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 ...

Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her ...

In it, Bassett played the mother of Palmer's character, a young girl training to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee In an interview with Vanity Fair, Palmer, 32, said she remembered filming ...

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 ...

How do you spell winner? A-K-E-E-L-A-H because that's what The Coterie Theatre has in their production of AKEELAH AND THE BEE, now playing at the theater located in Crown Center. AKEELAH AND THE BEE ...

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 ...

Baltimore Center Stage's (BCS) newest production, “Akeelah and The Bee,” opens March 20, and it's kicking off BCS's spring celebration of youth programs. Based on the 2006 hit film of the same name, ...

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Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee. Saturday Night at the Movies is available ...

In honor of Black History Month, I’ve got to say that Akeelah and the Bee is one of my favorite movies to watch during this ...

In the film, Bassett played the mother of Palmer's character, a young girl training to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Manoli Figetakis/Getty; TheStewartofNY/WireImage Keke Palmer is ...

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 ...