Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's easy to assume that winning a spelling bee is all about studying and memorizing hard words, their definitions, and their ...

That seemingly inexhaustible new movie subgenre, the spelling bee drama, receives its most conventionally uplifting treatment yet in "Akeelah and the Bee." Framed around the relationship between an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Keke Palmer, who captivated audiences as national spelling bee champion Akeelah Anderson in the film "Akeelah and the Bee," ...

If playwright Cheryl West's keen and moving adaptation of "Akeelah and the Bee" brings tears to the eyes of audience members — and many were sniffling during the extended standing ovation at Friday's ...

It may be hard to believe but it's been 13 years since Angela Bassett teamed up with Lawrence Fishburne to deliver her stellar Oscar nominated performance as Tina Turner in the film What's Love Got To ...

Like last year’s “Bee Season,” the Tony-winning “The 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” and the Oscar-nominated documentary, “Spellbound,” writer-director Doug Atchison’s “Akeelah and the Bee” ...

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon: [commentating on TV] Several of the kids placed very high in last year's bee, especially Dylan Chiu. He's come in second two years in a row. Male judge: If you spell this ...

Bria Washington is stepping into the spotlight as the determined and big-hearted Akeelah in The Ensemble Theatre’s production of Akeelah and the Bee. Based on the beloved film, Cheryl L. West’s stage ...

If this uplifting story about a gifted African American girl from inner-city Los Angeles and her triumph as a champion speller weren't so well written and acted, it might seem like a preachy ...

Akeelah has a passion for words, the crazier the better! Under-challenged at school and overwhelmed by her daily life in a tough, Chicago neighborhood, Akeelah is finding it difficult to try. But with ...

Studio info: Lions Gate, 112 mins. Akeelah and the Bee is the kind of movie you want to recommend to every 11-year-old you know. Akeelah has brains but little motivation until her teachers urge her to ...