Tomcrucie & Katie Holmes Wedding Facts
- Official Date: November 2006. Actual date unknown.
- Official Location: Los Angeles, California.
- Ages at Wedding: Tom, 44; Katie, 27.
- Ceremonial Date: November 18, 2006
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Ceremonial Location: 15th-century Odescalchi Castle on the southern shore of Lake Bracciano in Italy. The $50,000 fee to use the Castle was waived.
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Wedding Attire: Clothes for everyone in the wedding were reportedly designed by Giorgio Armani.
- Ceremony: Because Tom has been twice-divorced, the Catholic church would not perform their wedding ceremony. Katie and tom decided on a Scientology wedding ceremony, but it is not recognized in Italy.
- At a Scientology wedding, the bridal couple makes a vow to not going "to sleep at night without having repaired any upset they may have had during the day."
- In Scientology traditional ceremonies, brides are told that "young men are free and may 'forget' their promises."
- Grooms are reminded that "girls need clothes and food and tender happiness and frills, a pan, a comb, and perhaps a cat ..."
Wedding Guests: 150 guests including: Martin and Kathy Holmes, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jenna Elfman, Leah Remini, Cameron Crowe, Paula Wagner, Brooke Shields, Chris Henchy, Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, Victoria Beckham, Angelo Pagan, J.J. Abrams, and Will Smith.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Timeline
11/18/2006: Tom and Katie had a ceremonial wedding at Odescalchi Castle in Italy.
11/2006: Actual date unknown. Katie and Tom official married in Los Angeles, California.
04/18/06: Tom and Katie welcomed their new daughter Suri into the world.
12/01/05: Tom Cruise upset the medical community by his purchase of a sonogram machine. He performed ultrasounds on Katie. The machine will be donated to a hospital after their baby is born.
10/05/05: Katie Holmes is pregnant. This will be the first baby for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes who became engaged in June. Information about when the baby is due were not revealed.
07/11/05: Katie Holmes continues to claim that she has not been pressured to join the Church of Scientology, yet she has a "Scientologist chaperone", Jessica Rodriquez, with her constantly.
06/17/05: After a whirlwind romance that started in April, Tom Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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