Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise?

After calling off her engagement with actor Chris Klein recently whom she's been dating for five years, Katie Holmes is now the official girlfriend of Tom Cruise -- who was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, and dated Penelope Cruz for several years.

The 42-year-old Tom and Katie, 26, were first photographed together in Rome last month. Their relationship, which was earlier announced by their publicists, has caught the tinseltown by storm.

Tom is undeniably in the heavens as he gushes over Katie on "Oprah" -- "I can't be cool. I can't be laid-back," an excited Tom said Monday during a taped appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "Something happened and I want to celebrate it."

A blushing Tom got down on his knees and repeatedly jumped up on the couch like a kid, saying that his feelings for Holmes was "beyond cool." "I'm going to discuss it with her." "Honestly, I haven't (had this kind of feelings before)."

Later in the show, Cruise went backstage to bring out Holmes, who was quoted in Seventeen magazine last fall as saying she grew up wanting to marry the "Risky Business" star. "I'm glad I was a big dreamer," she told Winfrey.

Cruise, who will star in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" next month, filled in some details about how they met: "I admire her and I thought I wanted to meet her -- so I called her," he said. He also mentioned memorable events in their romance, including a motorcycle ride on the beach and surprising Holmes in Rome by covering her hotel room in rose petals. "I'm a romantic. I love that stuff," he said.

And as expected many have expressed doubts about the couple's real intentions. People and Us Weekly magazines have both published polls showing that over 60 percent of respondents believe the relationship is a publicity stunt.

Meanwhile, Katie Holmes who starred as Joey in "Dawson's Creek," has an upcoming blockbuster of her own, "Batman Begins." Lucky girl!


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