Tom Grows 2 inches Closer to Scientology

Tom is two inches shorter than the bride Katie, it's difficult to see how a couple could carry off the cheek-to-cheek photograph.
but since the newlyweds are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, anything is possible with Scientology.

Maybe she was on her knees or wearing flat pumps. Perhaps he was wearing lifts in his shoes or fake legs. Because somehow, in their official wedding shots, the 5ft 7in actor became a touch taller than his 27-year-old 6ft wife.

However, it was not just the photographs that were other than they seemed.

Yesterday it emerged that the couple had already married in secret in Los Angeles, USA before travelling to Italy for the three-day Scientology wedding, said to have cost 3-5million.

It was criticised for being a stunt to raise awareness of the Scientology religion. The Church of Scientology's influence was explicit throughout the event.

The 45-minute service ended with red and white rose petals ¨C the colours of Scientology ¨C falling from nets held in the hall ceiling. As the flowers fell, the couple enjoyed a rather excruciating three-minute kiss ¨C stopping only after embarrassed guests begged them to get a hotel room.

Guests, who included Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Brooke Shields and Victoria Beckham, were then led indoors for a three-course wedding breakfast and all-night dancing. And a hot plate was set aside to FedEx to Oprah to make up for forgetting to invite her after he stomped on her couch.

The next morning the couple flew to the Maldives for their honeymoon.