The year was 1983 and the movie was Risky Business. Tom Cruise played a suburban Chicago teenager who is left home while his parents leave on a vacation.

Not only does TomCruise.com have a countdown clock on it right now (above), he's bought Google AdWords ads to make sure it's well-promoted. Do a Google search on "Tom Cruise" and depending on your luck, you'll get:

Tom Cruise returned to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, for the first time since ‘jumping the couch’ in May 2005 to prove his love for Katie Holmes.

On Friday, May 2, Oprah sits down with Tom Cruise in an exclusive one-on-one interview from his home in Telluride, Colorado, to talk about his family, his life and the future. Then, on Monday, May 5, Tom joins Oprah at her studio in Chicago to celebrate his 25 years in films since his breakout role in Risky Business. Plus, friends and colleagues surprise Tom with special taped messages honoring his work in movies.

Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey have gotten together for their first face to face meeting since the ‘couch’ episode nearly three years ago. We all remember the crazed celebrity jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey's beige sofa - as if it were a trampoline. Oprah traveled to Tom Cruise's Colorado mountain retreat last weekend to tape a segment for an upcoming show.

Cher and Scientology Wacko in love affair together? Now why after all these years have passed would singer Cher admit to having a fling with Tom Cruise. Seriously, why? During an interview with the talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, Cher revealed that she was crazy for the Risky Business star.

Couch jumping Tom Cruise is slated to return to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," nearly three years after an appearance that generated endless YouTube parodies and jokes.

Tom Cruise must be taking a page from his friend Will Smith’s play book. He has reportedly given his blessing to having son Connor try his hand at the movie business. Connor Cruise is set to appear in Will Smith’s upcoming drama Seven Pounds.

Producers of the film Superhero Movie, out today, released clips from the film on the Internet parodying a Church of Scientology promotional video featuring Scientologist Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, has hit the number one spot on Amazon.com's Top Sellers list and The New York Times Best Sellers list.

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, was released in the United States yesterday amidst the potential for a US$100 million lawsuit against its publisher, St. Martin's Press. The book will not be published in Australia, Britain, and New Zealand due to strict libel laws in those countries.

Authorities say a second person has been arrested in connection with an attempt to extort money from actor Tom Cruise by trying to sell him stolen pictures of his Italian wedding to actress Katie Holmes.