When Nic Sheff’s father first started seeking drug addiction treatment for his son, one person he called told him he’d be better off kicking Nic out of the house. Another person recommended he send ...

Nic Sheff spent the better part of a decade in and out of rehab, fighting to overcome a crystal meth addiction. Throughout his battle, his father, David, stood by his side. Now, their story is a major ...

Former Office costars Steve Carell and Amy Ryan have reunited onscreen for a very different kind of project — the heartwrenching film Beautiful Boy, in which they play divorced parents to a son ...

Timothée Chalamet and Nic Sheff, the recovering meth addict he plays in Beautiful Boy, visited several cities to talk about drug abuse and recovery Julie Jordan is an Editor at Large for PEOPLE. She ...

Nic Sheff thought he was going to die. Sometimes he welcomed it. "I came close many times," he says of his early 20s, when he was addicted to methamphetamine. Nic was so unhappy when he was clean, he ...

“Beautiful Boy,” the Golden Globe-nominated true story of a family struggling with a son’s heroine addiction, is a heartbreaking portrayal of a family contending with crisis — but a family nonetheless ...

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Based on books by both journalist David Sheff and his son Nic Sheff, the film chronicles Nic's descent into methamphetamine addiction and how his father stood by his side through relapse and recovery.

In the world of cinema, drug addiction has been depicted countless times, leaving the brutally relevant subject matter up for caricature and emotional manipulation. Thankfully, Felix Van Groeningen's ...

Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet will come to Austin along with author Nic Sheff for a Q&A and special screening of the new movie, Beautiful Boy. Based on the best-selling pair of memoir from ...

Real-life Beautiful Boy Nic Sheff and star Timothée Chalamet, 22, visited cities around the country over the weekend to promote their film and bring attention to addiction awareness. Based on the ...