Shock and disbelief as Chicago loses 2016 Games bid (AFP)

AFP - Chicago reeled with disbelief and shock as the Windy City was eliminated early in its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games despite high-profile support from President Barack Obama.

Guinea to hold election despite bloody protest (AP)

AP - Guinea's leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57 people who died when troops fired live ammunition into a pro-democracy rally.

Tyra Banks is a Gossip Girl

Her role is that of Ursula Nyquist, an award-winning actress looking to offset some negative personal press by playing a real-life heroine -- American-born French stage star Josephine Baker -- in an Oscar-worthy movie about the French Resistance during World War II.

"The people at Gossip Girl tell me I set a Gossip Girl hair change record. I had SEVEN hair changes, every single scene you see is some new hair on my head," says Banks, who also plans to talk about her role on the episode during Monday's Tyra Show.