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Actor Christian Bale Breaks Ground On Palmdale Foster Homes He's Fought For 16 Years To See Built
But Bale wasn't just playing Bruce Wayne and lending his name and money to a charitable cause.
February 8, 2024
Christian Bale broke ground Wednesday on a project he's been pursuing for 16 years — the building of a dozen homes and a community center in Los Angeles County intended to keep siblings in foster care together.
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The Oscar winner stood with a grin and a shovel full of dirt alongside local politicians and donors in the decidedly non-Hollywood city of Palmdale, 60 miles (80 kilometers) north and across the San Gabriel Mountains from Los Angeles.
But Bale, who was Batman in director Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy, wasn't just playing Bruce Wayne and lending his name and money to a charitable cause.
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