London, Dec 19 - Actor Christian Bale has defended his new film "The Flowers of War", which has been accused of being anti-Japanese.

In the film, Bale plays an American who protects a group of Chinese schoolgirls and prostitutes who are trying to escape the Japanese army's brutal sacking of China's wartime capital, Nanjing.

Washington, Dec 17 : Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards when he attempted to meet an activist under home arrest.

The `Dark Knight' star made an eight-hour car journey from Beijing to visit Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights campaigner who has been detained in his home for 15 months, Contactmusic reported.

London, Dec 13 : Actor Christian Bale has revealed that he found filming his new movie `The Flowers Of War' "exhausting" after watching his female co-actors portraying downtrodden prostitutes.

The Dark Knight star depicts an American priest who helps shelter young sex workers from Japanese soldiers in the film, which is an adaptation of writer Yan Geling's novel set during the 1937 Nanking Massacre.

London, Nov 27 : Christian Bale has revealed that he will not be playing Batman any more after `The Dark Knight Rises'.

The 37-year-old actor said that it will also be the director Christopher Nolan's last movie on the cape crusader, marking the end of an era.

"I wrapped a few days ago so that will be the last time I'm taking that [Batman hood] off," the Daily Mail quoted the British actor as telling the Daily Inquirer.

London, Feb 28 : British actor Christian Bale has won the best supporting actor Academy Award for portrayal of problematic boxing brother in ‘The Fighter.’

Bale followed up his success at the Golden Globes with an Academy Award, coming out on top of a shortlist that also included Geoffrey Rush (‘The King''s Speech’) and Jeremy Renner (‘The Town’).

Los Angeles, Feb 28 : Actor Christian Bale took home his first Oscar by winning the best supporting actor at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards here for his role in "The Fighter".

The actor plays a troubled boxer Dicky Eklund in the movie, which also stars Mark Wahlberg.

Bale was competing with John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone"), Jeremy Renner ("The Town"), Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are All Right") and Geoffrey Rush ("The King's Speech") for the award.

Los Angeles, Feb 11 : A representative for Christian Bale has rubbished reports that the actor's marriage is in trouble following his hard-partying behaviour.

According to a report by editors at America's Star magazine, the Oscar-nominated actor has been hitting the Hollywood party scenes throughout the movie industry's current awards season.

New Delhi, Feb 1 : Oscar-nominated "The Fighter" starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg is set to hit Indian screens just two days before the Academy Awards.

Directed by David O. Russell, "The Fighter" is about two brothers Dicky Ecklund (Bale) and Micky Ward (Wahlberg) who, against all odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family and redeem their past. The film will release Feb 25.

London, Jan 22 - Christian Bale has revealed that he spoke in secret language with former boxer Dicky Eklund, who the actor plays in his new film "The Fighter".

Bale portrays former drug addicted boxer Dicky Eklund in the new movie and says they spent so much time together working on the role that he learnt the former sportsman's own language, reports femalefirst. co. uk..

London, Jan 19 : Acclaimed British actor Christian Bale, who walked away with the Golden Globe award for best supporting actor, says he wanted to do his own stunts during the filming of his latest flick "The Fighter" but was persuaded not to by insurance companies.

Los Angles, Jan 17 - Christian Bale took home the Golden Globe for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture for boxing biopic "The Fighter".

Directed by David O. Russell and starring Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, the movie centres on the life of professional boxer "Irish" Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale).

London, Dec 26 : Hollywood actor Christian Bale has revealed he ran everyday to lose weight for his role in the boxing movie "The Fighter".

The actor embarked on a strict diet-and-exercise regime to play drug-addicted former boxer-and-trainer Dicky Eklund in the biographical movie and insists he never felt better than when he was shedding 30lbs off his already trim frame.

London, Dec 24 - Hollywood actor Christian Bale has been chosen to play an American priest in the movie "Nanjing Heroes" based on the Nanjing massacre in China.

The "Batman Begins" actor will play a priest named John, who helped a number of Chinese citizens escape death during the country's Nanjing massacre, when Japanese troops killed thousands in 1937, reports contactmusic. com.

New York, Dec 13 : Actor Christian Bale received huge appreciation from moviegoers at the Cinema Society screening of his new flick ‘The Fighter’.

Bale won over moviegoers Patricia Clarkson, Michael Moore, Lee Daniels, Calvin Klein, Russell Simmons, Adam Levine and girlfriend Anne V, Grace Coddington, Gloria Steinem and Bruce Weber, reports the New York Post.

The film also stars Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams.

London, Dec 12 : Hollywood actor Christian Bale has revealed that he was apprehensive about taking up the title role in "Batman Begins".

The actor, who played Caped Crusader in 2008 movie "The Dark Knight" and will reprise this in the forthcoming "The Dark Knight Rises Again", couldn't decide whether to accept the offer because he was concerned people wouldn't like his interpretation of the character, reports showbizspy. com.

London, Dec 11 - British actor Christian Bale has revealed that extreme dieting for his role in "The Machinist" made him more calm than ever.

The 36-year-old star lived on just a can of tuna and an apple a day and lost 60 pounds while filming for the 2004 film.

Melbourne, Dec 10 : Actor Christian Bale has revealed that his extreme dieting for a movie role made him "calm".

According to the Daily Telegraph, the 36-year-old star lived on just a can of tuna and an apple a day and lost 60lbs while filming ''The Machinist'' in 2004 and he claims cutting down his food intake made him more relaxed than he has ever been before or since, reports BANG Showbiz.

Melbourne, Dec 7 : `American Psycho' a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, which was adapted into a movie starring actor Christian Bale, is now set to be made into a Broadway musical.

`American Psycho: The Musical' is a story about Patrick Bateman, a fictional Wall Street banker who is obsessed with designer clothes, Phil Collins, rape and murder.

London, Nov 24 : Hollywood star Christian Bale is planning to hang up Batman's cape after playing the vigilante in a third and final movie.

The actor insists "The Dark Knight Rises" will be his final outing as the comic book superhero unless director Christopher Nolan has other plans, reports imdb. com.

"This will be, I believe -- until Chris says different -- the last time I'll be playing Batman," he said.(IANS)

London, April 4 : British actor Christian Bale has applied for US citizenship, a media report said.

The "Terminator Salvation" star had left his native Wales in 1976, lived in Europe and then shifted to US for work and if rumours are to be believed, the actor is seeking US citizenship, reports starpulse. com.

Bale is married to American model Sibi Blazic and currently lives in Los Angeles with daughter Emmeline. (IANS)

London, March 9 : Hollywood actor Christian Bale has not been in contact with his family for more than 18 months after his arrest following a family row.

Bale's mother Jenny said she is desperate to reunite with her son, saying she misses him terribly.

She said Bale has ignored all attempts she made to make contact since he was arrested on suspicion of assault on the evening of the London premiere of his movie "The Dark Knight" in July 2008.

London, Feb 04 : Christian Bale''s `American Psycho' may soon be adapted into a musical.

Big Love writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has collaborated with lyricist Duncan Sheik to create the Broadway show, reports the Daily Express.

Popular music from the 1980s will apparently be used for the musical, reports Variety. com.

Washington, September 25 : Christian Bale’s ‘American Psycho’, a film adaptation of the controversial novel, will now be adapted for the Broadway stage.

The Batman starring English actor got his major break by playing the serial killer ‘Patrick Bateman’ in the 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis'' novel, reports Contactmusic.

Initially scorned for its extreme violence and sexual content, the movie has caught the eye of theatre bosses who now hope to recreate its applause by adapting it for the New York stage.

Tokyo, Aug 21 : Welsh-born English actor Christian Bale says that the credit for his acting abilities goes to horses, for he honed his techniques by watching them.

Bale, noted for his self-confidence in the way he moves and handles himself, ascribes part of this ease and gracefulness to horsemanship.

"I love horses. I''ve learned from them. Just watch how a horse walks. It does it without self-consciousness,” The Japan Times Online quoted him as saying.

Melbourne, Aug 15: Christian Bale, star of the new Batman film The Dark Knight, will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister, according to British prosecutors.

The 34-year-old actor was arrested last month, the day before appearing at the film's West End premiere, over an alleged assault in his suite at London's plush Dorchester Hotel.