Posted on 06/17/2005 5:03:19 AM PDT by phoenix_004
Tom Cruise is engaged to his girlfriend Katie Holmes, after proposing to her in the early hours of this morning at the Eiffel Tower. The actor confirmed the proposal at a Paris press conference, where the 26-year-old actress sat beside him wearing a large diamond ring.
"Yes, I proposed to her... it was early this morning at the Eiffel Tower, so I haven’t slept at all," said the 42-year-old star of Top Gun and the Mission Impossible series.
Holmes appears in the upcoming Batman Begins and achieved fame in the American television series, Dawson's Creek, before attracting critical acclaim in the film, Pieces of April.
The couple announced their relationship in April, after Cruise broke up with Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and Holmes and actor Chris Klein called off their long-standing engagement.
Holmes will become Cruise's third wife. His two previous marriages, to actresses Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, have ended in divorce.
Today's announcement may end speculation that the Cruise-Holmes relationship has been a publicity stunt.
Their wedding will be a dream come true for the actress who told a magazine last October - before she even met Cruise - that when she was a little girl, "I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise".
Cruise, one of the world's most bankable stars, is in Paris to promote Stephen Spielberg's latest film, War of the Worlds, in which he plays Ray Ferrier, an ordinary man leading the fight against alien invaders. The film opens in Britain on July 1.
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< ...that when she was a little girl, "I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise". >
'Nuff said.
Wow, what great publicity for lil' Tommy, eh? Oh yeah, and do you know he also has a movie coming out?
Got to admire a woman who can stick to a long-term plan like that.
Be careful what you wish for.
Playing shrink, Tom Cruise's first marriage was to an older woman with more Hollywood connections than he had. Good career move, (Mimi Rogers). His second marriage was to an emerging talent, and his career overshadowed hers, but the marriage put to rest rumors about his sexuality. They both benefited, and became equals, though she threatens to become a bigger star than he is. They divorce. He hits 40, (mid-life crisis?) fires his longtime handler, and marries a much younger woman, who clearly worships him, and at a time when his career is not what it was. It's fascinating the change in him since he fired Pat Kingsley. Just shows how tightly handled he was before.
Maybe they'll do a newlyweds reality show ala Jessica and Nick or Britney and Kevin..
Today's announcement may end speculation that the Cruise-Holmes relationship has been a publicity stunt.
Tom proposes to Katie at the Eiffel Tower & holds a press conference 15 minutes later...
I think Tom Cruise would be happier proposing TO the Eiffle Tower.
I hope Katie isn't disappointed by the phallic insignificance!
LOL!!! That pic always cracks me up! :o)
He's gotta rue the day he appeared in "Interview With a Vampire" with Brad Pitt. He's gotta be saying to himself "Damn that Brad Pitt. He's getting older too, but everybody still thinks HE's a hot item."
"What I really need is some hot little chick in her twenties that I can act like an idiot over, and everyone will see it as endearing, not wierd, and everyone will know that I'm still a wacky, impulsive young (well, not OLD anyway) hot dude who can get hot young chicks like Katie."
And buy a new sports car. A red one.
"I hope Katie isn't disappointed by the phallic insignificance!"
Poor girl doesn't know what she's getting herself into yet....supposedly she is a virgin and wants to remain one until she marries.
Brad is getting a divorce and speculation is crazy about his relationship with Angelina (who he also has a new movie with)
Thats nice.
Yeah.....all that money in her eye$ i$ keeping her ho$tage.
So true. It will be interesting to see if Holmes remains a scientologist after the divorce.
How long do you give them? Five years?
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