Who knew TomKat had so many friends?

I was kind of surprised by some of the celebs that turned out for the big wedding this past weekend. Turns out I wasn't the only one. TMZ takes a closer look:

Given that we thought the guest list at the Cruise-Holmes nuptials in Italy seemed more like a Fellini film, or an episode of "The Surreal Life" -- Marc Anthony? Jenny McCarthy? Jenna Elfman? -- we tried to break down exactly what some of these people were doing all the way over in Bracciano, so far away from home. It should make for some awkward moments during the dinner hour.

Several of the guests -- John Travolta, Elfman and her husband Bodhi, and Leah Remini -- are members of the Scientology tribe, so that makes sense. But what about J. Lo? It turns out that Lopez and Remini are close pals ... and remember that Remini was the first celeb to cop to a Suri sighting, so we know she's in the inner circle.

Now we're pretty sure that Jenny McCarthy and TomKat haven't worked together on anything recently, but J-Mac's squeeze, Jim Carrey, used to go out with Renee Zellweger, who, of course, was Cruise's co-star in "Jerry Maguire." No word from Carrey's rep on whether this rather tenuous connection is the precise reason for his attendance.

Perhaps J.Lo's husband Anthony said it best in a toast he reportedly gave last night in the bar at the wedding hotel in Rome: "To life, to the occasion, and to new friends." Or, as the case may be, complete strangers.

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TomKat are official

In the most unsurprising news of the weekend, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes made it official over the weekend in Italy. Many celeb friends were of course in attendance. From A Socialite's Life:

There were fireworks inside, too, a "never-ending kiss" between the betrothed after they exchanged vows Saturday. The kiss lasted so long it caused guests to shout "stop, stop!" said Giorgio Armani, who attended the wedding and designed the outfits of the bride, the groom and their baby, Suri.

The couple flew out of Rome Sunday for a honeymoon in the Maldives, said Ciampino airport spokesman Adriano Franceschetti. The rest of the wedding party was due to fly to Los Angeles later in the day.

The ceremony was a lavish apex to perhaps the celebrity world's most closely watched relationship, proclaimed with Cruise's leap on Oprah Winfrey's couch, bestowed with the nickname "TomKat" and raised to a new level seven months ago when Holmes gave birth to their daughter.

The evening wedding was performed by a Scientology minister in front of more than 150 relatives and friends, the couple's publicists said.

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TomKat hoopla

In preparation for their upcoming nuptials, TomKat arrived in Italy on Monday. Here's the latest on the "love birds" from People:
Tom Cruise, who plans to wed Katie Holmes this weekend in Italy, has arrived with an entourage of 10 people in Rome. The actor and company were spotted arriving in a private jet at the Ciampino Airport outside Rome at 11:30 a.m. local time. The group was then driven to their hotel under police escort. Cruise, 44, and Holmes, 27, will tie the knot in a 17th-century castle in Italy on Nov. 18.

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TomKat to marry very soon

Katie Holmes has reportedly confirmed to photographers that she is set to marry Tom Cruise within the next few weeks. When the photographers shadowing her on a recent shopping trip asked if she was going to be walking down the aisle soon, Katie smiled and replied: “Yes!”

According to a source quoted in Us Weekly, Katie’s mum is staying with the family in Beverly Hills to “help with the final wedding planning”.The ceremony is expected to happen either at their Beverly Hills home or at the nearby Church of Scientology Celebrity Center but either way, the wedding is apparently going to be “simple and elegant”.

The source added: “Tom really wants this to be about Katie having her dream day.”
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Katie Holmes' quote of the day

"Those stories eat away at me because it's just not okay. Some of the crap that's out there - the stuff that's said about my parents and my - it's really frustrating the amount of shit that's out there. And the stuff they say about Suri? You shouldn't say that about us, and you can't say that about my child."

Holmes also reveals that she and Tom had a doll 'decoy' that looked like Suri made to throw off the media. But then TomKat plasters Suri's face all over Vanity Fair's cover. Um, okay.

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Tom and Katies' Asian baby- Suri's first pictures

It's Suri! She exists! And if you ask me, she's Asian! Asian hair and Asian eyes. She's awfully cute, but she doesn't really look like Tom at all.
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