Real Madrid soccer player and former England captain David Beckham and his wife Victoria arrive at Ciampino airport in Rome, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, to attend the expected wedding of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
Actor Will Smith gives the victory sign to reporters upon his arrival at Ciampino airport in Rome, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. Smith is in Rome to attend the expected wedding of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, likely to take place at a medieval lakeside town Bracciano, outside Rome, on Saturday.
Patrizia Riccioni, mayor of the lakeside town of Bracciano, shows flowers and a personal note Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, just received from engaged movie superstars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes who are expected to marry in Bracciano's Orsini Odescalchi castle Saturday.
Actress Brooke Shields is seen leaving a luxury hotel in Rome on Nov. 16, 2006. Shields is believed to be in Rome to attend the wedding of movie superstars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, who are to marry this weekend in the lakeside town of Bracciano. Last year, Cruise publicly criticized Shields' use of antidepressants after the birth of her first daughter. He later apologized.
Roman fans hold up signs in front of the luxurious Hassler Hotel, located at the top of Rome's famed Spanish steps, where actor Tom Cruise reportedly is staying, Nov. 15, 2006. Cruise arrived from Los Angeles with some 10 people, including his mother and his three children, airport officials said, prior to his Nov. 18 wedding to actress Katie Holmes.
Actress Jada Pinkett-Smith arrives at Ciampino Airport in Rome on Nov. 16, 2006. She's just one of the celebrity guests expected to attend the wedding of movie superstars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
A hotel employee carries clothing in Giorgio Armani cellophane bags as he enters Rome's Hassler Hotel, where actor Tom Cruise reportedly is staying, Nov. 15, 2006. For her wedding to Cruise, Katie Holmes will wear a dress designed by Armani.
Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony are escorted by a security guard upon their arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome on Nov. 16, 2006. Lopez and Anthony are believed to be in Rome to attend the wedding of movie superstars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, who are expected to marry this weekend in the lakeside town of Bracciano.
Actor Jim Carrey, another wedding guest, smiles as he arrives at Rome's Ciampino Airport on Nov. 16, 2006. Also spotted at the airport Thursday morning were Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, as well as Jada Pinkett Smith and Brooke Shields.
Media technicians set up a satellite van outside the Orsini Odescalchi Castle, in the lakeside town of Bracciano, 37.5 miles from Rome, Nov. 16, 2006. Engaged movie superstars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are expected to marry in the castle on Nov. 18. As the much-rumored wedding of the Hollywood pair approaches, no details of where the actual ceremony might take place were released.
A private security guard keeps back Tom Cruise fans from in front of a central Rome hotel where Cruise and his fiancee Katie Holmes are reported to be staying. Cruise arrived in Rome Monday ahead of his weekend wedding to actress Katie Holmes at a 12th-century castle on Lake Bracciano near the Italian capital.
Actor Tom Cruise, seen in background with sunglasses, sits behind his son Connor, 11, and others in a van leaving his hotel in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, and sat in the back of one of two dark vans with tinted windows that left the hotel. The vans were surrounded by dozens of fans holding photos and cameras.
Cruise-mania has hit Rome, as the city prepares for hordes of celebrities, media and fans this weekend when superstar Tom Cruise marries actress Katie Holmes. Traffic police officers keep back fans in front of Rome's Hassler hotel, where Cruise is reportedly staying after he arrived at Rome's small Ciampino airport with a private plane on Monday, Nov. 13, 2006.
The site of the Nov. 18 wedding has not been disclosed but speculation has focused on the 15th century Odescalchi Castle on Lake Bracciano, just 37.5 miles from the Italian capital. Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reports that the couple has already made plans to throw a party Nov. 16 and then get married the following day at Bracciano's Castello Odescalchi, which can fit 1,400 people.
Citizens of Bracciano, Italy, are reading celebrity news reports saying that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will wed this weekend at their town's Castello Odescalchi, seen in the background. It is not the town's first brush with celebrity. John F. Kennedy Jr. was a guest in 1998 when Christiane Amanpour married then-U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin.
Patrizia Riccioni, Bracciano's mayor, smiles during a Nov. 8, 2006, interview about the probable wedding of Tom Cruise at the Castello Odescalchi (rear). Cruise is expected to marry Katie Holmes in the lakeside castle near Rome this weekend. She says that authorities received a request to clear the square in front of the castle.
Floodlights illuminate the Castello Odescalchi in Bracciano in this evening photo taken Nov. 8, 2006. Tom Cruise is expected to marry fianc
Clothing is unloaded from a van in front of Rome's Hassler hotel, where actor Tom Cruise is reportedly staying Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. Cruise arrived from Los Angeles with some 10 people, including his mother and his three children, airport officials said, ahead of his weekend wedding to actress Katie Holmes. According to reports, designer Georgio Armani is outfitting both bride and groom.
A man holds a baby seat and a folder reading: "Armani event 14/11 to 19/11/2006" as he enters Rome's Hassler hotel, where Tom Cruise is reportedly staying, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006.
A nun walks past a crowd of fans in front of Rome's Hassler hotel where Tom Cruise is reportedly staying after he arrived at Rome's small Ciampino airport with a private plane Monday, Nov. 13, 2006.