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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping should have been a hit movie. It came out when Andy Samberg was riding high on Saturday Night Live, thanks to the innovative, viral shorts he made with his crew, The Lonely Island. Their “Lazy Sunday” and “D*ck in a Box” shorts were early YouTube smash hits. This movie featured Samberg as Conor4Real, a pop star who split with his former boy band Style Boyz to go solo. It was a loving send-up of the music industry, with Conor having some similarities to Samberg’s pal Justin Timberlake and his split from Nsync. Always one to appreciate a good joke, Timberlake had an extended cameo in the film as Conor4Real’s chef.

Timberlake wasn’t the only one to contribute a cameo, with the cast list a who’s who of SNL vets including Tim Meadows, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, and Sarah Silverman,...

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The 2022 Juno Awards are here and this year’s ceremony promises to be a star-studded show taking place live from Toronto, Canada. Hosted by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, the annual music awards show will feature performances from Avril Lavigne and Arcade Fire in addition to a special appearance from Shawn Mendes.

What Are the Juno Awards?

The Juno Awards recognize Canada’s best and brightest recording artists across a number of categories.

Arcade Fire were on hand to celebrate a scientific achievement that’s equal parts awe-inspiring and bone-chilling — the first ever photo of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. And the reason for Arcade Fire’s presence? One of the songs on their new album, We, “End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)” happens to namedrop that supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A*.

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne appeared on a livestream May 12 hosted by the European Southern Observatory and Event Horizon Telescope project...

The Foo Fighters continued their ongoing archival series with a new rarities Ep, 01070725, that boasts live renditions of songs by Arcade Fire and the Dead Kennedys.

The cover of Arcade Fire’s “Keep the Car Running” — which may be one of the few times you’ll hear Dave Grohl accompanied by an accordion — was performed at a special gig the Foo Fighters did for BBC Radio 1’s Six Weeks of Summer series in 2007. That same year, the band covered the Dead Kennedys’ “Holiday in Cambodia” at the MTV Video...

Oscar-nominated producer Vincent Landay has partnered with former Vice chief creative officer Eddy Moretti at Unbranded Pictures.

The duo previously collaborated to create Vice Studios, the scripted motion picture and production arm of Vice Media. Unbranded Pictures plans to develop, produce and finance original feature films and episodic television for global audiences.

Unbranded’s first feature film, “The Report,” opened at the Telluride Film Festival and will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. The political thriller is written and directed by Scott Z. Burns and stars Adam Driver, Annette Bening and Jon Hamm. The film was developed, produced and financed by Unbranded Pictures and Vice Studios and will be released theatrically by Amazon Studios in November.

Landay received a best picture Academy Award nomination for Spike Jonze’s “Her.” His credits include Jonze’s features “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation” and “Where the Wild Things Are.” He is...

New Orleans musicians and hundreds of people paid tribute to the late Dr. John with a traditional “second line” parade through the Big Easy Friday.

Fans first assembled outside the city’s Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge before taking the ceremony to the streets, with trumpeter James Andrews leading the celebration with renditions of Dr. John’s “Such a Night” and “Hey Song,” Nola.com reports.

Dr. John’s granddaughter Stephanie O’Quin attended the second line parade, calling it “pretty incredible, really hot, really nice.” “It makes me so...

Some singers start young, before they have a clue about how the music business can chew up their talent and package it for mass consumption. Take Violet, the 17-year-old dreamer played with shy loveliness and a tough core by the luminous Elle Fanning. Violet lives in a tight squeeze on the Isle of Wight, where she’s mocked by schoolmates for singing for drunks at a local pub and berated by her Polish immigrant mother (Agnieszka Grochowska) for believing in fantasies that pay off in heartbreak. Then a British singing...

Hozier announced a headlining North American tour for spring 2019. The 26-date trek launches March 10th in Buffalo, New York and wraps April 14th in Spokane, Washington.

General public tickets go on sale starting Friday, December 14th at 10 a.m. local time. Each online purchase will include a CD copy of the singer-songwriter’s upcoming second LP, Wasteland, Baby!; fans can upgrade to an LP version for an additional charge. Though Hozier has yet to announce the album’s timeline, he said in a statement that the tour will “coincide with the release.

9:20 Am Pt -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ one of the pyrotechnics fell over when the firework unit malfunctioned, causing a spark to shoot out. Two people in the crowd suffered minor injuries -- one person hit in the stomach and the other in the eye. They were both treated on scene. Odesza's set at Life is Beautiful Music Festival came to a terrifying end when a rogue firework shot off straight into the crowd.

The 2018 edition of the Eaux Claires festival, the four year-old, artsy two-day fest curated by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner (pictured), came with a unique, potentially exciting concept for anyone tired of the same played-out fest tropes: no lineup would be announced until festival-goers took to the field in Eaau Claires, Wisconsin. In interviews and on social media, the organizers promised that the audience would not be disappointed. Coming on the heels of last year’s fest, which featured an extraordinarily diverse lineup with arena-sized acts including Chance the Rapper and Paul Simon, as well as cultier faves like Wilco and John Prine and a palpable inter-artist energy, it was quite the guarantee.

Sadly, it over-promised and under-delivered. Though Eaux Claires IV was full of one-off musical collaborations and unique sets, the lack of any true large-scale surprises on the lineup gave the whole...

Emma Banks, the CAA executive whose clients include Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Lorde and Florence + The Machine, will be awarded with the 2018 Music Industry Trusts Award to honor her more than 25-year career in the music business.

Banks, who is co-head of CAA London, also represents Kylie Minogue, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Muse, Haim and Paramore, and is the chair of Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef committee. She will receive the award at the Nov. 5 ceremony held in London.

She follows previous recipients Sir George Martin, Sir Elton John, Sir Lucian Grainge Cbe, Michael Eavis Cbe, Simon Cowell, Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer and Annie Lennox OBE, among others. The gala ceremony benefits U.K.-based charities the Brit Trust and Nordoff Robbins.

Said Banks: “I am overwhelmed at being honored at the Mits this year. I am rarely lost for words but when David Munns rang me...

If you need any reminder that Edgar Wright likely has a playlist ready for any occasion, please do yourself a favor and catch up with “Baby Driver” (and maybe just mentally block out the Kevin Spacey scenes). The director is in dazzling form behind the camera, and also powers the whole movie from end to end with a carefully curated selection of songs that pretty much choreograph every movement in the movie.

Continue reading Edgar Wright’s 50 Best Songs Of 2017: LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, St. Vincent & More at The Playlist.

Edgar Wright loves sharing “best of” lists with his thousands of fans on social media. This year alone, the filmmaker released a list of his 100 favorite horror films and provided an update to his list of his 40 favorite films ever. The end of the year is naturally a time Wright loves most, and he’s published his official list of the 50 top songs of 2017, with an accompany Spotify playlist where fans can stream every entry.

Read More:Edgar Wright’s 40 Favorite Movies Ever Made (Right Now): ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Suspiria’ and More

Wright’s list starts LCD Soundsytem’s “call the police,” which was released as the lead single from the band’s fourth studio album “American Dream.” The list also includes tracks from The Horrors, Wolf Alice, Beck, Arcade Fire, Temples, Broken Social Scene, Laura Marling, The Big Moon, and Hmltd. Artists such as Drake, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean,...

Arcade Fire recently released a new single, but if you happen to hear “Creature Comfort” on Canadian radio, you’ll be hearing a heavily censored version of the song. That’s because the track, from the band’s new “Everything Now” album, features references to self-harm and suicide have been edited from the song for radio play, with […]...

Photos: Arcade Fire Channel the Grandiose Exhaustion of 2017 at Madison Square Garden...

Arcade Fire Record Faithful Cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games": Listen...

Arcade Fire has, across its five albums, created some of our generation’s most heart-felt, plaintive music, tackling big themes about death and identity and ennui with massive sing-along anthems. The disco-influenced new album Everything Now takes a more meta turn, tackling media overload with sometimes flippant…

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In just its second year of existence, the Panorama Music Festival did much to excite its fans and concert goers. Be it the countless musial artists and acts they lined up for the three-day event in New York City, or the various food, drink, and merch vendors and the interactive art exhibits, Panorama surely delivered.

Brought to us by GoldenVoice (think: Coachella), Panorama took over Randall’s Island in New York from July 28 to 30, offering an outdoor concert venue with such great talents such as Frank Ocean, Mgmt, Tyler The Creator, Glass Animals, Spoon, Mo, and more.

Last year’s first annual Panorama Music Festival blessed us with such musical acts like Kendrick Lamar, Arcade Fire, Schoolboy Q, Major Lazer, and more. And if this year sounds like a step-up from last, we can only imagine what next year will bring.

Ensuring the best concert experience for its guests, the...

Arcade Fire continues to set the charts ablaze. The Montreal-based band is celebrating their third consecutive number one album after their current release, “Everything Now”, landed on top of the Billboard 200 album chart. The group’s previous two releases, 2013’s “Reflektor” and 2010’s “The Suburbs”, also debuted at #1. Related: Arcade Fire Send List of […]...

Arcade Fire’s fifth album, Everything Now, came out July 28, and ahead of a traditional interview, we also asked the band to tackle some of our favorite questions from Avq&As past. We called it Afq&A, which is very clever. Here are their answers.

Question: If you were Santa and you could gift everyone in the world with just one piece of culture, with the implicit understanding that they’d definitely read/watch/listen to it, what would you give them?Tim Kingsbury

The Very Best Of Nina Simone: Sugar In My Bowl 1967-1972. No matter what’s going on, I can listen to her sing and play and to her amazing band, and it takes me to a better place. Her music is my favorite, definitely a desert-island record for me.

Her version of “To Love Somebody” is perfect. The band is amazing—particularly the rhythm section...

Arcade Fire are known to be an eccentric band, but their list of demands ahead of their upcoming appearance on “The Late Show” may be a little much. Host Stephen Colbert tweeted out the promotional demands sent to the show’s producers by the band. He didn’t seem impressed. What a bunch of tools… pic.twitter.com/arRi9dRxoy — […]...

Make no mistake about it, Arcade Fire are as Canadian as they come. The band sits down with Beats 1 and Zane Lowe for a deep dive on their career and new music. Reflecting on Montreal in the ’70s, the band painted a diverse and lively picture of the city. “The thing that I really […]...

Arcade Fire, Aminé, and Vic Mensa are just a few of the albums you can listen to right now.

It’s Friday, and if you’re scrambling for the perfect weekend playlist, you’re in luck. We’ve done the hard work for you — listen to new songs from Charli Xcx, Kesha, Arcade Fire and more!

Arcade Fire just landed their first Billboard No. 1 song. “Everything Now” hit the top spot on the Adult Alternative Songs Billboard chart this week after being No. 3 last week. The song is the lead single off the band’s upcoming fifth studio album of the same name. This year marks 10 years since their […]...

Arcade Fire cover Lorde's 'Green Light' for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Arcade Fire cover Lorde's 'Green Light' for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Arcade Fire is about to release their new album “Everything Now” on July 28 and the band is opening up about how this record came together in a new interview with Beats 1. The new album was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and that experience led to a lot of … fist-fights and […]...

It seems like it’s harder than ever to keep up with the Kardashian-Jenners these days. Aside from Rob Kardashian’s major (and explicit) Instagram meltdown with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Blac Chyna, Khloé’s copyright woes with designer Destiney Bleu, and those blackface allegations leveled against Kim, Kendall and Kylie Jenner have also found themselves in the midst of a controversy that shows no signs of stopping just yet. The sisters have already experienced their fair share of drama in 2017, from Kendall’s divisive Pepsi campaign that was quickly pulled from airways to the allegations Kylie faced that she...

It seems that despite issuing a formal apology on Instagram, Kendall and Kylie Jenner are still facing backlash for those “vintage” t-shirts they released and quickly recalled last week.

In addition to facing the general ire of the public and celebs like Paris Jackson and Kelly and Sharon Osbourne, now, the lawyer for The Doors’ estate is also stepping into the fray. It seems one of the controversial t-shirts in question featured the iconic “Lion” image of Jim Morrison with an overlay of Kendall’s face, an image that the reality stars turned designers apparently failed to get trademark approval...

Ubi SuntA thematic line running through many of the films in this year’s International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is the inherent materiality of cinema: the objects and bodies immortalized by the act of filmmaking, a desperate yet hubristic gesture which is, as Tarkovsky put it, a “harrowing preparation for death.” The ephemeral is celebrated in film—gestures, moments, glances, events—but to film life is to film death too. And this act of immortalization, the immortalizing of the image through filming (temporarily at least, before the bits and bytes dissipate before the cellulose faces, before the hard drives fail and the DCPs become unreadable) preserves the material world like naturalist specimens in tinted formaldehyde.Bodies are filmed; objects, animals, organs, light and texture. Yet no matter how much of the inner world is stripped away, this cinema of matter only urges the creation of spiritual link to the eternal...

New Arcade Fire music is on the way. The band has been suspiciously posting all over social media this week, dropping hints new music is on the way and now it has been confirmed. Related: Lorde Invites Cashier Who Sold Her A Smoothie To Be Her Guest At Governors Ball Music Festival On Thursday, the band […]...

What's a warm summer night without live music?

Luckily for us, there is no shortage of tours and wide ranging festival lineups to keep our music loving hearts happy all summer long. Whether you're looking for something fresh and new or good old-fashioned nostalgia, there's an offering here for everyone to groove to.

See a sampling of stars that are hitting the road over these next few months, ranked in no particular order. Which shows are you most excited to see? Let us know in the comments below.

The Tours

1. Lady Gaga: Fresh off her Coachella headlining gig, Gaga is bringing her Joanne World Tour across the U.S. and Canada this summer. If her Indio performances were any indication, fans can expect to see and hear revamped versions of her old hits along with new offerings, including her latest, "The Cure."

2. Kendrick Lamar: Coachella headliner -- and festival standout -- Lamar is celebrating his brand-new...

The lineup for Lollapalooza 2017 was announced Wednesday morning, with Chance the Rapper, Arcade Fire and Lorde among the headliners. Muse, the Xx, Blink-182, DJ Snake and Justice are also scheduled at the top of the festival, which will take place in Chicago this year. The music festival will run from August 3 – 6, […]

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Patti Smith offers Rooney Mara advice on life, music and love in a new clip from Terrence Malick's upcoming movie Song to Song. The film takes place against the backdrop of the Austin music scene and stars Mara, Michael Fasssbender, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman alongside numerous musicians.

Mara and Gosling play a pair of indie rockers who fall in love, though their working and romantic relationship is complicated by a music mogul (Fassbender) and a waitress (Portman). In the new clip, a distraught and uncertain Mara seeks out Smith,...

Since filming began all the way back in 2011, it’s been a revolving door of speculation as to what actors and musical acts will make the cut of Terrence Malick‘s Song to Song. As we’re less than 10 days away from the film hitting theaters, we’re now getting a clearer picture.

Along with Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman, and Cate Blanchett, we confirmed last month that Iggy Pop, Johnny Rotten, Patti Smith, Lykke Li, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Big Freedia, Diplo, Alan Palomo of Neon Indian, Spank Rock, Dana Falconberry, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, and The Black Lips will all be featured in the film.

Now, Pitchfork — along with premiering a featurette — have more details. Along with the aforementioned acts all appearing in some capacity in the film, Tegan and Sara and Florence Welch will also be seen. Lykke Li has a bigger role than expected,...

For the most part, Terrence Malick has favored orchestral arrangements to accompany his films, leaning on original scores and classical pieces to provide their musical foundations. However, he’s changing things up with “Song To Song.” An array of Spotify-ready artists populate the cast and soundtrack, and Pitchfork has the breakdown on who you’ll see and hear in the film — and who you won’t.

Firstly, while he was listed as part of the cast last year, Christian Bale didn’t make the final cut of the movie, nor did performances by Arcade Fire, Iron & Wine, and Fleet Foxes.

Continue reading Christian Bale & Arcade Fire Were Cut From ‘Song To Song,’ Plus Every Artist Who Made The Picture at The Playlist.

Blockbuster season starts earlier and earlier every year – in 2017, we have made it three whole days into March before those studio tentpoles start to break ground. Heavy hitters Logan, Kong: Skull Island, Power Rangers and Ghost in the Shell will get the blockbuster year off to a roaring start. Meanwhile, those in search of smaller-scale entertainment can enjoy Terence Malick's latest dreamy drama, a cannibalism flick with a reputation that precedes it and a festival favorite featuring a career-best performance from Kristen Stewart. Here's what you need to see over the next month.

When we shared a stream of Nicholas Britell‘s brilliant score for Moonlight last fall, we remarked how Barry Jenkins himself has said he wrote the script to a slowed-down remix of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange. While you can see the traces of that influence in the aural landscape of the film, Og Ron C and The Chopstars have taken the next logical step and created a chopped and screwed remix album, featuring both compositions from the soundtrack, as well as songs that influenced its creation.

Featuring a wide range of artists — Kendrick Lamar, Arcade Fire (Jenkins’ personal favorite), Aretha Franklin, Goodie Mob, Beyonce, and more — it’s the perfect counterpart to Britell’s work as well as the director’s overall vision. Ahead of the Oscars tomorrow, check out the full soundtrack below, featuring 21 songs, along with the official cover and an alternate one, as well as a...

Terrence Malick's Song to Song, an all-star drama that takes place against the backdrop of the Austin music scene, has revealed its first trailer ahead of its SXSW debut.

Soundtracked by Del Shannon's "Runaway," the trailer sets up the film's plot – although "plot" is a loose construct in Malick's recent films – as Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara portray a pair of indie rockers that fall in love in the Texas capital. Complicating matters is Michael Fassbender's smooth-talking music mogul and a waitress played by Natalie Portman, with...

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Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes (Kahlil Joseph)

A list of things The Reflektor Tapes comes close to being but doesn’t quite end up as: a concert film stitching together Arcade Fire‘s work on a worldwide tour supporting their most recent album, Reflektor; a travelogue of said tour; a sense-memory visual essay tracing the years-long life of songs, tracing from hashing-out and recording to a presentation for thousands of screaming, jumping fans; a channel-futzing sonic exploration...

Mister Smith to handle sales on Teen Spirit, also produced by Automatik.

Max Minghella’s (The Social Network) directorial debut, Teen Spirit, will be launched to international buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin by Mister Smith Entertainment.

Currently in pre-production, the film, written and directed by Minghella, is a coming-of-age-story set in the world of pop-music.

Fred Berger (La La Land) will produce alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Midnight Special) under their Automatik banner. Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), who developed the screenplay with Minghella, serves as executive producer.

Interscope Records, which is handling the soundtrack on La La Land, will co-produce with Automatik, and will release the official soundtrack featuring contemporary pop tracks.

Oscar-nominated producer Berger will also bring his musical team from La La Land to the project, including music producer Marius DeVries (Moulin Rouge) and music supervisor Steven Gizicki, previously of Lucasfilm.

Cinematographer Autumn Durald (Palo Alto), known for her work on music videos for [link...

Arcade Fire is back in a big way, releasing their new song “I Give You Power” featuring Mavis Staples. Related: Arcade Fire Unveils New Music At Surprise New Orleans Show It’s unclear whether the new song will appear on any upcoming releases — the band’s last album, “Reflektor”, dropped in 2013 — but all proceeds from […]...

Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) shot his latest effort, Song to Song, in the heart of Austin, Texas, and it’s also where the filmmaker lives. As such, it makes sense, then, that the notoriously media-shy auteur will bring his new film back to the City of the Violent Crown later this spring to have its world premiere at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it’ll kick off the festivities.

In addition to hosting a film festival, SXSW is also notorious for their music, which means many of the film’s musical acts, including Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Arcade Fire and St. Vincent, will get a chance to stop by and celebrate the world premiere. It’s a win-win scenario, one that will also bring some of the film’s biggest stars, including Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Haley Bennett,...

Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among a handful of musicians set to appear in Terrence Malick's new movie set in the Austin music scene, IndieWire reports.

Song to Song will follow two couples who become entangled: A pair of struggling songwriters played by Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling and a music mogul and a waitress played by Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman. Billed as a "modern love story," the two couples will "chase success through a rock and roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

As the year comes to a close, People caught up with mainstream radio veteran Zane Lowe to talk the biggest music of 2016 — and what pop fans can look forward to in the new year.

The Beats 1 anchor and his New York and London counterparts — Ebro Darden and Julie Adenuga — pulled together a list of the top 50 songs of the past 12 months, based on tracks they played most the most on the Apple Music digital radio platform.

“ a year of mixed fortunes. We lost heroes and icons. That side of it has been hard for all of us to process, but...

This fall, Joss Whedon spent $508,374 of his own money to keep Donald Trump from becoming President of the United States.

At least, that’s how much money Whedon put into his political action committee Save the Day, per public Fec filings compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that publishes financial information on PACs and super PACs. According to reports, the brand new super Pac, founded a few months ago, had exactly one donor over the last three months:

The Save the Date Super Pac’s funds were devoted to producing “digital advertisement productions” — Aka YouTube videos, which culminated in approximately 18,000 channel subscribers and 11.5 million views across 20 shorts over the last few months. The themes of these videos varied, as did the styles, but Whedon was able to recruit an impressive array of famous faces to appear in them, with one overarching theme taking priority: please vote,...

Last Episode’S Review: Tom Hanks Gives America The Pep Talk It Needs In Halloween-ish Episode

It’s the last weekend before the 2016 Presidential Election, and lord, does “Saturday Night Live” know it. Even they’re ready to be done with this madness, as the show acknowledged in an unusual cold open. Watching stars break character and run away together to the uplifting sound of Arcade Fire was a merciful break from this year’s too-real political commentary, which was about one episode away from going stale. (Looking at you, bizarrely sexist Update.)

As Baldwin and McKinnon address the audience directly, encouraging Americans to vote, we have to wonder – how will the show look next weekend? Fortunately, “SNL” and a magical roster of guest stars never quite let us get there.

Host: Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch did the most he could with this week’s material. Had it been a stronger overall episode,...

For the last time before Election Day, Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon reprised the roles of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a Saturday Night Live cold open that rebelled against the "gross" and "mean" presidential election.

The sketch begins with a joint interview between CNN, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with the news network grilling the Democratic nominee over her recent email scandal, even as Baldwin's Trump is shown kissing members of the FBI and Kkk and Vladimir Putin.

"Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt person ever to run for president.

After weeks of mocking the race to the White House, Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon shared a heartwarming, emotional moment during the cold open on Saturday Night Live.

The opening sketch on Saturday started off as a straightforward lambasting of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton -- specifically the amount of attention being paid to Clinton's email scandals -- but quickly turned into something almost magical.

Baldwin, who has been guest-starring as Trump, has faced off against McKinnon's Clinton during every opening sketch this season, but for SNL's last episode before the general election on Tuesday, it was clear they wanted to do something a little different.

Watch: Alec Baldwin Skewers Donald Trump's Third Debate Performance, Pokes Fun at Brother Stephen on 'SNL'

The two appeared in split-screen, as they usually did during the debates, and after mocking Trump's connections to the FBI, Vladimir Putin, and the Kkk (with some genial lip-locking between Trump and...