Feast your eyes on a world before the internet. It was possible to get news both in and out of the Woodstock site if you were prepared to queue for a long time and make use of the very basic facilities.
What you're looking at here is twofold. In the background, on the orange wall, are four payphones (one of which is smashed) which attendees could use to call home and reassure their parents that they hadn't died, and that it wasn't as bad as what they were hearing on the news. In the foreground are two journalists, one with a typewriter, summarizing the day's events and getting their stories off to their editors. Unless they brought carrier pigeons, we'd have to assume there was also a fax machine somewhere. You have to admire the dedication of the guy who's worn a full suit and tie to a music festival.
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.