LOS ANGELES -- More than a dozen writers have tried to chronicle the vagabond life of Woody Guthrie, but none brought him alive quite like Ed Cray, not even Guthrie himself. Cray used a treasure trove ...

In Gustavus Stadler’s biography 'Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life,' one finds greater depth and complexity in a man considered an American icon yet often misunderstood.

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"I pulled a lot of the performance out of emulating my mom." His characters often struggle on screen, but McNairy does not play them as defeated; rather he expresses their hangdog weariness, which can ...