Celebrities Walk the Red Carpet of Weird in “Seeing is Believing” – the New Book from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

09. Nov, 2009 Comments Off

ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2009) – Seeing is Believing is the all-new compilation of incredible and bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Celebrity oddities in book feature Britney, Madonna, Elvis and others

The book features several unusual celebrity stories, including:

· Christina Ricci suffers from pool-selachophobia- she’s afraid a shark might swim through a hatch in the side of a swimming pool pg. 201

· Brad Pitt is banned from China due to his role in ”Seven Years in Tibet” pg. 201

· Marlon Brando’s “Godfather” Script sold for $312,800 in 2005 pg. 186

· Madonna’s bra she wore on her 1993 tour sold for $8,200 four years later pg. 186

· A mosaic of Madonna was made out of junk mail pg. 195

· Justin Timberlake’s half-eaten toast sold for $3,154 on eBay pg. 186

· Britney Spears’ used gum, which she discarded in a London hotel, sold for $263 on eBay pg. 186

· A book titled “Greatest of All Time” about Muhammad Ali weighs an astonishing 75
lb pg. 201

· The painting “Pecho/Oreja” by American graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, which hung in U2’s recording studio, was sold for $10 million pg. 201

· A pair of John Lennon’s eyeglasses sold for $1.5 million at an auction in 2007 pg. 186

· Elvis Presley’s empty prescription bottle sold for $2,640 in 2007 pg. 186

· Cher’s 1970s record player sold for $1,400 in 2006 pg. 186

· A 4-in-high LEGO model of Barack Obama was inaugurated in a replica presidential ceremony at LEGOLAND pg. 194

· A portrait of President Obama was created from 12,784 gumballs pg. 7

· A portrait of rapper Eminem was created from over 1,000 M&M’s candies pg. 131

· 3-D portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis were made out of thousands of colored matchstick tips pg. 196

· A portrait of Elvis was created from hundreds of bar-code bars pg. 208

· Some of Elvis Presley’s bejeweled jumpsuits weighed more than 30 lb pg. 203

· A train station in Liverpool unveiled life-sized sculptures of the Beatles carved out of a hedge pg. 196

The 256-page, oversized hard cover book has more than 500 photos and nearly 2,500 Believe It or Nots! A special 8-page gatefold section showcases a three-legged footballer and other performers from the glory days of the circus sideshow. An eye-catching foil cover with a blinking lenticular eye makes this one of the most appealing options on bookstore shelves today.

This year’s book offers access to Ripley’s new fully-integrated website featuring astounding video clips and pictures to enhance the Ripley experience.

Ripley Publishing (www.ripleybooks.com) is the publishing arm of Ripley Entertainment Inc., the owner of the internationally famous trademark Ripley’s Believe It or Not! As the global authority on the weird, strange and bizarre, the company offers up its vast archives of the strange and unusual through books, television shows, tourist attractions, motion pictures, merchandise and the worldwide syndication of its daily newspaper cartoon.