Words About Things

1. Dolly Parton.

The country singer and founder of ‘Dollywood’ has insured her breasts for $600,000 back in the 1970s when that was a lot of money. Dolly is understandably proud of her breasts and is quoted as saying “I was the first woman to burn my bra – it took the fire department four days to put it out.”

2. Heidi Klum.

The Supermodel and wife to Seal insured her extra long legs for $2.2 million.

3. Jennifer Lopez.

J-Lo is several things including a daft name and a tendency to sing 10 notes where one would have been sufficient. She is also known for her sizeable backside which is reportedly insured for $1 billion.

4. Keith Richards.

With the amount of drugs Keith Richards has taken it’s amazing that he can get health insurance at all. He has insured his fingers (and thus his guitar playing abilities) for £1 million.

5. Fred Astaire.

At the height of his career Astaire insured his legs for a reported $75,000 each.

6. Bruce Springsteen.

Springsteen’s vocal chords have earned him Millions of pounds over the years, they are now insured for £3.5 million.

7. Betty Grable.

The American dancer, singer, and actress was famed for her perfect legs. She was a pin up icon at the time of the second world war and insured her studio insured her legs for $1,000,00.

8. Michael Flatley.

Legendary Irish dancing star Flatley is worth an estimated £350 million most of which can be attributed to Riverdance. His legs where insured for $40,000,000 in 1999.

9. America Ferrera.

Ugly Betty star and perhaps the world most high profile (ex) braces wearer Ferrera has insured her smile for a reported 10 million dollars. That’s about $312 500 per tooth.

10. Ken Dodd.

Kenn Dodd was completely unreconizable when he hid his oversized buck teeth which is why he insured them for £4 million at the height of his fame.

Everybody has a blog these days even celebrities. Some of them even write their own blogs! Here are my top 5 celebrity blogs.

1. Olivia Munn

Attack of the show host Olivia Munn knows her audience. Almost every post features a photo of her either doing something stupid or wearing a small amount of clothes.

Key quote: “I went last night and it was awesome, here are some photos…”

2. Kanye West

There has been some debate about whether Kanye actually writes his own blog. Some entries are clearly Kanye but most of the posts are an introduction to an Artist, Model, Product or even architect. It doesn’t really matter who writes it because there is always something interesting to see.

Key quote: “Commissioned by Dior Homme artistic director Kris Van Assche, the Dior Homme store in Paris was given a fresh new installation by Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito…”

3. Moby

Even if you aren’t a big fan of his music Moby’s blog is still an entertaining read.

Key quote: “somebody at some point should really teach me how to be a proper rock star, not some bald geek who goes to whole foods at 9:58 pm to buy soap and lion hats.”

4 Stephen Fry

You already know that Stephen Fry is funny, charming and clever but did you know that he is a tech head? His blog features his Guardian ‘Dork Talk’ columns as well as posts about anything else he thinks is interesting. It has a great design and there are Podcasts too.

Key quote: “I seem to use one iPhone exclusively for mad hacking, jailbreaking and frigging about with, another as a pedometer, another for music, another as a – guess what ? – phone.”

5 Kevin Smith

It’s arguable that Smith hasn’t released a good film since ‘Mallrats’ (I haven’t seen the new one yet) but that is irrelevant. His blog is funny and well written although you have to overlook the fact that it is only one post per page due to the massive amount of ads for his new movie.

Key quote: “Big month around here. Hope ya’ll can come out and support the flick. Then, come November 1st, if you see me with any junk food in my hand, you are entitled to kick me in the ass.”