There really is no stopping the Lego entertainment machine. Heading rapidly towards 75 years since the first building blocks went into production, the company is now bigger than ever; in 2015 it replaced Ferrari as the world's biggest brand according to Brand Finance, who measure such things. 'The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part' is the imaginatively titled follow up to the first Lego movie, which was released in 2014.
This film was originally slated for a 2017 release, before being moved back to 2018 and now again to February 8th, 2019. Usually when a movie gets moved back like that it indicates a production issue, but we understand it was only done to make room for 'The Lego Batman Movie' and 'The Lego Ninjago Movie', both released in 2017. The narrative revolves around Lego Duplo bricks arriving and threatening to turn Bricksburg into a nuclear wasteland, but despite that we expect it to be full of cuteness and laughs.
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.