As you can imagine, a place like that is essentially every child's fantasy rolled into one. All you're missing is the all-you-can-eat McDonald's, right? With a home cinema and all the latest video games, as well as the rides and gardens, Jackson's ranch unsurprisingly attracted a huge number of young guests, including Macaulay Culkin. While it wasn't open to the public, Jackson had no problem parting with his cash and time for his young friends.
Culkin is obviously the most recognized of these, along with his brother Kieran, but there were plenty more young boys who Jackson would befriend and invite to stay. In all circumstances, the families of the kids knew what was going on, and approved, although this seems to be mostly because they were star struck by Jackson. They were hoping that some of his wealth and fame would rub off on them.
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.