If, like us, you've seen both of the 'Conjuring' films, you'll know that they're among the most terrifying movies made in the past ten years. 'The Curse of La Llorona' comes from the same team and promises to shred your nerves all over again. This sounds like a deeply unsettling supernatural horror movie that you won't want to watch in the dark. Or on your own.
Originally titled 'The Children', the story centers around a social worker who, when digging into the family background of one of her cases, begins to find the same strange circumstances that impacted their family starting to happen to her own. It seems that the mysterious La Llorona; the ghost of a grieving mother who exists in Mexican folklore; has attached itself to her and wants her children. You can watch it on April 19th if you're feeling brave.
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.