Posted on 06/17/2005 7:01:50 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Actor Tom Cruise said he and girlfriend Katie Holmes are engaged, after he popped the question early Friday morning atop the Eiffel Tower.
Cruise, speaking at a Paris news conference with Holmes, said: "Yes, I proposed to her."
The couple often shared smiles and blushes as Cruise turned to look at her, with a massive diamond ring on her finger.
"It was early this morning at the Eiffel Tower, so I haven't slept at all," he said. "Today is a magnificent day for me, I'm engaged to a magnificent woman."
Asked why he chose the famed Paris landmark, he said: "I've never been to the Eiffel Tower. It's Paris, it's a beautiful city, it's very romantic."
Cruise said no date for a wedding has been set: "We haven't discussed that - one step at a time," he said. "Let's see. We're not sure."
Cruise, 42, was in Paris to promote the French release of the Steven Spielberg film "War of the Worlds" next month. He and 26-year-old Holmes went public with their romantic relationship in April.
Holmes did not speak to reporters, but at one point, Cruise whispered to her: "Are you OK?" Afterward, the two hurried into a car before leaving for a promotional event in Marseilles, southern France.
"I wish them the happiest marriage that anyone has ever had," said Dakota Fanning, the child actress who co-stars with Cruise in the film. She sat next to Holmes during the news conference.
Cruise and Holmes have faced repeated rumors of marriage. The relationship started after Cruise split from actress Penelope Cruz, and Holmes and actor Chris Klein called off their long-standing engagement.
While in Berlin two days ago, Cruise dismissed speculation by tabloid newspapers and celebrity gossip columns that their relationship is a stunt to promote their new movies.
Holmes was in London earlier this week to promote her new film, "Batman Begins." She had also dismissed accusations that the couple had staged a relationship for publicity.
Holmes said then that she was embracing Scientology - Cruise's religion. The former star of television's "Dawson's Creek" grew up with a poster of Cruise on her bedroom wall and has said she grew up wanting to marry him.
Ewhh!
Oh come on! Tom in all those great roles where he really had to stretch. To wit:
TOP GUN, where he played a young, cocky, brash Navy fighter pilot....
A FEW GOOD MEN, where he played a young, cocky, brash Navy lawyer in the JAG office...
JERRY MAGUIRE, where he played a young, cocky, brash sports agent...
COCKTAIL, where he played a young, cocky, brash bartender trying to make it big in Manhattan....
MINORITY REPORT, where he played a young, cocky, brash officer in the Pre-Crime unit......
You get the idea!!!!!
The ironic thing is that taking any psych meds is strictly against his "religion"!
Women generally know that marrying someone 16 years younger makes them look stupid.
>>>BTW, what is up with Katie's lips in the photos you posted?>>>
It's called Herpes Simplex 1
grin
You forgot the racing movie where he plays the young cocky race car driver. Why is it that the women in his movies treat him like dirt and he just melts. I get so sick of that story line in movies. Women is a b*tch, woman gets guy. Is that what you guys like?
What's the over and under on this union? Two years? Does Scientology have a chapel?
the best line I heard was, "since cruise cant father a child, he'll do the next best thing and marry one"
Don't forget
RISKY BUSINESS, when he played a young, cocky high school student.
He's got such a wide-ranging talent.
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, where he played a young, cocky Ron Kovic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, where he played a young, cocky secret agent
TAPS, where he played a young, cocky military academy cadet
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, where he played a young, cocky vampire
I didn't see Magnolia or Eyes Wide Shut. I do want to see Collateral because I like Jamie Foxx.
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, where he played a young, cocky Ron Kovic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, where he played a young, cocky secret agent
TAPS, where he played a young, cocky military academy cadet
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, where he played a young, cocky vampire
I didn't see Magnolia or Eyes Wide Shut. I do want to see Collateral because I like Jamie Foxx.
“Maybe he or she will be conceived in a petri dish, but they’ll procreate.”
Then, why did Cruise and Kidman adopt? Wonder why they didn't use the ol' petri dish??? HHHHHMMMMM???
(Thanks for the info, jimbo!)
Foxx was great in COLLATERAL, watched it again just last night. Plus I really love Michael Mann flicks, everything from THIEF to THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS to HEAT to COLLATERAL(with the exception of ALI). It fell apart at the end but still pretty good.
I was wondering the same thing. It's a shame that he fired his last publicist. He used to have such a cool image. Now he's acting like such a spaz.
OK Jessica Alba maybe won't overshadow Tom (unless she wears heels). But Jennifer Garner? She's almost as tall as Nicole Kidman.
Lol.. by who? ;)
Will she be his third or forth beard?
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