It’s easy to assume that winning a spelling bee is all about studying and memorizing hard words, their definitions, and their language of origin. But because Akeelah was representing her low ...

How to Watch Saturday Night at the Movies. ... Akeelah wins the bee, but afterwards she is challenged by Dr. Larabee, a friend of Mr. Welch, to spell a series of difficult words.

Doug Atchison’s triumphant Akeelah and the Bee captures the inherent drama of the competition from a fresh new perspective, one that will have you wanting to stand up and cheer by story’s end ...

No, she doesn’t have a photographic memory, nor is she channeling the occult, as the heroine of “Bee Season” does. She’s just a good speller. The story of Akeelah’s ascent to the finals of the ...

Keke Palmer’s best roles—from Akeelah and the Bee to Nope— how she’s redefining what it means to be a multi-talented woman in ...

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 ...

Word lovers and schmaltz lovers alike will find much to adore about “Akeelah and the Bee,” a sweet little lollipop of a human-interest drama in which a child’s greatest athletic ecstasy can ...

Keke Palmer is excited for her son to see her in one of her iconic starring roles. During a conversation with E! News, the ...

Akeelah and the Bee kicks off a spring celebration of BCS’s youth programs, culminating in the 40th anniversary of the historic Young Playwrights Festival. Directed by Jerrica D. White.

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I n 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 time. Not only is it one of Keke Palmer’s best movies, but it ...