Colleen McCain Nelson currently serves as executive editor of The Sacramento Bee and is McClatchy Media’s California regional ...

“Half Nelson’s” third key character is Frank, a drug dealer with ties to Drey’s family, and the nonjudgmental way he is presented is another indication of the kind of film this is.

Predictions are dangerous, but if Ryan Gosling doesn't earn an Academy Award nomination for his heartbreaking star turn in Half Nelson, I'll eat my reporter's notebook. Without salt. Why? Because ...

His latest film, Half Nelson, chronicles the friendship between a student and her drug-addicted teacher. Movies 'Half Nelson' Director on the Power of Friendship. August 11, 2006 12:08 PM ET.

HALF NELSON FOR SOME OF US, OZZIE AND HARRIET… Share this: Click to share on Facebook ... The Nelson boys were like the kids at school who were far too cool to hang with me.

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Anthony Mackie shares a funny story with Entertainment Weekly about working with Ryan Gosling on the set of ‘Half Nelson.’ In this video, Mackie talks about his aversion to the stray cat that ...

For instance, when I did Half Nelson, I wore a calculator watch that was held together by a rubber band because it communicated this was a teacher at the end of his rope.