He sees dead people - but does he ever see Scooby-Doo? Haley Joel Osment was the biggest child star of the late 1990s and early 2000s, inheriting the crown from Macauley Culkin. He creeped us out to no end in 'The Sixth Sense,' but when he got a little older, he started growing his hair out and developed a shaggy beard. So shaggy, in fact, that it reminded us of an animated star from our youths.
Scooby-Doo is a television icon, but he'd be nothing without his human sidekick Shaggy, who's there to translate for him and throw in the occasional catchphrase. With his laid-back approach to his dress sense, hairstyle, and fuzzy facial hair, Shaggy is someone who doesn't seem to take life too seriously. With all the money he made as a child actor, perhaps Osment has the same mindset. Perhaps he should start practicing saying 'zoinks' in the mirror just in case the role ever comes up.
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.