Kyle MacLachlan's first movie, "Dune," flopped so badly he writes, "I'm realizing I'm the face of not just a failure, but a really loud one." airmail.news/sh/GBh59x

Claire Kellerman is suing a small Hebridean café's community association for $13,000 after being asked to keep her dog outside. She initially sued the wrong organization entirely. airmail.news/sh/WRhP4R

Eugene Levy wanted to play Jesus in "Godspell." He lost the role to Victor Garber—whose audition earned a standing ovation on the spot. airmail.news/sh/kOhRG9

Kyle MacLachlan beat out Val Kilmer for the lead role in "Dune." His new memoir traces exactly what came after that career-defining call. airmail.news/sh/GBh59x

One stress doctor argues we've had cortisol backwards this whole time: the real danger isn't too much of it, but running your reserves too low. airmail.news/sh/ZyhXBd

A tiny Scottish island of 250 residents is being sued over a dog named Lady Tarkina Snow Fire. The plaintiff: Sally Kellerman's daughter, newly arrived from California. airmail.news/sh/WRhP4R

A tiny private island with its own Napoleonic fort just went up for sale in the Venetian Lagoon for $6.2 million. Locals worry it's part of a much bigger trend. airmail.news/sh/6Zh5J4

Grace Coddington's dream tabloid headline: "TRUMP IS OUT." Her actual go-to lunch order: tiny clams and a glass of Chablis by the sea in Arles. airmail.news/sh/drhpWD

Adam Rapoport thought he knew how to grill a kebab. Then he watched the Eyval chef trim his own lamb shoulder by hand every single morning. airmail.news/sh/lAh8oA

A thousand young Canadian actors auditioned for a 1972 Toronto production of "Godspell." Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, and Victor Garber all made the cast. airmail.news/sh/kOhRG9

Plain white tubes with clinical-sounding labels are now the most coveted item in skin care. Linda Wells on the rise of prescription-strength routines ordered online. airmail.news/sh/q4h1k0

Charles Spencer's new memoir claims King Charles sounded "giddily elated" after Diana's death. Johanna Thomas-Corr reviews the book already being called "verbal homicide" by one royal commentator. airmail.news/sh/z5hj5y

Andrew Tate danced to Boney M. on a Kremlin visit before riding a tank and firing a rocket launcher on camera. Andrew Ryvkin on how online influencers became Russia's new propaganda arm. airmail.news/sh/6Zh5Vd

Trevor Houston almost became a doctor. Instead, he's now reviving Herbert Levine, the storied shoe label that dressed Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy. airmail.news/sh/8jhyKD

Anthony Scaramucci lasted 11 days in the Trump White House. He's spent the years since studying exactly why voters turn on presidents in midterms—and this year has all the same warning signs. airmail.news/sh/y8hREP

Lars Anderson spent three years and nearly 400 interviews trying to find the real Tom Brady beneath seven Super Bowl rings. Not one person had a bad word to say about his character. airmail.news/sh/lAh8q2

"I'm so sick of people blaming nepotism for why they aren't rich and famous or successful." Lottie Moss, Kate Moss's younger half-sister, in a tweetstorm that did not land the way she hoped. airmail.news/sh/vmhOkd

At 78, Haruomi Hosono returns with his first new album in seven years—a swan song, perhaps, to one of music's most quietly influential careers. airmail.news/sh/a5hyMk

Universal and Ron Howard announced a "Colossus" remake in 2007, with Will Smith reportedly set to star. The project has been stuck in development ever since. airmail.news/sh/a5hygk

Food52's new 41,000-square-foot Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters had six test kitchens and meeting rooms named after condiments—the Togarashi, the Negroni, the Moon Pie. airmail.news/sh/0qh5eN