Tom Cruise admits he fell hard for Katie Holmes.

“I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her,” he says in the Dec. 7 issue of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, in which he and his wife of two years appear on split covers for the “Holiday/Reinvention” issue.

When Holmes confessed to him that she dreamed of marrying him as a little girl, “I said I wouldn’t want to disappoint her,” Cruise says.

So, the actor says, he bought Holmes an engagement ring shortly after their first date in 2005.

“At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I put her off by changing the subject,” Cruise adds. “I wanted to ask her.”

In a separate interview, Holmes — who says she “admired him growing up” — admits she also was “completely in love” after their first meeting.”He was so warm, and I thought, ‘Wow,’” says the star. “I thought, ‘You can be a superstar and a human being.’

“He made me feel so amazing,” adds the actress, who welcomed their daughter Suri in 2006.

Since her romance with Cruise began, Holmes says, “My life has expanded. My family and friends are all a part of this bigger life.”

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Tom Cruise graces the cover of DETAILS magazine’s Power Issue, on sale December 2nd. He’s #7 on DETAILS Power List- the 40 Most Influential Men in the World. Who’s #1? Obama’s Secret Service Agent claims the #1 spot on the list, who, according to DETAILS, is “the only thing standing between the free world and a catastrophe.” Also on the list, Press Whore John Mayer, A-Rod for breaking up Madonna’s marriage, Nick Jonas, the Pregnant Man and the Palin Boys.

These power players—all under the age of 47, not all of them liked—are the ones leading us through this unprecedented time of transformation, and they’re not just the usual suspects.

Most people would assume the accomplished president-elect would win the #1 spot, but instead it’s the men charged with keeping Barack Obama protected, the Secret Service agents, who hold the top spot on the Power 40 List. And the leading man who landed the cover? That would be scene-stealing Tom Cruise, who continues to keep moviegoers guessing about what he’s going to do next.

First introduced in 2002, the Power 40 List covers it all: this year, bipolar brokers rub shoulders with scene-stealer Tom Cruise; the broken soldier with the Palin boys; and Nick Jonas with Thomas Beatie, the pregnant man. The DETAILS Power Issue goes on sale December 2.

The list includes:

#1 The United States Secret Service Agent (age: forties): Let’s face it: The audacity of hope is about to be tested by the tenacity of fear. Yes, it’s amazing to witness the historic, anything-can-happen triumph of Barack Obama, but “anything can happen” is precisely what we need to be worried about. As America’s first black president-elect, Obama is a walking provocation to racists everywhere.

#2 Neel Kashkari, Bailout Czar (age: 35): Thanks to the near collapse of our financial system, a recent M.B.A. has been thrust into the unprecedented position of having to dole out more than $700 billion of our tax dollars.

#3 The National Enquirer Reporter (age: late thirties): The garbage-sifting hacks at the National Enquirer know you don’t think much of them, but just ask John Edwards, Jamie Lynn Spears, and Sarah Palin about these reporters’ sleuthing.

#4 Baitullah Mehsud, Commander, Pakistani Taliban (age: 35): Baitullah Mehsud goaded the United States into an unofficial shooting war with Pakistan, one of our “strong allies.” But it’s not just the U.S. he’s attacking. His efforts against the teetering Pakistani government are just as unsettling.

#5 The Palin Bunch (ages: 7 months, 18, 19, 44): Admit it: Were they not an unfortunate reality of the recent presidential race, they might have been the ultimate reality show cast. Todd, Track, young Trig, and baby-daddy Levi Johnston represented the American male to the rest of the world.

#6 The Bipolar Broker (age: 30 1/8 [53¼]): Krazy Glued to CNBC and hardwired to treat every utterance from Hank Paulson as a signal flare from the end of days, the Bipolar Broker and his twitchy trader friends are determined to turn your retirement savings into chicken feed.

#7 Tom Cruise (age: 46): He’s the man we all love to hate. There’s always something sinister lurking behind his sunny demeanor, absurd good looks, and, most of all, his aggressive sincerity. But there’s no denying he’s the most quintessentially all-American movie star since John Wayne. Now, with his upcoming WWII film Valkyrie, Mr. All The Rights Moves wants to make you rethink some fundamental assumptions about good and evil.

#8 – #40 after the jump!! (more…)

Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she will replace Tom Cruise in the espionage thriller Edwin A. Salt.

Asked in an interview with BBC Radio on Monday about her next film project, she said, “I’m working on a film called Salt. And it’s with [Bone Collector director] Phillip Noyce. And that’s it.”

It had first been reported in August that Jolie was in talks for the role after Cruise dropped out. Writers had reworked the lead character — a CIA officer falsely accused of being a Russian agent — to be female.

In a separate BBC News interview last week, Jolie said she returns to work in February, but after that, she won’t work for a year.

“I like being home a lot,” the mother of six said. “First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they’re growing right and they’ve got us there for them.”

She said she plans to “fade away” from acting in the years to come.

Said the star, “I’m not so worried that I want to keep this pace up and try to be something and be a celebrity.”

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