Tom and Katie — dubbed TomKat by celebrity blogs — stepped out publicly on April 27, when they arrived together in Rome for the David di Donatello Awards.
2005 — "TomKat antics have some fans growling", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10 June 2005:
Tabloids have speculated the TomKat coupling is designed to call attention to the pair's upcoming movies.
2005 — "People Watch", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2005:
Actress Brooke Shields, referring to her recent jab at the 16-year age gap between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. She offered to leave TomKat two tickets to her show, Chicago — one adult, one child.
Silvia Vasquez, Betmaker's general manager, said, "We've all been watching TomKat for a while now, and we know that some of our customers are a little jaded, and wouldn't be too surprised to see this birth turn out to be something other than a boy or a girl. Use your imagination!"
But there is one crucial difference between Kate Moss and Pete Doherty and the likes of Brangelina and TomKat.
2007 — Stephen Brunt, "Beckham's call", The Globe and Mail, 4 August 2007:
Victoria never seems to smile and, to an eerie degree, both halves of TomKat never seem to stop.
2008 — Bill Zwecker, "Cruising for publicity?", Chicago-Sun Times, 27 August 2008:
While TomKat and their daughter have made themselves plenty visible on the streets of the Big Apple, occasionally they do employ diversionary tactics when wanting to escape the paparazzi.
TomKat left their daughter Suri, four next month, at home on Friday night and watched the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.
After keeping mum for several days, Cruise’s team is quietly putting out an early defensive strategy — pushing back against stories the TomKat split is largely due to Cruise’s deep devotion to the Church of Scientology.
