Tim Burton Is Bananas For Helena Bonham Carter

Posted Friday, October 26, 2001 at 9:00 AM Central

by Tim Briscoe

Eccentric film maker Tim Burton has found a new love in his Planet Of The Apes star Helena Bonham Carter. Acclaimed English actress Bonham Carter starred as the simian Ari in the 2001 remake.

The couple reportedly just celebrated the three week anniversary of their relationship. Burton said in a recent Playboy magazine interview that Bonham Carter, "keeps a certain heartbeat going in my life."

Apes also featured Burton's former flame, Lisa Marie. She also appeared in his Sleepy Hollow, Mars Attacks! and Ed Wood films. They met in the early '90s after Burton's marriage with painter Lena Gieseke fell apart.