I saw the film. Anyone who has any interest in Stevie Nicks beyond just the music should see it. All of her fascinations are there: castles, candelabras, etc. The gossamer-clad actress who plays Beauty looks like she stepped off the Rumors album cover. The Beast is charming, fearsome, vulnerable, misunderstood. Which brings me to her last point, one of the things she said before we finally said goodnight.

"You know what, Jim, I'd really appreciate it if you'd do one thing for me when you write this . . . when I do interviews, I'm a really friendly person and really love to talk. Especially when you start talking about stuff that I love to talk about. But I always really appear to be such an airhead. And I'm not an airhead. You know, I went five years of college, I think I'm very together. But I think everyone focuses on the hair and the clothes. It tends to make people think that there's nothing else there except this visual stuff. So, maybe somewhere in your article, you can say . . .'Oh, by the way, she's not an airhead.' "