Keke Palmer
  • 'Joyful Noise'

    ...wants to stay conservative in approach, while Parton is cast as a relative spitfire who wants to shake things up. Keke Palmer ("Akeelah and the Bee"), Courtney B. Vance , Kris Kristofferson and Jesse L. Martin also......

  • 'Degrassi' premiere: Keke Palmer on playing Keke Palmer

    Though it's her first appearance on the show, it wasn't Palmer's first time on set....

  • Movie Review: 'The Longshots'

    ...town of Minden, Ill. Then he notices that his shy, bookish, unpopular niece Jasmine ("Akeelah and the Bee" star Keke Palmer) has a surprisingly strong throwing arm. Soon he's coaching her to hit receivers by targeting posters of Beyonce......

  • 'Cleaner' Movie for Mendes

    ...character finds himself working with the wife (Mendes) of the slain main, according to The Hollywood Reporter . Keke Palmer ("Akeelah and the Bee") plays Jackson's daughter, with Campbell ("88 Minutes") as her coach. What kind of......

  • 'High School Musical' Star Jumps for New Film

    ...The sport, which uses two jump ropes, combines agility, acrobatics and a healthy dose of attitude. When Mary (KeKe Palmer) asks her neighbor Izzy to fill in on her four-girl double Dutch team, he's surprised at how much he enjoys it......

  • 'Bee' Builds Black Film Awards Buzz

    ... -hosted event spoiled. In addition to the best picture prize, "Akeelah & the Bee" got awards for star Keke Palmer (outstanding lead actress) and for supporting actor and actress Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett......

  • 'Akeelah and the Bee'

    ...the Bee" is what you'd call a shameless button-pusher, telling the fictional story of a young black girl ( Keke Palmer ) in South Central Los Angeles with a whole bunch of socioeconomic strikes against her, not the least of which......

  • 'Bee' Actress Palmer Is a S-T-A-R

    ...biggest role of your career -- can feel like forever. "It was way long, too long for them to take," laughs Keke Palmer , who plays the title character in the new spelling bee drama "Akeelah and the Bee." "When you audition for a......

  • 'Akeelah and the Bee'

    ...Akeelah." When a movie's heart is so obviously in the right place, it deserves some respect. Akeelah ( Keke Palmer ) has grown up in South Central Los Angeles , where her intellectual gifts are something to hide, rather than......

  • 'Bee' Reunites Fishburne, Bassett

    ...took more than a decade for the duo to reunite. The Lionsgate drama "Akeelah and the Bee" stars 12-year-old Keke Palmer as Akeelah, a gifted speller whose rise from South Central to the National Spelling Bee is aided by a moody college......