CHRISTIAN BALE - A BABY GIRL FOR BALE

Hollywood actor CHRISTIAN BALE and his wife, SIBI, have become first-time parents after welcoming their daughter in a Santa Monica, California, hospital on Sunday night (03APR05).

The Welsh-born AMERICAN PSYCHO star and his wife have been married for five years. They have yet to announce their offspring's name.

Bale, 31, reportedly tried to keep news of her pregnancy secret - until the happy event of the baby's arrival made him change his mind.