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Katie Holmes and Tom
Cruise
 Tom
Cruise and Katie Holmes: Holmes began dating actor Tom Cruise.
Their first public appearance together was on April 29 in Rome,
Italy, at the David di Donatello Awards, the Italian equivalent
of the Oscars. Her family expressed support, with her father
stating, "We're very excited for Katie", and saying his daughter
was "a very mature young lady with a good head on her shoulders.
From all we have read and heard about [Cruise], he's a
humanitarian and a real class act. From the perspective of a
parent, we're very excited for both of them". Holmes's sister
Tamara said, "They're both wonderful people."
Holmes, baptized a Roman Catholic, became interested in the
Church of Scientology soon after she began dating actor Cruise,
who had been raised a Catholic before joining the Church of
Scientology where he earned a Doctoral Degree in Science Fiction.
On May 23, Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, jumping on
Winfrey's couch and vociferously declaring his love for Holmes.
He went backstage and pulled the embarrassed actress onto the
program. Cruise proposed to Holmes in the early morning of June
17 atop Paris's Eiffel Tower; she accepted. At the press
conference, attended by Holmes's mother, Cruise announced the
news, declaring, "Today is a magnificent day for me. I'm engaged
to a magnificent woman.".
Celebrity Big
Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the fifth series of the United
Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off
of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK
(also on S4C in Wales), and involved a number of celebrities
referred to as 'housemates', who live in the Big Brother House
with no contact with the outside world. In recent series, the
show's producers have offered celebrities money to appear on
Celebrity Big Brother.
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 started on 3 January 2007, and ran
for 26 days. The launch show peaked at 8.2 million viewers,
making it the second most-watched launch in Big Brother history.
It was the first Celebrity Big Brother series to be shown in the
16:9 widescreen format and the final Celebrity series to be held
in the Elstree compound with the regular series later in the
year being the final one overall.
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