Batman and Mr. Freeze. John Connor and The Terminator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger hit Brentwood yesterday to have lunch with Christian Bale -- the guy who keeps taking over the movie franchises he starred in first. No word if Christian ordered his own meal ... or just finished off whatever Arnold had.
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Right about the time your cutemeter explodes, tiny actress Jadagrace defends Christian Bale's "Terminator" tantrum by saying he's as nice as can be. But who could possibly be mean to her ...
The kicker: When our photog asks her if she wants to say "hey" to any friends at TMZ ... just watch it.
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Looks like Batman's mom was robbin', because the case against Christian Bale is over.
Bale will not be charged in the alleged assault against his mother at a London hotel last month.
We told you days after Bale was busted that it looked like a shakedown for $$$. Looks like the Brits felt the same way.
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So you're the star of one of the biggest movies ever. It's pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars. And you fly from the Tokyo premiere back home to LAX -- COMMERCIAL!
Not only did Bale fly with the commoners, he had to push his own luggage cart with an incredibly heavy trunk, forcing him to move at a snail's pace, rendering him helpless in front of the pappers.
Oh the humanity.
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Batman is on the loose again.
After a crazy week of premieres, cops and allegedly assaulting his mom, Christian Bale got out of Dodge by flying out of London's Heathrow airport on Friday.
Gotham City awaits his return.
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No Freudian slip for Christian Bale this morning.
He was in Barcelona this morning shilling for "The Dark Knight," and when asked about Mummygate and ... we got nothin'. He'd only say the incident was a "deeply personal matter."
As we reported yesterday, Bale has been estranged from his mom for decades and his peeps smell $hakedown.
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After a busy day in jail on Tuesday, Christian Bale got back to promoting his film and hit up "The Dark Knight" premiere in Barcelona today.
We're told he signed autographs... but didn't answer any reporter questions. Of course he didn't.
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Sources tell TMZ Christian Bale has had a long-standing difficult relationship with his mom and Bale's camp believes the motivation for the whole assault charge may be $$$.
We're told when Christian's mom and dad divorced nearly two decades ago, his mom forced him to choose between the two. Christian picked his dad, and father and son moved out to L.A. in 1992, where his dad became his manager.
Somehow Bale's relationship with the mom has been "bitter" ever since. Bale has told friends his mother was extremely jealous of both his and his dad's success.
Last Sunday, Bale let his mom and sis into his hotel suite, though it was by no means an olive branch. As we first reported, there was physical contact, but somewhere in between a push and a brush. No one fell and no one was hurt.
Christian's camp thinks this could be nothing more than a shakedown. We're told some newspapers and mags have already been throwing around "insane" amounts of money for the story, so mom and sis could score big.
But our sources say the cops are starting to see the whole thing Christian's way, and the charges could disappear faster than Batman.
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Christian Bale was one giant raw nerve days before he allegedly pushed his mother.Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Christian Bale
Sources directly connected to the Christian Bale case tell TMZ there was physical contact between Christian and his mom, but it amounted to next to nothing.
We're told Bale pushed his mom out of the way during the altercation. She was not hurt and did not fall down. There's a division of opinion on whether the contact was a "push" or a "brush."
It seems what was hurt most during the confrontation were feelings ... nothing more than feelings.
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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.
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Christian Bale barely cracked a smile with UK television on Monday -- but we can't tell if his grumpy demeanor had more to do with the alleged assault on his family the night before or the incredibly awkward time delay.
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Christian Bale's sister Sharon was spotted this morning in Dorset -- just hours after Bale was arrested for allegedly assaulting Sharon and their mother, Jenny.
Bale was released by police soon after his arrest and denies the whole thing.
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There are reports circulating that Christian Bale was arrested for verbal assault, and one of Bale's reps is echoing that.
Who knew, but we called around jolly old England and found there is such a thing as verbal assault, Class 4 and Class 5. Class 4 is more aggravated than 5, with "an intent to cause alarm."
Was Christian's offense mouthing off to mom? We're checking.
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Christian Bale has just been released from a London pokey.
Bale was driven back to the Dorchester Hotel where he allegedly did something to his mom and sis, getting them mad enough to file a crime report.
Scotland Yard tells TMZ Bale has been ordered to make an appearance back at the cop shop in September.
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