How did Apple founder Steve Jobs come to be one of the most revered entrepreneurs of our time? That's the question director Joshua Michael Stern aims to answer in out now.

The film, which stars Ashton Kutcher as the title character, follows Jobs' trajectory from college drop-out to millionaire mastermind. But do critics think the biopic gets the job done? Here's what they had to say.

The Set-Up
"Selecting a biography's starting point is always a critical decision for both content and pacing, and debuting screenwriter Matt Whiteley identifies Jobs' (Ashton Kutcher) early-'70s Reed College education — cut short when he drops out shortly after enrolling — as the first critical juncture in his later career. Art classes, meditation, LSD trips and travel to India all contribute to Jobs' brief higher-education experience, leading to a job with pioneering video game manufacturer Atari in Silicon Valley. — Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter

Ashton Kutcher As Jobs
"Though Kutcher does throw himself into the role with all he's got, trying to capture Jobs' distinctive walk and mercurial temperament, his performance comes off as an assemblage of mannerisms with no deeper feeling or understanding." — Mark Olsen, L.A. Times

Josh Gad As Steve Wozniak
"As Apple's sweetly geeky co-founder, Gad is a real pleasure, and his scenes with Kutcher help us understand Jobs, even when — maybe especially when — the two are awkwardly parting ways, late in the film. If the movie has a point, it's that Jobs may have been a genius but that he was no saint. When he's firing ...

The massive success of proved that the demand for superhero movies hasn't slowed down, but that doesn't mean is a sure thing at the box office. The action-comedy sequel, based on Mark Millar's comics, may very well be beaten by a historical drama. Going into the weekend, had the edge among industry forecasters.

The real-life tale of longtime White House butler Eugene Allen (played by Forest Whitaker) should open somewhere between $20 million and $25 million. The movie's prospects are greatly enhanced by the star-power of Oprah Winfrey, who makes her first scripted appearance in a live action film since 1998's "Beloved." "The Butler" is by far the best reviewed of the major films entering theaters this weekend, with "Kick-Ass 2," "Jobs" and "Paranoia" all enduring "rotten" critical averages on RottenTomatoes. Liam Hemsworth's "Paranoia" suffered the worst of it, amassing just 4 percent on the Tomatometer.

"Kick-Ass 2" will most likely debut in the high-teens or even slightly past $20 million, on par with the $19.8 million opening weekend of the 2010 original. The satirical story of normal teens who become costumed vigilantes made just $48.1 million during its run, but it helped turn Chloe Grace Moretz into a star and found new fans on DVD and on-demand services. Jim Carrey tweeted that he would not promote the ultra-violent sequel in the wake of his evolving views on gun control. But co-stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (who plays the title character) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (the film's main villain) nevertheless praised Carrey's "passion" and performance in "Kick-Ass 2" ...

Though Rich Homie Quan's "Type of Way" was released over a year ago, the track has still been getting such heavy rotation that even Drake recently crowned it The Toronto rapper admitted that he regrets missing his chance to contribute a verse to the track, but since the official remix hasn't dropped yet, Rich Homie Quan is now out to land that Drizzy verse.

"That record is the song of the summer, I regret not getting on it, but I feel like now if I get on it, people are gonna be like 'ah man you waited too long,'" Drake told MTV News earlier this month.

But in this case, better late than never applies. Rich Homie Quan calls Drake's reaction to the track "crazy" and tells MTV News that he's most definitely going to reach out for that verse.

"I met Drake for the first time at Birthday Bash, and he embraced me with one of those real hugs, then he told me "whatever you're doing, man, keep doing it. I came here early just to see 'Type of Way,'" the Atlanta rapper relayed. "And I've always been a big fan of Drake, that's one of my major influences."

He added that it's definitely not too late to get him involved. "We still haven't released the official remix, so it's not too late for Drake," he continued. "I'm gonna reach out to him and try to make this happen. I was just really surprised he even noticed the song and I'm just glad it's [to his ...

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have notched so many career peaks this year it's hard to think of what mountain is left for them to climb. But the six-time 2013 MTV Video Music Awards nominees will summit once again on August 25, when they perform their marriage equality anthem, "Same Love," on the VMA broadcast.

They'll be joined by another newly named VMA performer, Bruno Mars, who will be playing the next single from his multi-platinum Unorthodox Jukebox album on the broadcast.

The two join an already jam-packed roster of performers for the show from Brooklyn's Barclays Center, including Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Katy Perry
, Miley Cyrus
, One Direction and Robin Thicke.

Austin Mahone and Ariana Grande have also been tapped to rock the VMA pre-show
, with dynamic duo Nervo serving as red carpet DJs before the main show, which will air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT on August 25.

Macklemore & Lewis, who are tied with Timberlake for the most VMA nominations at six, will make their VMA debut in a year when they've already rocked the MTV Movie Awards and the mtvU Woodie Awards, making them the first artist to play all three of MTV's major music events in a single calendar year. In addition to their nods for Video of the Year for "Thrift Shop" and Best Hip-Hop Video for the epic "Can't Hold Us," their clip for "Same Love" is up for Best Video with a Social Message.

Four-time nominee Mars, up for Video ...

Robin Thicke has not been shy about where he took inspiration for his smash-hit 
He's told a number of interviewers that his life-long love of Marvin Gaye helped spur the song of the summer.

But now, according to the Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/robin-thicke-sues-protect-blurred-607492), 2013 MTV Video Music Awards performer and nominee
 Thicke has launched legal action against Gaye's family and a company that owns some of legendary funk band Funkadelic's songs in order to shield "Lines" from potential legal copyright actions.

The suit, filed in California federal court on Friday on behalf of Thicke, T.I. (Clifford Harris, Jr.) and producer/co-songwriter Pharrell Williams was lodged against Gaye's estate and Bridgeport Music over complaints that "Lines" bears similarities to at least two other songs. The Gayes and Bridgeport have been threatening legal action if they don't get a financial settlement over their claims that "Lines" is too similar to Gaye's and Funkadelic's

The action reads, "Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists. Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs' massively successful composition, 'Blurred Lines,' copies 'their' compositions."

Thicke has spoken in multiple interviews about his love of the Gaye song and the suit claims that the Gaye family is alleging that "Lines" has the same "feel" and "sound" as "Give It Up" and that the Gaye estate is claiming ownership of "an entire genre, as opposed to a specific work."

"But there ...

In perhaps the biggest backlash against an unfamiliar artist since that whole "Who is Arcade Fire?" thing, One Direction fans took to the Web this week to defend their favorite band against The Who. Rumors swirled that the classic band wanted "Best Song Ever" banned for its similarity to "Baba O'Riley," but The Who's Pete Townshend stepped forward quell their fears.

Directioners were stirred into a frenzy, reportedly after Click Music wrote in July: "We find the 1D team resorting to plagiarism once again as The Who's 'Baba O'Riley' is sterilised and repackaged for fans who probably don't know any better." The author called for readers to report copyright infringement on the 1971 jam to the U.K.'s Trading Standards.

Fearful that The Who would take punitive action against "Best Song Ever," Directioners took to Twitter to express their distress using the hashtag #donttouchbestsongever.

Some, like @karlea2001, begged with the powers that be: "#donttouchbestsongever they worked hard on it!! Don't you dare remove it!" said. Others, like @sairaomar2, attacked The Who — who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 — implying that they are irrelevant: "then at ur funereal, nobody will show up bcuz everyone will be like the whos? who dat? #DontTouchBestSongEver."

But Who band member Pete Townshend put an end to the dustup, issuing the following statement:

No! I like the single. I like One Direction. The chords I used and the chords they used are the same three chords we've all been using ...