NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) -- Kathy Bates, Tim Curry and Colm Meany have joined the cast of "Alice," a four-hour TV movie being shot in Vancouver, SCI FI said.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- In his century-old Wonderland classic, Lewis Carroll has Alice saying, "I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle." Substitute Alice for Pakistan and one begins to understand Pakistan's alternating personality syndrome.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Anne Hathaway has agreed to play the White Queen in Tim Burton's new big-screen version of "Alice in Wonderland."

NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- Australian actress Mia Wasikowska reportedly is in final negotiations to play the title character in Tim Burton's big-screen version of "Alice in Wonderland."

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal appeals court reversed a military tribunal finding for holding a detainee in the first case reviewing the government's secret evidence.

JERUSALEM, March 1 (UPI) -- Award-winning Israeli translator and author Aharon Amir has died at the age of 85.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Feb. 29, 2008.

LONDON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was named the best children's book of all time in a poll of 4,000 people conducted by the London-based group Booktrust.