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Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims
Jul 25th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christian Bale, the actor behind the Batman mask in "The Dark Knight Rises," visited victims of last week's movie theater shooting as they recovered at an Aurora, Colorado, hospital on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the facility said. Emily Crowley, spokeswoman for the Medical Center of Aurora, confirmed that the movie star was at the hospital Tuesday afternoon but did not give any details. Bill Voloch, interim president of the medical center, told The Denver Post newspaper that Bale spent about 2. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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