Cruise traded one high profile wife (Nicole Kidman) for another, younger model (Holmes). A bread-winning actress in her own right, Holmes has starred in 'Batman Begins' and spent years on 'Dawson's Creek', but she got engaged to the 'Top Gun' legend after just a few months.

Cruise infamously jumped up and down on Oprah's couch to announce his love to the public, attracting even more headlines to media-friendly couple. The stunt actually hurt Cruise's contract with Paramount around the time of 'Mission Impossible 3' and 'War of the Worlds' and damaged his star power.