One of the Greats

Talented photojournalist Dith Pran succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 65 on Sunday. His story of survival was portrayed in the film, The Killing Fields, a vivid re-telling of the horrors of the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian genocide. He risked his life so that the world could see the truth. Elizabeth Becker writes movingly in the Washington Post about her encounter with The Interpreter of Memories from the Killing Fields.

I had the chance to meet him a few years ago at an AAJA conference in Minneapolis and he was just as humble and down-to-earth as could be. I was walking around the photo auction benefit and he introduced himself to me as "Dith" and "a photographer." When I saw his work, I put two and two together and figured out who he was.

A great loss.

Make Mine a Cosmo, Ladies

Earlier today I had a raucous time interviewing Michael Patrick King, the writer, director and producer of the Sex and the City movie (slated for release May 30th) for a film magazine. Alas, he didn't confirm whether Carrie gets hitched to Mr. Big or if Charlotte is preggers, but the rumor mill is all abuzz about the famed quartet's return to the Big Apple, a bit older and a bit wiser, perhaps. The original cast is all intact, looking as fashionable and sexy as ever.

I skipped my girly quiz question (Which SATC character are you?) and instead asked, in a very Carrie-esque way: Have times changed for the fab four, or in spite of time passing, have things stayed much the same? Stay tuned for the response.