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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - The curious fairytale marriage between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is over, after 5 years. We take a look at the couple's very public romance - from THAT couch-jumping incident, to their Italian wedding and baby Suri. (Photos: AP)
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - It all started strangely in 2005 when Tom Cruise appeared on Oprah to declare his love for Katie Holmes by jumping all over Oprah's couch and behaving like a lovesick schoolboy.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Tom and Katie are the picture of happiness as they arrive in Marseille just hours after Tom proposed to Katie at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At the time of their engagement, Tom was 42; Katie, 26.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Their headline-grabbing romance was a promotional goldmine. In June 2005, Katie was on hand to present Tom with the first MTV Generation award at the MTV Movie Awards.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Soon after, Tom and Katie started showing off their love for the cameras at movie premieres, even arriving on the back of a Harley at the premiere of War of the Worlds in June 2005.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - In November 2006, the couple were married in a lavish Scientology ceremony at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle overlooking Lake Bracciano outside of Rome.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Their marriage has been dogged by rumours that Tom was in control of Katie's life, choosing which movie roles were appropriate for her and introducing her to Scientology, a sci-fi quasi-religion of which Tom is a devotee.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Tom and Katie introduced Suri to the world in a October 2006 Vanity Fair cover feature, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. The issue went on to sell over 700 000 copies, becoming the publication's second best selling issue of all time.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - When the cameras were turned their way, Tom and Katie always projected the image of a perfectly happy couple. Here they wear matching smiles at the premiere of Tom's movie Knight and Day in June 2010.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - In April 2006, Katie gave birth to the couple's first and only child, Suri. Here they leave a restaurant in Rome just before Tom and Katie's Italian wedding when Suri was exactly 7 months old.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Tom and Suri come out to support Katie after she completed the New York City Marathon in 2007.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - The couple were the poster children for over-the-top PDA during the early years of their relationship. Here they get intimate at the David di Donatello Italian film awards in Rome in April 2005.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Katie was always on hand to support Tom's ever-growing movie career, even as her own career took a back seat.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - TomKat arrive at the Vanity Fair party after the 2012 Oscars in February. Katie had reportedly asked Tom for a divorce earlier in the year but Tom begged her to give it another 6 months before making up her mind. But Katie couldn't wait that long.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years - Katie's fans have been worried about her for a long time, as she started looking increasingly frail and withdrawn over the last few years. Many will see her decision to file for divorce as her way of reclaiming her independence - and her life.
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