Maggie Gyllenhaal says becoming a mother has made her a better actress.

The 30-year-old star - who appears alongside Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight' this summer - admits having daughter Ramona, now 20-months-old, with fiance Peter Sarsgaard has "deepened" her acting ability.

Christian Bale almost turned down the chance to play Batman - because the skin-tight suit made him claustrophobic.

The 34-year-old - who suffers from the crippling fear of confined spaces - admits he found the famous costume hard to cope with when he first tried it on.

Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey visited a gay bar together.

The pair were seen enjoying 'Martini Tuesday' at Miami's Halo bar this week to research their new movie 'I Love You Phillip Morris', in which they play homosexual lovers.

Jolie has topped a list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars Ever.

The 'Beowulf' actress topped the poll, conducted by Empire magazine, to find the most beautiful star of the silver screen.

Christian Bale ate a live snake for his new film. The 33-year-old actor, who stars as Dieter Dengler in new movie 'Rescue Dawn', agreed to the movie after being challenged to eat several live animals by the film's director Werner Herzog.

Christian said: "Werner said to me, 'How do you feel about swimming through a snake-infested river?' so I said, 'How do you feel about it Werner?' He said, 'I will do this if you will.' Then he asked, 'How you feel about eating a live snake?'"