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■ It didn’t take long for “Saturday Night Live” to come up with its take on the presidential election results after the Democratic ticket claimed victory Saturday. Maya Rudolph donned a white suit like Kamala Harris wore for her Saturday night speech and Jim Carrey played Joe Biden, taking the stage and poking fun at the five-day wait for results. Carrey even offered a throwback to one of his ’90s-era lines, calling President Donald Trump a “Looooosseer!” to laughs and applause. Carrey and Rudolph each made an L out of their hands and held them to their foreheads and were joined by Alec Baldwin, reprising his role as Trump. Baldwin sat at a piano and sang a few lines from the Village People’s “Macho Man,” a favorite of the president’s late campaign rallies. Host Dave Chappelle opened his monologue by lighting a cigarette and calling it “a pretty incredible day.” He quickly got serious, saying he was thinking about his great-grandfather, who was born a slave in South Carolina and after being freed devoted his life to three things: “education, freedom of Black people and Jesus Christ.” “I wish I could see him now; I wish he could see me,” Chappelle said. “SNL” has regularly lampooned Trump and his presidency, with Baldwin earning raves as the commander in chief. “I don’t believe I’ve ever been this overjoyed to lose a job before,” Baldwin tweeted Saturday.
■ In a scaled-back service, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes Sunday to those from the U.K. and the Commonwealth who perished in wartime, as most veterans paid their respects at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 94-year-old monarch looked on from a balcony at a government building above the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London on the 100th anniversary of the memorial’s installation after World War I. After a two-minute silence at 11 a.m., Prince Charles laid a wreath on the queen’s behalf during the Remembrance Sunday commemoration. Charles’ oldest son, Prince William, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson also laid wreaths. Leaders from across the political spectrum, including former prime ministers, also attended. The public was unable to attend this year, with the event taking place during a second national lockdown in England, and were instead encouraged to take part in the two-minute silence at home. World War II veteran Seymour “Bill” Taylor, who turns 96 next month, usually attends the service but paid his respects outside his home in Colchester with the support of his neighbors. “It’s something that’s really special, and it means an awful lot,” he said. “I shall remember it as a good day.”