One look at this photo, taken early in Marisa Tomei's career, and it's hard to believe this Brooklyn-born actress is in her early 50s - it's like she's barely aged at all in over three decades of acting! Marisa gained international notoriety after her 1992 appearance in the hit movie "My Cousin Vinny". it was for this role that she ended up receiving an Academy Award for Best Actress. The rest of the 90s and early-2000s saw her appear in a multitude of roles in popular films alongside other A-List Hollywood celebrities.
In more recent roles, she's played the iconic "Aunt May" as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in both "Captain America: Civil War" (2016) and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017). Whether Marisa is portraying the stripper/romantic-interest of Mickey Rourke's character in "The Wrestler" (2008), or one of her earlier parts on such popular 1980's shows as "The Cosby Show" or "As The World Turns", Ms. Tomei is sure to turn heads.
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.