Tender Mercies,’ starring Robert Duvall, is the story of one man’s modest steps towards a second chance that he’s not sure he deserves.

The actor visited many churches. Research with believers immediately bled into the screenplay he wrote for “The Apostle,” which Duvall directed and financed. The movie earned him another Academy Award ...

A bill that would eliminate Virginia’s Robert E. Lee and Sons of Confederate Veterans specialty license plates is now headed to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk.