There have been rumors around the celebrity world for years that Pharrell Williams is actually a vampire. The NERD front man, superstar producer and constant collaborator doesn't seem to have aged in all the years he's been in the spotlight. Looking at his $10.9m home, it seems that his taste is as timeless as the man himself.
The living room is so large that is covers three floors and needs its own staircase to navigate. If you're looking for the swimming pool you'll find it on the rooftop terrace, but don't worry if it's raining. You can always entertain yourself in the home theater with its comfortable leather seats. Confusingly, the property is listed as having "six and a half bathrooms". What does half a bathroom look like, and what happened to the rest of it?
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.