"Singers don't get the chance to talk very often," the Maroon 5 frontman tells EW. "I like that I'm not perceived as just a bimbo. I get to use my brain on the show."
The best thing about being a rock star, Levine says, is that it allows him "to spend my whole life fighting to make sure that I could stay a kid as long as possible."
They're taking Halle Berry from us!
The nation's ongoing cultural war with France is about to go nuclear: Halle Berry is going over to the other side. TMZ says Halle has filed court papers in her custody dispute with her baby Nahla's daddy, Gabriel Aubry, declaring her intention to pull up stakes and take Nahla with her to live in France.
She's not going for the escargots: Halle wants to follow her hottie beau, Olivier Martinez, to his homeland. (Could there be a better honey trap than Olivier?) Aubry demands the court not allow Halle to take their daughter with her.
Roland Martin to parley with GLAAD
Suspended CNN news analyst Roland Martin, accused by the gay advocacy org GLAAD of inciting homophobia with his tweets on a certain Super Bowl ad, is making nice. Martin says he wants to set up a parley with the group. "I look forward to meeting with GLAAD in the near future and having a productive dialogue," he says on Twitter. GLAAD replies, "We look forward to a productive dialogue and to working together as well."
'Dr. House' has left the house . . .