"White House reporter Helen Thomas (L) poses with documentary film maker Rory Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C. in this undated publicity photograph released to Reuters August 14, 2008. Next week on cable network HBO, Thomas, 88, makes a rare appearance as an interview subject in a documentary "Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House," produced and directed by Kennedy, whose uncle "Jack" was the first Oval Office occupant Thomas followed as a reporter."