Rihanna will hit the "Saturday Night Live" stage for the third time when she performs on the legendary sketch comedy show on May 5. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will host.

The pop star has a long history with the show and has always been a standout guest. While she always nails it on stage for her musical performance, Rihanna also tends to pop up throughout the show to flex her comedy muscles in sketches and, most notably, in rumored-to-be-departing Andy Samberg's buzzed-about digital shorts.

Her first "Shy Ronnie" short landed an Emmy nomination and she reprised the role for another digital short over Halloween weekend in 2010, playing Clyde to Shy Ronnie's Bonnie as the unlikely couple holds up a bank and Ronnie's bashful nature causes their plan to go array.

For all intents and purposes, Rihanna's appearance is to promote both her album Talk That Talk and her film debut in the upcoming "Battleship," but for those still keeping an eye on the happenings of Ri Ri and ex Chris Brown, it's worth noting that May 5 is also Brown's birthday, so get ready for plenty of "will Chris Brown show up for a surprise appearance" speculation.

The gig will be Manning's first time hosting, though he made a brief cameo when his brother, Peyton, hosted in 2007.

Are you excited for Rihanna's "SNL" return? Do you think Chris Brown will show up with some "Birthday Cake"? Let us know in the comments below!

滬江娛樂快訊：美國當(dāng)紅歌壇女神蕾哈娜已經(jīng)確定將與今年贏得橄欖球超級(jí)碗的紐約巨人隊(duì)巨星Eli Manning一起主持即將于5月5日播出的一集《周六夜現(xiàn)場》(Saturday Night Live,簡稱SNL)。Eil將為主持人，而蕾哈娜將為表演嘉賓。

Eli Mannings的參演，是隨著上周六由喬什·布洛林主持的一集播出時(shí)宣布的，這個(gè)年輕的美國運(yùn)動(dòng)界新人將會(huì)撐起開場的搞笑獨(dú)白，并會(huì)出現(xiàn)在多支小品中。他也并不是第一個(gè)主持SNL的橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，之前他的弟弟Peyton Manning以及邦辰的老公湯姆·布拉迪都曾經(jīng)站在過NBC的直播舞臺(tái)上。而蕾哈娜最近也祭出了自己的大銀幕處子秀，在《戰(zhàn)艦》中演了一把美國女大兵。

最近SNL中的不少常規(guī)角色都將離開，其中包括大家非常熟悉的《伴娘》女星克里斯汀·韋格，而之前曾經(jīng)主持過MTV電影頒獎(jiǎng)禮的安迪·薩姆伯格和杰森·蘇戴奇斯也都有離開傳聞。即便如此，最近幾期的客串嘉賓都很給力，在上周的固定板塊Digital Short-數(shù)碼短片中，大導(dǎo)演史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格也客串了一把，和安迪·薩姆伯格、比爾·哈德爾一同向制作人Lorne Michaels推薦新科幻短片《鐳射貓7》(Laser Cats)……