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Readers ask questions of newsmakers and celebrities.

Ask Dr. Mehmet Oz

Dr. Mehmet Oz Fabrice Trombert / Retna / Corbis

Before being tapped as The Oprah Winfrey Show's resident doctor, Oz was a well-known cardiothoracic surgeon who invented several medical devices including one that enables damaged hearts to pump blood. As a professor of surgery at Columbia University, he stresses the importance of alternative healing techniques such as yoga and massage to complement traditional methods. Though his run on Oprah ended in May, he will continue giving out medical advice on the The Dr. Oz Show, which premieres in September. Submit your questions for Mehmet Oz below, then read the interview in an upcoming interview of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe Joel Ryan / AP

First bursting onto the Hollywood scene at the tender age of 11 as bespectacled wizard Harry Potter, Radcliffe later sparked intrigue when he performed in the nude in the 2007 stage production of Equus in London. The actor, now 19, is currently shooting the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter film series, which has grossed nearly $4.5 billion worldwide to date (J.K. Rowling's books, on which the movies are based, have sold more than 400 million copies). Movie No. 6, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, is in theaters July 15. Submit your questions for Daniel Radcliffe below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

Visit RottenTomatoes.com for a slideshow of the stars of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

          

Ask Bill Keller

RoberBill Keller Scott Gries / Getty Images

As executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller has one of the most influential jobs in journalism -- and right now, one of the hardest. A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who served stints in Washington, Moscow and Johannesburg, Keller ascended to the top job in 2003 at the beginning of the most tumultuous period in the Gray Lady's history. A foundering media market and the changes wrought by the Internet have already forced several major newspapers out of business -- and pose fundamental challenges to the nature of journalism itself. Submit your questions for Bill Keller below, then look for the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP / Getty

His 2000 motivational book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the story of two fathers (Kiyosaki¹s own and his friend's) and their differing financial journeys through life, became a bestseller and catapulted him to the highest rank of finance gurus. Since then the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series - based on his financial philosophies of frugality and careful investing - have sold more than 27 million copies worldwide. Chapters of his latest, Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money are available for free online until July 7 and will be in bookstores in September. Submit your questions for Kiyosaki below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer Mario Anzuoni / Reuters / Corbis

His name is synonymous with the summer blockbuster: Over the years, Jerry Bruckheimer has produced more than 60 films including Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, and the three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, as well as the hit television series CSI and its two spinoffs. On July 24, he'll try his hand at a new kind of action film with G-Force -- featuring a kid-friendly, digitally-enhanced squad of guinea pigs out to save the world. Submit your questions for Jerry Bruckheimer below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Candace Parker

Candace Parker Garrett Ellwood / NBAE / Getty

It was a big year for the forward from the University of Tennessee: in 2008, after winning her second NCAA championship, Candace Parker was chosen as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, joining the Los Angeles Sparks. She went on to become the first woman to win both the WNBA's Rookie of the Year and MVP honors -- not to mention a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing. This year, however, could be even bigger: just weeks after giving birth on May 13 to her daughter with Minnesota Timberwolves forward Shelden Williams, Parker is plotting her return to WNBA dominance. She starts training with the Sparks in July. Submit your questions for Candace Parker below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Spike Lee

Spike Lee Hugues Lawson-Body / Corbis

Twenty years ago this month, Do the Right Thing hit theaters - a tale of simmering racial tension in a Brooklyn neighborhood that sparked a national debate over race and class and marked a breakthrough for a director who would play a pivotal part in that discussion for decades. He's followed up with films like Jungle Fever, Malcolm X and last year's Miracle at St. Anna - during the production of which he got into a public feud with Clint Eastwood over the depiction of black soldiers during World War II. A special anniversary edition of Do the Right Thing is being released June 30. Submit your questions for Spike Lee below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich Shane Gritzinger / FilmMagic / Getty

Her heroine, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, has fought and quipped her way to the top of the bestseller lists, appearing in fourteen books with titles like One for the Money and Two for the Dough. The latest addition to her series, Finger Lickin' Fifteen, hits bookstores June 23. Submit your questions for Janet Evanovich below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton LUCAS JACKSON / Reuters / Corbis

After earning seven Grammy Awards, two Oscar nominations and the 2005 National Medal of the Arts, the country music icon has her sights on a Tony Award on June 7. She's nominated for best original score for 9 to 5: The Musical, a play based on the 1980 film which she wrote the music for as well. Submit your questions for Dolly Parton below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

          

Ask John Krasinski

Larry King Matt Carr / Getty

He has done voiceovers for animated films (Shrek the Third and Monsters vs. Aliens) and starred in critically acclaimed movies such as George Clooney's 2008 comedy Leatherheads. But everybody knows him as loveable underachiever Jim Halpert in the NBC television series The Office. In his latest film, Sam Mendes' Away We Go, Krasinski stars with Maya Rudolph as an expecting couple looking for a place to call home. Submit your questions for John Krasinski below, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.