Music News for Tuesday

SPECTRE’ FILM EDITOR SAYS HARRY STYLES COULD BE BOND: Harry Styles’ small role in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk was well-received, but could the One Direction star portray one of filmdom’s most iconic characters? Lee Smith, who edited the James Bond movie Spectre as well as Dunkirk, thinks Harry would make a great James Bond, even though he’s only 23. At the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Smith said, “Harry could do it. If they wanted a younger Bond then why not? He has got it.” Harry may have an inside track on the role because Nolan has been rumored to direct the next Bond film. Daniel Craig is expected to star in that film, due in 2019, which means his replacement wouldn’t appear until 2022. At that point, Harry would be 28. Smith thinks the singer could do it, even though he’d still be the youngest Bond ever.

SARA BAREILLES RETURNS TO BROADWAY, BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS: Sara Bareilles is back on Broadway in the musical Waitress and she helped the show break box office records in her first week back. The Grammy and Tony-nominated singer, who wrote the music for Waitress, is now starring alongside her longtime friend Jason Mraz in the musical. Waitress grossed $1,608,291.60 in the week ending January 21, 2018. It marks not only the highest grossing week thus far for the hit musical, but also the highest grossing week ever for the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The previous record was set by Waitress for the week ending January 1, 2017, when the show grossed $1,452,079.60. This was also for a nine-show week whereas the current record was set with just eight shows. The performance on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 8 p.m. also marked the single highest grossing performance ever with $217,571.00. You can see Sara in the musical now through February 25th.

ED SHEERAN WILL CHOOSE FATHERHOOD OVER A MUSIC CAREER: The newly-engaged Ed Sheeran says he anticipates losing his passion for performing once he has children. “My ambition is going to go to zero as soon as I have kids,” he says. “I am going to be like, ‘I do not really care anymore as I have another life to take care of,” he tells the Daily Star. Ed, who’s 26, has previously stated he’d like to start a family before he turns 30. “It is totally understandable because you have children and your ambition shifts to be like, ‘I want to be a good father,’” he says. Ed admits he’s already losing his ambition because at this point he’s achieved way more than he ever thought he would. “My ambition next is a silly small ambition to write a country music song that goes to number one on country radio in America,” he says. Ed announced his engagement to Cherry Seaborn over the weekend, writing on Instagram, “We are very happy and in love.”

MILLIE BOBBY BROWN SHARES FANGIRL MOMENT WHILE HANGING OUT WITH DRAKE: Drake and Millie Bobby Brown have become fast friends. The Stranger Things star and serious Drake fan revealed to E! News on the SAG Awards red carpet last weekend how she connected with the rapper backstage at one of his concerts. “Drake is my man,” she beamed. “I love Drake! He’s amazing…This moment was amazing. I was in his dressing room with my whole family. He invited me to his dressing room and was like, ‘Just wanna say hi!’ and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’ He was having a fangirl moment. Or a fanboy moment. I was having a fangirl moment. A whole moment. And I’ll never forget it. It was a Drake moment.”