The 42-year-old star proposed to 26-year-old Holmes earlier this month, seven weeks after they met, and is keen for his bride-to-be and his ex-wife to get along. Kidman has previously spoken of her happiness for the couple.
An insider tells British newspaper The Sun, "He wants her to be there to show the world they are on good terms, he also told her it would mean so much to their kids. Tom hasn't set a date but he hinted it will be by the end of the year."
Cruise and Kidman, who have two adopted kids, divorced in 2001.
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Meanwhile, Cruise enjoyed some good-natured ribbing by talk show host David Letterman.
Letteman was prepared to wed guest Tom Cruise and his fiancee Katie Holmes on his show. He invited a judge to stand by just in case.
Cruise thoroughly enjoyed the joke and met the judge backstage before he appeared on the show. He told Letterman, "I love the judge in the back, that's very funny. That is a Letterman classic."
The chat show host played another joke on Cruise, poking fun at the actor's recent show of affection for Holmes on Oprah Winfrey's TV show--when he jumped up and down on her sofa - by playing Van Halen's "Jump" as the movie star stepped out from backstage.
The good-humoured chat included Letterman criticising Cruise for proposing to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He scolded the actor, "You go to Paris and the Eiffel Tower and all of that... That was a nice touch. You make the rest of us look like rube (unsophisticated country person), like we just rolled off a turnip truck."
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