This one has a bit of a cheesy plotline, but we guarantee you'll be crying from laughter in no time - Freaky Friday is legitimately hilarious. Starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, this unlikely duo make a fantastic comedy team. Released in 2003, the film was both well received by critics and a success at the box office.
Lohan and Curtis play a mother and daughter who can't manage to get along. Curtis is straight laced and strict, while Lohan is a tad rebellious and in a punk band. This is where the cheesy 'body swap' part comes in. After eating at a Chinese restaurant, a fortune cookie changes the course of their lives. Suddenly, they've swapped bodies, and hilarity inevitably ensues. The two finally learn how to fix their relationship with each other after seeing things from a different point of view.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.