Akeelah’s best friend, Georgia, was still a cheerleader for her despite being jealous of her new spelling bee friends. She ...

it doesn’t mean fans have forgotten about her breakout role as Akeelah Anderson in Akeelah and the Bee. So much so that Palmer talks about the time she met a superfan of the family-friendly ...

Keke Palmer is one of the most beloved celebrities, partly due to her incredible acting work and partly due to her many ...

Under-challenged at school and overwhelmed by her daily life in a tough, Chicago neighborhood, Akeelah is finding it difficult to try. But with the Scripps National Spelling Bee just around the ...

as the titular Akeelah in the drama Akeelah and the Bee. What a way to honor an incredible piece of modern Black cinema, and the role that launched Palmer’s impressive career.

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 ...