Australian politician Tony Abbott just learned a very important lesson about Katy Perry: Never underestimate her

Earlier this week, Perry was doing an interview with Australian radio station 2Day FM, when one of the hosts introduced a segment where several Aussie celebs phoned in with questions for the singer. One of those folks happened to be Abbott, a conservative candidate for Prime Minister in the nation's upcoming elections. A devout Roman Catholic, Abbott is opposed to same-sex marriage, despite the fact his sister is gay.

And, unbeknownst to him, Katy was well aware of that fact. Because when Abbott jokingly asked her "a big question" — whether or not she'd be coming back to Australia any time soon — she quickly turned the tables on him.

"Oh come on, that's not a political question. Let's talk about gay marriage," Perry said. "Yeah, buddy, that's right. Love is equal!"

2DayFM host Jackie O then chimed in, saying Abbott favored traditional marriage, to which Perry replied:

"I love you as a human being, but I can't give you my vote then ... I just don't believe in your policies, so that's what a lot of people should be doing."

This was met with nervous laughter from Abbott, who joked "Now you're interviewing me!" and then asked whether or not he could use Perry's song "Hot N' Cold" as his "Anthem." She refused his request, though after Abbott let it be known that his daughters are huge fans of hers, Perry laughed "I still want to meet your daughters."

The awkward interview ended ...

Fifteen years had passed since Oprah Winfrey had walked onto a movie set as Sethe, the ex-slave who becomes haunted by her daughter's ghost in "Beloved." So when she got to New Orleans for shooting on last summer, it was challenging enough to tap back into those acting instincts. But doing it opposite an Academy Award winner was another matter entirely.

Winfrey decided to get crafty.

"I worked on being close because Forest, he's an Oscar winner, and that's a little intimidating," the OWN network boss playfully told MTV News about Forest Whitaker, the titular butler and her onscreen husband. "I did not want to appear on the set with an Oscar winner for the first time, have to get into bed with him and you know, [say to him], 'Good Morning!' [makes awkward handshake motion], how are you? Let's climb into bed.' So I actively worked at trying to establish some camaraderie through touch."

In the film opening Friday (August 16), Winfrey plays Gloria to Whitaker's Cecil Gaines, a White House butler who dutifully serves seven presidential administrations between 1957 and 1986, from Eisenhower to Reagan. And while Gaines hopes the job will help shield his wife and two sons from an increasingly violent Civil Rights-era America, racism seeps in through the crevices. Cecil's demanding work for the various First Families also keeps him away from his own fracturing family.

Still, the actress told us she wanted to be sure the love between the spouses was palpable. With Whitaker hitting the makeup trailer each morning during the 41-day shoot, Ms. ...

Just a couple of months ago Papoose let the world know that he and Kendrick Lamar were on the "same page," but on Thursday night the Brooklyn MC ripped that page out of his rhyme book and sent lyrical shots directly at the California MC.

Like Joell Ortiz, Grafh, Ransom, Fred the Godson and a number of other New York spitters, Pap took exception to K-Dot's . While most of the "Control" responses addressed Lamar's "king of New York" line and his competitive boast in a non-threatening way, Pap's freestyle is way more combative. "Tell Kendrick and TDE to lay off the PCP," he starts before challenging his manhood.

"Kendrick, Kanye and Drake they act feminine/ Wear a lot of clothes you usually see women in," he spits before theorizing: "You only blew up 'cause you contribute to the feminization of the black man."

It didn't stop there, Pap also threatened a robbery. "Catch you slippin' in the city no permission to floss/ Kiss your jewelry goodbye, put your lips on your cross," he rhymes.

Prior to the Pap's retaliation the two rappers were believed to have an alliance. When Papoose stormed Hot 97's Summer Jam stage to perform unannounced in June, it was later revealed that it was Kendrick who sacrificed his own stage time to let the Brooklyn rhyme dealer get on. He and Lamar received a bit of backlash from Hot 97's brass. "I'm just so happy for his success, to see him get what he deserves," Pap told MTV news correspondent Sway Calloway ...

If you think you know what Katy Perry's Prism is going to sound like based on her lead single, , you really have no idea. According to one of her good pals, it only paints part of the picture of what her October 22 album release sounds like.

Perry's frequent collaborator, songwriter Bonnie McKee, explained to MTV News that the VMA performer's third album release will touch on many subjects and emotions.

"It's kind of like every song is its own little movie, so this is 'Rocky' and also kind of jungle-y and cat-themed. And then each song has its own little movie and its own visual to go along with it. So I wouldn't say it's all going to be like this. Like the next one, as far as I know, is going to be a big one too. I'm really excited for the next one. [it's] really colorful and really bright," she explained, noting there will be some other empowerment anthems in the vein of "Roar" on the release.

"Katy and I are cowriters and she's a great songwriter in her own right. And I think we're a great team because we don't let the other settle," she continued. "So it's really like pound for pound, it's a co-write."

With Perry putting her candy-coated Teenage Dream era behind her, McKee said that the singer approached making Prism with a specific vision in mind. She said, "Well, you know, we work with [producers] Dr. Luke and Max Martin, they're like melodic geniuses, and they kind of come to us ...

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 ...