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History, lately run amok, is ordered with such tidy, forceful finesse by Natalie Portman's Jacqueline Kennedy in in the piercing "Jackie." Summoning a journalist to Hyannis Port in 1963, not long after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, she coolly sets the record for her late husband's legacy, coining "Camelot" and shaping the mythology. Some details that don't fit the narrative she simply crosses out. "I don't smoke," she tells the Life magazine reporter (Billy Crudup), with a cigarette dangling between her fingers.

CHIANG MAI — Visitors to a temple in the north of Thailand were offended Tuesday by a farang doing mountain bike tricks there.

BANGKOK — Mixed Martial Arts is kicking deeper into the land of Muay Thai with a tournament to be held March 11 headlined by women and Thai MMA fighters.

BANGKOK — Eve Ensler’s renowned “The Vagina Monologues” comes to audiences Friday in Bangkok with a Tony Award winning actress.

BANGKOK — Cat Radio is bringing more than 100 local bands to perform on two days next month at its annual music festival

BANGKOK — If running on tracks, streets, treadmills or with Hello Kitty has lost the thrill, things are literally looking up.

BANGKOK — World-renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado will showcase the art captured from around the globe in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Bring all your pineapple pens to CentralWorld next month for three days of internet idols, manga artists, cosplayers, Samurai photo studio, wrestling matches and more from the Land of the Rising Fun.

BANGKOK — Hop on, hop off, grasshopper. By BTS Skytrain, river ferry or tuk-tuk, go exploring at 45 galleries and art spaces next month at the fourth annual Galleries Night.

BANGKOK — An annual tourist festival returns later this month to Bangkok’s largest downtown park with maximum Thainess.