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TomKat sets date

It's official. Hollywood's most high-profile engaged couple have finally set a wedding date.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will marry in Italy on Nov. 18, Mr. Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, told Associated Press yesterday. Miss Holmes will wear a dress designed by Giorgio Armani, Mr. Robinson also confirmed.

The wedding date was reported by Us Weekly magazine on its Web site.

Miss Holmes, 27, and Mr. Cruise, 44, became engaged in June 2005. Their daughter, Suri, was born April 18.

A Legend in D.C.

Three-time Grammy-winner John Legend, now reveling in the success of his new sophomore album, "Once Again," will perform at tomorrow's annual Anniversary Recognition Dinner gala at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Northwest.

Sponsored by the Executive Leadership Council, the event will highlight 20 years of advocacy building in the black corporate pipeline from the classroom to the corporate boardroom. About 2,500 guests representing business, public policy and higher education are expected to attend, organizers said. The group will also present several awards throughout the evening, including honors for Johnnetta Cole, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.; and Clarence Otis Jr., chief executive officer of Darden Restaurants -- which operates 1,300 restaurants in North America, including the Olive Garden and Red Lobster.

Actor/producer Tim Reid ("WKRP in Cincinnati," "Frank's Place") and his wife, actress Daphne Maxwell Reid ("The Fresh Prince of Bel Air") will serve as the night's emcees.

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