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 ...

AKEELAH & THE BEE follows the story of a young girl with an extraordinary gift for spelling. We watch her journey as she prepares for the National Spelling Bee. Powered by her own drive, and with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palmer has been acting for the better half of her life, following her breakout role in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee. True Jackson, ...

In a breakout role, Birmingham’s Trinity Anderson is taking on a character that mirrors her own passion for perseverance and growth as an artist. Trinity, 20, will star as Akeelah in ‘Akeelah and The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photos by Getty Images/Collage by TheGrio Keke Palmer’s One of Them Days and seven other roles defined a career that made its own ...

"In The Shells," a sculptural installation by Xiaojing Yan, is part of her show "Peregrination," at Contemporary Craft. Check out a new exhibit by Chinese-born, Canada-based artist Xiaojing Yan, ...

Akeelah and the Bee is the latest story about a new national obsession with spelling bees—you may have heard of the book-turned-movie Bee Season, or, of course, the documentary Spellbound. Meet the ...

“Akeelah and the Bee” adds a bit of “My Fair Lady” and a touch of “Boyz N’ the Hood” to the dramatics found in the documentary “Spellbound,” then finds a striking, entirely believable young star to ...

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 ...

You probably recognize young Keke Palmer from her starring role in the critically acclaimed movie Akeelah and the Bee. The young actress held her own with heavyweights Angela Bassett and Laurence ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up I’m here to set the record straight. Akeelah is not a bumble bee.

Do you like watching nail-biting spelling bees on ESPN? Always win when playing Scrabble against your friends and family? Know how to spell scherenschnitte (the art of paper-cutting) without grabbing ...