point is moot because no charges were ever filed therefore the matter was completely dropped.

You're wrong #38 @ 04/19/2009 at 2:30 am

I’m adding to my comment above. I want to quote an article proving that Mr. Bale has no arrest record:

A records check turned up no criminal record for Bale in Los Angeles, where he’s lived with his wife, Sibi Blazic, and their young daughter.

http://www.theinsider.com/news/1082698_We_re_Just_Getting_Word_Christian_Bale_s_Been_Released_After_Arrest_Denies_Mom_Assault

I realize that on the Internet, you can say anything without any veracity, but it’s also easy to prove someone wrong.

#21 Me Me Me hate is a 2 strong word.there are a lot of people with a lot of free time.he is a good actor nothing more and nothing less.

ILoveVelvetGoldmine @ 04/20/2009 at 2:20 pm

I think this is really cute. I went to gymnastics when I was that age and i really enjoyed it. But I had to stop because my mum made me go to Ballet. I think Christian must want her to go since he takes her. Gymnastics and Swimming are great for a child that age. Good for the bodies circulation especially for a child . Hooray!

Christina Viering @ 04/21/2009 at 9:17 pm

Hope they are having a great time!

Updated info for all the haters to chew on:

Taken from livenews.com.au written and posted 4/21/09

But now, it has been revealed by on set sources that the original target of the tirade, Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut, was widely despised by the crew - and that Bale was championed for his aggressive verbal assault.

Talking to RadarOnline, the unidentified source came forth with the truth about the DP:

“Hurlbut was a condescending (bleep) to everyone,” the source said.

“His favorite line was why don’t you go stab yourself in the head, you idiot.”

Another source, who had worked with Hurlbut previously, had similar things to say about the 45-year-old.

“I was on the crew of another film Shane was recently DP on and he was despised. Crew hated him - actors had a hard time,” the source told Defamer.

“He would tell his crew, if he was displeased with them, to ‘Stab themselves in the heart and die’ or ‘Blow yourself up’. On this film he would constantly re-light when actors got to set and tweak during takes - it was bad.”

Something for all the haters to chew on:

Taken from livenews.com.au posted 4/21/09

But now, it has been revealed by on set sources that the original target of the tirade, Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut, was widely despised by the crew - and that Bale was championed for his aggressive verbal assault.

Talking to RadarOnline, the unidentified source came forth with the truth about the DP:

“Hurlbut was a condescending (bleep) to everyone,” the source said.

“His favorite line was why don’t you go stab yourself in the head, you idiot.”

Another source, who had worked with Hurlbut previously, had similar things to say about the 45-year-old.

“I was on the crew of another film Shane was recently DP on and he was despised. Crew hated him - actors had a hard time,” the source told Defamer.

“He would tell his crew, if he was displeased with them, to ‘Stab themselves in the heart and die’ or ‘Blow yourself up’. On this film he would constantly re-light when actors got to set and tweak during takes - it was bad.”

ILoveVelvetGoldmine @ 04/25/2009 at 10:56 am

Blue eyes, Christian has already apologised on KROQ for his behaviour towards Hurlburt. Just incase you didnt know he said that the ‘mental’ undertones of the (T4’s) script of the movie prompted him to react in such a manner. Apparently there’s a scene where Sarah Connor is in an instution and he said ‘She Was CRAZY’ and that scene got to him so he thought to mouth off, probably to relieve some stress from what was probably a gruelling, intense schedule of filming cyber warriors and people going insane or whatever. So there’s no need to start a witch hunt. Bale said he would never have got physical with the director of photography and ‘it wasnt like that’ at all. I guess thats what it takes to get the right results and as you can see from the trailers and stuff they are good ones.

@ILoveVelvetGoldmine:

Yes Velvet I know all that. I’m not trying to start a with hunt, what I want is to show all the people who have a one sided opinion on this matter is there is always more to a story than 1st seen. And instead of being close minded, its always a good idea to try and find out more information on any given subject so you have wider view. I don’t want Hulburt trashed in the media that’s not my point of posting the article. That wasn’t the original writers point either. I’m just trying educate. It’s how I try and view all the world news and media BS. I don’t form an opinion based on a gut reaction I do research and if others would do that we might have less issues in the world.

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