--- description: THE WEEK SNOW SLAMMED THE EAST COAST Emma Watson The actor was cast as Belle in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast GOOD... title: Briefing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Briefing (29 Jan 2015) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2015 10:50 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2015 10:50 AM CUT THE WEEK SNOW SLAMMED THE EAST COAST Emma Watson The actor was cast as Belle in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK Sam Smith The singer will pay Tom Petty royalties on the Petty-like song “Stay With Me” ‘I will go anywhere I am invited to make the state of Israel’s case.’ BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister, who will address Congress at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner; Boehner didn’t consult President Obama, who won’t meet with Netanyahu when he’s in Washington $2,631 Amount of cash in a bag that a New Hampshire woman was accidentally given when she went through a Burger King drive-through 15% Improvement in fourth- and fifth-graders’ math scores after they participated in a meditation-mindfulness program vs. those who didn’t, according to a study ‘This isn’t ISIS. No one’s dying. ‘ TOM BRADY, New England Patriots quarterback, playing down the controversy over allegations that his team deflated footballs used in its AFC championship win; Brady and coach Bill Belichick have denied wrongdoing ‘I can’t tell you. Apparently there’s not a t in it.’ MILEY CYRUS, singer, when asked to spell the name of boyfriend Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘THIS IS A BIG FORECAST MISS.’ GARY SZATKOWSKI, meteorologist at the U.S. National Weather Service, after forecasts of a “crippling” storm in New York City didn’t pan out; Boston, meanwhile, was buried in snow 2,212 Number of guns seized from carry-on luggage at U.S. airports in 2014, a 22% increase from 2013 ‘I’m the first, but I won’t be the only.’ THE REV. LIBBY LANE, on her consecration as the Church of England’s first female bishop Sources: AP; ESPN; Developmental Psychology; Good Morning America; TSA; BBC; Twitter; Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3687307/briefing-24/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3687307/briefing-24/"},"headline":"Briefing (29 Jan 2015)","datePublished":"2015-01-29T10:50:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T19:52:28.281Z","description":"THE WEEK SNOW SLAMMED THE EAST COAST Emma Watson The actor was cast as Belle in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast GOOD...","url":"https://time.com/3687307/briefing-24/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3687307/briefing-24/","name":"Briefing (29 Jan 2015)"}}]}] ```