Known for her sweet sounding voice and beautiful piano melodies, Alicia Keys is shifting her focus from music to charity in a bid to raise money for AIDS research.

Keys is leading the push behind a new initiative called "Digital Life Sacrifice" which is trying to raise money and awareness for the Keep a Child Alive charity which is linked to World Aids Day on December 1.

The initiative, which already has the backing of others like Usher, Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake will see the celebs cease to update their Twitter and Facebook pages until their followers donate a million dollars.

To show that Keys and her celebrity friends are taking the charitable push seriously, they're going to be pictured in coffins to symbolize their 'digital' death.

Here's your chance to quiz Alicia Keys on this important cause.

Please leave your comments for Keys below and be sure to include where you're writing from.

You can also leave your comments by visiting our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CNNconnect.

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It is one of the biggest sporting spectacles on the planet and every four years, someone can call themselves hosts for the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil will be the next host in 2014 - just two year before the country hosts the summer Olympic Games.

The decision for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup will be announced this Thursday, but the bidding process has already been overshadowed by allegations of corruption and bribery.

Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was one of three FIFA officials - including Nicolas Leoz from Paraguay and Ricardo Teixeira from Brazil - who were named by the BBC as having taken bribes from the ISL marketing company who went onto secure valuable World Cup rights in the 1990s.  

The BBC has been criticized for airing the damaging program just three days before FIFA members are to vote on a winner.

The other countries vying for the 2018 World Cup are Russia with joint bids from Spain and Portugal and the Netherlands and Belgium.

There doesn't seem to be a runaway favorite for 2018, but bookmakers have Spain and Portugal as odds on favorite with England now being dubbed an 'underdog.'

While the 2018 tournament is sure to go to a European country, the continent for the 2022 World Cup is much less certain.

South Korea, Japan, Australia, Qatar and the United States are all in the running for the tournament which are more than a decade away.

Japan and South Korea jointly held the World Cup in 2002 so are seen as an unlikely choice. Australia and the United States are being viewed as the favorites, but FIFA may choose to award the games to Qatar as a middle eastern country has never hed the tournament.

We want to know what you think.

Do you think that these allegations of bribery that aired on British television will hurt the England's chances of holding the World Cup? What country do you think will win the 2018 and 2022 bids? What will the World Cup mean to your country?

Please leave your predictions and comments below and be sure to tell us where you're writing from.

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David Hasselhoff is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The Most Watched TV Star in the World.” You probably remember him as the hunky lifeguard in the 90’s TV series Baywatch. Before he rode the jet ski, he starred in Knight Rider – the 1980’s U.S. science-fiction series. In between those two television programs he launched a successful German-language pop career.

But you don’t become the most watched TV star in the world on only two programs. Hasselhoff also played Dr. William "Snapper" Foster, Jr. on U.S. soap opera The Young and the Restless in the late 70’s and 80’s.

In the 2000’s he judged contestants on America’s Got Talent and then was judged as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars.

He's publicly battled alcohol and in 2007 a home video surfaced of an intoxicated Hasselhoff eating a cheeseburger on the floor.

His daughter, Taylor Ann was filming the video and repeatedly says to her famous father, "Tell me you are going to stop." After the incident Hasselhoff admitted that he had suffered a “brief relapse... . I have seen the tape. I have learned from it and I am back on my game.”

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American P.J. O'Rourke may have one of the most entertaining jobs in the United States - he gets to poke fun at politicians.

O'Rourke is a well-known satirist, journalist, writer, and author of 16 books. He is also well a well-known contributor to publications such as "Atlantic Monthly" and the "Weekly Standard."

The 63-year-old writer is out with a new book called "Don't Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards" which takes aim at the current state of American politics.

O'Rourke analyzes and takes a fresh look through humor some of the most important political debates in American history - everything from health care, bipartisanship to even the subject of democracy itself.

Here's your chance to have your questions answered by P.J. O'Rourke.

Do you want to know how he thinks President Obama is doing? Maybe if he were in charge he would run things differently? Are you curious who he thinks will win in 2012?

Please leave your questions for P.J. O'Rourke below and be sure to include where you're writing from.

You can also leave questions via our Facebook page which is www.facebook.com/CNNconnect or by tweeting Becky Anderson at www.twitter.com/BeckyCNN.

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At CNN, we want to bring you the stories from around the world that really matter, but we also want to hear from you to gain a global perspective on the big headlines.

As part of a new initiative we're calling "Connecting Voices" we want to get reactions from you, the viewer, on the big news stories of the day.

From global politics, sports, travel, entertainment and all things in between - we want to hear from you.

If you want to be part of our "Connecting Voices" panel of viewers, please let us know below and we'll get in touch.

To kick things off, here are some segments which recently aired on CNN.

In a story that captured the globe, we wanted to find out what you thought about the FIFA World Cup being awarded to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

Here's what you had to say.

Next up, we spoke to viewers on four different continents about how they felt with the announcement that Prince William and Kate Middleton had chosen a wedding day.

Here's what people in Australia, Canada, South Africa and Malaysia had to say.

Finally, we spoke to two people who live in South Korea and asked them to share with us their opinions of how they are dealing with the political and military crisis with North Korea.

Here are two very different perspectives on the same story.

So if you're interested in sharing your views with CNN, be sure to let us know below and we'll be in touch.

Posted by: CNN Digital Producer, Phil Han
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It’s been more than 15 years since the world met Ginger, Baby, Posh, Sporty and Scary, but the Girl Power legacy lives on in epic proportions.

As the best-selling female group of all time, the Spice Girls set the bar for future girl bands around the world. They became global icons in a way few musicians every have.

Melanie Brown rose to fame as one fifth of the legendary group. Known to fans as Scary Spice or just Mel B, Brown was infamous for her wild hair and all-out dance moves.

Following the Spice Girls' breakup, she went on to pursue a solo singing career and now has a reality show with her husband entitled “It’s a Scary World."

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British artist Tracey Emin likes to push the boundaries.

Discovered by Charles Saatchi in the early 1990's, she says her autobiographical style of work is all about exposing the kind of things that most people would be too embarrassed to talk about.

Her subjects are often extremely taboo and the type of language she uses to describe different topics is often criticized for being too racy or explicit.

Emin first rose to fame in 1995 when she exhibited an installation that contained the names of the 102 men she had every slept with.

Her next major piece was "My Bed" which was shown at the Tate Gallery and shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize in 1999.

Here's your chance to quiz one of the 'bravest' social commentators of our day.

Do you think you can even push the boundaries too far? Are we too politically correct?

Please leave your questions for Emin below and tell us where you're writing from. You can also leave your comments on our Facebook page which is www.facebook.com/CNNconnect.

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Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic was a former number one ranked player and after briefly falling from the heights of glory, Ivanovic is back on the competition trail to reclaim her spot at the top.

Born in Belgrade in 1987, Ivanovic took to tennis from a young age and began training and competing in various tournaments.

Known as an agressive and powerful player, Ivanovic first reached the finals of the junior Wimbledon tournament in 2004. That year marked the start of her international career.

Ivanovic quickly climbed the tennis rankings and on August 18, 2008, Ivanovic claimed the number one spot on the world tennis ladder.

Since then, Ivanovic has fallen from her earlier heights, but this year she's ready for a comeback.

Here's your chance to have your questions answered by one of the sporting world's most well-known tennis players.

Please leave your questions below or you can also visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CNNconnect and become a fan.

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Responsible for some of the most memorable songs of the 1990's, American rock band the Goo Goo Dolls are still bashing out the big hits and are now out with a new album called "Something for the rest of us."

Formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986, the band is made up of vocalist John Rzeznik, bass guitarist Robby Takac and drummer Mike Malinin.

The trio are responsible for such songs as the 1998 hit "Iris" which was included in the Nicolas Cage movie "City of Angels."

Over the course of nearly a quarter of a century, the band have racked up more than 14 top ten singles and have sold more than 10 million albums globally.

The band is now out with their newest album and hope to repeat some of that success.

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