Actor Duvall enters battle to save Va. battlefield

Actor Duvall enters battle to save Va. battlefield

LOCUST GROVE, Va. — Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first fought the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant.

Duvall, who is a descendant of Lee’s, said he will help preservationists in “chasing out” the retailer from a site near the Wilderness Battlefield.

At a news conference Monday, Duvall said he has no grudge against Wal-Mart but believes in capitalism coupled with sensitivity.

Duvall was joined by Congress-men Peter Welch of Vermont and Ted Poe of Texas, representing states that lost many lives at the Wilderness battle 145 years ago.

Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal wed

NEW YORK — Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal have made it official.

Amanda Silverman, Gyllenhaal’s publicist, says the couple were married Saturday. She didn’t provide any details.

Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard have a daughter, Ramona, who was born in October 2006. They announced their engagement earlier that year.

Gyllenhaal’s film roles include “The Dark Knight” and “World Trade Center.” Sarsgaard has appeared in the films “Jarhead,” “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Kinsey.”

Today’s birthdays

Actress Pat Carroll is 82. Actor Michael Murphy is 71. Actor Lance Henriksen is 69. Comedian-actor Michael Palin is 66. MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder is 64. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is 50. Newsman Brian Williams is 50. Actress Tina Yothers (“Family Ties”) is 36. Actress Danielle Fishel (“Boy Meets World”) is 28. Singer Adele is 21. Singer Chris Brown is 20.