According to the latest entertainment news, CHRISTIAN BALE will be hanging up the sleek black Batman suit and turning in the keys to the Batmobile after wrapping up “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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Bale has been playing the iconic superhero since 2005, but the actor has announced that, after three Batman films, he will finally be shelving the cape and the bat-eared mask. He tells the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

Christian Bale talks about his  shoulder length hair and semi-beard at the Golden Globes on Sunday. Christian isn’t letting his hair grow for an upcoming role, he’s just doing it for the fun of it!  

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“In truth, you know what this is? This is unemployment, this is all this is,” Christian told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush backstage after he picked up his Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role Award for “The Fighter.”

The 68th Annual Golden Globes is still underway here are some of the winners of the big night. Annette Bening won the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her role in ‘The Kids Are All Right.’

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Christian Bale scored the Best Supporting Actor for his role as troubled ex-boxer Dickie Eklund in ‘The Fighter.’

‘The Social Network,’ which won Best Original Score and Best Screenplay, and ‘Toy Story 3,’ which took home the trophy for Best Animated Feature Film.

Mark Wahlberg is worried about Christian Bale’s health. The two are starring in a movie called The Fighter and it required Bale to lose 30 pounds. However, that isn’t what concerns Mark…it’s the way that Bale goes about his life right now!

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More pictures of Christian after the skip…

Christian has taken off weight and put it on for other roles. Losing and gaining weight quickly is hard on the body and Mark has taken notice. From the Aurora Sentinel:

Christian Bale looking pale and gaunt for his role as boxer-turned trainer-turned-drug addict Dickie Eklund in “The Fighter,”  Christian looks to have dropped even more weight as he is spotted on the film set in Boston, Massachusetts yesterday than when we posted his shockingly thin photos a couple weeks back.

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more pale and gaunt photos of Christian Bale on the set below..

Christian Bale is shockingly thin! Bale has been a master of reinvention when it comes to transforming his body for his various movie roles, but the sight of the gaunt Welsh actor Monday afternoon on set of “The Fighter” raises suspicions as to the nature of his health.

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more shockingly thin photos of Christian Bale below..