A Class of One, With a Six-Figure Paycheck
Can you imagine?
Apparently Hollywood producer Brian Grazer, partner to Ron Howard (yes, that Ron Howard, he of Opie and Richie Cunningham and oh yeah, Forrest Gump, Splash et al) in Imagine Entertainment, for years has employed a "cultural attache," someone he pays to read for him, introduce him to interesting people from all walks of life and explain to him absolutely everything he doesn't quite understand but wants to.
What's more, Grazer supposedly pays this person some $150K and -- the topper -- his best attache so far was formerly a tutor because the Hollywood big-wig always seeks someone who has that "teacherlike quality." With all the potential teacher layoffs rippling across California, he could soon have an abundance of candidates.
The New Yorker website has a piece about the Grazer gig. Check it.