WLAQ Podcasts

Good Morning Rome: Actor Karyn Parsons Discusses Latest Film "Sweet Thing"

Actor Karyn Parsons joined GMR to discuss her latest film Sweet Thing.  

KARYN PARSONS BIO

Assured young actor who gained exposure playing Hilary Banks, the spoiled, self-centered cousin of Will Smith on the hit sitcom, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC, 1990-96). Parsons had previously worked as a model and appeared in nearly two dozen TV commercials before making her TV debut in "Roughhouse" (CBS, 1988), a busted pilot directed by Martha Coolidge. She began to branch out into a feature career playing the female lead in "Class Act" (1992), a teen comedy starring pop rappers Kid 'N' Play. Parsons was selected to perform similar chores opposite Damon Wayans in "Major Payne" (1995). She returned to series TV in 1996 co-starring with Lori Petty in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Lush Life," in which the two played roommates.

Karyn has gone on to found and produce "Sweet Blackberry," an award-winning series of children's animated films, to share stories about unsung black heroes in history, featuring narration from stars such as Alfre Woodard, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock. The videos have been screened on HBO and Netflix, and enjoyed by schools and libraries across the country. She is the author of Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight and How High the Moon. Karyn married director Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup, 13 Moons) - who was formerly married to Jennifer Beals, who, along with Sam Rockwell is an exec producer on her latest film, SWEET THING. Karyn lives with her family in New York City.

ABOUT SWEET THING, IN VIRTUAL THEATERS JUNE 18th

SYNOPSIS

Two children in contemporary New Bedford, Massachusetts spend an eventful summer in a beach house with their mother and her boyfriend in SWEET THING, director Alexandre Rockwell's poetic, uplifting rendering of childhood which captured the Berlinale Crystal Bear in the Generation K-plus section in 2020.

In SWEET THING, Billie (Lana Rockwell, Little Feet), a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother, is forced to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico (Nico Rockwell, Little Feet). They soon meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful gaze. Discovering freedom and enchantment among New Bedford's boats and railway tracks, the trio fantasize about a life of luxury when they break into a posh home, and are able to carry the taste of affluence into their adventures. An ode to that trying age when young people prepare to take their first step into adulthood, SWEET THING, starring Rockwell's children Lana and Nico, Karyn Parsons and Will Patton, is an intense but ultimately uplifting, portrait that captures the essence of that time in life when a day can last forever.

Good Morning Rome: John Cowman, President of JLC Airshow Management

John Cowman, President of JLC Airshow Management, discusses plans for the 2021 Wings Over North Georgia air show.  The show is a nominee in USA Today's 2021 10 Best Readers' Choice travel awards in the category of Best Air Show; the public can cast their vote through July 5th.  

 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

 

Good Morning Rome: Rome City Commissioner Wendy Davis on Upcoming Congressional Run

Rome City Commissioner Wendy Davis interviewed by Elizabeth Davis on Good Morning Rome (6/8/21).  Davis gives details regarding the announcement she has entered the race for Congress in northwest Georgia’s 14th District.  She also discusses current topics of interest related to the City of Rome.  

 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

Good Morning Rome - Conversation with John Oates

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates of Hall and Oates interviewed by Elizabeth Davis on Good Morning Rome.  

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

NWGA Sports LIVE - 2021 GHSA Basketball Championship Preview with Kyle Sandy

Kyle Sandy of Sandy's Spiel gives us a comprehensive preview of the 2021 GHSA Basketball Championships.  We also discuss his background and how Sandy's Spiel was born.  Enjoy!  

NWGA Sports LIVE is a live, locally-produced sports talk program on WLAQ in Rome, Georgia.  The program airs Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. on 96.9 FM, 1410 AM, www.wlaq1410.com, TuneIn app., and Facebook LIVE.  

Good Morning Rome - Conversation with Bonnie Tyler

An interview with iconic pop star Bonnie Tyler from the 3/2/21 edition of Good Morning Rome on WLAQ - Rome.  

Tyler, a Welsh songstress best known here in the U.S. for hits of the 1980s like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out For A Hero", has a new album out entitled "The Best Is Yet To Come". 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

Good Morning Rome - An interview with Rome, Georgia's Mayor Craig McDaniel

An interview with Rome, Georgia's Mayor Craig McDaniel that aired during the Tuesday, February 23rd edition of Good Morning Rome. 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

 

Good Morning Rome - Interview with Dr. Gary Voccio of GA Dept. of Public Health

An interview with Dr. Gary Voccio, Health Director of the Georgia Department of Public Health's Northwest Health District that aired on Wednesday, February 24th on Good Morning Rome.  He says that coronavirus cases are trending downward in Floyd County.  He also discusses the decision to cease free COVID-19 testing across the district in order to focus public health resources on vaccination efforts.  

 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

 

 

Good Morning Rome - Interview with ABC News Correspondent Gio Benitez

Interview with ABC News correspondent Gio Benitez about his new A&E television series "I Survived A Crime".  The interview was recorded on Monday, February 22nd and aired on WLAQ's "Good Morning Rome" on Wednesday, February 24th.  

 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ radio station in Rome, Georgia. 

Listen LIVE:  96.9 FM, 1410 AM, wlaq1410.com 

 

Good Morning Rome - US Senator David Perdue (12/30/20)

US Senator David Perdue interview from Good Morning Rome on 12/30/20.  

 

Good Morning Rome airs live weekday mornings in Rome, Georgia from 7-9 a.m. on WLAQ 96.9 FM, 1410 AM, and also steams live at www.wlaq1410.com.