Although many people didn't realize it at the time, Newton-John was playing much younger than her real age when she appeared in 'Grease'; she was over 30 when she took the part. After having a child during the mid-80s and attempting a musical comeback, she was approaching 40 and struggling to keep up with the new generation. She needed a change.
Newton-John's life was fundamentally changed by a breast cancer diagnosis in 1992. She would beat this encounter with the disease, but her approach to her career changed, and she moved more into activism and advocacy than she had done previously. She's barely appeared as an actress in the past thirty years, but has consistently released new music, having returned her country music roots in more recent years. She was still touring until 2017 when she announced the was facing a second battle with cancer.
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.