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November 5, 2025

 
 

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Kim Kardashian’s Latest Muse Is Also Her Divorce Lawyer Attorney Laura Wasser is becoming more famous than some of her very famous clients.

By Lauren Bans

Photo: Tawni Bannister

Attorney Laura Wasser is 20 minutes late to the office. She had to drop her son off at school, and there was a shutdown on Coldwater Canyon; plus she’s been stuck on her cell phone all morning dealing with two ex parte notices. She explains this as she walks from her law firm’s lobby on the eighth floor of a Century City high-rise to her private office, still on the phone. “Don’t worry,” she tells me. “I’m just listening at this point.” Wasser’s office is funkier than one may expect from someone in the business of untangling people from their vows. There’s a pair of turquoise chairs, a framed photo of a man and a woman lounging after sex, and an Ed Ruscha print that reads THE END in a gothic font — “That’s funny, right?” she says.

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Celebrity News

Gossip, revelations, and timelines.

  • Debra Messing is having a meltdown about Zohran Mamdani.
  • After 16 years with Balmain and 14 as its creative director, Olivier Rousteing is leaving the Parisian brand.
  • Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun are kissing in the park. 
 

Today's Top Stories

Months of hate speech, misinformation, and Curtis Sliwa were finally washed away with happy drunk tears at Zohran Mamdani’s victory party.

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The 2025 election had a lot of bright spots and warning signs for Trump beyond Zohran Mamdani’s election, including a Democratic sweep in Virginia.

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After a cynical and xenophobic campaign, New Yorkers crushed Andrew Cuomo’s political-comeback aspirations.

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