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• Foreign corporation, a U.S. concept for a corporation that can do business outside its jurisdiction
• Foreign key, a constraint in a relational database
• Foreign language, a language not spoken by the people of a certain place
• Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries of the world
• Foreign film, films and film industries of non-English speaking countries
• Foreign accent syndrome, a rare side effect of severe brain injury
• Foreign Policy (magazine), an American magazine
• Non-self, an exogenous antigen that stimulates an immune response

See also[link]

• Foreigner (disambiguation)

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Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy at YouTube Live doing his signature dance in 2008.
Background information
Birth name	DeAndre Cortez Way[1][2]
Also known as	Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Born	(1990-07-28) July 28, 1990 (age 21) Chicago, Illinois
Origin	Batesville, Mississippi, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Stacks on Deck/Collipark Music/Interscope
Associated acts	Arab, Mr. Collipark
Website	thedeandreway.com

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.

In September 2007, his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published on the internet, and it later became a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007.^[3] On August 17 Way was listed at #18 on the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 earning $7 million for that year.^[4]

Way has currently released three studio albums and one independent album: his debut studio album Souljaboytellem.com (2007) was certified platinum by the RIAA. However, his next two albums, iSouljaBoyTellem (2008) and The DeAndre Way (2010) did not match the commercial success of his debut, the latter only selling 100,000 copies,^[5] despite the success of several singles across both albums, such as "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" and "Turn My Swag On" (iSouljaBoyTellem) and "Pretty Boy Swag" (The DeAndre Way).

On October 18, 2011, Soulja Boy released his documentary bio pic, Soulja Boy: The Movie.

As of 2011, Way has confirmed he is working on his fourth studio album, entitled Promise, which will be released in July 2012.^[6]

Early life[link]

DeAndre Way was born in Chicago and moved to Atlanta at age 6,^[7] where he became interested in rap music.^[8]

Career beginnings[link]

At age 14, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi, with his father, who provided a recording studio for Way to explore his musical ambitions.^[7] In November 2005, Way posted his songs on the website SoundClick. Following positive reviews on the site, he then established his own web pages on YouTube and MySpace.^[9][10] In March 2007, he recorded "Crank That" and released his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album, followed by a low-budget video filmed demonstrating the "Crank That" dance. By the end of May 2007, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" received its first airplay and Way met with Mr. Collipark to sign a deal with Interscope Records.

Music career[link]

[edit] 2007-08: Souljaboytellem.com

Soulja Boy performing "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" in February 2008.

On August 12, 2007, the song appeared on the Emmy-award winning HBO series Entourage, and by September 1, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot RingMasters charts.^[11] Way's major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com, which was reportedly recorded using just the demo version of FL Studio,^[8][12] was released in the United States on October 2,^[13] peaking at #4 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.^[14]

For the 50th Grammy Awards, Way was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)". He lost to Kanye West's and T-Pain's "Good Life".

Souljaboytellem.com received a favorable review from Allmusic,^[13] but received mainly negative reviews from other sources such as Entertainment Weekly.^[15] Several reviewers credited Soulja Boy with spearheading a new trend in hip-hop, while speculating he will likely be a one-hit wonder.^[16][17][18]

[edit] 2008-09: iSouljaBoyTellem

The follow-up to souljaboytellem.com, iSouljaBoyTellem, was released on December 16, 2008, to negative critical reception.^[19] The first single from the album, "Bird Walk", peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the top 20 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart it was performed on the first YouTube Live on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer.^[20] "Kiss Me Thru the Phone", with Sammie, followed, peaking at #3 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks charts.^[21] Chris Brown was originally Way's first choice to sing the hook, but respectfully turned down the offer. Way then tried to do it on his own with Auto-Tune but he found it unacceptable.^[22] It sold over 2,000,000 digital copies in the United States, becoming his second song to reach the two million mark in downloads.^[23][24]

On January 26, 2009 Way released his third single "Turn My Swag On". it topped the US Rap Charts and peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has so far sold more than 1,000,000 digital downloads in the United States. It became Soulja Boy's third song to sell 1 million or more downloads.^[24]

[edit] 2009-2010: The DeAndre Way

The DeAndre Way^[25] is Way's third studio album, Way has stated that the album is intended to be his most personal and successful album thus far. When speaking on possible collaborations, he stated he wished to work with artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West,^[26] Eminem,^[27] among others. The lead single from the album, "POW", was released in January 2009 but failed to garner success and was dubbed a promo single. On October 30, 2009 Way released three mixtapes Paranormal Activity, Dat Piff & Cortez.^[28] Then it was announced on February 18, 2010 that the first single from the album was gone be "All Black Everything" but it was cancelled & was just put on his promotional mixtape Legendary.^[29] The album was titled "The DeAndre Way" but was changed in early 2010 to Dre with a commercial video snippet for "Do It Big" as the first single but it was cancelled as well.^[30] However it was reverted back to The DeAndre Way in July 2010.

But on June 8, 2010, the official lead single from the album was "Pretty Boy Swag". The single has reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number five on the Billboard Rap Songs chart.^[31] The album's second single was due to be "Digital" but it was just used on his promotional mixtape Best Rapper.^[32] Then it was announced that "Speakers Going Hammer" was gone be the second single, but "Blowing Me Kisses" was released on August 31, 2010 as the second single instead.^[33] On October 13 Soulja Boy performed "Pretty Boy Swag" & a snippet of his third single "Speakers Going Hammer". On October 19, 2010 Way finally released "Speakers Going Hammer" on iTunes the single peaked at #48 on the Hot R&B & Hip Hop tracks Billboard.^[34] The DeAndre Way was released on November 30, 2010 it has so far has only sold 70,000 copies making this Way's lowest selling album. Soulja Boy was to be part of the Summerbeatz tour held in Australia alongside Flo Rida, Jay Sean and Travie McCoy in November 2010, but in lieu of his current album release date Soulja Boy had declined the offer & just embarked on his Who They Want tour.

[edit] 2011-present: Mixtapes and Promise

On January 22, Way released his first mixtape of 2011 Smooky which cover featured a cartoon version of Way on a bicycle doing a 360.^[35] Then On March 17, 2011 Way released the mixtape 1up which cover was based on the Naruto anime Way stated "If I was in a video game, this mixtape would advance me to the next level with an extra life. Power up with the new offering".^[36] On April 20, 2011 Way released his mixtape Juice which cover was based on the Juice the movie Way stated he would also released a mini movie of his own to go along with the mixtape Way stated that he was headed to greatness with the mixtape.^[37] In September 2011, Way confirmed he is working on a new album, called Promise, which will be released in October.^[38] Way also released the cover & title of his second independent album via Twitter, entitled "Skate Boy", which he said would be available in stores November 1, also via twitter.^[39][40]

Other ventures[link]

Stacks on Deck Entertainment[link]

Way founded his record label Stacks on Deck Entertainment in 2004. While Way was signed under Interscope and Collipark Music, he claimed that his label had distribution deals with Universal Music Group and eOne Music.^{[citation needed]}

Current artists

• Soulja Boy (Interscope/Collipark Music/SODMG)(CEO)
• Ja-Bar (TOKE Team/SODMG)
• Arab (Boss Money/SODMG)
• KillaCam (SODMG)
• 350 (SODMG)
• Rashad (SODMG)
• Antonio aka Tony The Deity (SODMG)
• J-Money aka J. Futuristic (SODMG)
• Spinning 9 (SODMG Germany/SODMG)
• M2ThaK (SODMG)
• Calico Jonez (SODMG)
• Riff Raff (SODMG)
• Young Sam (SODMG)
• Agoff (Ocean Gang/SODMG)
• Young L (Ocean Gang/SODMG)
• John Boy (FyreHouse/SODMG)
• Chief Keef (Glory Boyz/SODMG)

Managed DJ's

• DJ Whoogie

Managed Producers

• Soulja Boy
• G5Kids
• Kwony Cash
• R3$ource
• Jay Clink
• Supa Crank It
• Lil Keis

Record production[link]

Way also produces records, including his own. In 2009 Way produced V.I.C.'s single "Get Silly" which went certified Gold & Bow Wow's single "Marco Polo". Way beats often contain the beginning lines "Soulja Boy Tell 'em" But as of late Way has produced beats without using the lines. Also in 2009 Way was also supposed to been producing for Kanye West's fourth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy & Kanye was supposed to been producing for Ways third studio album The DeAndre Way but for unknown reasons neither of them used each other's beats.^[41] On May 13, 2011 Way stated that he had produced & submitted beats for 50 Cent's fifth studio album^[42]

Fashion designing[link]

On March 5, 2008 Way released his official clothing line of S.O.D clothing.^[43] Then also in 2008 Way released his own brand of the popular shoe line entitled "Yums".^[44]

Acting career[link]

In January 7, 2009 Soulja Boy announced that he was supposed to been releasing his own cartoon entitled Soulja Boy: The Animated Series but only one episode was ever released.^[45][46] On April 22, 2011 Way announced that he would be making his acting debut playing the main role as Bishop on the Juice remake & that it would air on BET in sometime.^[47] On July 21, 2011 Way released the trailer to his upcoming documentary about his life entitled Soulja Boy: The Movie that was released on October 18, 2011.^[48]

Personal life[link]

Legal issues[link]

On December 9, 2007, Way was sued by William Lyons (a.k.a. Souljah Boy of Mo Thugs Family) who created the stage name "Souljah Boy" in 1996.^[49]

On October 7, 2009, Way was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia on one count of obstruction, a misdemeanor, for running from police when he'd been ordered to stop while filming a video in an abandoned house. The rapper was released on $550 bond.^[50]

In May 2011, Way and his labels were sued by a local Pennsylvania promoter for failing to make promised payments in connection with a rescheduled concert.^[51]

On October 18, 2011, Way was traveling west on I-20 in Carroll County, Georgia with four other men when their vehicle was pulled over for a vehicle equipment violation. The police officer who made the stop searched the vehicle and found more than five ounces of marijuana. Way was arrested and released on bond during the same day.^[52]

Victim of robbery and battery[link]

On December 30, 2008, Way was robbed and battered in his home. Initial reports indicated that the robbers were six masked men with AK-47s and pistols but on December 31, 2008, video clips surfaced on the Internet of two masked men claiming sole credit for the crime.^[53] Soulja Boy described the incident to MTV News a month later: He had come home very late at night after attending an album release party and was recording songs with friends when the robbers came in pointing their guns.^[54]

Family tragedies[link]

On the night of March 22, 2011, Way's little brother Deion Jenkins was killed in a car crash.^[55] Then on March 24, 2011 Way's older brother threatened to commit suicide.^[56]

Controversies[link]

Way's music has been banned from some school dances for sexual or violent content and/or innuendos. However, he has denied these claims.^[57] In the original YouTube video for "Shootout", Soulja Boy demonstrates his dance while holding a handgun in each hand and pretending to shoot into the audience.^[58]

Nas[link]

On February 25, 2008, Way said in an interview that "Nas killed hip hop and his own career".^[59] Way later apologized for his comments.^[60]

Ice-T[link]

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T told Way to "eat a dick" and criticized Way for "killing hip-hop" and his song "Crank That" for being "garbage" compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.^[61] The two then traded videos back and forth over the Internet.^[62] Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that the younger artist created a new, original work for hip-hop, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.^[63] The feud was parodied in a 2010 episode of The Boondocks.

In May 2011, Way's feud somewhat reignited with Ice-T again regarding The film Juice. Way stated he would also released a movie of his own to go along with his mixtape of the same name again somewhat reignited with Ice-T following a statement during Ice-T's interview with Shade 45 in late April 2011. Ice-T stated that Way's role as Bishop, which was famously originated by Tupac Shakur was not an issue. But Ice-T would find the fact that the film being remade is problematic saying ""What?” he said. “But that’s Pac… At some point, somebody gotta stop it. I came out. I made some statements. Man, I don’t know. Do you, dude, do you. If the masses accept it, it shows you the state we’re in… Come on man, you think I’d try to remake Pac’s movie? Good luck though, I'm not a hater...eh." Way himself barraged Ice-T with retaliatory tweets on the same day, joking that someone should "get this guy a hairline." ^[64][65]

Charles Hamilton[link]

On December 9, 2008, Charles Hamilton commented in a interview by saying that Way was making it harder for new artists to be signed.^[66] Way responded by saying "X out the Sonic and fuck with Mario, you might want to got damn eat a mushroom."^{[67][further explanation needed]} Charles Hamilton responded with the diss song "I'm You Last Year With Talent".^[68] Then the diss song "Word Aight".^[69]

Bow Wow[link]

On February 2, 2009, Way challenged Bow Wow to a race in their Lamborghinis and claimed Bow Wow's Lamborghini was a rental.^[70] On February 4, 2009 Bow Wow proved that he owned his Lamborghini and said "its halloween in Bankhead for you everyday nigga..you scared..you all nervous and shit". Way responded on twitter by saying "HE FUCKED UP!!!! IM BOUT TO SHITTTT ON THIS NIGGA!! LOL!!!!!".^[71] On February 7, 2009 both artist sent diss songs to each other such as Way's "Fuck Bow Wow" & Bow Wow's "What I Think About You".^[72] Later that day during a phone conversation both rappers settled their differences.^[73]

Fabolous[link]

On December 28, 2010, Fabolous during a radio interview commented on the claim that Way does cocaine, saying "pretty boy swag but never coke my nose though",^[74] a reference to Way's song "Pretty Boy Swag. "Soulja Boy went on a tirade^[75] on Twitter in response, saying "I ignore dis foo like 5x before this. fuck that. If you send some niggaz to spray me @myfabolouslife at least I die I real nigga fuck you boy." 50 Cent also took to Twitter to say, "leave him the f*** alone before somebody get hurt." Way and Fabolous ended their beef on a radio interview.^[76]

U.S. Military[link]

In September 2011, Soulja Boy released the song "Let's Be Real". One of the lines of the song went: "Fuck the FBI and the army troops ... fighting for what? Be your own man ... I'll be flying through the clouds with green like I'm Peter Pan."^[77] After the song was released, Soulja Boy was highly criticized by the military members and their families, especially in regards to the timing relative to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.^[78][79][80] Soulja Boy apologized, "When I expressed my frustration with the US Army, not only did my words come out wrong, I was wrong to even speak them." He adds, "So, I write this to give my sincerest apology to all members of the United States military services, as well as their families that were offended by my most recent lyrics."^[77] Representatives for Soulja Boy have indicated that the song has been pulled from his upcoming album, Promise, and will not be available for sale. They are also attempting to remove the video from the internet.^[81]

On September 7, 2011, the New York Times cited the U.S. military has announced an official ban on Way's music. Way apologized for the content of the song and has offered to do free performances for American soldiers.^[82]

Discography[link]

Tours[link]

• America's Most Wanted (2009)
• Who They Want (2011)
• The World Is Yours (2012)

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• BET Awards
  • 2007: Best New Artist (Nominated)
  • 2008: Viewer's Choice Award: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)
  • 2009: Viewer's Choice Award: "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)

• BET Hip-Hop Awards
  • '2007: Best Hip-Hop Dance (Won)'

• Grammy Awards
  • 2008: Best Rap Song: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Nominated)

• Ozone Awards
  • '2007: Patiently Waiting: Mississippi (Won)'
  • 2008: Best Breakthrough Artist (Nominated)
  • 2008: TJ's DJ's Tastemaker Award (Nominated)

• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
  • 2007: Favorite Male Singer (Nominated)

• Teen Choice Awards
  • 2009: Choice Music: Rap Artist (Nominated)
  • 2009: Choice Music: R&B Track for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" (Nominated)
  • 2009: Choice Music: Hook Up for "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"
  • 2009: Choice Music: Artist (Nominated)

See also[link]

• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Soulja Boy

• Official website
• Soulja Boy on Twitter
• Soulja Boy on Myspace
• Soulja Boy's channel on YouTube
• Soulja Boy at MTV
• Soulja Boy at the Internet Movie Database

Alix Perez is the stage name of Alix Depauw, a drum and bass DJ and producer originally from Charleroi, Belgium. Currently based in North London, his music is sometimes characterised as liquid funk amongst other labels, and released on labels such as Liquid V, Bassbin, Creative Source, Horizons, Progress, Brigand, Shogun Audio, Fokuz and Soul:R.

Biography[link]

Starting to DJ at the age of 14 and producing at 17, he has collaborated with other artists such as Jenna G, Redeyes, Sabre and Specific, and his inspirations include artists such as Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Ill logic and Raf, Artificial Intelligence and D Bridge.

Now represented by Coda, he regularly plays out in London and around Europe. He describes his DJ style as, "eclectic. I play generally deep but dip into various aspects of drum & bass. I like to read the crowd and let the music breathe. I find mixing in the right musical keys essential. I basically see it as a journey."

Alix Perez's tunes are played regularly on radio shows such as BBC 1Xtra and he has been doing many mixes for radio and podcast. He receives support from respected DJs and producers such as Bailey, Fabio and Bryan Gee. On one of his BBC shows, Fabio called the song "Forsaken" by Perez, the best drum and bass track of 2010.

Alix has been featured in popular drum and bass magazines and has recently been on the cover of ATM Magazine in a feature on the "Leaders of the Nu Skool" in the drum and bass genre. He has had coverage in Knowledge Magazine, London-based dance music magazine One Week To Live, and regularly has his releases reviewed by DJ, Mixmag, Knowledge and ATM.

In 2009 he released the album 1984 on drum and bass label Shogun Audio and has been met with positive response. Perez's album includes the track "Calm of Cast" which features young London hip-hop artist Yungun.

Alix also produces other veins of electronic music under the alias ARP 101. ^[1]

Discography[link]

• Triple Soul - Dub Focus - Touchin Down production 003 (2005)
• Alix Perez + Physics - Sound For The Masses - Fokuz 19 (2005)
• Alix Perez + FX909 - Get It On - Strictly Digital (2005)
• Triple Soul - Jazz Lick - Liquid V Club Sessions Vol 1 (2005)
• Alix Perez- Sorrow - Shogun Audio (2006)
• Alix Perez- All Alone - Spearhead Records (2006)
• Alix Perez- Calypso - Horizons Music (2006)
• Alix Perez feat. MC Fats - Down The Line - Shogun Audio (2006)
• Alix Perez + Sabre - Recession - Progress (2006)
• Alix Perez - Dubrock - Horizons Music 007 (2006)
• Alix Perez + Specific - Love Bug - Horizons Music 007 (2006)
• Alix Perez + Specific - Drive By - Progress (2006)
• Alix Perez - Leave The Dread - Progress (2006)
• Alix Perez + Specific - Just Memories - Horizons Music 012 (2006)
• Alix Perez - Under My Skin - Horizons Music 012 (2006)
• Alix Perez - Illusions - Lucky Devil Music (2006)
• Alix Perez - Magnolias - Bassbin (2006)
• Alix Perez - Backlash - Bassbin (2006)
• Alix Perez + Specific - Side to Side - Brigand (2006)
• Alix Perez + Sabre - Solitary Native - Shogun Ltd (2007)
• Alix Perez + Redeyes - Watching You - Prestige Music (2007)
• Alix Perez + Redeyes - Clone 1001 - Bingo Beats (2007)
• Alix Perez + Youthman - Promise Land - Step Express Recordings (2007)
• Alix Perez - Morning Sun - Creative Source (2007)
• Alix Perez - 1984 (2007)
• Alix Perez - Playing Tricks - Creative Source (2007)
• Alix Perez - Allegiance EP - Soul:r (2008)
• Alix Perez + Icicle + Switch - This Is How / Lovechat - SGN:LTD (2008)
• Alix Perez + Sabre - Everglade / God Fearing - Metalheadz (2009)
• Alix Perez - I’m Free / Melanie - Shogun Audio (2009)
• Alix Perez + Survival - Storm Chaser - Audio Tactics (2009)
• Alix Perez + Noisia + Stray + Joe Seven - Invisible 002 EP - Invisible Recordings (2010)
• Alix Perez + Foreign Beggars + Noisia - Dark Days EP (2010) - Shogun Audio

References[link]

http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/01/arp-101-mystery-man/

External links[link]

• Alix Perez on Myspace
• The End Interview
• Alix Perez's discography
• Short interview on Drum & Bass Arena about one of his biggest tunes to date

Laraine Day
Publicity image for My Dear Secretary (1949)
Born	La Raine Johnson (1920-10-13)October 13, 1920 Roosevelt, Utah, USA
Died	November 10, 2007(2007-11-10) (aged 87) Ivins, Utah, USA
Years active	1937–1986
Spouse	Ray Hendricks (1942–47) Leo Durocher (1947–60) Michael Grilikhes (1960–2007)

Laraine Day (October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007)^[1] was an American actress and a former MGM contract star.

Career[link]

Born La Raine Johnson^[2] in Roosevelt, Utah, to an affluent Mormon family, she later moved to California where she began her acting career with the Long Beach Players. She was a 1938 graduate of Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.

In 1937, Day debuted onscreen in a bit part in Stella Dallas. Shortly afterwards, she won lead roles in several George O'Brien westerns at RKO, in which she was billed as "Laraine Hays" and then "Laraine Johnson".

In 1939 she signed with MGM, and became popular and well-known (billed as Laraine Day) as "Nurse Mary Lamont", the title character's fiancee in a string of seven "Dr. Kildare" movies beginning with Calling Dr. Kildare (1939), with Lew Ayres in the title role.

Her roles for other studios were often far more stimulating than those MGM gave her, including a prominent supporting part in the Irish melodrama My Son, My Son! (1940). She also starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940) with Joel McCrea, and the psychological mystery The Locket (1946) with Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, and Gene Raymond. In 1941 she was voted the number one "star of tomorrow" in Hollywood.^[3]

She was paired opposite major film stars, including Lana Turner, Cary Grant, and John Wayne, and hosted a TV show alternately called Daydreaming With Laraine or The Laraine Day Show (1951). During a time when she had a break in her film career she made her stage debut opposite Gregory Peck in the national theatre tour of Angel Street. She also made other stage appearances in Lost Horizon, the 1973 revival of The Women, and a revival of The Time of the Cuckoo.^[4] In the 1940s she made guest appearances on radio in both Lux Radio Theatre and The Screen Guild Theater.

Personal life[link]

In Foreign Correspondent (1940)

She was married to Ray Hendricks from 1942 to 1947, then to the baseball manager Leo Durocher from 1947 to 1960, and would often be referred to as "The First Lady of Baseball". While Durocher was managing the New York Giants, she wrote, Day With the Giants.(1952).^[5] That same year she wrote and published another book entitled The America We Love. She was also the host of “Day With the Giants,” a 15-minute television interview program broadcast before New York Giants home games.

Shortly after her divorce from Durocher, Day married television producer Michael Grilikhes in 1960. She and Grilikhes had two daughters, Dana (b. 1962) and Gigi (b. 1964). After their births, Day rarely appeared in films, and only occasionally appeared on TV, usually portraying matronly types. During this time, Day devoted herself to the raising of her two daughters and was active in her church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Day's fame mostly coincided with her dedication to Mormonism. Throughout her life she never swore, smoked, or drank any kind of alcohol, coffee or tea. Until her death in 2007 she retained her Mormon faith stating that, "It brings me comfort in a confusing world".^[6]

In 1961 she appeared with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in their production of "Let Freedom Ring" which was an inspirational one hour program dedicated to the spirit of American Freedom. Laraine was very honored to have had the opportunity. Other members of this special included Howard Keel, Richard Boone, and Dan O'Herlihy. Her then husband Michael Grilikhes produced and wrote the special.^[7]

In the 1970s she was the spokesperson for the Make America Better campaign and traveled across the country sharing her views on environmental issues.^[8] In that same period of time she was active in establishing a playhouse in Los Angeles for Mormon actors and she helped bring Ray Bradbury's career to a rise.

Later years and death[link]

Day had moved back to her native Utah in March 2007 following the death of her third husband. She had been a resident of California for over seventy years. She died in Ivins, Utah on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at age 87 from natural causes. Following her death her body was taken back to California and on Thursday, November 15, 2007 a memorial service was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. There she is buried next to her husband Michael. Her former husband Leo Durocher is buried nearby.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Laraine Day has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6676 Hollywood Blvd.

Selected filmography[link]

• Sergeant Madden (1939)
• Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
• Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
• I Take This Woman (1940)
• My Son, My Son! (1940)
• And One Was Beautiful (1940)
• Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940) with Joel McCrea; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
• Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
• The Bad Man (1941) with Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, and Ronald Reagan
• The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
• Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
• Unholy Partners (1941) with Edward G. Robinson
• A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) with Barry Nelson
• Fingers at the Window (1942) with Lew Ayres and Basil Rathbone
• Journey for Margaret (1942) with Robert Young and Fay Bainter
• Mr. Lucky (1943) with Cary Grant
• The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) with Gary Cooper
• Bride by Mistake (1944) with Alan Marshal, Marsha Hunt, Allyn Joslyn, and Edgar Buchanan
• Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) with Susan Peters and Lana Turner
• Those Endearing Young Charms (1945) with Robert Young and Ann Harding
• The Locket (1946) with Robert Mitchum
• Tycoon (1947) with John Wayne
• I Married a Communist (1949) with Robert Ryan
• My Dear Secretary (1949) with Kirk Douglas
• Without Honor (1949) with Franchot Tone and Dane Clark
• The High and the Mighty (1954) with John Wayne

Television[link]

• Nash Airflight Theatre (1951)
• Daydreaming with Laraine (1951)
• G.E. True Theatre (1953)
• Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953)
• Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
• Celebrity Playhouse (1956)
• Lux Video Theatre (1951 to 1957, 7 episodes)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952 to 1957, 7 episodes)
• Climax! (1957)
• Schlitz Playhouse (1957)
• The Loretta Young Show (1955 to 1957, 3 episodes)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1958, made for TV movie)
• Pursuit (1958)
• Rendezvous (1958)
• Playhouse 90 (1956 to 1959, 2 episodes)
• Checkmate (1961)
• Follow The Sun (1962)
• The New Breed (1962)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• Wagon Train (1963)
• The Name of the Game (1968)
• The F.B.I. (1969)
• The Sixth Sense (1972)
• Medical Center (1973)
• The Love Boat (1978, 2 episodes)
• Lou Grant (1979)
• Airwolf (1985)
• Hotel (1985)
• Murder, She Wrote (1986, 2 episodes)

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Laraine Day

• Laraine Day at the Internet Movie Database
• Laraine Day at the TCM Movie Database
• Obituary, The Times, 16 November 2007
• Laraine Day – Obituary and Memorial
• Laraine Day at Find a Grave