How has this one flown under the radar for so many years? Yes, Ellen Barkin is a little older than Cameron Diaz, but they have exactly the same face. The eyes, the nose, the lips; they're all identical. They even cut and style their hair the same way. Are they doing it on purpose? Much like Dane Cook and Skylar Astin, Diaz could use Barkin as a reference guide for how she's likely to look when she gets older, and as Barkin could pass for someone much, much younger, she has to be happy with the prospect!
We may however never get to see what Diaz looks like when she reaches her 60s. In 2014, she decided to completely retire from acting and public life, and she's stuck to it, with no TV or film appearances since she decided enough was enough. Barkin, by contrast, is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down, as active today as she ever has been.
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.