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," ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...