THR is reporting the final three hosts of [Update] SNL’s 40th season will be Scarlett Johansson on May 2 (with Wiz Khalifa), Reese Witherspoon on May 9 (with Florence + the Machine) and Louis C.K. on May 16 (with Rihanna).
The lineup of hosts is sort of boring and expected, but Rihanna’s appearance as the season-ending musical guest is certainly worth mentioning. She hasn’t appeared on the show as a solo musical guest since November 10, 2012 – nine days before the release of her last album Unapologetic. Does that mean her next album, the years-in-the-making R8, will drop by the end May?