American musician and songwriter Pat McDonald from Timbuk 3, who had the 1987 UK No.21 single ‘The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades’). He formed the duo with his wife, Barbara K. MacDonald. He has co-written songs recorded by Aerosmith, Cher, Jools Holland, Billy Ray Cyrus, Zucchero, Keith Urban, Imogen Heap, Stewart Copeland and Peter Frampton.
"Risky Business" debuts, launches Tom Cruise to stardom On August 5, 1983, the comedy Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise in a breakout performance, opens in U.S. theaters. In the film, Cruise played Joel Goodsen, a suburban Chicago teen who has a series of misadventures when his parents go out of town and leave him home alone.
