29-year-old Hathaway has been dating her now-fiancee – an actor and jewelry designer – since 2008. It’s always amazing when two actors manage to sustain a relationship for any length of time, and are able to keep themselves out of the tabloids, which these two seem to have done. This bodes well for their future since very few relationships are able to long endure the scrutiny of the spotlight.

Of course, Hathaway’s had her share of the spotlight. The  ”Princess Diaries” and “The Devil Wears Prada” star went through a public break-up with ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri when he was arrested and pleaded guilty on fraud charges.

Hathaway stars in upcoming superhero film “The Dark Knight Rises,” playing Catwoman opposite Christian Bale as Batman.

“I wrapped a few days ago, so that will be the last time I’m taking that cowl off … that will be the end of that Batman era.”

And this isn’t the first time he’s indicated that he’s run his course as Batman. He also told E! that unless director Christopher Nolan says differently, this would be the last time he played the role.

Joining Bale in “The Dark Knight Rises” are Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway, as Catwoman.

Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravensthahl is said to be thrilled with the announcement, adding that there will be red carpet treatment for the cast and crew.  If Ravensthahl is lucky, he might even get abuse shouted at him by Christian Bale, who knows.

Christian Bale in 'The Dark Knight' (Warner Bros.)

No official casting news has been announced yet for the Batman 3 film. However, Christian Bale previously stated he has signed on for a third film. Other main characters are also expected to return for the new installment of the series. Emily Blunt is also rumored to be interested, possibly for the role of Catwoman.

Little is known about the plot of the upcoming Batman sequel, although Nolan has said the villain in the film will not be Mr. Freeze. Comments from Nolan about the upcoming movie have implied that this may be the last Batman film he takes on.

“I’m very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we’ve done with the characters.” Nolan told the Los Angeles Times last month. “The key thing that makes the third film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story,” Nolan said. “And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story.”

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Wrong. Christian Bale is a gold-plated asshole, and now we have the audio to prove it. Bale was working on his upcoming flick “Terminator Salvation”, and got his panties in a twist at director of photography Shane Hurlbut for accidentally walking into his site-line in a shot. This is the film’s DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, and one who is no novice.

Bale goes off like a freaking case of plastic explosives, and launches an F-bomb-riddled tirade that will make your ears bleed. Bale’s been taking lessons from Rahmbo and Hot Rod Blagojevich. Needless to say: Incredibly NSFW. You have been warned.

Don’t tell Snarkista that Christian’s a genius actor and therefore is allowed to act crazier than The Joker. The big man threatened to walk the film if Shane made another mistake- so some studio suit wisely kept the audio from this hissy fit…for insurance. Literally.

If Bale HAD walked, at least the production would have proof to the films backers and insurers of his insufferable nature…something his wife and sister-in-law know all too well. Except he has them too scared to tell.

Christian’s just blown any cover of class he may have had in Hollywood, if he had any left. You, sir, are NO Bruce Wayne. No wonder you don’t have Robin to kick around anymore! What in heaven’s name would Alfred say?! Look into some Valerian, dude. With a side of yoga.

Christian was alleged to have “pushed and shoved” his mom Jenny, 61, and Sharon, 41. But sources close to Bale, say Jenny inflamed the situation by hurling insults about his wife Sandra Sibi Blazic. As you know, unless you’ve been on a desert island for the past week, the fight happened on Sunday night, hours before Monday’s European premiere of Bale’s new Batman film. Interesting timing on the part of mom and sis! The Sun quotes a source close to the case who said:

Christian is a very wealthy young man and was asked to help his sister out financially.
He was asked to loan her £100,000 (approximately $200,000 US) but he refused and that caused an almighty row. During that row, the women claim, he assaulted them by pushing and shoving them. Both Jenny and Sharon are terribly upset over what happened. They did not want any publicity and the last thing they wanted to do was wreck his premiere evening. But they say he bullied them. They are both devastated that it has come to this but want him to be taught a lesson.

Sounds like someone needs to give the whole clan some counseling. Particularly Sharon the clown, who might want to consider a more lucrative line of work.

A source close to the 34-year-old actor says Bale is confident he’s done nothing wrong, and blames his mother. He is also said to have become depressed over the death of close friend and co-star Heath Ledger. The source told the Daily Mail that:

Christian was stressed, but he didn’t lay a finger on anyone. Instead, he flew off the handle and cussed his mother. He just got very loud because his mother was saying some very outrageous things about him, and his wife. Christian’s attitude is that this was his mother’s fault because she became very provocative in an argument they were having.Things got out of control and he now says he wishes he just left the room. Normally Christian would just call a friend and go out to a pub to cool off. But he was literally trapped into this confrontation with his mother and sister because there was an army of fans and paparazzi outside. He has stresses in his marriage. He can have a terrible temper. Instead of lashing out at his wife, he sometimes lashes out at people around him. His marriage is not perfect, but his relationship with his mother is in much more trouble.

Bale has apparently been deeply affected by the death of good friend Ledger, and without Ledger around, he’s found it more and more difficult to communicate with those around him, especially his family. It was reported he found it hard to shake off the mental strains of the role, and told an interviewer he was having trouble sleeping. They had become very close during the making of The Dark Knight and Christian went into virtual hiding for the six weeks after Heath was found dead.

The source says that Bale wasn’t returning phone calls and he wasn’t a happy man. “It’s foolish to think that he’s been able to completely shake off that grief just as Heath and his work is finally being seen by audiences. He expected to share this moment with his friend, and now he can’t.”

Snarkista thinks that Jenny Bale was mad enough at Christian to try and spoil his big moment at the European premier of The Dark Night. With all of the pre-release publicity that centered on Heath, the reminders of his death were everywhere. No one should be “assaulted”, but the charge against Christian is an extremely minor one. It seems like it could have been handled within the family without involving the police.

Last night, London Police allowed Batman star Christian Bale to attend the biggest film premiere of the summer last night despite him being accused of assault.

Bale, 34, faces questioning over the claim made by his own mother and sister. Christian was able to attend the first European screening of new Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” in London’s West End. He is accused of lashing out on Sunday night at Park Lane’s Dorchester Hotel — where he has a suite. His mom Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40, who lives in Dorset, went to a police station in Hampshire yesterday to lodge the allegation. The matter was referred to the Met Police.

Detectives, well aware of last night’s glittering bash, made the decision not to approach Bale yesterday. But they are expected to try to question him today. A source said:

It was a very difficult situation but it would have been wrong to have wrecked the premiere over a complaint which we don’t yet know is founded in truth. But Mr Bale will be contacted at the earliest opportunity and be asked to provide an account of anything that happened.

A Met Police spokesman said: “We can confirm we have received allegation from another force in relation to an alleged incident in central London.”

WTF did Christian DO? Is he still in character? Were his mom and sister pissed ‘cuz he didn’t take them to the London premier? Was he just hammered? Snarkista MUST know. And therefore will be digging diligently around!