he was arrested in London - for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister.
Bale, 34, was grilled by cops for about four hours after the women claimed he attacked them at the five-star Dorchester Hotel Sunday, the night before he attended the red-carpet gala for the blockbuster film's London premiere.
Bale's mother, Jenny, 61, and sister, Sharon, 40, filed a complaint with police on Monday. The actor appeared at a London police station for questioning today.
London's Telegraph, citing sources, reported that Bale had shoved either his mother or sister in an argument over a long-running family dispute.
Police sources said investigators delayed questioning Bale for a day to avoid disrupting the opening of the box-office blockbuster.
"It would have been wrong to wreck the premiere over a complaint which we do not yet know is founded in truth," the source said.
Bale said in a statement released by his London attorneys that he "denies the allegation," and that he cooperated with police, giving an "account in full of the events in question."
He was not formally charged, but was asked to return in September, pending the results of the inquiry.
A police spokesman would only say - without referring to Bale by name - that "a 34-year-old man attended a central London police station this morning by appointment and was arrested in connection with an allegation of assault."
British police do not name suspects until they have been formally charged, which - unlike the US legal system - does not always go hand-in-hand with an arrest.
After he was released, he was ushered back to the Dorchester Hotel in the back of a black SUV with heavily tinted windows.
At her home in Wimborne, Dorset, on England's southern coast, Bales' sister Sharon - who works in technology - at first denied anything had happened.
"I don't know what you mean or what you are talking about," she said.
Upon further questioning, she changed her tune.
"Well, OK, there was an incident, but the police are dealing with it. It is an extremely sensitive situation and I don't know how the press got hold of it. We don't want the press to affect the investigation," she said. "There is nothing more I can say."
Bale's mother - a former circus clown - told reporters from her home in Bournemouth, also on the southern coast, that there, indeed, had been a "family situation."
"Yes, I was there [at the Dorchester] and, yes, there was a family situation, but the police are handling it and I cannot say anymore at the moment," she said. "We didn't call the police to the scene. I can't say anymore, but we didn't call the police."
..... new york post
Saturday, July 26, 2008
the new world
In the beginning of the Seventeenth Century, along the English colonization of North America, Captain John Smith leaves the Jamestown fort to explore another area and trade with the Indians, but he is captured. The princess Pocahontas asks her father to spare Captain Smith's life and they fall in love for each other. When he returns to the colony, he becomes the president of Jamestown and finds people starving, but Pocahontas brings supplies, saves them and falls in disgrace with her people. When the Indians realize that the English will not leave their country, they attack and after a bloody battle, the English trade Pocahontas and lodge her in the fort to protect their families, and Captain Smith loses his position because he does not agree with the arrangement. With the return of Captain Newport, Captain Smith is promoted and sent back to England, and he asks a friend to tell Pocahontas that he drowned along the trip. Pocahontas is civilized and baptized by the English and John Rolfe proposes and marries her. Many years later, she hears that Captain Smith is alive, and she has to decide if she keeps her marriage or follows her heart.
harsh times
Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids
equilibrium
In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.
Friday, July 25, 2008
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