In 1988, a 14-year-old Christian Bale attended the London premiere of "Empire of the Sun" with his mum Jenny and two sisters.
The past twenty years hasn't changed Bale's boyish grin, but his relationship with his mum and sis is starting to show its age.
Filed under: Christian Bale
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Posted at 2:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by tmzthebest
2. "yhe" or "the"? ... don't you pay people to find typos?
Posted at 2:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by LC
3. Hey geniuses.........isn't 1988 to 2008 TWENTY years.....not TEN? Good math skills
Posted at 2:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Hardwood22
4. You mean twenty. HELLO! It's 2008 not 1998.
Posted at 2:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by J
5. You mean 20 years not 10. HELLO! This is 2008 not 1998.
Posted at 2:27PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Jaz
6. are you implying that he is only 24 yeras old?? you winght want to check your facts....
Posted at 2:28PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by moon
7. you mean "The past twenty years hasn't change Bale's boyish grin"...1988 was twenty years ago not ten
Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by kdl
8. Please TMZ, enough already! We know he got arrested for some form of assault in England. Why then do you have to run so many different variations on the same thing. Give it a rest! Give us periodic updates like you do with everyone else and let's go on to something else. FFS!!!
Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by yvetterene
9. Well, we see who was enjoying the limelight in those photos. And we see who's trying to get back in it now. Christian is about NOT being in the limelight and being low-key. Not their thing apparently.
Posted at 2:35PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Oy
10. TMZ - do your homework. This is in all likelihood not a huge deal. Did you know that a person can be charged in England for "verbal" assault? That's right! If someone feels he/she has been verbally abused, charges can be levied. It's entirely probable that mommy and big sis didn't like they way they were spoken to - what else can a family do except lay assault charges when wealthy, high-profile son speaks to them inappropriately.
Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by christine
11. Most of these show biz moms never get a job of their own but want to continue to live off the fame and fortune of their kids. They will probably try to sue next since he is the star of a major money maker. Don't buy this story for a minute and if anything at all happened, it was probably just him yelling for them to get out of his life.
Posted at 3:07PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by His.ShowBixMom
12. Looks Like Hes Was Wearing The Young Bruce Wayne Outfit Back Then!!!
Posted at 5:14PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by Mikeal Keeton
13. Typical stage mom. "Get me in the picture."
I would hit her too.
Posted at 6:14PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by CoolGirl2008
14. Was that him in Empire of the Sun?? I love that movie! He's hot.
Posted at 7:59PM on Jul 22nd 2008 by starvinsexpot
15. I didn't realize he was in Empire of the Sun either. He was wonderful in that movie.
Posted at 7:56AM on Jul 23rd 2008 by boredtotears
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