Mariah Carey Helps Wrap SNL Season

This week, Superbad star Jonah Hill hosts Saturday Night Live (March 15) with musical guest Mariah Carey.

Hill made a splash last summer in the outrageous and critically acclaimed comedy blockbuster Superbad opposite Michael Cera, Seth Rogen and SNL’s Bill Hader. Hill made his debut in I Heart Huckabees and secured a role in the hit comedy The 40 Year-Old Virgin and went on to a memorable role in the teen comedy Accepted. Hill began his hit-filled summer of 2007 playing opposite Seth Rogen in the comedy smash Knocked Up. Up next for Hill, the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Kristen Bell and Jason Segel and lending his voice to the animated Dr. Suess feature Horton Hears A Who!

Music superstar Carey, the Grammy Award-winning performer and songwriter, is making her first appearance on “SNL” in over 10 years, performing tracks from one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year: E=MC2. Carey’s 11th studio album, due out April 15, is the follow-up to The Emancipation Of Mimi, Carey’s worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles and countless more industry honors during its 18-month stay on the charts.

The first single from E=MC2, “Touch My Body” (written and produced by Carey), already has over 80 million in audience at radio since its February release and has already been touted by Entertainment Weekly in their “Must List” as “a deliciously sexy pop single.” Feature filmmaker Brett Ratner directed the video for “Touch My Body”, which features “30 Rock” star Jack McBrayer.

The Emancipation Of Mimi, released April 12, 2005, was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar, and brought total sales of Carey’s albums, singles and videos to more than $160 million worldwide, making her the most successful female recording artist in history. Carey is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 #1 hits.