Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits
after five years of marriage.
Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, in West Hollywood, Calif. Cruise and Homes are calling it quits after five years of marriage. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012 that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File
Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise FILE - In this Friday, March 19, 2010 file photo, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise watch the Minnesota Timberwolves play the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA basketball game, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 104-96. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012 that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File
ITALY CRUISE HOLMES Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise kiss in Rome, Italy in
2005. (AP)
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ITALY MOVIES DONATELLO AWARDS Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, Rome, Italy in 2005.
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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, Santa Barbara,
California in 2005. (AP)
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MTV MOVIE AWARDS Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise attend MTV Movie
Awards, Los Angeles, California in 2005. (AP)
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BRITAIN Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in 2005. (AP)
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CRUISE, HOLMES Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise in 2005. (AP)
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CRUISE HOLMES Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise ride down the red
carpet on a motorcycle as they arrive for a movie
screening, Los Angeles in 2005. (AP)
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TOM CRUISE, KATIE HOLMES Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes kiss in their luxury
box while watching Team USA play Team Mexico in
the World Baseball Classic, Angel Stadium,
Anaheim, California in 2006. (AP)
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TOM CRUISE, KATIE HOLMES Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise (l-r) arrive at the
Los Angeles premiere of Mission Impossible 3 in
2006. (AP)
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Suri Cruise Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise with their baby Suri
on Vanity Fair cover in 2006. (AP)
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Tom Cruise, his son Connor Antony, and Katie
Holmes (l-r), walk across the field before the
start of the football game between the Washington
Redskins and Minnesota Vikings, Landover, Maryland
in 2006. (AP)
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Suri Tom Cruise, and Katie Holmes arrive at Rome's town
hall, Bracciano, Italy in 2006. (AP)
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, carrying their
daughter Suri (l-r), holding hands, Rome, Italy in
2006. (AP)
NEW YORK – Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits after five years of marriage.
“This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” Holmes’s attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday. “Katie’s primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter’s best interest.”
Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” emphatically jumping on her couch.
The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri, who has herself become a staple of the tabloids and celebrity magazines.
Their plan to divorce was first reported by People magazine.
Cruise and Holmes had a whirlwind romance _ the young actress confessed she had a childhood crush on the “Top Gun” star _ and were engaged at the Eiffel Tower. An elaborate wedding followed before a Church of Scientology minister.
“I can’t be cool. I can’t be laid-back,” a starry-eyed Cruise said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” “Something happened and I want to celebrate it.”
The couple’s romance was instant fodder for the tabloids, who chattered about everything from the couple’s secret feelings to Holmes’ conversion to Scientology.
Cruise, currently starring in “Rock of Ages,” was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, with whom he has two children.
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