Christian Bale broke ground Feb 7 on a project he’s been pursuing for 16 years – the building of a dozen homes and a community centre in Los Angeles County intended to keep siblings in foster care together.
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 (80km) north and across the San Gabriel Mountains from Los Angeles.
